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January 31, 2023

Will fight till my last breath: Wangchuk

SOCIAL activist, engineer and innovator Sonam Wangchuk, who got an overwhelming response from the locals on the last day of his 5-day 'climate fast' on Monday, said he will intensify his stir in the absence of any response to his demands.

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Mughal Garden in DU named after Buddha

CLOSE on the heels of the renaming of Rashtrapati Bhavan's Mughal Gardens, the University of Delhi has changed the name of Mughal Garden on the North Campus to 'Gautam Buddha Centenary Garden'.

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Gorakhnath temple attack case: IIT grad gets death

AN anti-terror court in Lucknow on Monday awarded death penalty to Ahmad Murtaza Abbasi, who was convicted for attacking security staff at Gorakhpur's Gorakhnath temple with a sharp weapon in April last year. Abbasi was convicted by the special ATS court in Lucknow on Saturday.

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Didi announces Z-plus cover for Amartya Sen

TWO days after Visva Bharati, a Central university, directed Nobel laureate Amartya Sen to return part of a plot where his residence is located in Santiniketan, saying he was occupying it illegally, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday called on him to express solidarity and announced Z-plus security cover for him.

1 min

Coach Graham Reid resigns after India finish joint ninth at Hockey World Cup

THE signs were ominous. India finished joint ninth at the FIH Hockey World Cup in Odisha.

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GUJ COURT CONVICTS ASARAM IN RAPE CASE

THE Gandhinagar sessions court on Monday convicted self-styled godman Asaram in a rape case filed by a Surat-based woman in 2013. The quantum of sentence is likely to be pronounced on Tuesday.

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Man caught smoking in aircraft washroom

AT a time when in-flight misbehaviour by passengers hit the headlines, a 62-year-old man from Thrissur was caught allegedly smoking in the lavatory of a Dubai-Kochi flight.

1 min

24 students injured as 4 school buses collide in city

A picnic to Zoological park turned sour for more than 200 schoolchildren from different parts of the city as the buses there were travelling in met with an accident in central Delhi and 24 of them sustained injuries.

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Aimed to save liberal, secular ethos: Rahul

Calls to end J&K violence as his Bharat Jodo Yatra concludes after covering 4,000 km in 145 days

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Chilly winds bring mercury down, city's AQI improves to 'poor'

A day after it witnessed light showers, Delhi woke up to a windy and cold morning.

1 min

'Supersite' to monitor air quality

Project aims to identify pollution sources on an hourly-basis and forecast hourly-data

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165 death sentences by trial courts in 2022, highest since 2000, says report

Trial courts across the country imposed 165 death sentences in 2022, which is the highest in a single year in the last two decades, a report has said.

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CM's promise of endless water supply a bluff, says BJP leader

BJP on Monday slammed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for requesting the Centre to give 1,300 MGD water to the city, calling his \"promise\" of round-the-clock water to the city residents a \"bluff\".

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Promotion of 139 doctors after 2-year wait gets L-G's nod

L-G Governor VK Saxena has approved the promotions of 139 doctors working at various Delhi government hospitals from Grade-II to Grade-I, Raj Niwas officials said on Monday.

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Court reserves bail plea of AI pee-gate accused

A Delhi Court on Monday reserved for January 31 the order on the bail application of Shankar Mishra, who was arrested for allegedly peeing on his co-passenger, a septuagenarian woman, on board an Air India flight in an inebriated condition.

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Girl dies after surgery, kin say organs missing

Plastic bags allegedly body, who underwent found stashed inside appendicitis operation

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Assaulted on duty in presence of police, alleges doctor at Safdarjung hospital

A resident doctor at Centre-run Safdarjung Hospital was allegedly abused and physically assaulted on-duty by relatives of a patient in the presence of police personnel.

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HC pulls up MCD over unpaid salaries of employees, teachers

TERMING it as 'unfortunate' over the unpaid salaries to teachers, sanitation workers, and various employees, the Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Commissioner of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and senior officers of the city government to appear before it.

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Dalits of Tamil Nadu village enter temple for first time in eight decades

AFTER eight decades, dalits of village in taluk in Tamil Thenmudiyanur Thandrampattu Nadu entered the Sri Muthumaariamman temple for the first time.

1 min

Tension diffuses as T'gana Guv agrees to joint session

Assembly to meet after a year; Guv clears pending bills before Budget

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CM Jagan's flight to Delhi makes emergency landing at Vijayawada

A special flight carrying Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy made an emergency landing at Gannavaram airport in Vijayawada on Monday.

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Odisha urges HC to monitor Naba Das murder case probe

ODISHA government on Monday moved swiftly and requested the Orissa High Court to monitor the investigation of Naba Kishore Das murder case amid a massive outrage and opposition demand for an impartial probe.

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2 held for hurling water bottles at Kailash Kher

THE three-day Hampi Utsav concluded on Sunday evening with an infamous incident after two locals hurled water bottles at famous singer Kailash Kher who was performing on the stage.

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BJP OBC Morcha to campaign against 'politics of casteism’

WITH an eye on the Assembly elections in nine states scheduled for this year, the OBC Morcha of BJP adopted political resolutions at its two-day national executive which concluded on Monday.

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Adani row & BBC docu in focus at all-party meet, Oppn seeks debate

THE Hindenburg-Adani controversy, ban on the BBC documentary on Gujarat riots, and China's aggression along the LAC remained in focus in the all-party meeting convened on Monday, with the Opposition parties demanding discussions on the issues in the parliament.

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Soren says Guv wish on domicile bill won't work

DISAPPOINTED over Jharkhand Governor Ramesh Bais asking to review the legality of 1932 Khatian-based Local Policy Bill-2022, Chief Minister Hemant Soren said that things will not happen according to the governor; instead things will happen according to what the government wants in this state.

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Record paddy procurement has Cong, BJP claiming credit in C'garh

CHHATTISGARH has created a new record on paddy procurement, with the state collecting 107 lakh tonne of the grain in the current khariff season.

1 min

U'khand tableau wins top prize in R-Day parade

EVEN as unease continues in the state due to the sinking of land in Joshimath, Uttarakhand got a reason to cheer on Monday.

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TIPRA Motha will contest 42 seats

Pradyot Manikya Debbarma's party influential in 20 seats reserved constituencies in Tripura

2 mins

KILLING OF PALESTINIAN KEEPS TENSIONS HIGH IN WEST BANK

ISRAELI forces killed a Palestinian man in a flashpoint city in the occupied West Bank on Monday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.

1 min

'Blast took place seconds after imam started prayer'

Pakistan Taliban target mosque in Peshawar's high-security zone

2 mins

PIO to lead Democrats in US state of Washington

INDIAN-AMERICAN political consultant Shasti Conrad has been elected as the new chair of the Washington State Democratic Party, becoming the youngest and first Indian-American woman to serve as a state party chair in the US.

1 min

Putin threatened to lob a missile at me: Boris

FORMER UK prime minister Boris Johnson has claimed President Vladimir Putin threatened to target him with a missile attack before ordering Russian forces into Ukraine.

1 min

SC upholds NCLAT order on Jet employees' dues

THE Supreme Court on Monday upheld the NCLAT order that had directed the new owner of the airline, Jalan Kalrock Consortium (JKC), to pay provident fund and gratuity dues of the airline's former employees.

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Adani stocks lose more than ₹5.5 lakh crore in 3 sessions

ADANI GROUP'S 413-page response to Hindenburg Research failed to lift investors' sentiment as most of its stocks nosedived again on Monday, wiping out billions of dollars from the market.

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Manufacturing, services log 8.27% attrition in third quarter, says report

ATTRITION across manufacturing and services industries witnessed an average of 8.27% in the December quarter, a 0.46% increase from an average of 7.81% in Q2FY23, according to TeamLease report on Employment Outlook.

1 min

Adani FPO subscribed 3% on day 2

Abhu Dhabi-based International Holding Company invests 3,200 cr in the follow-on offer

2 mins

ENDGAME: REID STEPS DOWN AS INDIA COACH

THE only surprising thing about the whole thing has been the speed at which it has unravelled.

3 mins

Big test for Tirkey & Co

HOCKEY India had a few months after the 2018 World Cup. They could afford to take a backseat, talk to all relevant stakeholders, take temperatures before coming to the conclusion that a change of guard was needed.

1 min

In love with Odisha, its hockey and heritage

People from around the globe share their memorable experiences of the state during the FIH Men's World Cup

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