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March 08, 2023

Conrad, Rio sworn in as CMs in presence of Modi, Shah, Himanta

CONRAD K Sangma and Neiphiu Rio were on Tuesday sworn in as the chief ministers of Meghalaya and Nagaland, respectively.

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1st woman IAF officer to command combat unit

HISTORIC APPOINTMENT

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After CBI, ED quizzes Sisodia for six hours in Tihar Jail

FOR the first time, Enforcement Directorate sleuths on Tuesday questioned Manish Sisodia for six hours in Tihar Jail in the excise policy case.

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3 elephants electrocuted by illegal fencing

TWO female elephants and a makhna were electrocuted to death while trying to cross an illegal power fence at a farm at Kendenahalli village in Dharmapuri district around 10.30pm on Monday.

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BRS cadre uneasy after arrest of Hyd bizman in Delhi liquor scam

WITH the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday arresting Hyderabad-based businessman and South Group' frontman Arun Ramachandra Pillai in connection with the Delhi excise policy scam, the cadre of the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) are getting uneasy.

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17 killed, over 100 injured as explosion rocks Dhaka highrise

AT least 17 people, including two women, were killed and over 100 others injured on Tuesday in a powerful \"earthquake-like\" explosion at a seven-storey building in Dhaka, police and local residents said.

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CBI questions Lalu for 6 hrs in rail job scam

THE CBI on Tuesday questioned RJD chief and former Union railway minister Lalu Prasad in New Delhi for nearly six hours in the land-for-job scam case during 2004-09.

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Illegal mining in Haryana led to low river-level: AAP

DELHI is battling a crisis with the water level in the Yamuna at Wazirabad dropping almost three feet below the desired level due to unbridled illegal sand mining in Haryana and the situation may worsen amid a prediction of extreme heat this year, said Delhi Jal Board ViceChairman Saurabh Bhardwaj.

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PM Modi's talk on graft has no credibility: Kejriwal

CHIEF Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should not talk about fighting corruption as a BJP MLA in Karnataka was not arrested despite a huge amount of cash being found at his home.

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Augment bus fleet, Greenpeace India urges CM

NEW DELHI: Ahead of the Delhi Assembly budget session, environment watchdog Greenpeace India has written to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, urging him to consider increasing spending on free public transportation facilities and the number of buses in the national capital.

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Sisodia sole inmate in Tihar Jail cell

Several dreaded criminals are lodged in cells in the immediate vicinity, say jail officials

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Bharadwaj, Atishi to be sworn in on March 9

AAM Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs Saurabh Bharadwaj and Atishi are all set to be sworn in as ministers in Delhi by Lt Governor V K Saxena on Thursday, sources have said.

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Aaftab a trained chef, expert in preserving flesh: Cops tell court

Delhi Police on Tuesday told a local court that Aaftab Amin Poonawala, who allegedly killed his 27-year-old live-in partner, Shraddha Walkar, and chopped her body into several pieces before disposing them off at several places, was a trained chef and knew how to preserve flesh for a long time.

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Swiggy retracts Holi billboard after row over 'Hinduphobic' content

NEW DELHI: Swiggy's 'egg ad' billboard for Holi has been taken down after a section of people expressed \"outrage\" on social media.

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'Fake tweet' on Bihar migrants in TN: BJP leader gets HC relief

THE Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted transit anticipatory bail till March 20 to a lawyer and BJP's Uttar Pradesh spokesperson Prashant Kumar Umrao to approach a Chennai court in an FIR lodged by the Tamil Nadu Police for allegedly spreading false information on Twitter claiming attacks on migrant workers in the state.

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Delhi liquor scam: Businessman sent to judicial custody

A Delhi court on Tuesday remanded liquor businessman Amandeep Dhall, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the excise policy case, to Judicial Custody till March 21 in the Delhi excise policy case.

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AIIMS set to acquire 4 city hospitals

If the move gets approved, the combined bed strength will grow to 6,300, up from 3,300

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NIA arrests five hawala operatives in Bihar PFI case

THE National Investigation Agency (NIA) has busted a multi-state hawala network of the banned terrorist organisation, Popular Front of India (PFI), and arrested five hawala operatives in last year's Phulwari Sharif, Bihar, PFI case.

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Trying times for AIADMK-BJP ties as EPS gives berth to defectors

TIES between the AIADMK and BJP have turned testy, with analysts wondering if the alliance is on its last legs.

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K'taka HC grants anticipatory bail to BJP MLA

Congress accuses state government of protecting Madal Virupakshappa, who is facing corruption charges

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HER STORY, MY STORY: WHY I AM HOPEFUL ABOUT GENDER JUSTICE

in the country The story of women's emancipation has proceeded painfully slowly, but on the positive side in only one direction and has never made a U-turn

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PM asks pvt sector to jack up investments

TWO days after former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan's remark that the country is 'dangerously' close to Hindu rate of growth, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asserted, albeit indirectly, that India is moving forward with new capabilities.

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Rahul equates RSS with Muslim Brotherhood

Collapse of Indian democracy will play out at global level, he says

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First batch of command course for women officers to begin this month

THE Army has taken another step to equip its women officers to take over the command duties, as the first batch of women officers for the senior command course will report at the Army War College at the end of March.

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Organic Holi: C'garh women prepare gulal with flowers, turmeric & spinach

CHHATTISGARH is increasingly preparing non-toxic and chemical-free herbal gulal colours, made available with the help of gauthans (cattle shelter premises).

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Teach land mafia a lesson: CM Yogi to police, officials

AMID the ongoing police crackdown on Umesh Pal's assailants, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday directed district and police authorities across the state to \"teach such a lesson to the land mafia that they don't cast an evil eye on anyone's land.\"

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'Rudraprayag most prone to landslides'

13 Uttarakhand districts are among 147 most landslide-affected ones in country, says ISRO

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Dozens trapped in Indonesia landslide, rescue on

MORE rescuers and heavy machinery will be sent to Indonesia's disaster-hit Serasan Island to search for dozens still missing after a deadly landslide, a disaster official said on Tuesday.

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Xi accuses US of leading West to suppress China

Foreign Minister Qin Gang says Beijing and Washington are heading towards conflict

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Ukrainian POW in viral video of killing identified, Kyiv announces investigation

A man who appeared to be shot dead by Russian-speakers in a short video was tentatively identified on Tuesday as a missing Ukrainian soldier while the footage circulated widely on Ukrainian social media.

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NCLT nod for Suraksha Group's Jaypee bid

Tribunal dismisses objections raised by Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority and ICICI Bank

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Adani prepays ₹7,374 cr share-backed loans 2 years ahead of maturity date

Embattled Adani Group on Tuesday said it has prepaid ₹7,374 crore ($902 million) share-backed financing made by various international and domestic financial institutions, about two years ahead of its latest maturity date.

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Telecom PLI scheme attracts ₹1.2K cr investment

THE production linked incentive (PLI) scheme for telecom equipment manufacturers got an overwhelming response as the companies such as Samsung, Nokia and Jabil invested ₹1,181.25 crore in the country.

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NEW NORMAL IN 'TESTING' TIMES

Indian think tank has gone away from looking at batters' numbers because of challenging wickets

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UNLOCK THE CHANGE

On International Women's Day, six city-based women divulge their aspirations and the alterations needed for an inclusive future

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NOT A REGULAR FAMILY DRAMA

Actor Rana Daggubatti along with creator and director Karan Anshuman and co-director Suparn Verma talk about their latest Netflix series Rana Naidu

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