Betty White, Star Of 'Golden Girls', Dies At 99

Actress Betty White, who made US television audiences laugh for more than seven decades, starring on popular sitcoms "The Golden Girls" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," has died at age 99, US media...

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Delhi Containment Zones Increase By More Than 8 times In Dec, Shows Data

With rapid rise in coronavirus cases in the national capital, the number of containment zones has also increased by more than eight times from the beginning of this month.

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CBI Files Chargesheet Against Jagan Reddy's Party MP In Loan Fraud Case

CBI has filed a charge sheet against YSR Congress MP Raghu Ramkrishna Raju and 15 other individuals and companies in connection with alleged loan fraud case of Rs 947 crore with Power Finance...

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Hindu Religious Leader Sent To Judicial Custody Till January 13

Hindu religious leader Kalicharan Maharaj, arrested over alleged derogatory remarks about Mahatma Gandhi, was on Friday sent in judicial custody by a court in Chhattisgarh's Raipur district.

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Case Against Chandigarh-Based Drug Firm For Over Rs 1,600 Crore Fraud

The CBI has booked top executives of Chandigarh-based Parabolic Drugs Ltd for allegedly defrauding a consortium led by Central Bank of India of Rs 1626.74 crore, officials said Friday.

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"Remarks Unlawful": J&K Top Cop Repeats Warning Against Criticising Probe

Politicians and the media have no right to criticise a police investigation report that exonerated policemen involved in last month's controversial encounter in Srinagar, the Jammu and Kashmir Police...

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"Invented Names": India On China Renaming 15 Places In Arunchal Pradesh

India on Thursday strongly rejected China renaming some places in Arunachal Pradesh and asserted that the state has "always been" and will "always be" an integral part of India and that assigning...

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Extending AFSPA In Nagaland Violation Of Human Rights: Citizens' Group

A citizens' collective of Nagaland Civil Society Organisations today vehemently objected to the Centre's move to extend the Armed Forces Special Power Act in the state, saying that the extension of...

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Assam Police's Quirky Anti-Drunk Driving Message For New Year's Eve

Assam has taken a resolve for this New Year's eve - the northeastern state is trying to ensure it does not see any cases of drunk driving on the last day of 2021.

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Indian Navy Evacuates Its Sailor From Mozambique After Medical Emergency

The Indian Navy conducted a medical evacuation of one of its sailors from Mozambique on Thursday and brought him back to India, officials said.

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Omicron Detected In 54% Of New Covid Cases In Delhi, Spreading In Community

Omicron is gradually spreading in the community and the new, fast-spreading variant of concern has been found in 54 per cent of the latest samples analysed in Delhi, Health Minister Satyendar Jain...

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Bengal Bans Direct Flights From UK, At-Risk Nations From Jan 3 Amid Spike

Alarmed over Covid cases doubling in 24 hours in Kolkata, the Bengal government on Thursday suspended all direct flights from the UK and other high-risk countries from January 3.

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PM Modi Has Good Hold On Administration, Says NCP's Sharad Pawar

NCP president Sharad Pawar on Wednesday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's style of functioning, saying once he takes up any task, he makes sure it is completed.

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UP's Jhansi Railway Station Renamed As Veerangna Laxmibai Railway Station

The Uttar Pradesh government has renamed Jhansi Railway Station as 'Veerangana Laxmibai Railway Station' after Rani Laxmibai.

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"Chief Violator": Congress MP's Complaint Against Assam Chief Minister

Himanta Biswa Sarma had described the Gorukhuti eviction exercise as an "act of revenge" for the incidents of 1983 when eight Assamese youths were killed in February 1983 during the Assam Agitation...

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BJP Won't Get Muslim Votes As Removed Article 370, Says Party MP

BJP MP Subrat Pathak on Wednesday said that the party may not still get votes of the Muslim community as it has scrapped Article 370, "built temples in Ayodha and Kashi and will build a temple in...

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Nagaland Civil Society Groups Criticise Probe Into Mon Killings

The civil society groups in Nagaland's Mon district have claimed they have "doubts on the credibility" of the Army's Court of Inquiry instituted to probe the Nagaland firing incident earlier this...

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3 Terrorists Killed In Two Encounters In Jammu And Kashmir

A policeman was injured and three terrorists were killed as Jammu and Kashmir saw back-to-back encounters in two districts - Kulgam and Anantnag.

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US Appoints Envoy Rina Amiri To Defend Afghan Women's Rights

The United States on Wednesday appointed an envoy to defend the rights of Afghan women, stepping up efforts on a key priority as the Taliban ratchet up restrictions.

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Noida Woman Duped Of Rs 32 Lakh By Facebook "Friend": Police

The Noida Police has launched an investigation after a cyber thug allegedly conned a Noida resident of Rs 42 lakh after befriending her over social media, officials said on Wednesday.

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Mandatory 7-Day Home Quarantine For Passengers Arriving In Mumbai From UAE

All international passengers arriving from the UnitedArab Emirates to Mumbai will have to undergo a mandatory seven-day quarantine, the city's civic body said today.

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BJP Leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa's Security Upgraded To 'Z' Category

Union Home Ministry has upgraded the security cover of BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa from the 'Y' category to the 'Z' category, said a senior official on Wednesday.

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Police Warn J&K Leaders With Penal Action For Criticising Encounter Probe

The Jammu and Kashmir Police today warned action against political leaders criticising probe by a Special Investigation Team ( SIT) into the last month's controversial encounter at Srinagar's...

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Governor Sending Me Texts Against Mamata Banerjee Every Day: Trinamool MP

Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Saugata Roy today alleged that West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has been sending him messages against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee every day.

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Karnataka To Bring Law To Free Temples From Laws, Rules: Chief Minister

The Karnataka government will bring in a law aimed at freeing Hindu temples from laws and rules that control them at present, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Wednesday.

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After Ayodhya, Kashi, Work On To Develop Mathura Too: UP Chief Minister

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday asserted that the BJP has kept its word on building the Ram temple in Ayodhya and said that after Kashi, efforts are on to boost development...

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No New Year Events On Beaches Across Tamil Nadu Amid Omicron Scare

Celebrations on the eve of new year is banned on beaches across Tamil Nadu, a top police official of the State on Wednesday. People are advised against congregating in public places and those driving...

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Body Of Newborn Girl Tied To Stone Found In Haryana Canal: Police

A newborn girl was allegedly tied to a stone and thrown into a canal in the Kosli area, police said.

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Vaccination Camp In Agra Graveyard Gets 90 Slum-Dwellers Inoculated

A special COVID-19 vaccination camp was organised on Tuesday by Agra's health department for squatters living in a graveyard in the city.

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Man Killed By 2 People Who Accused Him Of Staring At Them In Nagpur: Cops

A 25-year-old man was killed in Gaddigodam area of Nagpur allegedly by two persons who accused him of staring at them, police said on Tuesday.

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Those Who Bow Before PM's Wrong Decisions Follow Hindutva: Rahul Gandhi

In a scathing attack on the BJP and the RSS, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said those who bow before the wrong decisions of Prime Minister Narendra Modi are the ones who follow Hindutva.

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In UP's Political Rallies, Covid Safety Norms Thrown To The Winds

Rampant violations of Covid restrictions are on at the political campaigns and rallies in Uttar Pradesh, where elections are due within weeks.

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No Night Curfew For Now, May Affect Tourism: Goa Chief Minister

The Goa government on Tuesday decided not to impose night curfew in the coastal state for now so that the tourism business amid the Christmas-New Year festival season is not affected.

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Rajasthan To Bring One-Time Crop Loan Waiver Scheme: Chief Minister

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday said the state government will give relief to poor farmers by bringing a one-time scheme to waive crop loans taken from nationalised banks.

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Former Mohali Mayor Kulwant Singh Joins AAP

Former Mohali mayor and realtor Kulwant Singh on Monday joined the Aam Aadmi Party ahead of the Punjab Assembly polls next year.

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Vikram Misri Is New Deputy National Security Advisor. 5 Things About Him

Vikram Misri has been appointed as the Deputy National Security Advisor in the National Security Council Secretariat. An officer of the Foreign Services, he served as the envoy to China till December...

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Massive Doctors' Protest In Delhi Over NEET Exam Braves Police Crackdown

Resident doctors' groups in Delhi on Monday threatened a complete shutdown of medical services, alleging a brutal police crackdown on their protest against the delay in college allotments after the...

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China's Xi'an Imposes "Strictest" Controls To Contain Covid Outbreak

The locked-down Chinese city of Xi'an on Monday tightened Covid-19 controls to the "strictest" level, banning residents from driving cars around town in an effort to control the country's worst...

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"Happy We Came Together": Amarinder Singh On Coalition With BJP

Former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Monday said his party, the BJP and the SAD (Sanyukt) have come together in the interest of national security and progress of the state and claimed that the...

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2 Bike-Borne Men Loot Bag Containing Rs 50 Lakh: Delhi Police

Two unidentified bike-borne men allegedly stopped the vehicle of two others and robbed their bag containing Rs 50 lakh after opening fire in the air on Monday, police said.

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Punjabis Don't Need Outsider Like Arvind Kejriwal: Charanjit Channi

Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi on Monday said Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal should not take Punjabis for granted and understand that they are capable of leading their own state and do not...

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Covovax, Serum's Covid Vaccine, Recommended For Approval: Report

An expert panel of the country's central drug authority has recommended granting Emergency Use Authorisation to Serum Institute's Covid vaccine 'Covovax' with certain conditions, official sources said...

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Case Against Maharashtra College Principal For Running Over Pedestrian

The principal of a college in Ulhasnagar in Thane district was booked for allegedly fatally knocking down a pedestrian on December 18, police said on Monday.

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"Congress Is Electoral Hindu, On Verge Of Extinction": Bengal BJP Chief

West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar on Sunday said that Congress is an 'electoral' Hindu and is on the verge of extinction.

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Top Scientist Vows More Testing As Omicron Hammers US

Top US pandemic advisor Anthony Fauci on Sunday acknowledged a Covid "testing problem" as the Omicron strain overwhelms the nation, and he vowed to make more tests available to Americans next month.

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Tiger Strays Into Bengal's District Again, One Villager Injured

A man was injured on Sunday morning after a tiger lunged at a group of people when they were looking for the big cat inside dense bushes in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, forest officials...

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PM Announces Rs 2 Lakh Aid For Those Dead In Bihar Boiler Blast

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved an ex-gratia of Rs two lakh each from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF) for the family of those who have lost their lives due to the accident...

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BJP Holds Brainstorming Session With Party's Brahmin Leaders In UP

The BJP's Uttar Pradesh poll in charge Dharmendra Pradhan Sunday held a brainstorming session with the party's Brahmin leaders from the state with an aim to maintain the caste equation in the party's...

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Don't Act As Opposition Agent: Trinamool Leader To Cop In Purported Video

Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir courted controversy on Sunday when he allegedly asked an officer-in-charge of a police station to stop acting as an agent of opposition parties or be ready for...

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Centre Hatching "Conspiracy" To Bring Back Farm Laws: Congress

The Congress reiterated its charge that the Centre was hatching a "conspiracy" to bring back the three farm laws through the "back door" after the next round of assembly polls and urged the people to...

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Yogi Adityanath's Jibe At Samajwadi Party Over Alleged Land Grab 'Motto'

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday remarked that the alleged motto of Samajwadi Party -- "jo zameen khaali, woh zameen hamari (any vacant land is our land)" -- would not work...

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PM To Inaugurate UP's Kanpur Metro Stretch, Pipeline Project On Tuesday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Kanpur on December 28 to inaugurate the completed section of the Kanpur Metro Rail Project and the Bina-Panki multi-product pipeline project, the PMO said on...

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Action Will Be Taken In "Sad, Unfortunate" Nagaland Op, Assures Army

The investigation into the "sad and unfortunate" loss of lives in the December 4 firing incident in Nagaland's Mon district is progressing expeditiously and all efforts are underway to conclude the...

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2 Elephants Killed After Being Hit By Train In Odisha

Two elephants have been mowed down by a goods train in Odisha's Khurda district, a forest officer said on Sunday.

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8 Arrested For Impersonating As Cops To Dupe Online Shoppers: Police

Eight persons, who were using pictures of senior police officers to impress on people to purchase goods from an online platform, were arrested from Rajasthan by the Jammu and Kashmir Police, an...

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Congress Leader With Uttarakhand Charge Returns From Delhi Beating A Drum

Armed with senior party leader Rahul Gandhi's nod to lead the Congress' poll campaign in Uttarakhand with a free hand, former state chief minister Harish Rawat Saturday arrived in Dehradun beating a...

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2 Chemical Factory Directors Arrested In Gujarat Boiler Blast Case

Two directors of a chemical factory in Vadodara in Gujarat were arrested on Saturday, a day after a powerful blast in the boiler of the unit killed four people, including a woman and her daughter and...

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Previous Government Wasted Money On Kabristans: Yogi Adityanath

In the latest campaign speech with with religious overtones, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday targeted the Samajwadi Party, alleging that its government wasted money meant for...

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Delhi's Air Quality In 'Severe' Category, Light Rain Likely Tomorrow

The air quality of the national capital on Saturday was recorded in the 'severe' category for the fifth consecutive day, according to the Central Pollution Control Board.

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Agriculture Minister Insulted PM Modi's Apology: Rahul Gandhi

Reacting to Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar's remarks regarding three farm laws, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that Mr Tomar has insulted Prime...

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Centre Stumbling Again On Covid Vaccination Programme: P Chidambaram

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said it seems that the government is stumbling again on the Covid vaccination programme and its "failures", including not permitting booster shots,...

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5,700 Flights Cancelled Globally As Omicron Hits Christmas Weekend Travel

At least 5,700 flights have been cancelled worldwide over the long Christmas weekend and thousands more were delayed, a tracking website reported Saturday, as the highly infectious Omicron variant...

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Naveen Patnaik's Party To Nominate 40% OBC Candidates For Local Polls

The ruling BJD in Odisha Saturday announced that it will nominate at least 40 per cent candidates from the Other Backward Caste (OBC) category for the approaching elections to panchayats and urban...

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Ludhiana Blast Aimed At Disturbing Punjab's Peace: Arvind Kejriwal

AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said the alleged sacrilege attempts and the Ludhiana bomb blast are the handiwork of a few people wanting to disturb the state's peace and such incidents will...

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Idols Of Gods Recovered From Dam In Jharkhand: Police

Half a dozen idols of Hindu gods were recovered from the Charwa Dam in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district on Friday, leading to frenzy in the area with devotees setting up a makeshift temple for...

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Man Beaten Up By Family Of Woman He Eloped With, 2 Arrested: Delhi Cops

A man, who had eloped with a woman, was allegedly beaten up by her family in west Delhi's Rajouri Garden, police said on Friday. The family of the victim also alleged that his private parts were cut,...

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Taxi-Driver Arrested In West Bengal For Killing Girlfriend: Gurgaon Police

A 36-year-old taxi driver was arrested near the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal for allegedly killing his girlfriend over her refusal to marry him in September, police said on Friday.

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2 Arrested For Raping, Killing Girl, Dumping Body: Rajasthan Police

Within 12 hours after the naked body of a 15-year-old girl bearing tell-tale marks of rape and brutalisation was found in a jungle in Bundi district, the police on Friday claimed to have cracked the...

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'Equal Pay For Equal Work' Can't Be A General Theory: Madras High Court

Holding that the theory of 'equal pay for equal work' cannot be applied blindly in all the cases, the Madras High Court has set aside an order of a single judge directing the education department to...

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Centre Issues Rules For Domestic, International Passengers Visiting Delhi

Union Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has issued fresh guidelines for domestic and international passengers travelling to Delhi in view of the rising cases of COVID-19.

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UK Reports Over 1.19 Lakh Covid Cases, Highest Daily Rise

The UK on Thursday set another daily Covid-19 daily infections record, fuelled by the Omicron variant.

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"Ready" For Talks With Russia From Early January: US Official

The United States is preparing for talks with Russia that could start within weeks, a senior official said Thursday, as Western powers accuse Moscow of continuing a major troop build-up on the border...

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After Outrage, Police File Case On Haridwar Hate Speech. One Person Named

A case has been registered in connection to the hate speeches at a religious conclave in Haridwar after outrage and condemnation on social media over the open calls for genocide and use of weapons...

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US Author Joan Didion Dies At 87: Report

Author Joan Didion, a US literary icon credited with ushering in "new journalism" with her essays on Los Angeles life in the tumultuous 1960s, died on Thursday, The New York Times reported. She was...

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"Is India Still A Democracy": Opposition Slams "Hate Speech Conclave"

Several Opposition leaders, including those from the Congress and the TMC, on Thursday condemned what they said was a "hate speech conclave" held in Haridwar recently and called for strict action...

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Delay UP Elections, Ban Rallies: Court Urges Poll Body, PM Over Omicron

The Allahabad High Court today requested the Election Commission to postpone the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly elections by a month or two.

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Stolen Firearms, Ammunition Of Mamata Banerjee's Security Guard Recovered

Police on Thursday recovered firearms and ammunition belonging to an assistant sub-inspector of the special security unit of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, which were allegedly stolen...

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Maharashtra Reports 23 New Omicron Cases, 13 Of Them Are In Pune

Maharashtra on Thursday reported 23 new cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, highest in a single day so far, the state health department said.

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Auto Drivers Go On Strike Against Route Map Rule In Ghaziabad

A section of auto drivers went on a strike on Thursday in front of the collectorate office against the route map system proposed by the administration.

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Too Soon To Decide If Omicron More Severe Than Delta: WHO

The World Health Organization does not yet have enough data on the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus to say if it is more severe than the Delta variant, an official said on Wednesday.

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Court Orders FIR Against Congress Leader Over "ISIS-Hindutva" Comparison

A court ordered on Wednesday to register an FIR against senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid for comparing the "Sanatan" Hindu religion with the Boko Haram and ISIS terror outfits in his book titled...

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Lungs Transported From Ahmedabad To Delhi Via Air, Two Green Corridors

Lungs harvested from a brain-dead patient in Ahmedabad was on Wednesday transported to Delhi for life-saving transplant surgery, the organs being ferried via air and two green corridors on the ground,...

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UK Approves Covid Jab For Under-12s As New Daily Cases Top 1 Lakh

British regulators on Wednesday approved Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine for use in children aged five to 11, as the country reported more than 100,000 new daily cases for the first time as Omicron surged.

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Congress Must Adopt BJP Strategy To Regain Power At Centre: Harish Rawat

Congress will have to adopt the BJP's technique of strengthening its regional leaders if it wants to regain power at the Centre, Senior Congress leader Harish Rawat said on Wednesday.

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Juhi Chawla Moves Divison Bench Of Delhi High Court In 5G Rollout Case

Actor-environmentalist Juhi Chawla on Wednesday moved the division bench of Delhi High Court challenging the single bench order which had dismissed a lawsuit filed against the setting up of 5G...

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Haryana Lowers Drinking Age From 25 To 21

The Haryana government on Wednesday amended its Excise Act paving the way for lowering of the legal age for consumption of liquor, its purchase or sale from the existing 25 years to 21 years in the...

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Arvind Kejriwal Rules Out Pre-Poll Alliance With Trinamool In Goa

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal has ruled out the possibility of a pre-poll alliance with the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) in Goa, but said he may think of tie-ups with...

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RSS Begins Massive Outreach To Muslim Women Ahead Of UP Assembly Polls

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has launched a massive outreach programme to Muslim women in the poll-bound Uttar Pradesh.

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Maharashtra Supports Death Penalty To Sisters Who Killed 5 Children

Maharashtra has told the Bombay High Court that it supported the death sentence awarded to Renuka Shinde and Seema Gavit - the sisters convicted for kidnapping of 14 children and murdering five of...

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100 Cities Selected To Be Developed As Smart Cities, Says Hardeep Puri

Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday said that 100 cities have been selected to be developed as smart cities through a two-stage National competition.

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Finland To Shut Bars Early On Christmas Amid Record Covid Infections

Bars in Finland will be forced to close at 9:00 pm on Christmas Eve as part of new restrictions designed to fight record Covid infection levels, the prime minister said on Tuesday.

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Watch: Conrad Sangma Joins Opposition Leaders In Pre-Christmas Carolling

It is that time of the year when politics take a backseat in the northeastern hill state of Meghalaya. Leaders across party lines come together in the spirit of Christmas, setting aside year-long...

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Farmers Continue To Block Rail Tracks, Affect Train Traffic In Punjab

Demanding complete loan waiver and compensation to kin of those killed during the anti-farm law stir, farmers blocked rail tracks at various places for the second day on Tuesday, affecting the...

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Stock Available With Discount: Arvind Kejriwal Dig Over Goa Congress MLAs

Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday took a dig at Congress over resignation of the party MLAs ahead of the Goa Assembly polls, saying that while 15 legislators have been sold the "last...

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Gurugram Achieves 100% Covid Vaccination Coverage: Officials

The Gurugram health department on Tuesday claimed to have achieved 100 per cent coverage of both doses of COVID-19 vaccine, thereby, becoming the first district in Haryana to do so.

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"Show Me Footage": Trinamool's Derek O'Brien On Charge He Threw Rule Book

Trinamool Congress's Derek O'Brien, who got suspended for allegedly throwing the Rajya Sabha rule book at the chair during a protest over the Election Reform Bill, refused to give a straight answer...

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Ugandan Woman With Heroin Worth Over Rs 14 Crore Arrested At Delhi Airport

A woman from Uganda was arrested by customs officials at the international airport on Tuesday for allegedly smuggling heroin worth over Rs 14 crore into the country.

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"Wrong Case" Against Akali Dal Leader Bikram Majithia: Amarinder Singh

Former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said that a wrong case has been filed against Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) general secretary Bikram Singh Majithia.

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Parliament's Winter Session Likely To Conclude Tomorrow: Report

The Winter session of Parliament is likely to conclude on Wednesday, a day before schedule.

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Golden Temple Incident Should Not Be Politicised: Akali Dal Chief

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday said that the incident of alleged sacrilege attempt at Golden Temple in Amritsar should not be politicised and demanded culprits to be...

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At Least 17 Die, 60 Missing As Boat Sinks Off Madagascar Coast

At least 17 people died and around 60 were missing after a boat sank off the northeast coast of Madagascar early Monday, maritime authorities said.

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UP Court Sentences Man To Death For Rape, Murder Of 10-Year-Old Girl

A court in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district has sentenced a 35-year-old man to death for raping and killing a 10-year-old girl, officials said on Monday.

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No School Holiday On Fridays In Lakshadweep Now

Fridays will no longer be weekly holidays for school students in Muslim dominated Lakshadweep.

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UK Returned Gujarat Woman Tests Positive For Omicron; Taking Total To 12

A 27-year-old woman with a travel history to the UK was found infected with the Omicron variant of coronavirus in Gujarat's Vadodara on Monday, officials said, adding that the patient is asymptomatic.

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No Evidence On Omicron's Severity In India: Centre's Research Body

There is no clear evidence yet on the transmissibility, immune evasion or severity of Omicron in India, said Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) in its latest bulletin while noting that...

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COVID-19 India LIVE Updates: India Reports 7,081 Cases In Last 24 Hours

India reported 7,081 fresh COVID-19 cases and 264 deaths in the last 24 hours, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday. The country's active caseload currently stands at 83,913,...

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Big-Ticket Items Go Unsold In Auction Of Maradona Assets

A virtual auction of some 90 items owned by late football superstar Diego Maradona on Sunday failed to attract any big bidders, with a seaside apartment, two BMWs and the house he had bought for his...

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Top US Expert Warns Of Bleak Winter With Omicron "Raging Through World"

Top US pandemic advisor Anthony Fauci on Sunday warned of a bleak winter ahead as the Covid-19 Omicron variant spurs a new wave of infections globally, sparking restrictions and concerns over hospital...

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UK PM Boris Johnson Appoints Foreign Minister To Be Brexit Negotiator

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson appointed the foreign minister to lead talks with Europe Sunday after the resignation of the Brexit minister sent shockwaves through the already troubled London...

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"Be Prepared For Any Eventuality": AIIMS Chief On Omicron Threat

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Director Dr Randeep Guleria said on Sunday that in view of rising COVID-19 cases in the United Kingdom, India should prepare itself for any eventuality.

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Sea Trials Of Navy's Stealth Destroyer Mormugao Begins In Arabian Sea

The sea trials of the Indian Navy's indigenously built stealth destroyer, Mormugao, began in the Arabian Sea on Sunday.

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Watch: Telsa Owner Told Repairs Will Cost 20,000 Euros. He Chose Dynamite

Automobile giant Tesla leads the EV sector with innovations and new technology. But that was not enough to stop a disgruntled customer from blowing up his Tesla car using 30 kg of dynamite.

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Brexit Negotiator David Frost Quits UK Government: Report

Former Brexit negotiator David Frost has resigned from the government, The Mail on Sunday reported, in another potentially big blow for Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Set To Launch On December 24

The much-delayed launch of the James Webb space telescope will go ahead on December 24, NASA and the company overseeing the launch confirmed on Saturday.

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23,000 Police Personnel To Be Deployed In Kolkata Ahead Of Civic Polls

The Kolkata Police has heightened vigil across the city and its neighbouring areas ahead of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) elections on Sunday, including initiating stringent checks at hotels...

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Districts In Odisha Record Temperature Below 12 Degree Celsius

Several districts of Odisha reported cold waves on Saturday, with temperature recording as low as seven degrees Celsius in Phulbani and Kandhamal districts.

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Netherlands Announces Christmas "Lockdown" From Today Over Omicron Scare

The Netherlands will go into "lockdown" over the Christmas period to try to stop a surge of the Omicron coronavirus variant, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Saturday.

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Luxury Cars, Cigars, A Villa Among Maradona Items On Sale Sunday

From a necktie to two BMW cars to a box of Cuban cigars - not to mention his parents' home - nearly 90 items once belonging to Diego Maradona will go on the virtual auction block on Sunday in an...

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Telangana Reports 2 More Omicron Cases, Total Count Reaches 8

Two more Omicron cases have been reported in Telangana, taking the total number of cases of the new coronavirus variant in the State to eight, a health official said on Friday.

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Elaborate Reasons By Court Not Needed While Granting Bail: Supreme Court

It is not necessary for a court to give elaborate reasons while granting bail, particularly when a case is at the initial stage and the allegations of the offences by the accused would not have been...

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Delhi Logs 69 New Cases Day After Sharpest Covid Spike In 4 Months

Delhi on Friday recorded no death due to COVID-19 and 69 fresh cases with a positivity rate of 0.12 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department.

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15 Military Chopper Accidents Since March 2017, Centre Tells Lok Sabha

Thirty-one people were killed in accidents involving 15 military helicopters since March 2017 that included the December 8 crash of the Mi-17V5 near Coonoor, according to details provided by the...

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Mayawati Started Ganga Expressway, Claims Akhilesh Yadav Ahead Of PM Visit

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday claimed the Ganga Expressway project was started by Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati during her tenure as state's Chief Minister.

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PM Modi To Lay Foundation Stone Of UP's "Longest Expressway" Tomorrow

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of Ganga Expressway in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh at around 1 PM on Saturday.

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Pak Failed To Prosecute 2008 Mumbai Attack Mastermind: US Report

Pakistan has failed to take adequate steps to counter-terrorism and prosecute terrorists including masterminds of the 2008 Mumbai attacks such as Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM) founder Masood Azhar,...

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"Modi Government 'Disastrous', PM Only Fears Losing...": P Chidambaram

"This is a disastrous government. To cover up its monumental failures, this government has taken recourse to religion. Another reason to take side with religion is to divide the country on religious...

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UP Politician Convoy Attack: Shooter Arrested With Sophisticated Weapons

Additional Superintendent of Police (STF) Raj Kumar Mishra said the agency had been on alert about the movement of wanted criminals in western UP and had received a tip-off about Ankit's presence in...

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Indian-Origin Man With Schizophrenia Sentenced For Killing Mother With Bat

A 34-year-old Indian-origin man was on Thursday sentenced to an indefinite hospital order for causing the death of his mother after attacking her with a cricket bat due to serious mental health...

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"Enjoy Rape": Congress MLA's Outrageous Remark In Karnataka Assembly

A senior Congress leader from Karnataka was heard making an outrageous and sexist comment in the state Assembly today, putting rape on par with an unwilling acquiescence to a discussion on farmers'...

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Double Murder Case Witness Shot Dead In Greater Noida

A bullet-riddled body of a 60-year-old man, a witness in a double murder case, was found near a farm in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida on Thursday, the police said.

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Omicron Count In India Rises To 83 After 10 New Cases Reported

Karnataka, Delhi and Gujarat together reported 10 new cases of Omicron variant taking the countrywide tally of this strain to 83 even as the national capital with a total of 85 new Covid cases...

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BJP Slams Congress Over Posters Of Gen Bipin Rawat At Rahul Gandhi Rally

Hitting out at Congress over posters of General Bipin Rawat, Uttarakhand Chief Minister said that it is due to policies of the BJP and PM that those who used to refer to the top General as "galli ka...

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Bengal Woman Shoots At Boyfriend Over 'Increasingly Distant' Relationship

In an incident straight out of a movie, a 22-year-old woman opened fire on her boyfriend of four years in West Bengal's over "increasing distance" in their relationship, just after kissing the man and...

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UAE To Open State-Of-The-Art Food Park In Kerala

The UAE government has promised to open a state-of-the-art food park in Kerala, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Thursday.

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Not Going To Contest Any Elections: Farmer Leader Rakesh Tikait

Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday said that he is not going to contest any elections and urged the political parties to not make use of his name or photos in their posters.

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AAP Will Jail Goa Ministers Who Took Bribe For Jobs: Arvind Kejriwal

Amid allegations of cash-for-job in Goa government, AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal has assured to jail concerned ministers and to recover and refund the money to people if his party forms...

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"Khela Hobe" In 2024; Will Defeat BJP In Lok Sabha Polls: Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday asserted that the BJP will be defeated across the country in the next Lok Sabha polls due in 2024, and claimed that the party would face similar...

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IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath Calls On PM Modi

Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Gita Gopinath on Wednesday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Europe Ramps Up Vaccine Drive For Children Under 5 As Omicron Spreads

Europe stepped up vaccinations of children aged five to 11 against Covid-19 Wednesday, as the EU's health agency warned that immunisation alone would not stop the rapid rise of the Omicron variant of...

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Woman Declared Indian Now Called Foreigner. Court Pulls Up Assam Tribunal

A Foreigners' Tribunal's flip flop on a woman in Assam -- first declaring her an Indian and less than five years later a foreigner -- has irked the Gauhati High Court, which ordered her release from...

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Alcoholic Man Attacks Wife With Axe, Critically Injures Her In Haryana

An alcoholic man allegedly attacked his wife with an axe after barging into her beauty parlour in Haryana's Dharuhera on Wednesday, police said.

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Man Dies In Jaipur After Jumping From 5th Floor To Escape Lover's Husband

A 29-year-old man died after he jumped from the fifth floor of a building here to avoid getting caught by the husband of his lover, police said on Wednesday.

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Party's Mission Not Just To Defeat Congress ...: Amarinder Singh

Former Punjab Chief Minister and Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) chief Captain Amarinder Singh said on Tuesday that the mission of his party is not only to defeat Congress in the upcoming Assembly polls in...

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"India Situated In Tough Neighbourhood": Joe Biden's Pick For US Envoy

Observing that India is situated in a "tough neighbourhood", US President Joe Biden's nominee for next envoy to New Delhi on Tuesday told lawmakers that he will double-down on America's efforts to...

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"Year-End Gift": P Chidambaram Slams Centre Over Rise In Retail Inflation

Congress leader P Chidambaram on Tuesday took a swipe at the government over the rise in retail inflation and the unemployment rate, saying "let's enjoy the year-end gifts of the Modi government".

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10 Jailed Rohingyas Appeal To High Court To Get Refugee Status Or Go Home

Ten Rohingyas, lodged in Assam's Tezpur central jail for the last seven years, have appealed to the Gauhati High Court to either give them refugee status or send them back to Myanmar.

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Passengers From 'At-Risk' Countries Must Pre-Book On-Arrival RT-PCR Test

Passengers coming from 'at-risk' countries to six majorIndian airports have to compulsorily pre-book for the on-arrival RT-PCR test from December 20 onwards, the Civil Aviation Ministry said on...

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Carve A Niche In Governance: PM Modi To Chief Ministers Of BJP States

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked Chief Ministers of BJP-ruled states to carve a niche for their governments in governance and called for giving topmost priority to people's "ease of...

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IT Panel Questions Ministry Officials Over PM's Twitter Hacking: Report

Top officials of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology were on Monday queried about the hacking of PM Modi's Twitter handle and the Pegasus issue by a parliamentary panel, sources...

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Amit Shah's Number Spoofed By Conman To Befriend Actor: Chargesheet

Alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar made a "spoofed" call replicating the office number of Union Home Minister Amit Shah to befriend actor Jacqueline Fernandez, the ED has said in a chargesheet filed...

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Lalu Yadav's Son Tejashwi Yadav Reveals Reason Behind Low-Key Wedding

The young Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader, younger son and political heir of RJD chief Lalu Yadav, got married to Rachel Godinho on December 9. The 32-year-old is the last among nine siblings to get...

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"Temple, Mosque, Church": Mamata Banerjee's Goa Pitch Takes Notes From PM

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, out to win over Goa, today said her Trinamool Congress supports a multi-cultural and multi-religious state and is the only alternative to the BJP rule.

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21-Year-Old Delhi Bar Worker Falls To Her Death, Family Alleges Suicide

A 21-year-old woman, working at a bar inside a mall in Delhi's Rohini, was found dead after falling from the mall's terrace, the police said.

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Fresh Demand For Bihar Special Status Brews Conflict In Ruling State Party

The fresh demand for special status to Bihar has brought the differences within the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to the fore in the state.

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Dubai World's First Government To Become 100% Paperless: Crown Prince

Dubai has become the world's first government to turn 100% paperless, the Emirate's Crown Prince, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has announced, pointing at savings of 1.3 billion...

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PM To Inaugurate Rs 339 Crore Temple Project In Varanasi Today: 10 Points

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today inaugurate the first phase of the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor project, which will connect two iconic landmarks - Kashi Vishwanath temple and Ganga ghats, in his...

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Nagaland Victims' Families Refuse Compensation, Want Armymen Punished

A statement issued by the village council of Oting has clarified that an envelope containing Rs 18,30,00 was brought to them by a Minister and the Deputy Commissioner of the district.

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Shashi Tharoor's "Word Of Last 7 Years" Has A UP Twist

Shashi Tharoor, a man of many words, has introduced a new one to his followers. Calling it the word of "the last seven years", the politician with an oratory skill that sets him in a league of his...

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3 Killed, 15 Injured In Bus-Truck Accident On Mumbai-Pune Expressway

Three people were killed and 15 injured after a truck dashed into a bus that went on to hit another vehicle on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway under Khopoli police station limits, an official said on...

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Assam Anti-CAA Outfits Pay Tributes To People Who Died During Protests

Several organisations in Assam on Sunday paid tributes to the five agitators who were killed in the anti-CAA stir two years ago, and resolved to resume the movement against the Act.

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UK Raises Covid Alert Level After 'Rapid Increase' In Omicron Cases

The UK government on Sunday raised the country's coronavirus alert level from three to four due to the rapid increase of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, recording another 1,239 cases to take the...

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In Pics: Colourful Glimpses Of Kashi Vishwanath Corridor

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate on Monday the Kashi Vishwanath corridor project, surrounding the Kashi Vishwanath temple near Dashashwamedh Ghatin Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi.

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12 BJP Chief Ministers, 9 Deputy CMs To Attend 2-Day Varanasi Conclave

The chief ministers attending the "Mukhyamantri Parishad" are from Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, and...

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Congress Was Celebrating In Goa When General Rawat Died: Pushkar Dhami

Pushkar Singh Dhami also said though the Congress ruled the country for 60 years, it does not have any feelings for it.

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Government Ensured Development Despite Pandemic, Says Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday lauded the efforts of the BJP government in the state saying that the development work went ahead in Ahmedabad even during the time of coronavirus pandemic.

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Mandatory Covid Vaccinations Find Low Support In Africa, Shows Study

Less than half of the African continent is amenable to mandatory vaccinations for COVID-19, according to a study by a group of scientists, which was published in the peer-reviewed journal, PLOS One.

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Top Syringe Maker Asks PM Modi To Lift Factory Shutdown Order

India's largest syringe and needle manufacturer has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to revoke an order to suspend production, part of a broader factory shutdown imposed by a state regulator to curb...

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Daughter Of 1st US Astronaut Alan Shepard Soars To Space In Blue Origin

The eldest daughter of pioneering US astronaut Alan Shepard took a joyride to the edge of space aboard Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocketship on Saturday, 60 years after her late father's famed suborbital...

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Gita Belongs To Entire Humanity, Not One Religion: Lok Sabha Speaker

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday said the religious Hindu book Bhagavad Gita does not belong to any particular language, region or religion but to the entire humanity.

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The 10 Worst Tornadoes In US History

More than 70 people are feared dead after tornadoes devastated the southeastern US state of Kentucky overnight Friday into Saturday.

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Idol Missing From UP Village On Its Way Back To India From UK

The Yogini dates back to the 8th century and went missing from the village of Lokhari in UP's Banda district around the late 1970s and early 1980s.

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SpiceJet To Introduce Drone Delivery Service For Vaccines, Essential Goods

SpiceJet on Saturday said it plans to introduce drone delivery service to transport vaccines, life-saving medicines and essential goods.

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20 Fired, 10 Suspended By Delhi Jal Board For 'Faulty' Meter Reading

The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has suspended 10 employees and terminated 20 outsourced members from service, acting on complaints of an alleged faulty meter reading, according to an official statement...

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Top Medical Body Designs Kit To Detect New Variant Omicron In 2 Hours

Amid rising cases of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in Dibrugarh, Assam has designed a testing kit that will be able to detect the virus in two hours...

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Drug Regulator Seeks More Data On Approval For Covishield Booster: Report

An expert panel of India's central drug authority reviewed Serum Institute's application for approval of Covishield as booster dose against COVID-19 on Friday.

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Teacher, Five Students Drown In Krishna River In Andhra Pradesh

Five students and a teacher of a Vedic school drowned in river Krishna in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh on Friday evening, police said.

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Delhi Police To Remove Barricades From Farmers' Protest Sites In Phases

The Delhi Police will remove the multiple layers of barricades at the three farmers' protest sites in a phased manner depending on the movement of protesters who will start returning home from...

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Rajasthan Chief Minister Writes To PM Over "Inadequate" Supply Of Urea

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide adequate urea fertilizer to the farmers in the state on time.

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Top Gurdwara Body To Honour Farmer Leaders At Golden Temple on Monday

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) will honour the farmer leaders upon their arrival to pay obeisance at the Golden Temple in Amritsar.

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Congress Threatens Legal Action After Authorities Paint Varanasi Office Pink

The Congress has lodged a protest with the authorities after its office near Maidagin was painted pink ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit on December 13.

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Gujarat Man Who Made Derogatory Remarks On General Bipin Rawat Arrested

A 44-year-old man in Gujarat, who had allegedly made derogatory remarks on his Facebook page about the death of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, was arrested by the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime...

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Extension Of Agency Chiefs Tenures: Opposition vs Government Row Returns

The Opposition and the BJP sparred on Thursday over the government's move to extend the tenures of the directors of CBI and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) up to a maximum of five years.

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Why Is All-India Seniority Of High Court Judges An Issue: Ranjan Gogoi

Former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has said that the Supreme Court would be filled up with judges from one or two high courts if elevation is done purely based on all India seniority of such...

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Past Decades Haven't Had Big Leader From Student Community: Chief Justice

Chief Justice of India NV Ramana Thursday said that while students have always been at the forefront to question injustice, the past few decades have not witnessed any big leader from the student...

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Air Quality Panel Orders Immediate Closure Of 228 Units Across Delhi-NCR

Cracking the whip on industries flouting pollution norms, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has ordered immediate closure of 228 such units across Delhi and NCR districts in...

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Maharashtra's 1st Omicron Positive Patient Tests Covid Negative: Official

A 33-year-old South Africa returnee, who was infected with Omicron four days ago, has been tested negative for COVID-19 on Thursday.

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Female Leopard Went Missing In Madhya Pradesh, Male Brought Back

Mystery surrounding the sudden disappearance of an eight-month-old leopard cub from Madhya Pradesh zoo continued for the seventh day as a cub rescued by the forest department turned out to be a male,...

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"20-Minute Flight, Difficult To Determine What Went Wrong": Ex Air Chief

The fatal crash of a Mi-17V-5 helicopter in which Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 others died, has perplexed many former army officers who vouch for the reliability of the...

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UK Records 131 More Omicron Cases, Plans Tougher COVID-19 Rules

Britain recorded 131 new cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant on Wednesday, taking the total to 568, as it emerged that government ministers are in discussion about plans for tougher rules in an...

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Samajwadi Party Creates Rift Between Hindus, Muslims: UP BJP Chief

Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh on Wednesday took a swipe at the Opposition, saying the Samajwadi Party creates a rift between Hindus and Muslims while the Congress works like a "trust".

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Telecom Department To Deactivate SIM Of Subscribers Beyond 9 Connections

The Department of Telecommunications issued an order to re-verify the SIM of subscribers holding beyond nine connections across India and six connections in the case of J&K, North East and Assam and...

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General Rawat Was Making Necessary Adjustments In 3 Forces: Ex-Army Chief

Describing Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat as a very good officer from a fine military family, former Army chief General (retd) Shankar Roychowdhury on Wednesday said that he was making...

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"Divisive Agenda": Mehbooba Mufti Targets BJP On Delimitation

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti pulled no punches in her attack on the Central government today, labelling the delimitation exercise now being conducted in Jammu and Kashmir a...

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Journalists Protest Sedition Charge Against News Portal Editor In Assam

Journalists from Assam's Barak Valley on Tuesday demanded that sedition charges slapped against the editor of a local news portal for an editorial he wrote be immediately revoked.

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'Omicron' Not More Severe Than Delta Variant Of Covid: Top US Scientist

Top US scientist Anthony Fauci said Tuesday that while it would take weeks to judge the severity of the new Covid-19 variant 'Omicron', early indications suggested it was not worse than prior strains,...

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Ghana, Tanzania In India's ''At Risk'' Nations List Amid Omicron Fear

India on Monday added Ghana and Tanzania to the list of "at risk" countries, passengers from where have to follow additional COVID-19 testing and quarantine measures.

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Charges Against School Teacher For Molesting Class 8 Girl In Rajasthan

A government school teacher has been charged for allegedly molesting a Class 8 student in Bhilwara district of Rajasthan, police said on Tuesday.

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JNU Student Leader Aishe Ghosh Claims Right-Wing "Distorting Speeches"

JNU Students' Union president Aishe Ghosh on Tuesday accused the right-wing forces of "distorting speeches" of the students' body members and said it will keep protesting against fundamentalist...

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UK Has Community Transmission Of Omicron Variant, Says Health Minister

Britain's Health Minister said on Monday there is now community transmission of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus across regions of England but it is too early to say if this will "knock us off...

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France Orders Nightclubs To Close For 4 Weeks Over Covid Surge

Nightclubs in France will be ordered to close for four weeks starting this weekend to counter surging Covid-19 cases that have seen hospitals announce emergency protocols as beds fill up, Prime...

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US Announces Diplomatic Boycott Of China's 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

The United States on Monday announced a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics citing human rights abuses, in a move that will not stop US athletes from competing.

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Amid Omicron Alarm, 100 Back From Abroad Untraceable Near Mumbai

Amid the Omicron scare, Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Corporation chief Vijay Suryavanshi today said 109 out of 295 recent foreign returnees to the township in Thane district were untraceable currently.

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Vladimir Putin Invites PM Modi To Visit Russia In 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Russia in 2022, according to a joint statement issued after they met on Monday.

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PM To Inaugurate 3 Projects In Yogi Adityanath's Home Turf On Tuesday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Tuesday inaugurate three megaprojects, including an AIIMS and a major fertiliser plant, in Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's home turf Gorakhpur.

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Iceland Raises Alert Level For Its Most Active Volcano To "Orange"

Iceland on Monday raised the alert level for a possible eruption of its most active volcano after several small earthquakes were registered earlier in the day.

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Contacts Of 'Omicron' Patients Display No Symptoms: Karnataka Minister

Karnataka health minister on Monday said that the contacts of those infected with 'Omicron' variant of coronavirus did not display any symptoms of the disease and this showed the importance of...

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US Regulators Probe Donald Trump's Social Media Deal

US regulators are scrutinizing a deal between Donald Trump's fledgling social media company and an investment vehicle to bring the former president's venture to the stock market, documents showed...

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Students Barely Escape As Right-Wing Mob Attacks Madhya Pradesh School

Several workers of a right-wing outfit were seen barging into a school in Madhya Pradesh and throwing stones at the building, claiming religious conversion by the Christiam Missionary institution.

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BJP, Congress Equal Enemies, Says HD Kumaraswamy Ahead Of Karnataka Polls

JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy termed both BJP and Congress as equal enemies of his party as he tried to clarify that the BJP leader BS Yediyurappa has only sought "cooperation" and not an alliance...

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In Feud Between Tycoon Lalit Modi's Mother, A Supreme Court Order

The Supreme Court today suggested mediation to Lalit Modi and his mother Bina Modi, wife of late industrialist K K Modi, to resolve the long pending property dispute in the family and asked both the...

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In Goa, Trinamool Scores Local Ally That Helped BJP Take Charge In 2017

Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress's search for a local ally in Goa ended today, with a tie-up with the Sudhin Dhavlikar-led Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party that helped the BJP come to power in the...

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India, Russia Sign 28 Pacts, To Cooperate On Terrorism, Afghanistan

India and Russia on Monday inked 28 agreements to further broad-base their partnership and vowed to expand cooperation and coordination in dealing with major challenges like the threat of terrorism...

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Naga Tribe Body Lists 5 Demands Over Botched Op That Killed Its Members

The Konyak Union, the apex body of the Konyak Naga Tribe from the Mon district of Nagaland where the incident took place, has sent a memorandum of demands to the government.

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Tamil Nadu Sets Up Special Wards, Enhances Testing Amid 'Omicron' Scare

More amenities, including special wards in public sector hospitals and enhanced surveillance and testing are among the several measures taken by authorities aimed at tackling the challenge of...

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Will Get Chief Secretary Who Knows Mizo, Says Mizoram Chief Minister

Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga today said that the centre would appoint a new chief secretary for the state, who has a working knowledge of the Mizo language.

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Kremlin Not Expecting "Breakthroughs" From Biden-Putin Talks Tomorrow

The Kremlin said Monday on the eve of talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden that Moscow is not expecting "breakthroughs", as tensions rise over Ukraine.

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Bring In Jayalalithaa's Legal Heirs In Case Records, Court To Tax Body

The Madras High Court today directed the Income Tax department to file applications bringing in the names of J Deepa and J Deepak, the legal heirs of late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, in the records...

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S-400 Missile Supplies Have Begun From Russia, Says Foreign Secretary

Russia has begun deliveries of its long-range S-400 ground-to-air missile defence system -- which has prompted threats of US sanction -- to India, New Delhi's foreign secretary said Monday.

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Foreign Students No Longer Allowed To Make Duty-Free Purchases In Japan

Foreign students in Japan will no longer be permitted access to duty-free purchases in response to suspected cases of reselling and complaints of cumbersome eligibility checks.

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"I Do Not Take Him Seriously": Raghav Chadha On Navjot Sidhu's Protest

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA and spokesperson Raghav Chadha on Sunday hit out at Punjab Congress Chief Navjot Singh Sidhu for joining dharna by guest teachers outside Delhi Chief Minister Arvind...

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J&K Directs Action Against Publisher For "Sensitive" Content In Textbook

Srinagar District Administration on Sunday directed police to take strict action against a Delhi-based publisher and a local distributor for circulating a class VII social studies book that allegedly...

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Germany Plans To Make Vaccination Mandatory For Some Jobs: Report

The incoming German government wants to make COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory from March 16 for people working in hospitals, nursing homes and other medical practices, according to a copy of draft...

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In Biden-Putin Talks, Key Question Is Russia's Intent In Ukraine

When Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin meet virtually on Tuesday the two presidents will have to negotiate a history of mutual suspicion as they take up the urgent issue of a major Russian military buildup...

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Cyclone Jawad Weakens Into Depression Near Odisha Coast

Cyclonic storm Jawad weakened into a depression over the northwest Bay of Bengal near the Odisha coast on Sunday.

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A Mobile Library Bringing Smiles To Children's Face In Kabul

A mobile library bus chugged to a Kabul orphanage Sunday and opened its doors for the first time since the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan, eliciting beaming smiles from children.

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Health Minister Reviews RT-PCR Testing Facilities At Delhi Airport

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Sunday reviewed the RT-PCR testing facilities at Delhi's IGI Airport as the tally of cases of Omicron variant of coronavirus reached 21 in the country.

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Police Recover 950 Contraband Bottles In J&K, 4 Drug Peddlers Arrested

The Kathua Police on Sunday recovered illegal 950 bottles of 100 ml each of Cocrex and Maxx cough syrup-like contraband and arrested four inter-state drug peddlers as well as seized one Range Roverat...

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Pics: Not A Train Station, This Is Delhi Airport Under Omicron Rules

Waiting up to 8 hours in a crowded space and shelling out Rs 3,500 in case you need a rapid COVID-19 test - that's the cost many are paying for flying into Delhi from abroad under the new rules aimed...

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Actions Against UP Mafia Cause Samajwadi Party Most Pain: Yogi Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday termed the Samajwadi Party the "guardian of the dreaded mafia" and claimed that it felt the maximum pain when bulldozers moved against...

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"Genocide, War Crimes, Execution": Nagaland BJP On Botched Operation

Nagaland state BJP president Temjen Imma Along has strongly condemned the killing of civilians during the counter-insurgency operation in the Mon district of Nagaland.

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"Like Kangana Ranaut Turning...": Punjab Minister's Swipe At Akali Chief

Punjab Education Minister Pargat Singh on Sunday attacked SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal over recruitment of assistant professors in government colleges, saying he being agitated over higher education...

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Both Vaccine Doses Mandatory For Entry To Malls, Theatres In Bengaluru

Both doses of COVID-19 vaccine are mandatory for people to enter shopping complexes, malls, cinema halls and theatres in Bengaluru, said an order issued by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike...

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Pak Announces Award For Man Who Tried To Save Sri Lankan From Lynching

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday announced that a medal of bravery will be conferred on a man who tried to save the Sri Lankan factory manager from a mob by risking his own life in...

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"Sextortion" Racket Busted In Delhi, Mastermind Arrested: Police

An alleged "sextortion'' gang has been busted with the arrest of its kingpin accused of extorting about Rs 1.2 crore from over a dozen people in the last one year, police here said on Sunday.

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Arvind Kejriwal Hits Back At Punjab Chief Minister Over Illegal Mining

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday hit back at his Punjab counterpart Charanjit Singh Channi after he trashed AAP leader Raghav Chadha's claims of illegal mining in his assembly...

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India's 50% Adult Fully Vaccinated: Health Minister

The government of India targets 100 per cent COVID-19 adult vaccination under the ''Har Ghar Dastak'' programme by December 31 as India achieved 50 per cent fully vaccinated adult population landmark...

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Resident Doctors Of 3 Delhi Hospitals To Boycott Services From Tomorrow

The resident doctors of Delhi's Ram Manohar Lohia, Safdarjung, and Lady Hardinge hospitals will boycott all routine and emergency services from tomorrow in support of a nationwide protest against the...

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Court Frames Charges Against Devendra Fadnavis In Poll Affidavit Case

A court in Nagpur has framed charges against former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis in connection with a complaint of alleged non-disclosure of criminal cases registered against him in...

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School Sub-Inspector Arrested With Bribe In Assam

A sub-inspector of schools was arrested by sleuths of Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption in Assam's Sivasagar district on Sunday for allegedly accepting bribe, an official statement said.

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"Omicron Has Higher Transmissibility Rate": Maharashtra Health Minister

Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Saturday said the Omicron variant of coronavirus has a higher rate of transmissibility but the symptoms caused by it are mild.

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Another 245 Staffers Suspended Amid Maharashtra Bus Employees' Strike

The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) on Saturday suspended 245 employees and sacked ten others for taking part in the ongoing strike which has crippled the state-run bus service...

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French Right Choose Paris Region Chief To Challenge President Macron

France's conservative party on Saturday chose the moderate chief of the Paris region Valerie Pecresse to challenge President Emmanuel Macron next year, a pick that will likely have a major influence...

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100 Km Area Around Delhi Be Kept In NCR: Manohar Lal Khattar

Haryana Chief Minister c on Saturday said he has suggested to the Centre that area in the radius of up to 100 km around Delhi should be kept in the National Capital Region (NCR).

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Rahul Gandhi Condoles "Tragic" Death Of Veteran Journalist Vinod Dua

Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Anand Sharma on Saturday expressed their condolences over the death of veteran journalist Vinod Dua.

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Lucknow Protest Over UP Jobs Irregularities Faces Brutal Police Crackdown

A group of protestors was trying to march from a prominent intersection in central Lucknow towards the residence of the state chief minister when the police lathi-charged them to break up the protest.

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"Not Launching Party But...": Congress 'Rebel' Ghulam Nabi Azad To NDTV

The Congress leadership is not open to criticism, senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad told NDTV on Saturday, speaking out for the first time on speculation that he was going to launch a new breakaway party...

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"Suffers From Seasonal Disease...": UP BJP Chief's Dig At Akhilesh Yadav

Uttar Pradesh BJP president Swatantra Dev Singh on Saturday attacked Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, saying he suffers from a "seasonal disease" due to which he claims as his every work done by...

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First Maharashtra Omicron Case A Marine Engineer On Ship Since April

The 33-year-old man from Thane district in Maharashtra who was found to be infected with the Omicron variant of coronavirus is a marine engineer by profession.

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3 Children Among 5 Found Dead In A House In Germany

German police found two adults and three children shot or stabbed to death in a family home in a town south of Berlin, they said on Saturday.

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Can Manage 4th Wave Without Further Restrictions: South African Minister

South African Health Minister Joe Phaahla has said that the country can manage the fourth wave of infections driven by the Omicron variant without imposing stringent restrictions, as he urged citizens...

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Congress Will Take Up Issues Of Fishermen At National Level: Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday assured fishermen that his party would take up their concerns and issues at the national level and hold protests against the WTO regulation on fisheries...

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More Than 20 Killed As Bus Swept Away Into Flooded River In Kenya

More than 20 people drowned on Saturday when a bus travelling to a wedding in Kenya was swept away by fast-flowing waters as it tried to cross a flooded river.

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Minister's "Casino Capital" Comment On Goa Shows BJP's Mindset: Trinamool

Trinamool Congress Party MP Mahua Moitra on Saturday said Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy's comment about Goa getting labled as "casino capital" reflected the BJP''s "mindset".

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"Naya Kashmir" That Is Being Advertised Is Not Reality: Mehbooba Mufti

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday accused the Centre of projecting Jammu and Kashmir as "peaceful" whereas the fact was that blood was being spilled on its roads and people were being slapped...

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Congress's Ghulam Nabi Azad's Call For 'Real Jihad' In Jammu And Kashmir

The real "Jihad" is to fight against poverty and unemployment, rather than against any leader, party, or religion, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Saturday.

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Don't Exploit Temple Properties: High Court To Tamil Nadu Government

The Madras High Court has advised the Tamil Nadu government not to exploit temple properties by selling or leasing out to individuals or commercial establishments.

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India-Pak Friendship Will Increase Trade: Navjot Singh Sidhu

Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Navjot Singh Sidhu on Saturday said that India-Pakistan friendship will increase trade.

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Gujarat Man With Omicron Infection "Stable", Says Official

The 72-year-old man who arrived in Gujarat from Zimbabwe and was found positive with the new Covid variant Omicron is in isolation and is stable, Jamnagar's District Collector Dr Sourabh Paridhi...

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Top BJP Leaders To Hold 6 Rallies Next Week In UP Ahead Of Assembly Polls

Top leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party are planning to hold six rallies across Uttar Pradesh in the next week ahead of the upcoming State Assembly elections scheduled to be held early next year.

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Elon Musk's Starlink To Apply For India Licence By End Of January

Starlink will apply early next year for a commercial licence.

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Citizenship Act "Fundamentally Anti-National": Shashi Tharoor

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday termed the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) "fundamentally anti-national" and urged the government not to implement it.

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China, Laos Open $6 Billion High-Speed Rail Link

A $6 billion high-speed rail line connecting China with its Southeast Asian neighbour Laos opened on Friday, a milestone in Beijing's ambitious Belt and Road infrastructure plans.

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J&K Rallies By Congress's Ghulam Nabi Azad Fuels Buzz, Worries Party

A blitzkrieg of public meetings by senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad across Jammu and Kashmir has fuelled speculation that the former Rajya Sabha MP - part of the dissident 'G-23' group in the...

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2 Pakistani Fishing Boats Caught Inside Indian Waters

Indian Coast Guard officials apprehended 2 Pakistani fishing boats and 18 crew present inside Indian waters on Friday, informed PRO Defence, Gujarat.

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Madhya Pradesh Pulls The Trigger On Dropping Urdu Words From Police Work

When a senior police officer in Madhya Pradesh used the Urdu word 'Dastayab' - referring to the recovery of a missing item - during a meeting attended by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, he did...

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Maharashtra To Test 28 High-Risk Nation Returnees For Omicron

The swab samples of 28 persons have been sent for genome sequencing amid concerns of Omicron variant.

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"Day Of Shame For Pakistan," Says Imran Khan As Sri Lankan Man Lynched

A Sri Lankan factory manager in Pakistan was on Friday beaten to death and set ablaze by a mob, police confirmed, in an incident local media reported was linked to alleged blasphemy.

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Explainer: Could The Omicron Variant Bring Milder Illness?

The Omicron variant, spreading now in southern Africa and detected in over 30 other countries, has prompted fears it could significantly undermine the effectiveness of vaccines against COVID-19.

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No Need To Panic, Says WHO's Soumya Swaminathan Amid Omicron Scare

The World Health Organization's (WHO) chief scientist on Friday urged people not to panic over the emergence of the Omicron coronavirus variant and said it was too early to say if vaccines would need...

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Arvind Kejriwal Is A Power Greedy Outsider: Punjab Chief Minister

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Friday called his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal a "power greedy outsider" who wants to rule the state and accused him of misleading Punjabis.

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Meghalaya Congress Youth Wing Chief Quits

The Congress received another jolt in Meghalaya on Friday when its youth wing president Richard M Marak, a close aide of former chief minister Mukul Sangma who along with 11 other MLAs joined the TMC...

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Price Of 505 Alcohol Brands Fixed Under New Delhi Excise Policy

In implementation of its new excise policy, the Delhi government has so far registered 516 liquor brands and fixed maximum retail price for 505 brands, government officials said on Friday.

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Centre's Guidelines For Providing Compensation For Covid Deaths

Death certificates indicating coronavirus deaths either already issued prior to coming into force government guidelines or as ratified by district committees shall be treated as valid document for...

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Karnataka Eases Covid Compensation Criteria For Financially Weak Families

Karnataka has relaxed the criteria for compensating families below the poverty line for Covid deaths by amending its earlier order, which removes the clause that said only those households where a...

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Punjab's Border Districts On High Alert After Explosives Found

Two days after the police seized a kilogram of RDX from Punjab's Dinanagar, a tiffin bomb and four hand grenades were recovered in Gurdaspur district, officials said on Friday.

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"Important To Balance Open Internet, Regulations": Google's Sundar Pichai

Google CEO Sundar Pichai today said it is important to have a balance between open internet and regulations that can help support the open exchange of ideas and create opportunities.

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Top Court Rejects Wife's Plea To Live In Posh Home With Estranged Husband

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the pleas of socialite Poonam Jaidev Shroff, engaged in a bitter matrimonial dispute with her industrialist husband Jaidev Shroff, that she be either permitted to...

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Green Panel's Directions To Pollution Board On Water Wastage By Purifiers

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to issue directions to all RO manufacturers banning water purifiers where the level of total dissolved solids...

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Work On To Set Up EV Charging Stations At 22,000 Petrol Pumps: Centre

Work is underway to set up charging stations for electric vehicles at 22,000 of the 70,000 petrol pumps across the country, the Centre informed Rajya Sabha on Friday.

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Google Delays Mandatory Return-To-Office Global Plan Beyond January 10

Alphabet Inc's Google said on Thursday it is indefinitely pushing back its January return-to-office plan globally amid growing concerns over the Omicron variant of the coronavirus and some resistance...

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5 Cases Of 'Omicron' Variant Confirmed In New York

New York state has confirmed "five cases" of the Omicron variant, Governor Kathy Hochul said Thursday, bringing the total number of US detections of the new coronavirus strain to eight.

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LIVE Updates: Two 'Omicron' Cases Detected In Karnataka, Says Centre

India logged a daily spike of 9,765 Covid cases yesterday, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,46,06,541. The active cases increased to 99,763, the Health Ministry data showed.

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Germany Cracks Down On Unvaccinated To Tackle "Threatening" Covid Surge

Germany will impose sweeping curbs on people not vaccinated against Covid-19 to combat the latest surge in cases, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday after meeting regional leaders.

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"Right Person At The Right Time": IMF's Gita Gopinath To Take Up Top Role

The IMF's high-profile chief economist Gita Gopinath next month will become the number two official at the Washington-based crisis lender, the fund announced Thursday.

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Work And Play In Space? NASA Awards $415.6 Million For New Space Hubs

NASA announced on Thursday it has awarded $415.6 million to billionaire Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, stalwart contractor Northrop Grumman Corp and venture-backed Nanoracks to develop privately-owned and...

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US To Unveil Alliance To Curb "Human Rights Abuse" Using Tech

The White House will unveil a group of countries next week that have pledged to work together to curb exports of technology that can be used by bad actors and repressive governments to violate human...

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United Nations Launches "Bodyright" Symbol Against Online Violence

The United Nations on Thursday launched a campaign against gender-based violence on the internet, complete with the symbol which can be added to social media posts.

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US Trump-Era "Remain In Mexico" Policy To Resume: Officials

A Trump-era policy under which migrants seeking asylum in the United States must wait in Mexico for their applications to be processed will resume, the two countries announced Thursday.

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Google Delays Return To Office In Europe, Middle East, Africa: Report

Alphabet Inc's Google is delaying its return-to-office plan in Europe, the Middle East and Africa on concerns over the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, Business Insider reported on Thursday, citing...

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"Sad" Covid Became A Political Issue In US: Joe Biden's Call For Unity

President Joe Biden said Thursday the United States' Covid-19 response shouldn't be politically divisive and that he hoped for bipartisan backing for his plan to tackle the pandemic over winter.

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Stand Firm Against Health Apartheid: South Africa President

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa Thursday warned against the risk of "health apartheid" as he took aim at travel bans imposed on his country after it detected the new Omicron variant of Covid.

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Questions On China Met With Wall Of Silence: Congress's Manish Tewari

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration has been shy about answering questions in parliament on Chinese incursions, Congress leader Manish Tewari said on Thursday, accusing the government of...

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Watch: Hero Cop Saves Woman From Falling Under Train In Bengal

A Railway Protection Force (RPF) officer, on duty in Bengal's Purulia station, saved the life of a woman who almost fell in the gap between the train and the platform as she lost her balance trying to...

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World Food Prices Climb In November, Stay At 10-Year Peak: UN Agency

World food prices rose for a fourth straight month in November to remain at 10-year highs, led by strong demand for wheat and dairy products, the U.N. food agency said on Thursday.

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Case Against 14 After Botched Up Cataract Surgeries In Bihar's Muzaffarpur

An FIR was lodged today against 14 people here in connection with botched up cataract surgeries conducted at a free camp last week which have resulted in complete loss of vision in the operated eye...

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Watch: Navy's Stellar Show Of Skills Across Mumbai's Dusk Sky

The outline of Gateway of India against a crimson dusk sky and a helicopter slowly rising from behind the monument -- this was one of the many captivating moments of the rehearsal for the Beating...

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Our Policy On Taiwan Is "Clear, Consistent": Government In Rajya Sabha

India on Thursday said its policy on Taiwan is clear and consistent and it is focused on promoting interactions in areas of trade, investment and tourism among others.

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US Announces Another Case Of COVID-19 Omicron Variant

Health authorities in the midwestern US state of Minnesota announced Thursday they had found another case of the Omicron variant on American soil, this time in a man with no known recent international...

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Man Arrested In Delhi For Hacking ATM Machine Servers Using Gadgets: Cops

A 24-year-old man was arrested for allegedly hacking ATM machine servers using gadgets and fraudulently withdrawing money, police said on Thursday.

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CPI(M) Local Secretary Stabbed To Death: Police

A CPI(M) local secretary was stabbed to death on Thursday, police said.

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State Of Ties Will Reflect State Of Border: Foreign Minister On China

The state of the relationship between India and China will reflect the state of the border, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday, referring to the lingering standoff in eastern...

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Wife Of "Godfather Of Black Music" Shot In Home Robbery: Report

The wife of the man known as the "Godfather of Black Music" was shot and killed Wednesday in a break-in at the couple's Beverly Hills home, US media reported.

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Saudi Arabia, UAE Report First 'Omicron' Covid Variant Cases In Gulf

Saudi Arabia has recorded the Gulf's first confirmed case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in a citizen returning from North Africa, a health ministry official said Wednesday.

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India, China Need To "Step Up": US Climate Envoy On Global Warming

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said on Wednesday that big greenhouse gas emitting countries like China, India, Russia and others must move faster to help the world avert the worst impacts of global...

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"Rational Position": Joe Biden Asserts Support For Abortion Rights Ruling

US President Joe Biden on Wednesday weighed in on the Supreme Court's politically explosive abortion law hearing, saying he backs the nearly half-century-old case underpinning current rights.

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'Omicron' Variant Drives "Worrying" Surge In South Africa's Covid Cases

The Omicron variant has propelled a sharp rise in coronavirus cases in South Africa in recent weeks, health officials told parliament Wednesday, calling the situation "worrying".

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Did Not Pull Gun's Trigger: Alec Baldwin On Film Set Shooting

Alec Baldwin has said he did not pull the trigger of the gun he was holding that killed a cinematographer on the movie set of "Rust."

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Covid Is "Borderless": UN Chief Slams "Unfair", "Ineffective" Travel Bans

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday slammed travel bans targeting specific countries and regions imposed over the new Covid-19 variant as "unfair" and "ineffective."

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One More Student Dies In US High School Shooting, Count Rises To 4

The death count in the latest US school shooting rose to four Wednesday after a 17-year-old student died from his wounds in the attack at a Michigan high school, local police said.

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South Africa Returnee Is US' First 'Omicron' Variant Case; Symptoms Mild

The first confirmed case of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 has been detected in a person in California, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday.

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Senior UP Official Arrested In Teachers' Exam Paper Leak Case: Probe Team

Sanjay Kumar Upadhyay was arrested by the probe team in Lucknow, two days after he was suspended from his post.

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6 Passengers From "At-Risk" Countries Admitted To Delhi Hospital

Their samples have been sent to the National Centre for Disease Control for genome sequencing to ascertain if they have the new variant, Omicron, they said.

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UK Police Arrest Man For Allegedly Trespassing In Parliament

British police on Wednesday arrested a man on suspicion of trespass, after he allegedly breached security at parliament and prompted a temporary lockdown at the sensitive London landmark.

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CBI Investigation In 64 Cases Pending For Over 5 Years: Centre

A total of 64 cases are under CBI investigation for more than five years, the government informed Parliament on Wednesday.

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No Minority Exodus From Kashmir Due To Safety Issues: Centre To Parliament

The MHA also stated that the incidents of infiltration and terrorist attacks have decreased significantly since 2018 in Jammu and Kashmir.

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Father's Responsibility Of Child Continues Till Adulthood: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that in a dispute between husband and wife the liability and responsibility of the father to maintain the child continues till the son attains the age of majority.

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Border Security Force Fires On Drone Coming From Pak Side Along Border

The Border Security Force Wednesday said its troops fired on a drone along the India-Pakistan border in the Amritsar sector, forcing it to return.

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3 Killed In Explosion At Illegal Firecracker Manufacturing Unit In Bengal

Three persons were killed and as many injured in an explosion at an illegal firecracker manufacturing unit in Bengal's South 24 Parganas district on Wednesday, the police said.

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Lok Sabha Passes Assisted Reproduction Bill, MPs Flag Single Men's Rights

Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed a bill to regulate and supervise assisted reproductive technology clinics, with various members urging the government not to exclude single parents and the LGBTQ...

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Serum Institue Of India Exports First Novavax Shot

Serum Institute of India has sent doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Indonesia, in its first export of the Novavax shot, the government said on Wednesday.

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NDTV Convergence's Exclusive 10-Year, 750-Crore Deal With Taboola

Among largest-ever ad deals in APAC, NDTV adopts all Taboola publisher tools

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Omicron Detected In 5 Out Of Nine South African Provinces: Report

The Omicron variant has been detected in five out of nine South African provinces and accounted for 74% of the virus genomes sequenced in November, data from the country's National Institute for...

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