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January 18, 2023

Pak offers peace talks, but ties it to Art 370

PAKISTAN Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif created a flutter by claiming his country had learnt a \"lesson\" and wanted the UAE's help to set up a peace talks table with India.

1 min

Rijiju clarifies: Govt doesn't want nominee in collegium

UNION Law Minister Kiren Rijiju chose the early hours of January 17 to seek to clarify the government's stand on the collegium, saying the Centre does not want its nominee in the collegium to select judges for higher judicial posts.

1 min

China lifts hold, Makki now a global terrorist

IN a big diplomatic win for India, the UN Security Council ISIL and Al Qaida Sanctions Committee listed Abdul Rehman Makki, the brother-in-law of Lashkare-Taiba (LeT) leader Hafiz Saeed, as a global terrorist.

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'Dangerous' to say Delhi can't have public service commission: SC to govt

A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday termed as \"dangerous\" the Centre's submission that Union Territories, including Delhi, cannot have public service commission (PSC).

1 min

Nadda to remain BJP chief till '24 Lok Sabha polls

Aims for huge majority in general elections

1 min

ROAD RAGE TURNS UGLY AS MAN DRAGGED BY SCOOTERIST FOR 600 m

A 71-year-old man was dragged for about 600 metres by a scooter rider after he clung on to the two-wheeler which rammed his car from behind.

1 min

Man poses as UAE royal aide, dupes hotel of ₹23L

A rich guest checking in. A long stay at the plush hotel. A bill running into lakhs. Everything perhaps seemed like a familiar occurrence for the five-star hotel in Delhi.

1 min

Plane delayed as flier opens emergency exit by mistake

AN emergency exit of an Indigo flight was accidentally unlocked by a passenger last month while the aircraft was on the ground, delaying it for over two hours.

1 min

4 aides of terror suspects nabbed in Jahangirpuri under cops' lens

IN a major revelation following the arrest of two alleged terror suspects from Jahangirpuri over a week ago, the Special Cell of the Delhi Police is looking for four more associates of the accused persons, said sources.

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Rape case: No stay on trial court litigation against Sonia Gandhi's PS

THE High Court has refused to stay the trial court proceedings and quash the chargesheet which was framed in an alleged rape case against 71-year-old P P Madhavan, the personal secretary of senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi.

1 min

Hit-and-drag was intentional: Cops

Police add murder charges after considering physical, forensic and scientific evidence

1 min

'Faraaz' makers told to fix row with Dhaka terror victims' kin

DEALING with a plea by mothers of victims of the 2016 Dhaka terrorist attack against the release of upcoming movie 'Faraaz', which depicts the Holey Artisan cafe attack that shook Bangladesh in 2016, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the filmmaker Hansal Mehta and producers of the film to sit with the mothers and try to resolve the dispute.

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Rain, hailstorm to lash city, wind to gust up to 50 km

SINCE the minimum temperature settled between 1 degree Celsius and 3 degrees Celsius in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, and north Rajasthan, coldwave conditions prevailed in the region on Tuesday.

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JNU prof alleges attack by gang, teachers seek action

A Jawaharlal Nehru University associate professor on Tuesday alleged that he was \"attacked\" by a gang of six to seven men near RK Puram Marg last week.

1 min

Waqf Board employees hit streets over three-month unpaid dues

THE employees of Delhi Waqf Board on Monday launched a protest against the board members over not being paid salary for three straight months. Earlier on January 12, several employees had held a protest in front of the city government's secretariat.

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Panic grips Sadar Bazar traders as more shops receive sealing notice

THE traders in Sadar Bazar are panic-struck. After the recent sealing of 25 shops in Sadar Bazar happened last week, five more shops have received the notice to vacate their premises, while many others claimed they received alleged \"threat of shut down\" from MCD officials.

2 mins

L-G, who? He is not my headmaster, says Kejriwal

CM accuses Saxena of stalling Delhi teachers' training visit to Finland

1 min

In a first, rotational dept heads at Safdarjung, other Centre-run hosps

IN a first, the three centre-run medical institutes and hospitals in Delhi-Safdarjung, Ram Manoha Lohia, and Lady Hardinge Medical College-will adopt a new policy to appoint the heads of departments (HoD), according to which, the senior position will remain rotational after each three years.

1 min

Sisodia approves infrastructure projects worth ₹17.79 crore

DEPUTY CM Manish Sisodia on Tuesday approved the projects worth ₹17.79 crore.

1 min

Kerala to launch cruise from Kovalam to Goa

Kerala government on Tuesday announced the launch of cruise tourism connecting major coastal tourist destinations in the state with Mangalore and Goa.

1 min

Che Guevara's daughter Aleida in Chennai, to interact with students

ALEIDA Guevara, daughter of Cuban revolutionary Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, arrived in Chennai on Tuesday on a two-day visit to attend events organised by the Tamil Nadu unit of the CPM.

1 min

Kerala's 75% elderly under pension schemes

RBI's annual report on state finances indicates the state GPF is major source to make up for the revenue deficit

2 mins

Mission Telangana: Shah to visit Hyd to boost party morale

UNION Home Minister Amit Shah and several other BJP leaders will arrive in Hyderabad on January 28 for a two-day visit to prepare the party for the Assembly elections later this year.

1 min

Over-population of tigers: Kerala mulls options, including culling

TO resolve the emerging threat to human life by over-population of tigers, the state government has decided shift tigers in Wayanad to other tiger reserves in the state.

1 min

AIADMK leaders pay homage to MGR but keep their distance

AIADMK leaders Edappadi K Palaniswami and O Panneerselvam on Tuesday paid homage to party founder MG Ramachandran on the latter's birth anniversary but kept their distance from each other.

1 min

CBI raids ex-railway officer, seizes 17 kg gold, huge cash

IN one of the biggest disclosures of disproportionate Central Government assets of a employee in Odisha, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday unearthed 17 kg gold worth around ₹9.5 crore besides ₹1.57 crore cash from the possession of retired Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer Pramod Kumar Jena.

1 min

NREGA digital attendance driving women out

With no means to buy a smart phone & limited access to internet, women workforce are dropping out from scheme

2 mins

Army to get first lot of Amethi-made AK-203 in March

THE production of advanced AK-203 assault rifles has started in India and the first batch will be delivered to Indian Army soon, Alexander Mikheev, Director General of Rosoboronexport confirmed on Tuesday. The Indian Army chief had a few days ago said that the first batch of rifles would be delivered by March.

2 mins

DGCA advises airlines to formulate their own policies on pets' carriage in cabin

THE Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has advised all the airlines to formulate and prominently display the policy of \"Carriage of Pets in Aircraft Cabin\" on their respective websites.

1 min

No truck with Varun ideology: Rahul

My family has a thought system, I can't visit RSS office: Cong leader

1 min

Land stabilising, situation will soon return to normal in Joshimath, say scientists

SCIENTISTS, who returned to the capital after studying the Joshimath land subsidence case, have made a new revelation with the news of comfort.

1 min

French experts to examine Nepal crash site

NEPALESE authorities on Tuesday started handing over to family members the bodies of those killed after Yeti Airlines' aircraft with 72 people, including five Indians, crashed in a river gorge in the resort city of Pokhara, as the death toll rose to 71.

1 min

Boris Pistorius, a regional official, to be Germany's new defence minister

GERMAN Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday informed that he will appoint a regional official as the new defence minister following the resignation of the much-criticised Christine Lambrecht.

1 min

China's GDP falls to 3%, second lowest in 50 vrs

The annual GDP totalled to $17.94 trillion in 2022, fell below the 5.5% official target

1 min

Sebi proposes fund blocking facility

Move aimed at protecting investors' money from misuse and default by stock brokers

1 min

Budget 2024: NAREDCO seeks ₹25K cr realty fund

REAL ESTATE developers' body National Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO) has urged the government to launch the second fund under the Special Window for Affordable and Mid-Income Housing (SWAMIH-2) in the upcoming Union Budget 20232024 to be presented on February 1.

1 min

Once GST compensation regime ends, Delhi & Punjab among states to feel the pinch

PUNJAB, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Goa, Uttarakhand and Puducherry will be fiscally most impacted states once the GST compensation regime gets over.

1 min

CHILDREN OF UNEQUAL GODS

A look at the financial disparities on display at the ongoing Men's Hockey World Cup

3 mins

Gayatri-Treesa pair shows teen spirit

IT was just their first win of the event but in some sense this was an immense victory for the gradually-improving Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand in the India Open Super 750 tournament, which commenced on Tuesday.

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Deja vu for Sindhu; Lakshya, Saina win

IT was deja vu for PV Sindhu. Taking part in just her second match after returning from ankle injury last week, the Indian tasted a harsh reality in the ongoing India Open Super 750 event at the KD Jadhav Indoor Complex here on Tuesday.

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First look of the Amy Winehouse biopic, Back to Black, released

THE first look poster (inset) of Back to Black, the upcoming biopic of late musician Amy Winehouse, was released by the makers on social media recently.

1 min

Sara Ali Khan begins prep for Anurag Basu's Metro...Inn Dino

ACTOR Sara Ali Khan was recently in London to shoot for the Tiger Shroff-starrer Mission Eagle.

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