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December 03, 2022

UP court orders arrest of ex-minister Chinmayanand

THE MP/MLA court of Shahjahanpur has directed the Uttar Pradesh police to arrest former Union minister Swami Chinmayanand and produce him before the court in connection with an 11-year-old rape case lodged against him by one of his disciples.

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SC cross at sniping by ex-collegium members

A Supreme Court bench on Friday took a swipe at a few former collegium members who have been vocal in their criticism of the system, observing it has now become a fashion for them to do so after retirement.

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CBI to question KCR's daughter Kavitha on Dec 6

Interrogation will happen at her Hyderabad home over bribes in Delhi liquor policy scam

1 min

C'garh House clears bill to raise tribal quota to 32%

A special session of the Chhattisgarh Assembly on Friday unanimously passed an reservation amendment bill that took the total quota in the state to a whopping 76% with the tribal component at 32%.

1 min

Pak Rangers refuse to take sweets on BSF Raising Day

THE Border Guarding Force (BGF) of Pakistan declined to accept sweets offered by the Indian Border Security Force on its Raising Day on Thursday.

1 min

Campaign for MCD polls ends, Delhiites weigh their options

THE high-voltage campaign for MCD elections came to an end on Friday. The voting will take place on Sunday and counting on December 7.

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Kingpin of Ludhiana court bomb blast Harpreet Singh arrested at IGI airport

THE main conspirator behind the Ludhiana court bomb blast Harpreet Singh alias Happy Malaysia was arrested from Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) in Delhi by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) as he returned from Malaysia.

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L-G okays T'gana law to curb crimes

Saxena has approved and forwarded the proposal to the Centre for implementation

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Aaftab undergoes post narco analysis interview in jail

AAFTAB Amin Poonawala, the accused in the murder case of a 27-year-old Shraddha Walker, underwent a post-narco analysis interview on Thursday inside the Tihar Jail where he is currently lodged for the gutwrenching crime.

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'Hacked AIIMS data put up for sale on dark web'

A chunk of data from India's top hospital, that was hacked by a major cyberattack on its servers, is allegedly up for sale at the dark web, sources privy to the development in the investigation of the incident said on Friday.

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Live-in partner stabs woman to death in Tilak Nagar, held

A 35-year-old woman was brutally stabbed to death in the national capital by his live-in partner who was then arrested by the Crime Branch of the Delhi Police, a senior official said.

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Kejriwal holds townhall, reiterates assurances given to city traders

MAKING his last poll pitch in front of the traders of Delhi, CM Arvind Kejriwal held a ‘townhall’ on Friday.

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Traders' body pledges support to BJP

WITH the MCD elections just a day away, the Delhi arm of a prominent national-level traders' body on Friday announced their support for the BJP.

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Will ensure peaceful elections, says SEC chief

Dev says committed to encouraging first-time voters, boost voter participation through 'vote from home' facility

1 min

Panic grips residents of Bengaluru outskirts as 8 leopards are on prowl

UNCERTAINTY and panic is reigning among Bengalureans, especially those residing on the city outskirts.

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Kerala's cashew cracking under cheaper imports

KERALA'S port city of Kollam has long been known as the cashew capital of the world.

1 min

Post Poachgate, BJP cautious in dealing with other party leaders

BJP leaders have gone into a shell following the Poachgate case involving Ramachandra Bharathi, Nanda Kumar and Simhayaji Swamy, who are accused of trying to trigger defections of MLAs from the TRS into the saffron party.

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ISRO espionage: SC sets aside interim bail to four

THE Supreme Court on Friday asked the Kerala HC to consider afresh anticipatory bail pleas of former Gujarat DGP RB Sreekumar, two former police officers of Kerala - S Vijayan and Thampi S Durga Dutt, and a retired intelligence official P S Jayaprakash accused of hatching a conspiracy to frame former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayan and others in the ISRO espionage case.

1 min

Prioritise use of local languages in courts: Rijiju

Union law minister says Centre is working to create a common legal vocabulary for all Indian regional languages

1 min

Shivaji jibe: Koshyari may be removed after Guj poll

AFTER the Gujarat state assembly elections, Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari is likely to be removed for his controversial remarks against Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

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As trust deficit with China stays, India beefs up LAC deployment

THE shadow of the trust deficit between India and China has pushed for troop and infrastructure beef-up across the Line of Actual Control (LAC), including the most peaceful Middle Sector.

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BJP assigns key party roles to defectors from Congress

Amarinder, Jakhar placed in nat'l executive; Shergill new spokesman

1 min

Elite understanding of democracy not correct, must be rejected: CJI

STRESSING the role played by Universal Adult Franchise as an agent of change in the electoral democracy, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Friday said that we must reject every form of elite understanding of the democratic process that only the educated are better decision-makers.

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UPSC to hold 2-tier exam for Railways from 2023

NOW, the recruitment to Indian Railway Management Services (IRMS) will be conducted through a specially designed examination by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) from the next year onwards.

1 min

Congress may end 3,500-km Bharat Jodo on Republic Day

THE Congress party, according to sources, has taken a big decision for the selection of a special day for Bharat Jodo Yatra.

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Kharge likely to remain Leader of Oppn

AS the Winter Session of the Parliament is scheduled to begin on December 7, sources said that Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge may continue as Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha.

1 min

Azam booked in another case of hate speech

SENIOR Samajwadi Party leader Mohammad Azam Khan who was booked in another case of hate speech on the basis of a complaint filed by a woman at Ganj police station in Rampur on Friday.

1 min

PM sharpens attack on Cong: 'Stall, delay & mislead'

Says he is being abused for putting an end to corruption and blames previous Cong governments for stalling development projects

1 min

Shinde appoints aide as chief of Maharashtra plannning body

MAHARASHTRA CM Eknath Shinde appointed his close aide and a 'controversial' Thane-based real estate developer Ajay Ashar as the vice president of state planning commission Maharashtra Institution for Transformation (MITRA) that was constituted on the lines of NITI Aayog.

1 min

Rebels play spoilsport for parties in battle for 34 central Guj seats

DISSIDENTS from both BJP and Congress can hurt the parties on 34 seats in central Gujarat, where BJP won only seven of the 28 seats in 1998 elections, but post-Godhra riots, it strengthened its position, bagging 23 seats in 2002.

1 min

ED arrests C'garh CM aide in money laundering case

DEPUTY secretary in Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel's office Soumya Chaurasia was remanded in the Enforcement Directorate custody for four days by the special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Raipur on Friday.

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Xi mellows down a bit, tells EU he's ready to loosen Covid controls

PRESIDENT Xi Jinping suggested the spread of the less lethal Omicron strain might allow China to loosen its zero-Covid policy, senior EU officials reported on Friday, as cities across the country made further moves towards unwinding some restrictions.

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Blow to Rishi Sunak as Labour wins key by-poll

IN a poll outcome perceived as the first electoral test of UK PM Rishi Sunak's leadership, the Opposition Labour Party won an important by-election with an increased margin in a north-west UK constituency on Friday.

1 min

Guard hurt in attack on Pak's Kabul embassy

A security guard was wounded on Friday by shots fired at Pakistan's embassy in the Afghan capital, in what Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called \"an assassination attempt\" on the head of the mission.

1 min

PENTAGON DEBUTS LATEST U.S.STEALTH BOMBER B-21 RAIDER

AMERICA'S newest nuclear stealth bomber is making its public debut after years of secret development and as part of the Pentagon's answer to rising concerns over a future conflict with China.

1 min

Putin says no talks till US blesses land grab

Rejects Biden's demand that Russia pull out of Ukraine before any negotiations, threatens to step up attacks

1 min

US designates top leaders of AQIS as global terrorists

THE US on Thursday designated four top leaders of al-Qaeda and the Pakistani Taliban groups as global terrorists, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said as he emphasised that the Biden administration will ensure that terrorists do not operate with impunity in Afghanistan.

1 min

EU joins G7's $60 cap on Russian crude

THE EU on Friday joined the G7 in agreeing a cap on the price of Russian oil to starve the Kremlin of resources for its Ukraine war.

1 min

Oil Min to seek another aid package for OMCS

Under-recoveries of oil marketing companies on petrol and diesel at present are more than ₹20,000 crore

1 min

Mohalla Tech fires 5% staff; shuts down Jeetll app

MOHALLA TECH, the parent company of social media platform ShareChat and short video platform Moj, has shut down its fantasy sports app Jeet11 and nearly 110 employees have been laid off.

1 min

NPCI extends UPI volume cap deadline until December 2024

THE National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) on Friday extended the deadline for third-party UPI players to achieve its 30% volume cap in digital payment transactions to end-December 2024.

1 min

Auto prices continue to rise, MSIL cars get dearer from Jan

GET ready to pay more for automobiles as India's top carmaker Maruti Suzuki on Friday said it planned to increase the price of its vehicles in January 2023, citing continued cost pressure due to inflation and recent regulatory requirements.

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'Investors will continue to bet on fintech and SaaS based start-ups'

WITH layoffs and restructuring happening across various firms, founders of data and software platform for the private markets globally Tracxn say in terms of existing companies, the good ones will make through the present situation, and that fintech and Software as a Service (SaaS) firms will continue to see good momentum.

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Forex reserves see third straight week of gain, up $2.8 billion to $550 billion

INDIA'S foreign exchange reserves rose by $2.8 billion to $550.14 billion in the week ending November 25, 2022, on account of rise in foreign currency assets, as per the RBI's weekly bulletin statistical supplement.

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Equity market snaps 8-day rally, Sensex plunges 415 points

INDIAN indices on Friday took a break from the record-breaking rally with the two benchmarks Sensex and Nifty -shedding over a half percentage points.

1 min

Inter-state fee waived on hydro power

IN a bid to achieve its power requirement from renewable energy sources, power ministry has issued an order for the waiver of inter-state transmission system (ISTS) charges on transmission of electricity generated from new hydro-power projects.

1 min

K-DRAMA KO'S SUAREZ & CO

Hwang Hee-chan nets late winner against Portugal, pips Uruguay by smallest of margins

1 min

VAR storm yet again as Japan progress

IF Arab unity is visible on the streets of Qatar, Europe seemed to come together on the night Japan beat Spain in Qatar.

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Socceroos up against odds & Messi

AUSTRALIA'S players speak in glowing, almost reverential terms about Lionel Messi.

1 min

Vijay Hazare Trophy: 'Supremely' fit Saurashtra annex title

AFTER coaching Saurashtra to their maiden Ranji Trophy title in the 2019-20 season, former India international Karsan Ghavri decided not to continue.

2 mins

Soul-searching begins for Germany

The 2014 champions exit at the first stage of the World Cup for second time in a row

1 min

BELGIUM'S GOLDEN GENERATION IS OVER, WHERE NOW FOR MARTINEZ?

HIS eyes welling up, Roberto Martinez said his goodbyes and left, his next whereabouts unknown.

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