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November 19, 2022

1st glimpse at TV set for Maoist-hit tribal hamlet in Bihar

SINCE INDEPENDENCE

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Relief to Elgar accused: Teltumbde gets bail, SC firm on Navlakha house arrest

Two of the accused in the Elgar Parishad case got relief of Friday, as the Bombay High Court granted bail to Dalit scholar-activist Prof Anand Teltumbde, and the Supreme Court refused to recall its interim order on Gautam Navlakha’s house arrest. Both are at present lodged in Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai.

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Nations that aid terror must pay the price: PM

Says no ifs and buts in dealing with global threat, need to impose cost on countries that help terrorists flourish

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Aaftab took many months to dispose of body

To leave no trace of murder, he used diluted acids to clean house

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Court acquits 4 from charges of rioting

A court on Friday, while hearing a case regarding the 2020 northeast Delhi riots, acquitted four persons from charges of rioting and setting ablaze a shop.

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Jasmine Shah restricted from discharging duties

THE rivalry between the AAP and Centre intensified on Friday after Jasmine Shah, chief of Delhi Dialogue and Development Commission (DDDC), was barred from accessing his office and restricted from discharging his duties following an order by L-G VK Saxena.

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No need for Stage-3 curbs on vehicles, says air quality panel

THE Centre' air quality panel on Friday said the ongoing anti-pollution actions under Stages I and II of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) will continue in Delhi-NCR and there is no need for invoking curbs under stage III at present.

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Teacher's association null and void: Jamia

A day after declaring the teacher's association \"null and void\", Najma Akhtar, Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia University has constituted a six-member committe to look into the shortcomings of byelaws of the Jamia Teacher's Association (JTA) and directed to submit the report within a month.

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AIIMS to use smart cards to replace cash at counters

IN a bid to become a cashless institution, the AIIMS is gearing up to launch its own smart card facility that will replace all cash-bound transactions at all billing counters of the hospital including cafeterias, officials said.

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Man accused of filing false RTPCR test report from Goa lab gets bail

A local court has granted bail to a man accused of using a forged RTPCR test report from a laboratory in Goa to seek exemption from appearing before a magisterial court here.

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BJP promises phone app, paperless MCD

ANNOUNCING another resolution for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, the Bharatiya Janata Party has announced that after coming back to power in MCD, they will first make the corporation paperless.

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AAP to shame BJP on city garbage dumps

Party to highlight that during its 15-year MCD rule, BJP only built 'landfill mountains' and ignored governance

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Voter data theft: IAS officer to head probe

A day after the opposition Congress accused the state government of allowing a private agency to collect voter information and tampering with the data, the Election Commission (EC) on Friday ordered a probe by a senior IAS officer. The Congress, however, insisted on a thorough probe by a Karnataka High Court judge.

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'Skyroot's next rocket launch to be 5 times bigger'

First startup to sign an MoU with ISRO for launching its rockets

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POLITICAL WARS TRS activists vandalise BJP MP residence in Hyderabad

TRS activists vandalised Nizamabad MP Dharmapuri Arvind's Hyderabad residence on Friday, a day after the BJP leader said that TRS MLC and CM K Chandrasekhar Rao's daughter K Kavitha called up AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge and expressed her wish to join the Congress.

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THE AGELESS BOND OF KASHI AND TAMILAGAM

Even though the physical infrastructure of the connection was dismantled during colonial rule, the emotional bonds remained alive in the hearts and minds of the people

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Legislative & intel steps curbed terror: Shah

'Enhancing NIA's powers and giving a new direction to financial intelligence strengthened fight against terrorism'

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Shifting of judge: CJI to meet Gujarat lawyers team

AMIDST news circulating about the proposed transfer of Justice Nikhil S. Kariel of Gujarat HC to Patna High Court, CJI DY Chandrachud on Friday agreed to meet the delegation of Gujarat HC Advocate's Association (GHCAA) on Monday at 1:30 pm in his chamber.

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Don't make it a hobby to block roads, Mann tells Punjab farmer unions

PUNJAB Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday accused farmer unions of holding the state government to ransom by frequently staging dharnas to voice their demands.

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Over to Omar as Farooq steps down as NC president

IN a surprise development, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah on Friday stepped down as the president of J&K's grand old party, the National Conference.

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BJP lines up show of strength in Guj

Union ministers, CMS and leaders from states target Congress, Rahul Gandhi in Gujarat

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It's 'alone' Musk as Tweeps resign en-masse

TWITTER continued to bleed engineers and other workers after new owner Elon Musk gave them a choice to pledge to \"extremely hardcore\" work or resign with severance pay.

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INDIA-U.K. TIES Committed to working quickly on FTA with India: Sunak

BRITISH Rishi Sunak said that his government remains committed to working 'as quickly as possible' towards a successful conclusion to the free trade agreement (FTA) talks with India, as the majority of the substantive negotiation conversations were completed at the end of last month.

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Prosecutors seek 15 years in jail for Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes

A federal judge on Friday will decide whether disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes should serve a lengthy prison sentence for duping investors and endangering patients while peddling a bogus blood-testing technology.

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Biden shields MbS from legal action in US

Recommends immunity in civil case brought against him over Jamal Khashoggi's murder

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Macron wants France to play role of balancing power in Asia-Pacific

FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron urged an end to 'confrontation' Friday as he relaunched his strategy for the Asia-Pacific region after a bitter row over a cancelled submarine contract with Australia.

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Homegrown microblogging platform Koo to hire former Twitter employees

HOMEGROWN Koo, which has become the second-largest microblogging platform in the world, will hire former employees of Twitter.

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I-T searches MG Motor premises

TWO weeks after the Indian government initiated a probe on Chinese company-owned Morris Garages (MG) Motor, Income tax officials on Friday conducted search operations at the carmaker's manufacturing facility in Halol, Gujarat, and its corporate headquarters in Gurugram, Haryana.

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Zomato co-founder Mohit Gupta resigns

ZOMATO co-founder Mohit Gupta has quit the foodtech company. This is the third high-profile exit from the company in recent weeks.

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Jet cuts salary, sends 10% staff on leave

GROUNDED carrier Jet Airways has implemented a steep salary cut of up to 50% for a section of its employees and sent nearly 10% of its workforce on leave without pay..

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