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January 17, 2023

Must win all 9 state polls in 2023, Nadda tells BJP

Sets big target for the party in pep talk ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, says thumping victory is possible under Modi’s leadership

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SC refuses to hear Joshimath plea, says HC should handle

NOTING that Uttarakhand High Court is seized of the situation regarding the land sinking crisis in Joshimath and has also directed for constitution of an SIT comprising independent experts to study the matter, the Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking its intervention.

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Cong promises ₹2K a month to over 1.5 cr K'taka women

DAYS after offering 200 units of free electricity to all households in Karnataka, the Congress on Monday promised ₹2,000 a month as financial aid to each woman head of households and unemployed housewives in the state, if the party is voted to power in the upcoming Assembly elections.

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Ganga Vilas cruise gets stuck due to shallow water in Bihar; govt denies

THE Ganga Vilas cruise got stuck in the river Ganga in Bihar’s Saran district as it could not be tied to the shore due to shallow water in the river on the third day of its 51-day journey on Monday.

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Oppn unity: Pinarayi, Kejriwal, Akhilesh to join KCR public rally

CHIEF Ministers of three states will reach Hyderabad on Tuesday night to participate in the public meeting of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) to be held in Khammam on Wednesday.

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Govt misread NJAC verdict, says former ASG

WITH Kiren Rijiju’s letter to the Chief Justice of India seeking inclusion of government representatives in the decision making process for appointment of judges to the higher judiciary drawing flak, the Union law minister defended his missive saying it was based on the 2015’s bench verdict that struck down the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC).

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MAKE PATHAAN BLIND & DEAF FRIENDLY: HC

IN order to help people with hearing and visual disabilities experience the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Pathaan on OTT platforms, the Delhi High Court has asked the production company Yashraj Films to get the film re-certified with subtitles, close captioning and audio description in Hindi from the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC).

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Hit and drag accused to be booked for murder

A Delhi sessions court was told on Monday that the Delhi Police will invoke section 302 of the IPC (punishment of murder) against the accused in the Kanjhawala accident case. Anjali Kumari (20) was dragged to death after being trapped under a car for nearly 1012kms in the city.

1 min

1st day of Delhi Assembly adjourned

AAP, BJP exchange allegations over issues; ruckus leads to postponement of the House

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'L-G can't consider himself superior'

ALLEGING interference in the functioning of the government, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia along with ministers and other AAP MLAS marched from the Assembly to the L-G's office on Monday.

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Plea challenging appointment of CJI dismissed

THE Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a plea to review its order rejecting a challenge to the appointment of Justice DY Chandrachud as the Chief Justice of India.

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Unnao rape case: HC grants interim bail to Sengar for daughter's wedding

THE Delhi High Court on Monday granted interim bail to former Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, who is sentenced to life term imprisonment for raping a minor girl in Unnao in 2017, on his plea for attending his daughter's marriage.

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Govt nurses upset over reducing no. of Florence Nightingale awardees

THE nursing associations of government hospitals have expressed resentment against the Centre's decision to slash down the number of Florence Nightingale awardees from 51 to 15 this year onwards.

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MCD House to elect Mayor on Jan 24

L-G okays date of next session; first session had turned into chaos, ending inconclusive

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Pollution: BJP MLAs protest at Assembly with oxygen cylinders

ON the first day of winter session of the Delhi Assembly on Monday, the BJP MLAs were seen carrying oxygen cylinders inside the House to protest against alleged inaction of the AAP government to prevent air pollution.

1 min

No new Covid case, 1st time since pandemic began

NEW DELHI: For the first time since March 2020, the national capital recorded no new Covid case on Monday.

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North India in grip of intense cold, braces up for tougher days ahead

WITH the minimum temperature settled between one to three degrees Celsius in many parts of north and northwest India, a cold wave swept across the region on Monday.

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2 gored to death at Jallikattu events

The incidents happened in TN's Madurai & Tiruchy; CM Stalin announces ₹3 lakh solatium

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CID to probe 'Santro' Ravi case: K'taka Home Min

THE state government will hand over the 'Santro' Ravi case to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), said Home Minister Araga Jnanendra on Monday. Meanwhile, the sixth Judicial Magistrate of First Class in Mysuru on Monday extended the judicial custody of Ravi aka KS Manjunath and two other accused, Suthesh and Ramji, till January 25.

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Iconic aircraft flown by Biju Patnaik to rescue Indonesian PM set for its journey to Odisha

THE iconic Dakota DC-3 legendary Biju Patnaik once flew to rescue the then Indonesian Vice President and Prime Minister is set to make its journey back to the state capital from Kolkata.

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Kerala government makes masks, social distancing must again

THE government on Monday made wearing of masks and social distancing mandatory in public places, inside offices as well as while commuting as a precautionary measure in the wake of the nationwide alert against Covid.

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Naidu meets 8 TDP men in sub-jail, flays YSRC govt for foisting cases

TELEGU DESAM PARTY (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu lambasted the YSRC government for arresting eight party activists in Punganur after foisting false cases against them.

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Karnataka CM: 'Na Nayaki' is Priyanka's claim to be leader

CALLING Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi's 'Na Nayaki' rally as her self-proclamation of \"I am the leader\", Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that this was an unfortunate state of affairs in the Congress.

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Tariq Anwar submits report on Tharoor's remarks

IN what could prove to be a stumbling block for Shashi Tharoor finding a berth in the Congress Working Committee, party national general secretary-in-charge of Kerala Tariq Anwar has submitted a report to the Congress high command on the ongoing spat centered around Tharoor's remarks in the Kerala unit.

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DEVELOPMENT AND THE PRICE THAT COMES WITH IT

Big cities like Bengaluru are losing their soul. The priorities we chase are about brick, mortar, money, growth and what falls under the crass umbrella of the \"development\" word

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'Need to debate one nation, one entrance exam'

NEP 2020 advocates mitigating the burden on students by reducing the number of entrance exams, says UGC chief

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Prachanda likely to visit India on first foreign tour as PM

NEPAL'S newly-elected Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, popularly known as Prachanda, during an interaction with a group of editors in Nepal, indicated that he would make Delhi his first port of call in his official capacity as the prime minister.

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Stage set for G20 summit in Gujarat

GUJARAT is all set for G20 meetings. The first in the list of 15 events is the Business20 inception meeting, which will be held from January 22 to 24 in Gandhinagar.

1 min

Shah to sound poll bugle with rally in Capt bastion

SOUNDING the poll bugle in Punjab for the Lok Sabha elections in 2024, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will on January 29 hold a rally in Patiala, the bastion of former Punjab chief minister and now BJP leader Capt Amarinder Singh.

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BJP runs country like its zamindari, says Mamata

CLAIMING the Centre owes MGNREGA West Bengal for the scheme, Mamata, while addressing a gathering in Sagardighi, Murshidabad, said, \"The central government is not releasing MGNREGA funds to West Bengal. It owes us ₹6,000 crore.

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Pilot holds meet, takes on Gehlot over paper leak

FORMER deputy CM Sachin Pilot indirectly targeted the Ashok Gehlot government on Monday over the paper leak issue that has rocked Rajasthan in the past month. He was addressing a public rally in Parbatsar town of Nagaur district.

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Toll in Russian attack on Dnipro residential building climbs to 40

THE toll from a devastating Russian strike on Dnipro rose to 40 on Monday, as more bodies were pulled from the debris of one of Russia's deadliest attacks since its invasion.

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End of 30-year manhunt as Italy catches godfather of Sicilian mafia

ITALIAN anti-mafia police caught Sicilian godfather Matteo Messina Denaro on Monday, ending a 30-year manhunt for Italy's most wanted fugitive.

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Lollobrigida, one of last icons of Hollywood's Golden Age, no more

ONE of the last icons of the Golden Age of Hollywood, Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida, whose death at the age of 95 was announced on Monday, was famed for her biting wit and sensual beauty.

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Black box of Nepal plane found; bodies of 5 Indians identified

69 bodies recovered; challenging terrain blamed for the slow pace of rescue operation

1 min

Fresh round of layoffs in tech firms, startups

Amazon has fired at least 1,500 employees, including those who opted for the voluntary separation programme

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Poorest 50% pay two-thirds of GST, richest population pay 3-4%: Oxfam

CONTRARY to the popular narrative that only a handful of Indians pay taxes, a latest Oxfam report says the poorest 50% of the population pay nearly two-third (64.3%) of total goods and service tax (GST).

1 min

'Google has different standards in EU, India'

THE Supreme Court of India has asked Google if it will put in place the same regime in India as it did in the European Union. This is in response to Competition Commission of India's argument that Google was taking different standards in Europe and India.

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Adani Ent to file paper for ₹20K cr FPO

ADANI ENTERPRISES, the flagship company of Adani Group, is expected to file paper for its ₹20,000 crore follow-on public offer (FPO) with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) within two days.

1 min

TOPPOSTORY: DESTROYED BUT NOT DEFEATED

Tale of hockey coach who wagered everything to live his passion of producing internationals

4 mins

Hansal Mehta brings a chilling real-life story in 'Faraaz' trailer

ON July 1, 2016, five assailants took over the upscale Holey Artisan Cafe in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Entering with bombs, assault rifles, and other weapons, they opened fire indiscriminately.

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STRENGTHEN YOUR PELVIC MUSCLES

AS we all know, everything in the human body is connected from tissues to hormones to nerves. We always talk about gut health, nerves, lungs, liver, etc., but have hardly seen anyone discussing urinary bladder or tract health.

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Sonakshi Sinha-starrer 'Dahaad' to premiere at the Berlin Film Fest

ACTOR Sonakshi Sinha-starrer web series Dahaad will premiere at the 2023 Berlin International Film Festival and compete in the Berlinale Series Competition.

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A pet rescue film with a commonplace narrative

BASED on Pauls Toutonghi's book of the same name, Dog Gone details the true story of a beloved Labrador who goes missing from his home in the Appalachian trail.

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