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January 25, 2023

RRR leads the Indian brigade at Oscar 2023

THE Nominations for the 95th Academy Awards were announced on Tuesday, and as anticipated, it turned out to be an unforgettable day for India.

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Aaftab got violent, killed Shraddha as she went to meet a friend, says chargesheet

DELHI Police on Tuesday filed a 6,636-page chargesheet in the Shraddha Walkar murder case, saying she was killed as she had gone to meet a friend against the wishes of her live-in partner Aaftab Amin Poonawala.

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India rakes in moolah through online dating platforms

SWIPING right seems to be the way to go now, and India is not far behind. The country holds the ninth position in the world in terms of people using online dating services and apps, and generates around $398 million in revenue from people using the platforms, according to data shared by Statista Digital Marketing Insights.

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AAP, BJP get into verbal spat, mayor election put off again

FEAR our councillors! A mere exchange of barbs between AAP and BJP councillors made Delhi lose its second attempt at choosing a mayor on Tuesday. The House, reconvened after 18 days, was adjourned indefinitely by pro tem speaker Satya Sharma.

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Earthquake hits Nepal, tremors felt in Del-NCR

STRONG tremors were felt across north and east India and parts of Nepal after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal.

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Campuses push back on BBC documentary

Screened at University of Hyderabad and various univs in Kerala; students at JNU watch it on phones after power cut

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Collegium shouldn't have disclosed RAW, IB reports, says Rijiju

AMID escalating tension between the executive and judiciary, Union law minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday again targeted the Supreme Court collegium, terming its decision to make public the sensitive reports of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and Intelligence Bureau (IB) \"a matter of grave concern\".

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BJP is throttling democracy: AAP

Deputy CM says BJP should accept its defeat in MCD, ensure smooth conduct of polls

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FORDA calls for protection law for docs, bond-free medical education

THE Federation of Resident Doctors Association, India has put a charter of ten demands to the Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, including the formation of the Indian Medical Service in line with the Union Public Service Commission, enactment of Central Protection Act, giving allowance and bond-free medical education, among other demands.

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Excise policy scam: Assets linked to Mahendru, Nair & Arora being frozen

THE ED has initiated the attachment process of several properties associated with some of the accused named in the two chargesheets filed by the agency in the Delhi excise policy scam.

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Schools should ensure every pupil gets admit card: Child rights panel

PRIOR to the Central Board of Secondary Education exams, the Delhi Commission for protection of Child Rights has strictly advised all schools in the national capital to ensure that every student gets their admit card without delay.

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Fortress Delhi: 6K cops deployed for R-Day security

DELHI Police have made adequate security arrangements for safe conduction of the Republic Day parade. More than 6,000 police personnel have been deployed in and around the national capital.

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'Easy to discuss blockades but facing them in life is different'

SHARING her experience about life under economic sanctions, Aleida Guevara, daughter of Cuban revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara on Tuesday said that talking about 'blockades' is different from facing them in real life.

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SC judgment to begin with Hindi, Tamil, Odiya: CJI

POINTING out a layman's difficulty in understanding the English language in its legal avatar', Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud on Tuesday said he has formed a committee chaired by Justice AS Oka and the first step it has taken was to ensure the Supreme Court judgments to be translated into at least four regional languages, starting with Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati, and Odiya.

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'Covid vax can't be insisted upon by employer'

HEARING the plea of a government school lecturer for allowing her to teach without being forced to get vaccinated against Covid-19, the Delhi High Court has said the vaccination cannot be insisted upon by the employer.

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Redevelop 'unsafe' condo in north Delhi, L-G to DDA

Asks authorities to initiate criminal charges against developer

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Sabarimala staffers busy counting coins worth ₹30 cr

Rush of devotees this season led to offering boxes filling up with money

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Land row in Karnataka forces 100 school kids to sit in an open ground

As many as 100 young schoolchildren are being made to pay a heavy price for no fault of theirs. These students of Government Higher Primary School at Mahadevapura were forced to sit in the open to attend classes as the land on which the school is located is under litigation.

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Jump in 'Pariskha Pe Charcha' registration

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi will interact with students and teachers on January 27 at 'Pariskha Pe Charcha' (PPC) event, which has seen a 50 percent rise in the number of registrations, said Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday. He said the first PPC was started in 2018, when 22,000 people had registered.

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Man rains cash from K'taka flyover, now in lockup

PEOPLE in the City Market area in Bengaluru couldn't believe what they were witnessing on Tuesday morning.

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Doshi, a fine architect who worked with Le Corbusier, passes away at 95

ONE of the finest architects and planners post Independence, Prof Balkrishna Doshi, died on January 24, 2023. He was 95. He was a recipient of many national and international awards such as the Pritsker Architecture Prize, Padma Bhusan and RIBA Gold Medal.

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Digvijaya remarks ridiculous: Rahul amid BJP roast

The Congress hasn't liked party leader Digvijaya Singh's remarks questioning the 2016 surgical strike. The final word has come from Rahul Gandhi who termed his remarks ridiculous. However, the BJP wouldn't let it go, and has threatened to take the controversy to the people.

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SC to remove magistrate's OK for 'living will'

Document will now be signed in presence of two witnesses, and then attested by a notary or gazetted officer

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Ayodhya temple: Nepal to send 2 large rocks for sculpting Ram, Sita idols

THE buzz around the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya has sent waves across India's borders too. Nepal is in the process of sending two large rocks from the banks of the Gandaki river to Ayodhya to be used in making idols of Ram and Sita.

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To generate funds, UP may allow govt schools to host private events

THE Uttar Pradesh government is mulling over the decision to allow the secondary educational institutions to rent out their premises for private events.

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Cracks in alliance? Senior JD (U) leader says plot to weaken Nitish

JD(U) parliamentary board chairman Upendra Kushwaha on Tuesday alleged that a conspiracy was hatched to weaken Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, and asked the party national president Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh to disclose what deal the party had struck with RJD ahead of the party joining the grand alliance in August last year.

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Raj student leaders clash in presence of Union minister

A public function at a women's college in Jaipur saw unruly scenes erupt between student union leaders in the presence of Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Monday.

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A feel of religious places, Unesco sites to brighten R-Day

23 tableaux - 17 from states/UTs and six from ministries - to take part in Jan 26 parade in attempt to showcase India's unity in diversity

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'YOU DO YOU,' ARDERN TELLS HIPKINS AS SHE MAKES LAST BOW AS PREMIER

NEW Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern said on Tuesday she was grateful for her time in office and saying the thing she would miss most was the people, because they had been the \"joy of the job\" while insisting that a sustained barrage of online abuse was not the reason for her shock resignation.

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7 dead as Calif mourns 3rd mass killing in 8 days

Officers arrested 67-year-old suspect Chunli Zhao; victims include Chinese farmworkers

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Gold prices rise to all-time high of ₹57,000

GOLD prices touched an all-time high on Tuesday with prices of yellow metal crossing ₹57,000 for the first time in the futures market.

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Airtel hikes entry-level plan by 57% in seven circles

TELECOM operator Bharti Airtel on Tuesday announced tariff hike in seven circles in the country by discontinuing its minimum recharge plan of ₹99.

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Vistara expects to have fleet of 70 aircraft by mid-2024

FULL-SERVICE carrier Vistara is expecting to have a fleet size of 70 aircraft by mid-2024, its chief executive officer (CEO) Vinod Kannan said on Tuesday. Currently, the airline has a fleet of 53 aircraft.

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DGCA's suspension of pilot licence excessive: Air India

Airline says will assist him with appeal against the action; 6 employee unions have sent joint petition to DGCA to withdraw suspension

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Jadeja & Co make Tamil Nadu batters grind on slowish surface

On his return to competitive cricket after an injury layoff of five months, the conditions at the MA Chidambaram Stadium seemed a lot more welcoming to the Chennai Super Kings star Ravindra Jadeja-led Saurashtra than the home side - Tamil Nadu.

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Rohit & Gill tons help India seal 3-0 victory

JANUARY 23 is an important date in Rohit Sharma's cricketing career. Ten years ago, it is exactly on this date his journey changed forever. Having been up and down the batting order, it was on January 23, 2013, he was made to open the batting and since then he hasn't looked back.

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Wrestlers unhappy with panel

A day after the sports ministry named a five-member Oversight Committee, some of the protesting wrestlers cried foul and said they were not consulted before the names were finalised.

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Inside story behind S Korea's stunning tale

BEFORE the PyeongChang Winter Games in 2018, hockey became a buzzword in the Korean peninsula.

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Pankaj Tripathi, Richa Chadha's Fukrey 3 to release on this date

'FUKREY 3', the third installment in Excel -Entertainment's slacker-comedy film series, is set to release on September 7, the makers announced on Tuesday.

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Athiya Shetty and cricketer KL Rahul are now married

ACTOR Athiya Shetty and cricketer KL Rahul tied the knot at an intimate ceremony in Khandala on Monday.

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