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May 20, 2023

Wankhede reveals SRK's messages

EXTORTION CHARGE COUNTER

1 min

Mazel tov! Kochi's Jews prep for 1st wedding in 15 years

AFTER a gap of 15 years, wedding bells are ringing again in Kochi's Jewish community, which will celebrate Racheal Binoy Malakhi, 25, and Richard Zachary Rowe, 26, getting hitched on Sunday.

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SC panel gives clean chit to Adani

THE six-member expert panel set up by the Supreme Court has given a clean chit to the Adani group saying based on the information Sebi has provided, it has found no evidence of stock price manipulation. The panel's report, released on Friday, has also ruled out any regulatory failure by Sebi.

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SURGICAL STRIKE ON ₹2,000 NOTES

RBI DECIDES TO WITHDRAW THE NOTES FROM CIRCULATION; THEY CAN BE EXCHANGED AT ANY BANK COUNTER TILL SEPTEMBER 30

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25-28 to take oath as ministers along with Siddu & DKS today

CHIEF Minister-designate and Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister-designate and KPCC president D K Shivakumar will be sworn in along with around 25-28 ministers at 12.30 pm on Saturday at Sri Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru.

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Centre promulgates ordinance to regain control of Delhi babus

IN an unprecedented step, the Centre on Friday issued an ordinance setting up the National Capital Service Authority in matters of transfer of officers, vigilance and other incidental matters in a move that drew the ruling AAP's flak.

1 min

IAS officer in Delhi alleges harassment by minister

FRESH ROW

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AAP govt disregarding procedures & rules, cowing officers: L-G to CM

Administrative machinery facing brunt of highhandedness of political executive, he writes

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Appoint new DERC chairperson within 2 weeks, orders SC

OBSERVING that the L-G has to act on the aid and advice of the council of ministers, the Supreme Court on Friday ordered that the Chairperson of the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) be appointed within two weeks.

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Sculptures made of recycled materials to beautify parks, open spaces

SCULPTURES made of waste and scrap materials will adorn parks and roundabouts across Delhi ahead of the G20 Summit to be held in the city in September, a Municipal Corporation of Delhi official said on Friday.

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Excise case: Order reserved on Sisodia chargesheets

A Delhi Court on Friday reserved the order on cognizance point on the chargesheet filed by Enforcement Directorate (ED) against former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and others in the liquor policy scam case.

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Security beefed up at protest site, borders as farmers join protest

IN view of a farmers' meeting in support of protesting wrestlers on Sunday, the Delhi Police has made adequate security arrangements at Jantar Mantar and on the city's borders, an officer said.

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Aide of Safdarjung Hospital neurosurgeon gets bail

A Delhi court on Friday granted bail to a middleman, arrested along with a Safdarjung Hospital neurosurgeon and others, for allegedly forcing patients into buying surgical equipment from a particular establishment at exorbitant prices for early dates of their surgery.

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Some private schools may force pupils to watch 'The Kerala Story': CPM

The CPI(M) Delhi State Committee has written a letter to the Delhi education minister raising concern that principals of certain private schools in Delhi were being forced by their management to book tickets for mass shows for children for the controversial movie 'The Kerala Story'.

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Factories to be monitored to check air pollution

THE Delhi government has constituted 33 teams to regularly inspect industrial units and bring pollution in the city under control, Environment Minister Gopal Rai said on Friday.

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HC: Decide senior citizens' appeals expeditiously

Ruling on Maintenance and Welfare of Parents & Senior Citizens Act

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Congress started early, but we didn't, says Bommai

Cong is trying to put up a united house among its leaders Siddaramaiah & DK Shivakumar, their unity is a farce and will take its toll: Ex-CM

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Centre appoints four new additional judges to Madras HC

PRESIDENT Droupadi Murmu on Friday appointed four additional judges to the Madras High Court, including P Dhanabal, the Registrar General of the High Court.

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Kondapur excavation to shed new light on Satavahana era religious practices

DR G Maheswari, the regional director of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), who led the archaeologists carrying out excavations at Kondapur village near Sangareddy town between 2009 and 2011, is set to release two eagerly awaited volumes documenting the groundbreaking findings of religious practices during the Satavahana era.

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Congress win in K'taka will have no bearing on political landscape: KCR

IN the aftermath of the Karnataka Assembly election results, BRS supremo and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has directed his criticism towards the Congress.

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All eyes on first Cabinet meeting

WITH senior Congress leaders Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar all set to take oath as CM and Deputy CM, respectively, on Saturday, all eyes are on the first cabinet meeting to be held soon after the swearing-in ceremony.

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Modi to meet Zelenskyy in Japan

PM is in Hiroshima to attend G7 summit; to hold talks with Japan, Korea leaders

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Summer crops acreage declines amid forecast of weak monsoon

THE possibility of weaker as well as delayed southwest monsoon has started showing its impact on the early sowing of summer crops. The consecutive two-week summer crop sowing data (May 5-11 and May 12-19) show a decrease in sowing areas, especially rice.

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Boost for forces: Defence production crosses ₹1L crore for the first time

THE value of defence production in India in financial year 2022-23 has crossed Rs one lakh crore for the first time.

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CUET-UG exam deferred in J&K, riot-hit Manipur

THE Common University Entrance Test-Undergraduate (CUET-UG) has been cancelled and deferred in Jammu and Kashmir and Manipur, the UGC and NTA announced Friday.

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Chouhan's unity call amid dissonance

At party executive meet, MP CM asks leaders to 'respect elders, give space to newcomers'

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Crowded Haridwar to get pod taxis ahead of Metro services

Haridwar is going to get personalised rapid transport (PRT) taxi service, which will also end the problem of heavy traffic jams in the city and Rishikesh.

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No govt help for inmates, including kids, in camps

AS one enters the dingy rooms at the Moirang Multipurpose Higher Secondary School, the stench of stale air is softened by the mirth of playing children.

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5,000 MoUs signed by UP likely to get off the ground by Sept this year

HAVING attracted investment proposals worth over 35 lakh crore during the UP Global Investors' Summit in February 2023 (UPGIS-2023), the Uttar Pradesh government is now gearing up to get the projects off the ground in the proposed groundbreaking ceremony (GBC) in September-October, this year.

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Rahul moves HC in defamation case filed in Jharkhand

FORMER Congress President Rahul Gandhi has knocked the doors of Jharkhand High Court door, challenging the lower court's order directing him to remain physically present on May 22 during a hearing on a defamation case against him.

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Police search Imran's house, hands him list of 2,200 wanted criminals

AUTHORITIES in Pakistan's Punjab province on Friday met ousted prime minister Imran Khan at his highly-fortified residence here to arrest 'terrorists' reportedly hiding there and handed over a list of 2,200 suspects involved in the recent protests that targeted military installations buildings.

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Country-based quota behind long wait time for Indians, says official

THE long and agonising wait for green cards for people from India, China, Mexico and the Philippines is mainly due to the country-based quota system in its allocation which can be changed only by the US Congress, a senior American official has said.

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Kremlin puts ICC prosecutor Karim Khan on wanted listed

RUSSIAN authorities have put International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan on a \"wanted\" list after the Hague-based court issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin in March.

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G7 countries slam Beijing over build up of N-arsenal

Call it a concern to global stability in talks on nuclear disarmament

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No TCS on overseas credit card spendings up to ₹7 lakh

AFTER coming under criticism for levying 20% tax on overseas credit card payments, the government on Friday announced that any payments by an individual using their international debit or credit cards up to ₹7 lakh per annum would be excluded from the liberalised remittance scheme or LRS limits and will not attract any tax collection at source (TCS).

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Zomato net loss narrows 48% to ₹188 cr; says confident to turn profitable in 1-yr

FOODTECH major Zomato is confident of achieving profitability for its entire business within the next four quarters.

1 min

Govt allows China-funded gaming firm to resume ops

THE Centre on Wednesday allowed to resume operations of Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI), the game suspended by the government from app stores in September 2020 citing security reasons, on a trial basis for three months.

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Govt to receive ₹87,416 cr dividend from RBI

Economist says dividend is in line with expectation; RBI paid ₹30,307 cr to government in the previous financial year

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15 wrestlers selected on Day 3 of trials

Wrestlers in action during Day 3 of selection trials on Friday

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Rajasthan get Royal lifeline from Kings

Jaiswal & Padikkal hit fifties before Hetmyer's 26-ball 48, guiding the team home in the final over

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