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May 27, 2023

Satyendar Jain granted bail for 6 weeks on medical ground

DELHI'S former health minister Satyendar Jain, in custody since 2022 in a money laundering case, breathed a sigh of relief as the Supreme Court on Friday granted him interim medical bail for six weeks.

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Seven CMs to skip Niti Aayog meeting today

But Baghel and Soren expected to attend

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IMD stays with its prediction of normal rainfall

MOST parts of India, barring the northwestern region, will receive normal rainfall this monsoon season, the weather office reiterated on Friday.

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Manipur protesters now target ministers

WITH the authorities failing to control the ethnic violence between Meitei and Kuki community people in Manipur, the protesters are now training their guns on lawmakers.

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Cong, BJP in war of words over Sengol as power transfer symbol

PARLIAMENT ROW

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Kennedy premiere at 'world's best theatre' gives Kashyap a big high

BIG crowds and long queues marked the world premiere of Anurag Kashyap's Kennedy at the Grand Theatre Lumiere, popularly known as GTL. The film played in the official Midnight Madness section of the Cannes Film Festival.

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Federalism at risk, not attending Niti Aayog meet: CM

CHIEF Minister Arvind Kejriwal wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, informing him of AAP's decison to boycott the Niti Aayog meeting over Centre's recent ordinance. He charged that \"cooperative federalism\" in the country was being turned into a \"joke\".

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Now, woman officer accuses minister of threatening her

SENIOR IAS officer and special secretary in the Delhi government, Dr Kinny Singh has filed a complaint to the Chief Secretary alleging Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj of threatening her and using \"abusive behaviour\" during a meeting held few days ago.

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Govt promises to clean Yamuna in 2 years

Sewage treatment plants will be able to treat around 814 million gallons of wastewater per day by December

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HC dismisses Gandhis' pleas to shift I-T assessment to new office

THE Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a bunch of pleas by Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and AAP against Income Tax authorities' decision to transfer the tax assessments to its Central Circle.

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Court gives Rahul NOC for ordinary passport for 3 yrs

A Delhi Court on Friday allowed a no-objection certificate (NOC) for a fresh ordinary passport for Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on a plea after surrendering his diplomatic passport upon his disqualification as an MP.

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Clean sweep: Legacy waste at Gurugram landfill to go

Haryana govt orders Chief Secretary to identify two more landfill sites

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L-G completes one year in office, lists 'achievements'

LIEUTENANT Governor VK Saxena, who completed a year in office on Friday, listed the works done by the administration under him and claimed the national capital has not seen so much done in the last decade.

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Wrestlers row: Misuse of POCSO Act against me, alleges WFI chief

BELEAGUERED chief of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, on Friday, claimed that the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act' was being 'misused' against him for by certain quarters for their vested interest.

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Jagan distributes house plots to 50,793 poor women at R-5 zone

CHIEF Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy launched a weeklong programme to distribute housing plots to 50,793 poor women beneficiaries belonging to Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) at the R-5 Zone in Amaravati.

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Anebail panchayat trying to save lone bridge that connects villages

TO save the only bridge that provides connectivity to at least half-a-dozen villages, the people of Analebail gram panchayat have been placing sandbags around its pillars since 2020.

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Govt okays Gangapurwala as Madras HC CJ

TWO days after the retirement of Justice T Raja as acting Chief Justice of Madras High Court, Central government on Friday notified the appointment of Bombay HC judge Justice Sanjay Vijaykumar Gangapurwala as CJ of Madras HC. Justice Gangapurwala's name was recommended by SC collegium to centre on April 19, 2023.

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24 to take oath in K'taka cabinet expansion today

HK Patil and Krishna Byregowda in; RV Deshpande, TB Jayachadra miss out

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Revanth Reddy gets HMDA legal notice for 'false' charges

IN a dramatic turn of events, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has issued a legal notice to Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president and Malkajgiri MP A Revanth Reddy on the \"false, baseless, and unsubstantiated\" allegations levelled against it for awarding the contract of Toll Operate Transfer (TOT) of Nehru Outer Ring Road (ORR) to a private company.

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I-T searches premises of TN minister's associates

MULTIPLE teams of income tax officials conducted searches at over 50 places linked to electricity minister V Senthil Balaji in Chennai, Karur and Coimbatore districts on Friday.

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India, Nepal to ink slew of pacts during Prachanda's visit next week

A 25-year agreement on power purchase, launching of an inter-country digital payment (like the UPI in India) and trilateral trade between India, Nepal and Bangladesh are some of the possible things that would be announced during the upcoming state visit of Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda) to India next week (May 31-June 3).

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Gaganyaan: ISRO, Navy announce joint recovery training plan for crew

TAKING India's space mission a step further, the Navy and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) released the Recovery Training Plan for the Gaganyaan mission at the Water Survival Training Facility at INS Garuda, in Kochi.

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Indus Water Treaty: Task Force takes stock of hydro power projects in J&K

THE second meeting of the Task Force on Indus Water Treaty took place in Srinagar on Friday. The meeting was chaired by Deputy National Security Advisor Vikram Misri.

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PM-led India a bright spot, says BJP

Says a period of development as the NDA government completes nine years in office

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Minister: No laxity on quality if India wants to be pharmacy of world

UNION Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday said that if India wants to continue being the \"pharmacy of the world\" then there can be no laxity with the quality of pharmaceutical products.

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Rift in Maha alliance? Stepmotherly treatment by BJP, says Shinde MP

DIFFERENCES and Maharashtra between BJP CM Eknath Shiv Sena surfaced Shinde-led on Friday over power-sharing and seat-sharing for 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

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Buzz in MP over BJP replacing party chief ahead of Assembly polls

POLITICAL circles in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh are abuzz over something big likely to happen in the ruling BJP.

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C'garh food inspector drains out 41L litres of dam water to retrieve phone

IN a bizarre incident, a food inspector in Chhattisgarh drained out 41 lakh litres of dam water, meant for irrigation and other purposes, to retrieve his mobile phone that he accidentally dropped into the reservoir on last Sunday.

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Allahabad HC to hear all cases on Krishna birth place

Gives Mathura court 2 wks to list all such cases involving the dispute

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Uproar over thousands of dead fish in Dal Lake

The sight of thousands of fish floating dead in Dal Lake, Srinagar since last few days has caused panic among the Dal dwellers and local fishermen.

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Poor show in Hindi in U'khand as many fail to clear exam

THOUSANDS of board examinees in Uttarakhand suffered hugely this year for taking the Hindi subject lightly.

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Two killed in Russian missile strike on clinic

2 children among at least 30 wounded in early morning attack in Dnipro; Moscow says its border regions bombed

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Another senior leader resigns from Imran's party

SENIOR leader Firdous Ashiq Awan resigned from Imran Khan's party on Friday over the recent violent and \"terrorist activities\" and said the former prime minister and Pakistan cannot go together, becoming the latest senior leader to quit the opposition party.

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Biden unveils ambitious plan to fight anti-Semitism

PRESIDENT Joe Biden on Thursday announced what he said is the most ambitious and comprehensive undertaking by the US government to fight hate, bias and violence against Jews, outlining more than 100 steps the administration and its partners can take to combat an alarming rise in antisemitism.

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Passenger opens door of S Korean flight mid-air

A passenger opened an emergency exit on an Asiana Airlines flight as it was preparing to land on Friday, the carrier told AFP, adding that the plane landed safely but several people were hospitalised.

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Q4 GDP growth pegged at 4.9-5.7%

Economists attribute higher growth rate to pick-up in demand for services and capex cycle

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Market up 1% amid mixed global cues

AMID mixed global cues, domestic equity market extended its previous session rally on Friday, with the Sensex and the Nifty50 climbing more than 1% each. The surge was aided by buying in index heavyweight Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and IT stocks.

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VIL urges telecom companies to stop unlimited data plans

TELECOM service provider Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) has requested its competitor to stop the practice of offering unlimited data plans.

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Weightlifting trials for Asiad on June 30

THE Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWLF) will hold selection trials to select the national team for the Asian Games on June 30.

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BATMAN AND SHUBERMAN

Gujarat opener maintains touch, helps team beat Mumbai in Qualifier 2 and sets up meeting with CSK in final

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