Women empowerment key to economic growth too: President

President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday said women empowerment was not just an issue of social justice but it was also crucial for economic development. Highlighting that the low participation of women in the workforce is a major hindrance in the overall development of the country, she said India, the fifth largest economy in the world, is now moving towards becoming a five trillion dollar economy and a more active role for women would be helpful in achieving this goal.

February 01, 2023 at 05:11AM

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Govt in SC for open-court hearing of review of Benami law judgment

The SC agreed to consider the Centre’s submissions for an open court hearing of its plea seeking review of the judgment by which several provisions of the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016 were struck down. The court had struck down section 3(2) and section 5 of Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988, and one of the provisions which provided for the punishment of a maximum jail term of three years or a fine or both for those indulging in ‘benami’ transactions.

February 01, 2023 at 03:44AM

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Study: More cold wave days in India in recent decade

India may have seen a number of record-breaking warm years in the recent decades, but there has been no let-up in the extreme cold waves in the country despite global warming, an IITM study has indicated. The analysis, led by IITM scientists Raju Mandal and Susmitha Joseph, took into account the number of cold wave events in the last seven decades, 1951–2022, and found that more cold wave days are occurring in the recent decades than in the previous ones.

February 01, 2023 at 03:21AM

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President’s speech is like BJP manifesto for 2024: Opposition

Opposition parties on Tuesday criticised the President’s address alleging that the speech was like the “first chapter” of BJP’s manifesto for 2024 and key issues related to controlling prices, communal harmony and women were “missing”.

February 01, 2023 at 02:05AM

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In a first, Andhra siblings study together in RIMC

February 01, 2023 at 12:51AM

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Asked why she was out late, UP woman throws acid on hubby

A 35-year-old woman allegedly threw acid at her 40-year-old husband’s face in Kanpur’s Cooperganj area just because he asked her the reason for returning home late at night. The husband, Dabbu Gupta, sustained severe burns all over his face. His wife, Poonam, was arrested and sent to jail late Sunday.

January 31, 2023 at 05:20AM

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10,918 vs 10,340: Local patent filings beat overseas ones

Patent filings by Indian applications were estimated at 10,918 during the December quarter, compared with 10,340 applications lodged by non-domestic entities, marking the second time during 2022 when quarterly filings by domestic players were higher.

January 31, 2023 at 06:00AM

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Asked why she was out late, UP woman throws acid on hubby

January 31, 2023 at 05:20AM

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'I understand pain of violence; Modi, Shah and Doval can’t'

Clubbing PM Narendra Modi, home minister Amit Shah, NSA Ajit Doval and the RSS as “perpetrators of violence”, Rahul Gandhi on Monday said those who indulge in violence without suffering it personally cannot understand the pain it causes, projecting himself as the person who has witnessed killings in the family and carries the message of peace and amity.

January 31, 2023 at 03:02AM

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1/3rd of undergraduate students in India doing BA: Survey

Over 78.9% of 4.1 crore students in higher education are enrolled at the undergraduate level, and of the total enrolled students over one crore are pursuing BA. Another 17 lakh (4.2%) of the students are doing BA (Hons) from various higher education institutions. This was revealed in the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2020-21 released on Sunday by the ministry of education.

January 31, 2023 at 02:32AM

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Adani bets on big funds for Rs 20,000 cr FPO

Institutional investors are fully backing the Rs 20,000-crore follow-on public offer (FPO) for Adani Enterprises (AEL) even though the stock is below the offer price. However the company is not sure how retail investors will look at the issue at the current market price. However, it is confident some high net worth and ultra-high net worth investors (UHNIs) will participate in it.

January 30, 2023 at 03:35AM

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Rahul must thank PM for Lal Chowk flag feat: BJP

January 30, 2023 at 03:08AM

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For 100 days of NREGS jobs to all, Rs 1.8L cr will be needed

If the government were to actually provide 100 days of work to every household registered under MNREGS, it would need to allocate over Rs 1.8 lakh crore in the coming Budget assuming the number of households opting for the scheme remains at the current level. What has actually happened is a steady shrinking of the outlay after the Covid period boost to under half this amount.

January 30, 2023 at 01:24AM

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50,000 years on, 'green comet' comes visiting again

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF), popularly known as the "green comet", which last visited Earth's neighbourhood 50,000 years ago when the Neanderthals were still roaming its surface, can now be viewed in India with a pair of binoculars from a dark location. It may further brighten in the next few days and become visible to the naked eye as it makes its closest pass of the Earth on February 2.

January 30, 2023 at 01:15AM

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Growth indicator: India's night lights up 43% in 10 yrs

Decadal Change of Night Time Light over India from Space (2012-2021), released by Isro’s National Remote Sensing Centre — shows that overall at the national level, normalised NTL radiance increased by 43% in 2021 compared to 2012. Significant increase was observed in Bihar (474%), Manipur (441%), Ladakh (280%) and Kerala (119%), while good increase was observed in Arunachal Pradesh (66%), MP (66%), UP (61%) and Gujarat (58%).

January 30, 2023 at 12:22AM

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FIR lodged over religious slogans in AMU on R-Day

January 29, 2023 at 05:18AM

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Centre set to integrate forensic probe with justice system: Shah

Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the Centre will integrate forensic science-based investigation with the justice system to increase the conviction rate which is around 50% currently. Shah said the conviction rate in Canada is 62%, Israel 93%, UK 80% and the US 90%. He was in Dharwad on Saturday to lay the foundation stone for the ninth off-campus facility of the National Forensic Sciences University.

January 29, 2023 at 03:28AM

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Court sets aside order on summons to Shetty sisters

Observing that the order against them was not proper or legal, in a relief to actor Shilpa Shetty Kundra and her sister Shamita Shetty, a Mumbai court recently quashed and set aside a 2022 magistrate court order issuing summons to them in a Rs21 lakh cheating case. The court, however, said the proceedings will continue against their mother Sunanda after finding that a prima facie case was made out against her.

January 29, 2023 at 02:24AM

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HC: Merely naming caste not an offence under SC/ST Act

Merely taking the name of the caste of the victim would not make it an offence under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, unless it is with an intention to insult the person belonging to that caste, the Karnataka high court observed recently.

January 29, 2023 at 01:36AM

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Govt forms 3 panels to address plaints against social media cos

The Centre has notified three grievances appellate committees that will address users' complaints against social media and other internet-based platforms. According to a notification, each of the three GACs (grievances appellate committees) will have a chairperson, two whole-time members from different government entities and retired senior executives from the industry for a term of three years.

January 29, 2023 at 01:18AM

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Wholesale wheat prices fall by 10% on Centre's intervention

The wholesale wheat prices in major mandis of MP, Haryana, Punjab, UP and Rajasthan fell by up to 10% on Friday from the peak of Rs 2,950 per quintal on Wednesday, after the Centre announced open market sale of 30 lakh tonnes of the foodgrain till mid-March. In Delhi and Ghaziabad, the wholesale prices fell by Rs 200-300 per quintal by Friday afternoon, flour millers associations said.

January 28, 2023 at 04:14AM

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12 cheetahs from South Africa to land in India next month

A batch of 12 cheetahs will be flown to the country from South Africa next month. The translocation of additional 12 big cats will take the total number of re-introduced cheetahs in India to 20. Eight cheetahs - five female and three male - were brought in from Namibia to Kuno National Park (KNP) in MP in September 2022.

January 28, 2023 at 04:30AM

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EPFO to review cases of extra pension payment

January 28, 2023 at 04:10AM

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India now home to 70% of world’s tigers, govt tells SC

The Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that there is an annual growth of 6% in tiger population, which offset natural losses. India achieved the target of doubling the tiger population in 2018, four years ahead of schedule of the St Petersburg Declaration on tiger conservation, it said. and is now home to 70% of world’s tigers.

January 28, 2023 at 02:38AM

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Adani Group stocks hammered, investors lose Rs 4.2L cr in 2 days

January 28, 2023 at 02:14AM

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Indus Waters Treaty amendment: India sends notice to Pakistan

Citing Pakistani "intransigence" and unilateral actions related to the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), India has sent a notice to Islamabad for its modification.

January 27, 2023 at 11:21PM

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Gender Gap Report should record women in local govt bodies: WEF

January 27, 2023 at 03:58AM

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Egypt plans to allot land to Indian industries in spl eco zone

January 27, 2023 at 03:11AM

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Monuments of national importance list needs rationalisation: EAC

January 27, 2023 at 02:18AM

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Telangana CM KCR, governor hold separate R-Day events

Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao followed the high court's orders and ensured that the official Republic Day parade took place at Raj Bhavan on Thursday. But he did not turn up for the flag-hoisting nor send any of his cabinet colleagues for the event, further straining the relationship between him and governor Tamilisai Sounderarajan.

January 27, 2023 at 01:12AM

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No backchannel talks with India by Sharif govt: Pak minister

Pakistan had no backchannel diplomacy with India since PM Shehbaz Sharif's govt took office, junior foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar said. PM Sharif had said last week that PM Modi should hold serious talks to address all "burning points", including Kashmir. A day later, the PM's office changed its position and stated that talks with India can happen only after it reverses its action of abrogating J&K's special status.

January 27, 2023 at 12:06AM

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Faced with protests, govt puts off PIB fact-check plan

The IT ministry has decided to defer its plans that would mandate social media companies and other platforms to take down information marked 'fake or false' by the fact-check unit of the PIB, or any other agency authorised by the Centre. This comes in the wake of protests by Editors Guild of India, Indian Newspaper Society and others, who said that the move would give sweeping powers to the PIB while resulting in censorship of the Press.

January 26, 2023 at 03:08AM

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Adani Group slams report that sent stocks crashing

The Adani Group on Wednesday slammed as "baseless" and "malicious" a damning report by a five-year-old US research firm that sent the stock price of group firms crashing. Titled 'Adani Group: How the world's 3rd richest man is pulling the largest con in corporate history', the report alleged that the group was involved "in a brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud scheme over the course of decades".

January 26, 2023 at 02:46AM

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Morbi bridge collapse: Oreva group admits 'some wrongs'

January 26, 2023 at 02:56AM

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ED can't probe any offence other than laundering: HC

January 26, 2023 at 03:29AM

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Google changes India app store policy after CCI order

Google has started to make changes to its policy dealing with apps and digital ecosystem, after it failed to get any immediate relief from the courts against the CCI order, which found it abusing dominance and engaging in anti-competitive practices in India. Now, the US tech giant will allow smartphone makers to license its apps individually, instead of the entire bouquet.

January 26, 2023 at 01:30AM

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Constitution source of unity, reflects spirit of India: President Murmu

January 26, 2023 at 01:01AM

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Mulayam Singh, Zakir Hussain, Dilip Mahalanabis among 6 Padma Vibhushan awardees

ORS (oral rehydration solution) pioneer Dilip Mahalanabis will receive the Padma Vibhushan (posthumous) in the field of Medicine (Pediatrics), the Centre announced on Wednesday. A total of 25 other personalities across various walks of life will be awarded the Padma Shri.

January 25, 2023 at 09:11PM

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Rural folks have equal right to healthcare as city dwellers: SC

January 25, 2023 at 05:48AM

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India's first passenger drone to be showcased by Navy on Republic Day

January 25, 2023 at 04:56AM

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MCD House adjourns once again without electing mayor, deputy

Delhi may have given its verdict and elected a new corporation in the first few days of December but it seems set for an agonising wait before the corporators can get down to business. After the House was adjourned on January 6 amidst unprecedented scenes, it reconvened on Tuesday but once again failed to elect the mayor, deputy mayor and standing committee members.

January 25, 2023 at 03:21AM

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On parole, Dera chief cuts cake with sword, says ‘should cut five’

January 25, 2023 at 03:18AM

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Rishi Sunak under pressure over BBC and party chairmen appointments

January 25, 2023 at 01:05AM

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Blind school teacher with vision for the impoverished builds homes

January 24, 2023 at 05:27AM

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No bail till charges filed: Gujarat HC to TMC’s Gokhale

January 24, 2023 at 05:05AM

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Assam cops told to round up men who’ve married underage girls

January 24, 2023 at 04:27AM

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Police to act against parents of kids using Chinese string in Punjab

January 24, 2023 at 02:13AM

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451 convicts who got Covid parole in Maha missing

As many as 451 convicts who were among those released on emergency parole during the Covid outbreak have still not returned to jails despite the state government issuing an order last May.

January 23, 2023 at 05:01AM

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India preparing for big leap in quantum tech: Jitendra Singh

January 23, 2023 at 03:09AM

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How Gonda strongman’s career soared before wrestlers’ move

The footnote to six-time MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh's political CV would be a long chronology of criminal cases — at one point totalling 30 FIRs, including one filed under the erstwhile Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act.

January 23, 2023 at 03:18AM

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‘Sane view’, says Rijiju of high court ex-judge’s collegium criticism

Amid the ongoing wrangle between the Centre and the judiciary over appointment of judges through the collegium system, Union law minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday cited in his Twitter handle an interview of Justice RS Sodhi (retd), a former judge of the Delhi high court. Sodhi had remarked that the Supreme Court “has for the first time hijacked the Constitution” to such an extent that judges have decided to appoint judges, negating the role of the government.

January 23, 2023 at 05:11AM

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Youth stabbed to death trying to stop duo, from snatching his mobile

January 23, 2023 at 03:35AM

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63 lakh cases pending in lower courts due to ‘lack of counsel’, says National Judicial Data Grid

Of the over four crore cases pending in lower courts in the country, about 63 lakh cases remain undecided because of non-availability of counsel, according to the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG), as of January 20. At least 78% of such cases are criminal and the rest civil.

January 23, 2023 at 01:22AM

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In a 1st, youths to pay tributes to Netaji inside Parliament

As part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s endeavour to make the youth aware of the contributions of the leaders who helped the country gain independence, 80 youngsters, including 35 girls and 45 boys, selected from across the country will get an opportunity to participate in the floral tribute offering function at the Central Hall of the Parliament in the honour of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.

January 22, 2023 at 03:11AM

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9 hurt in twin blasts on Jammu outskirts

At least nine people were wounded in two synchronised explosions that police suspect were set off by IEDs planted in two vehicles parked in the busy industrial area of Narwal on the outskirts of Jammu city between 11am and 11.20am Saturday.

January 22, 2023 at 12:56AM

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9 hurt in twin blasts on Jammu outskirts

At least nine people were wounded in two synchronised explosions that police suspect were set off by IEDs planted in two vehicles parked in the busy industrial area of Narwal on the outskirts of Jammu city between 11am and 11.20am Saturday.

January 22, 2023 at 12:56AM

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‘Missing’ ponds responsible for Joshimath subsidence?

January 22, 2023 at 03:58AM

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Centre sacks WFI assistant secretary for backing chief

A day after brokering a peace deal and asking Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh to ‘step aside’ pending inquiry into the allegations of sexual harassment and intimidation against him, Union sports minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday dismissed WFI’s assistant secretary Vinod Tomar with immediate effect for his public remarks in Gonda defending Singh, a BJP strongman and six-time Lok Sabha MP.

January 22, 2023 at 02:22AM

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Cops call in divers to trace body of medic killed by Mumbai lifeguard

January 21, 2023 at 05:18AM

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Sena vs Sena: Uddhav’s term as prez ends before EC hearing

January 21, 2023 at 04:07AM

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PM's leadership critical in a fractured world: WEF chairman

January 21, 2023 at 02:39AM

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Cyber security, data theft new-age policing challenges: Amit Shah

Home minister Amit Shah on Friday said challenges to policing have now drastically transformed: from tackling geographical problems like terrorism and unrest in J&K, Left-wing extremism and unrest in the northeast to countering new-age “thematic” threats of cyber security and data theft, with problems becoming multi-dimensional as narco-terror and fourth-generation warfare catch on.

January 21, 2023 at 02:00AM

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Wrestlers end protest after getting assurances that grievances would be addressed

The aggrieved grapplers called off their protest late on Friday night after getting assurances from the government that their grievances would be addressed, the first step of which was the stepping aside of under-fire Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. The wrestlers, decided to end their protest after a breakthrough was achieved during a second round of talks with union sports minister Anurag Thakur.

January 21, 2023 at 01:31AM

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More girl wrestlers are coming forward to report abuse: Vinesh Phogat

Vinesh, who is spearheading the campaign for Singh's removal as the WFI chief over charges of sexual harrasment, also alleged that several complaints of sexual abuse and mistreatment of boys wrestlers were reported to the federation's higher-ups but no action was taken on them.

January 20, 2023 at 11:22PM

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Let CMs recommend names to collegium for HC judge posts: Rijiju

January 20, 2023 at 05:18AM

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Wrestlers in late-night huddle with Anurag Thakur, may file FIR against WFI chief

The government on Thursday failed to convince the agitating wrestlers to call off their protest demanding resignation of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over charges of sexual misconduct and intimidation, with the country’s top grapplers threatening to lodge a police complaint against Singh if he doesn’t resign by Friday evening.

January 20, 2023 at 01:42AM

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'$200 million worth of deals sealed between Big Tech and media outlets’

January 20, 2023 at 12:43AM

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TN guv files criminal defamation suit against DMK orator

January 20, 2023 at 04:10AM

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As EC announces polls, violence rocks Tripura

A 44-year-old worker of Tripura royal scion Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma’s tribal TIPRA Motha party was dragged out of his vehicle in Dhalai district late Wednesday and fatally assaulted, coinciding with the announcement of assembly polls on February 16 and the Election Commission’s warning of zero tolerance towards violence.

January 20, 2023 at 04:14AM

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Railways earnings jump 28%, set to cross budget target in weeks

January 20, 2023 at 03:35AM

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Uttarakhand CM says 70% of Joshimath residents leading ‘normal lives’

During his meeting with home minister Amit Shah in Delhi on Wednesday, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami said “65% to 70% of Joshimath residents were leading a normal life and only 30% have been affected by land subsidence”. Dhami reiterated his remark in Dehradun on Thursday.

January 20, 2023 at 02:31AM

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Couple’s romance on scooter lands them in trouble

January 19, 2023 at 03:53AM

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8 cold wave days this January, highest in 15 years

The city recorded its third consecutive cold wave day on Wednesday and the eighth so far this month, which is the highest during January in 15 years and the second highest in records going back 31 years, according to India Meteorological Department data.

January 19, 2023 at 04:00AM

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Joshimath crisis keeps tourists away from Auli

January 19, 2023 at 04:32AM

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Steepest drop in reading skills in Kerala, HP, Haryana

Children’s basic reading ability has dropped to pre-2012 levels, reversing the slow improvement achieved in the intervening years, while the basic maths skills have declined to 2018 levels nationally. This emerged in the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2022 released on Wednesday, according to which the decline in learning outcome has reversed to the levels of a decade ago.

January 18, 2023 at 11:46PM

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Centre vs Delhi: SG makes late plea for larger SC bench

On the final and fifth day of arguments, prior to the SC reserving its verdict on the dispute between the Centre and Delhi government over control on ‘services’, solicitor general Tushar Mehta told a bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices MR Shah, Krishna Murari, Hima Kohli and PS Narasimha that the issue is crucial for governance of the national capital and so that “history may not remember us as having handed over the capital of our nation to complete anarchy”.

January 19, 2023 at 02:16AM

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Battle in the northeast: Three states go to polls next month

The Election Commission Wednesday announced assembly polls in 180 seats across three northeastern states, starting with BJP-governed Tripura on February 16 and followed by simultaneous polling on February 27 in Meghalaya and Nagaland, where the saffron party is second in the pecking order of coalitions headed by regional giants. Counting of votes is scheduled for March 2.

January 19, 2023 at 01:36AM

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CMs of Delhi, Punjab, Kerala to attend BRS meet

Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao will begin his battle against the BJP ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections by sharing the stage with three other chief ministers and a former chief minister at a public rally in Khammam on Wednesday.

January 18, 2023 at 05:09AM

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Chhattisgarh BJP neta out for morning walk found dead

The secretary of BJP's Jagdalpur district unit in Bastar was found dead under mysterious circumstances after going out for his daily morning walk on Tuesday.

January 18, 2023 at 06:25AM

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As China lifts hold, UNSC lists Makki as global terrorist

Pakistan-based leader of UN proscribed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) Abdul Rehman Makki, who is also the brother-in-law of most wanted Hafiz Saeed, was designated a global terrorist by the UN Security Council after China dropped its technical hold over a proposal to list him under the UNSC's ISIL (Da'esh) and Al Qaida Sanctions Committee.

January 18, 2023 at 05:08AM

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Joshimath sinking: Question mark hangs over Badrinath yatra

Joshimath is regarded as the gateway and the only route to the holy town of Badrinath. But after several places in Joshimath were put under the "danger zone" category, questions are now being raised on the road to be taken to the popular shrine. The state had recently said the yatra would not be affected. Under the Char Dham road project, authorities are preparing a "by-pass to Badrinath" but the project is still halfway through.

January 18, 2023 at 04:09AM

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India No. 1 ? China's population dips for first time in 60 years

China's National Bureau of Statistics reported a drop of roughly 850,000 people for a population of 1.41175 billion in 2022, the first dip since 1961, the last year of China's great famine. That possibly makes India the world's most populous nation.

January 18, 2023 at 02:55AM

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'RRR' actor Jr NTR to star in a Marvel film? Here's what we know

We all know that 'RRR' star Jr NTR was present at the Golden Globe Awards ceremony in the US recently. During an interaction with international media there, Jr NTR said that Iron Man is his all-time favourite character when asked what kind of Hollywood movies he would star in if he gets a chance. He also said that he would love to do a Marvel film and is awaiting a call from Marvel Entertainment.

January 17, 2023 at 09:52PM

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SC to consider live-streaming hearings in imp cases

January 17, 2023 at 07:10AM

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Govt now wants MoP finalised

The Centre's insistence on the early finalisation of the 'memorandum of procedure' (MoP) that guides appointment of judges in the Supreme Court and high courts, pending with the apex court collegium since August 2017, has triggered a fresh controversy.

January 17, 2023 at 06:37AM

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After free power, Congress vows Rs 2k sop to woo K’taka women

After promising 200 units of free electricity to all households, Congress has made another big pre-poll pledge: A monthly cash assistance of Rs 2,000 under the Gruha Lakshmi scheme to every woman head of household in the state if the party is voted to power in the assembly elections.

January 17, 2023 at 04:35AM

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Prominent Pakistan lawyer shot dead in Peshawar HC

Abdul Latif Afridi (79) was shot six times by a lone gunman when he was sitting with fellow lawyers in the bar room. The senior lawyer, who was also the former president of Pakistan’s Supreme Court Bar Association, was moved to Peshawar’s Lady Reading Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival.

January 17, 2023 at 01:15AM

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After hotels, damaged homes in Joshimath colony to come down

This would be the second major demolition exercise after the administration a few days ago began to raze two of Joshimath's biggest hotels. There are over 30 houses in the colony, many of them with large cracks, which a resident said "seem to be getting bigger."

January 17, 2023 at 02:45AM

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PMO team in town; 2 more hotels tilting

A team from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), led by deputy secretary Mangesh Ghildiyal, reached Joshimath on Sunday and inspected affected areas around the town.

January 16, 2023 at 05:29AM

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Aware of middle class issues: FM Sitharaman ahead of Budget

Ahead of the Budget, FM Nirmala Sitharaman said that she was aware of the pressures of the middle class but also recalled that the government has not imposed any fresh taxes on them.

January 16, 2023 at 06:27AM

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Govt writes to CJI, wants its representatives on SC collegium

Law minister Kiren Rijiju's letter to the CJI is the latest in the series of criticism by constitutional authorities, including the Vice-President and Lok Sabha Speaker, who have also accused the SC of often encroaching into the domain of the legislature.

January 16, 2023 at 05:22AM

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Cold wave returns, chill likely to intensify for 2-3 days

Cold wave conditions returned to some parts of the capital on Sunday after a respite of five days, with a sharp drop in the minimum temperatures across Delhi-NCR and chilly northwesterly winds gusting through the day, which was clear and sunny.

January 16, 2023 at 04:13AM

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72 years on, India's oldest pending case finally settled

India's oldest litigation at 72 years was disposed of last week by a bench of the country's oldest high court, whose current Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava was born a full decade after the case had been filed in 1951.

January 16, 2023 at 03:01AM

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Popular Telugu-Tamil writer Bala murugan passes away

Recently we have seen several film stalwarts passing away one after the other such as Krishna, Krishnam Raju, Kaikala Sathyanarayana and Chalapathi Rao. Now, there is yet another tragedy in the southern film industry. Popular Tamil-Telugu story writer Shri. Balamurugan, who wrote several films in Tamil film Industry besides writing a few Telugu cinema has passed away today. He was 86 years old and was unwell.

January 15, 2023 at 09:48PM

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''Surgical strike' a failure, commander Hidma alive'

A security force operation seems to have come close to Maoist military commander Hidma, mastermind of some of the most brutal massacres in Bastar, but he escaped yet again. A woman Maoist was killed in the operation near the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border on January 11 this year.

January 15, 2023 at 01:33AM

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MP town may levy 'dog tax'

The civic corporation of Sagar city in MP has decided to levy a tax on dog owners to ensure "security and cleanliness". Officials are consulting with legal experts to frame the law, likely to be brougth in by April.

January 15, 2023 at 06:00AM

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UP constable 'molests' varsity student in train, sent to jail

A constable has been arrested for allegedly molesting a 17-year-old student of Allahabad University in a moving train as she was on her way to Pilibhit from Prayagraj Friday. The cop fled with her luggage.

January 15, 2023 at 05:36AM

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Muslim family razes crops to clear land for Hindu event

The gesture of a Muslim family from Parbhani district to allow use of their 60 acres of land for organising a five-day Hindu religious event is winning hearts.

January 14, 2023 at 08:54AM

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Parts of Joshimath may have sunk over 2ft: Ground survey

Parts of Joshimath may have sunk by nearly 2.2 feet (70cm), sources told TOI on Saturday on the basis of ground investigation of affected areas carried out recently in the picturesque town, which is facing aggravated land subsidence since the beginning of January.

January 15, 2023 at 02:32AM

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Maha seeks to placate villages near Karnataka border

A day after representatives from 42 villages of Jat taluka in Sangli district bordering Karnataka met CM Eknath Shinde, the irrigation department on Friday floated a tender worth Rs 981 crore for works under the Phase III of Mhaisal Lift Irrigation Project.

January 14, 2023 at 06:30AM

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Fresh snowfall in Kashmir; avalanche warning

Fresh snowfall in various parts of Kashmir impacted flight operations and led to the closure of Jammu-Srinagar national highway on Friday, cutting off the valley from the rest of the country. Jammu and Kashmir also saw widespread rains on Friday, while avalanche warnings were issued in 10 districts for the next 24 hours.

January 14, 2023 at 12:17AM

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Amid Joshimath evacuation, fresh snowfall in Auli adds to woes

Amid evacuations and demolitions, the residents had to endure a sudden drop in temperature following a fresh spell of snowfall in Auli, around 10km from the town, on Friday.

January 14, 2023 at 05:05AM

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Gay rights voice Onir Dhar's lit fest talk scrapped

Onir was due to speak on "Making Literature LGBTQ Neutral" on Friday. Onir told TOI he was quite upset that his session was "arbitrarily cancelled". "I'm appalled that no official reason has yet been given," he said.

January 14, 2023 at 04:18AM

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Supreme Court: Why no arrest in '21 Delhi hate speech case?

Petitioner Tushar Gandhi said there was an explicit call for violence at the Dharam Sansad and yet in flagrant violation of the SC's Tehseen Poonawala judgment directing expeditious action against hate-mongers, police has taken virtually no action.

January 14, 2023 at 02:22AM

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1st op in Joshimath, govt starts razing 2 big hotels

Out of fear that one hotel is tilting dangerously and may collapse on the other, owners of the two establishments in Joshimath who had been protesting for three days against the planned demolition of the buildings finally agreed to it on Thursday. It set the stage for the first demolition in Joshimath, where hundreds of houses and roads have developed cracks and are crumbling.

January 13, 2023 at 02:41AM

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Anushka moves HC against Maha's 1.2cr tax demand

January 13, 2023 at 04:43AM

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In message to courts, presiding officers say respect boundaries

January 13, 2023 at 04:23AM

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J'khand HC cites ED findings, rejects bail plea of Soren aide

The Jharkhand high court on Tuesday rejected the bail application of Prem Prakash, a close associate of Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren, while validating the findings of the Enforcement Directorate, which is probing the money trail in alleged illegal mining worth Rs 1,000 crore.

January 13, 2023 at 02:47AM

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PM: Global South must create new world order

PM Narendra Modi on Thursday exhorted developing countries to work towards redesigning global political and financial governance to remove inequalities, enlarge opportunities, support growth and spread progress and prosperity. Modi called for creating a new world order to ensure welfare of citizens of the developing countries, as he emphasised the next phase of global growth will come from countries in the South.

January 13, 2023 at 02:11AM

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U'khand increases Joshimath aid 30x to 1.5L per family

January 12, 2023 at 02:37AM

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No amount of alcohol is safe for drinking, warns WHO

January 12, 2023 at 05:17AM

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Urination case: Court dismisses Mishra’s bail plea

Terming the alleged act of Shankar Mishra urinating on an elderly woman on board an Air India flight last November under the influence of alcohol “utterly disgusting and repulsive”, and “sufficient to outrage the modesty of any woman”, a Delhi court on Wednesday dismissed his bail plea.

January 12, 2023 at 03:45AM

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CBI books Amrapali MD, 6 others on murder charge

The CBI has filed an FIR against Anil Sharma, the managing director of the Amrapali Group, and six others on charges of murder and criminal conspiracy in connection with the killing of a former secretary of a reputed school in Bihar over eight years ago. The agency has also named a physician, Dr Praveen Sinha, businessman Rajendra Singhania, advocate Shambhu Sharan Singh and a few others as accused in the FIR.

January 12, 2023 at 02:53AM

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SC to govt: Pay gas leak victims from your pocket

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the Centre is not prevented from increasing the amount of compensation to the victims of the Bhopal gas leak tragedy and it can pay the amount from its pocket, not seek re-opening of its settlement with Union Carbide to increase a claim it accepted more than three decades ago.

January 12, 2023 at 02:21AM

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Budget 2023: Top 6 things FM can do for salaried class taxpayers

Budget 2023: There is a wish that the Government may enhance the annual basic exemption limit to Rs 5 lakhs from the existing Rs 2.5 lakhs in the forthcoming budget.

January 11, 2023 at 08:21AM

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4 years after clean air mission, ‘marginal’ gain in some cities

January 11, 2023 at 03:34PM

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Govt to set up micro seismic observatories

January 11, 2023 at 02:20PM

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Collegium sends names to govt for appointment as HC judges

The Supreme Court collegium has recommended to the Centre names of eight persons for appointment as judges in five different high courts. The names included that of judicial officer Golmei Gaiphulshillu Kabui who, if cleared by the Centre, would be the first woman from the ST community to become a judge of Manipur HC. The collegium comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph on Monday also recommended the names of two other women.

January 11, 2023 at 01:37PM

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Don’t convert single units in Chandigarh into apartments: SC

January 11, 2023 at 12:44PM

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All Omicron variants in air, but no rise in mortality: Survey

A community-based surveillance conducted by the government has found that all Omicron variants - from BA.2 and XBB to BQ.1 and their respective sub-lineages — are circulating in the country. However, on the brighter side, the surveillance report suggests that the presence of these variants has not led to any increase in either mortality or transmission of Covid-1.

January 10, 2023 at 05:52AM

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DGCA issues notice to AI over unruly flyers on Paris flight

January 10, 2023 at 03:40AM

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Conversion a serious issue, shouldn’t be politicised: SC

The Supreme Court on Monday sought attorney general R Venkataramani’s assistance in framing measures to curb religious conversions through deception, fraud, force or allurement and cautioned the states and interested parties to desist from politicising a serious legal issue.

January 10, 2023 at 02:42AM

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World listens to India, it can be global skill capital: PM

The world listens to India and the country has what it takes to become the global skill capital, PM Narendra Modi said Monday while inaugurating the 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas convention in Indore. “Today, the world listens to India. It can become the engine of development of the world,” he said. “India taking over the G20 presidency this year gives a great opportunity to make the world aware of India’s experiences to attain a sustainable future and learn from these experiences.”

January 10, 2023 at 02:17AM

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Magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes Indonesia -EMSC

January 09, 2023 at 11:48PM

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Live: Ukraine rejects Russian claim of 'retaliatory strike'

Russia's bombing of regions in eastern Ukraine killed at least two people, local officials said on Sunday, after Moscow ended a self-declared Christmas ceasefire and vowed to push on with combat until it reaches a victory over its neighbour. Stay with TOI for live updates-

January 09, 2023 at 06:17AM

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Over 6,900 domestic violence plaints filed by women in 2022

January 09, 2023 at 05:08AM

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PM dials Dhami, promises ‘all financial & technical support’

PM Narendra Modi had a telephonic conversation with Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday morning. Dhami informed the PM about the situation in Joshimath as well as plans for rehabilitation and arrangements being made in light of several houses developing cracks amid fears that the town is ‘sinking’.

January 09, 2023 at 03:48AM

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Govt to disband telecom body DCC

January 09, 2023 at 02:30AM

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‘We fell short of tackling situation’: Chandrasekaran on AI handling of pee incident

Chandrasekaran, who is chairman of both Tata Sons and Air India, has said that Air India's response to the incident should have been “much swifter” in the incident in which an inebriated male passenger relieved himself on an elderly woman passenger on a New York-Delhi Air India flight. “We fell short of addressing this situation the way we should have.” he said.

January 09, 2023 at 02:12AM

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1.9°C at main city station as Delhi faces extended cold wave

Delhi suffered its fourth consecutive cold wave day on Sunday, with the minimum at the city’s base station Safdarjung falling below 2 degrees Celsius for the first time in two years and the city experiencing one of its worst fog spells of the season with nine hours of lower than 200m visibility. Over 100 flights were delayed at IGI Airport due to dense fog and 42 trains were running late.

January 09, 2023 at 01:28AM

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‘Law, not public pressure, is key’: Mishra sent to judicial custody

Advocate Manu Sharma, representing Mishra, submitted that as per the FIR, only one of the sections invoked is non-bailable and rest are bailable. Mishra was booked under IPC Sections 354, 294, 509 and 510, and Section 23 of the Aircraft Rules, 1937. Mishra moved a bail plea in court, which scheduled it for hearing on January 11.

January 08, 2023 at 03:45AM

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UP ex-minister, son arrested in city over illegal slaughterhouse

January 08, 2023 at 02:36AM

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Guj Harappan site reveals death rituals of 5k yrs ago

The digging began in 2019 at Juna Khatiya village, about 30km from Lakhpat in Kutch district, and archaeologists found rows of graves with skeletal remains, ceramic pots, plates and vases, beaded jewellery, and animal bones that piqued their interest. Over time, it emerged as one the biggest Harappan burial sites, with the possibility of 500 graves, of which about 125 have been found so far.

January 08, 2023 at 02:13AM

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Average work hours per week longest in S&E Asia: ILO

The occupational group with longest average hours of work was plant and machine operators and assemblers, who worked 48.2 hours per week on an average, followed by service and sales workers at 47.0 hours per week.

January 08, 2023 at 02:23AM

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Man who urinated on co-flyer held from B'luru guest house

Mishra was apprehended from a guest house in Bengaluru at 12.30am using internet tracking technology and information from sources about a red Jeep Compass SUV. He was brought to Delhi where a court sent him to judicial custody in Tihar jail for 14 days. The flight’s pilots have also been questioned and their statements recorded.

January 08, 2023 at 12:51AM

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Hanif Kureishi fears he may never be able to walk or write again following fall in Rome

January 08, 2023 at 12:14AM

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Centre: Will honour SC timeline for judge appts

Entrusted by the apex court to persuade the Centre to “follow the law” by complying with its verdicts on appointment of judges, attorney general R Venkataramani, at the outset , told a bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Abhay S Oka that all efforts were being made to conform to the timelines and names sent to the government by collegiums would be cleared expeditiously with decision on 44 out of 104 names decided in the coming two days.

January 07, 2023 at 03:33AM

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Ahead of Bharat Jodo entering J&K, 17 Azad loyalists rejoin Cong

The 17 leaders, led by ex-deputy CM Tara Chand and former state Congress chief Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed, joined the party in the presence of AICC state incharge Rajani Patil at a press conference attended by party leaders KC Vengopal and Jairam Ramesh.

January 06, 2023 at 08:56PM

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Should you break pandemic FDs to earn higher returns?

At the peak of the pandemic, rates had dropped to as low as 5.5% due to excess liquidity in the banking system and many had locked into 2-3-year deposits to make the best in a depressed market. Now with some private banks offering 8% and public sector banks giving over 7.5%, savvy elders are looking at premature withdrawals to make fresh deposits at higher rates.

January 07, 2023 at 01:50AM

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SC pushes for e-monitoring to check over-speeding

Cause-wise analysis of road accidents revealed 55.9% (87,050 out of 1,55,622 deaths) and 27.5% (42,853 out of 1,55,622 deaths) of fatalities were due to speeding and dangerous/careless driving or overtaking, respectively, in 2021.

January 07, 2023 at 01:26AM

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Akshata Murty's vision is to open up Downing Street to public to draw a line under Johnson 'fiefdom era'

January 07, 2023 at 12:03AM

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SC slams UP for delay in releasing life-term convicts in jail for 16 years

January 06, 2023 at 05:14AM

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Cracks in houses, jittery locals block NH for 8 hrs

The district administration will earmark the land where the prefabricated houses will come up, a government order issued by additional district magistrate (ADM) Abhishek Tripathi said. Meanwhile, the situation in Joshimath is worsening every passing day with families leaving their houses and being shifted to identified buildings. Till date, 38 families have been shifted and relocated to safer places, officials said.

January 06, 2023 at 03:59AM

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Autonomous college, univ rating norms out

As TOI had reported on November 14, this is the first time that the NAAC has declared the highest marks called benchmarks that it has set aside for each of the parameters it grades institutes on, thus allowing every higher education institute to know the maximum achievable marks.

January 06, 2023 at 03:02AM

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No home food for Kochhars & Dhoot: CBI court

January 06, 2023 at 02:39AM

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11 ‘O’ sub-variants found in flyers in 11 days

India started random screening of 2% of international passengers arriving in the country from December 24 onwards. in view of a surge in Covid-19 cases in several countries, especially China, Japan and South Korea among others.

January 06, 2023 at 01:23AM

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UP CM Yogi Adityanath interacts with Bollywood members, pushes UP as film-making destination

Presenting Uttar Pradesh as a film-friendly state, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday invited prominent members from the entertainment industry to explore his state as a film-making destination.

January 05, 2023 at 11:27PM

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Cyrus case: Charges filed against Dr Anahita Pandole

January 05, 2023 at 05:29AM

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With old rifle, this man saved villagers from total annihilation

Known as Bala by fellow villagers, Krishan has been hailed as the local hero for stopping a total annihilation of the families living in an isolated cluster of three homes that came under attack. The terrorists killed four people that night and two kids died the next morning in an explosion triggered by an IED that the assailants had left behind. In all, 15 people were wounded—all of them recuperating and said to be stable now.

January 05, 2023 at 03:57AM

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'Will conduct 6 test launches before manned mission': Isro chief

Addressing the media on the sidelines of the Indian Science Congress, the Isro chief said that of the total six test missions, there will be four abort missions and two uncrewed missions. “Two abort missions and one uncrewed mission will be conducted this year in April-May. The remaining three will be conducted next year. And if all are successful, the final crew mission will be launched next year itself,” he said.

January 05, 2023 at 02:44AM

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Semen quality of Covid patients takes a hit: Study

The study is based on semen analysis, also known as sperm count test, of 30 men between 19 and 43 years admitted for Covid-19 treatment at AIIMS Patna between October 2020 and April 2021. The first analysis was done immediately after the infection and a second test carried out on semen collected after a gap of two and a half months.

January 05, 2023 at 02:01AM

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Can minors be tried as adults for heinous crimes?

The draft guidelines, which have been made in compliance with the Supreme Court directive issued on the matter last year, have been placed in the public domain by NCPCR for comments and a response has been sought by January 20.

January 04, 2023 at 10:29PM

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VHP, Bajrang Dal activists tear posters of Shah Rukh Khan starrer 'Pathaan' at Ahmedabad mall

Members of the right-wing outfits Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal on Wednesday created a ruckus at a mall in Vastrapur area here and tore up posters and other publicity material of the upcoming film "Pathaan" starring Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone.

January 05, 2023 at 12:07AM

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EAM defends Russian crude import, takes jibe at Europe

In an interview to an Austrian broadcaster, Jaishankar attacked Europe for complaining about India’s rising energy imports from Russia as he said if the European political leadership wanted to soften the impact of the conflict on their population, they should extend the same privilege to other political leaderships as well.

January 04, 2023 at 05:10AM

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Minister says PSUs to be roped in to build N-plants

The Modi government is also expected to make a big announcement in the atomic energy sector in the coming days on the lines of the “unlocking of the space sector in 2020”. However, keeping in view the criticality of nuclear fuel and its potential misuse, the government will tread a very cautious path in tune with IAEA guidelines and conventions of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, a ministry source told TOI.

January 04, 2023 at 03:54AM

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Minor raped in MP, accused BJP member on run

Infuriated, the girl’s relatives and around 200 neighbours marched to Gulhane’s house. Seeing the mob outside, the BJP leader fled through the rear door, Betul additional SP Neeraj Soni told TOI. While the child’s parents went to file a police complaint, teams from several police stations sped to Gulhane’s house to tackle the mob. The protesters torched his car.

January 04, 2023 at 03:03AM

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Live: Experts sceptical that China travel curbs will be effective

International measures on travellers from China will likely have little effect on containing Covid, health experts said, pointing to a surging variant in the United States that may pose a larger threat. More than a dozen countries have imposed testing requirements on visitors from China, citing concerns about a lack of transparency in Beijing's infection data and the risk of a new variant of the virus emerging. Stay with TOI for live updates-

January 04, 2023 at 01:32AM

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Bastar church vandalised; SP, cops injured in mob attack

The SP of Bastar's Narayanpur district suffered a head injury and several other policemen were hurt while trying to control a mob that vandalised a church while alleging "rampant conversion" in the tribal-dominated district.

January 03, 2023 at 05:24AM

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Bastar church vandalised; SP, cops injured in mob attack

The SP of Bastar's Narayanpur district suffered a head injury and several other policemen were hurt while trying to control a mob that vandalised a church while alleging "rampant conversion" in the tribal-dominated district.

January 03, 2023 at 05:24AM

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Delhi had fewer hours of 'severe' air in 2022: Panel

January 03, 2023 at 04:57AM

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Student stabs girl to death in B’luru college, tries to kill self

A 19-year-old girl was stabbed to death by her friend inside the classroom at a private college in Bengaluru on Monday afternoon.

January 02, 2023 at 05:20PM

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Cricketer to play Ranji tie in stadium built by dad and named after him

January 03, 2023 at 02:53AM

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2 kids killed in IED blast in Rajouri, day after Jan 1 massacre

A four-year-old boy and a teenage girl were killed in an IED explosion Monday in a sinister continuation of the targeted terrorist attack on three Hindu homes in the mountainside village of Upper Dhangri in Jammu’s Rajouri district that were sprayed with bullets on New Year’s Day, leaving four villagers dead and six gravely wounded.

January 03, 2023 at 02:09AM

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Massive fire at Nashik chemical factory kills 2, injures 17

At least two workers were killed and 17 others injured when a massive fire broke out at a chemical factory in Nashik's Igatpuri on Sunday. It was not clear what triggered the blaze. Nashik divisional commissioner Radhadkrishna Game suspected a blast in one of the reactors.

January 02, 2023 at 04:14AM

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Popn mustn't be sole delimitation criterion: Assam chief minister

January 02, 2023 at 03:47AM

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India eyes MacBook production, may boost incentive scheme

After the success of iPhone production in India, the government is set to sweeten the deal to kickstart the coveted manufacturing of MacBooks and iPads in the country, looking to broad-base the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for IT hardware to nearly Rs 20,000 crore against the existing outlay of Rs 7,350 crore which failed to receive much response from the industry.

January 02, 2023 at 02:45AM

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2 seniors killed in blaze at care facility in Delhi

January 02, 2023 at 02:19AM

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Delhi air improved in 2022, was 2nd cleanest in 6 years

The annual average PM2.5 concentration of Delhi in 2022 fell below 100 micrograms per cubic metre for only the second time since 2017, making the year gone by the second cleanest in the last six years. However, the 2022 average was still 2.5 times higher than the annual national ambient air quality standard of 40 micrograms/cubic metre and 20 times higher than WHO’s safe limit of 5.

January 02, 2023 at 01:52AM

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Live: Magnitude-3.2 earthquake in West Karbi Anglong, Assam

Stay with TOI for the latest updates on news across India and world.

January 02, 2023 at 12:23AM

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