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May 30, 2023

Girl stabbed 20 times, bludgeoned to death

IN one of the most brutal murders caught on camera in recent times, a 20-year-old man stabbed his 16-year-old girlfriend at least 20 times and crushed her head with a stone in full public view in outer north Delhi’s Shahbad Dairy area late Sunday night.

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Milestone: Isro deploys NavIC satellite, to help phase out US-based GPS

INDIA is on course to build a robust, accurate and more secure regional satellite navigation system (NavIC) than the currently available US government-owned Global Positioning System (GPS).

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Uneasy calm as Shah visits Imphal

HOME Minister Amit Shah reached Manipur on Monday night amid uneasy calm in the violence-hit state as no major incident was reported during the day. Sources said Shah, who will be in Manipur till June 1, has a jam-packed schedule.

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Red flag to AAP support from Delhi, Punjab Cong

Kharge yet to take the call on strategy against Delhi ordinance in RS

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Cross-postings to rev up defence forces

IN a significant move, defence forces have ordered mass transfer/postings of officers with rank equivalent to Majors and Lieutenant Colonels.

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Wrestlers ignored warning not to create ruckus: Police

PROTESTING wrestlers ignored police warning that creating a ruckus during the opening of the new Parliament building would \"harm national prestige\" and will not be tolerated but they tried to march towards it, according to an FIR registered against top grapplers.

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Modi govt committed to welfare of poor in last 9 years: Scindia

IN the nine years of Modi government, India has forged its image as a self-reliant country while focusing on uplift and welfare of the poor, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Monday.

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AAP, BJP in war of words over teenager's murder

Kejriwal blames L-G; Virender Sachdeva terms it 'love jihad'

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PIL challenging exchange of ₹2K notes without documents junked

THE Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a plea against the recent notifications issued by Reserve Bank of India and State Bank of India permitting exchange of ₹2,000 currency notes without obtaining any identity proof and requisition slip.

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Man jailed for 20 years for raping, murdering woman

HC notes 'diabolic & depraved manner' in which man committed crime

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DU rejigs norms for ECA, sports quota admissions

Delhi University has rejigged the norms for undergraduate admission under the extracurricular activities (ECA) and sports quota as the two categories will be given 2.5 per cent supernumerary seats each, a varsity official said on Monday.

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Sharmila planning tie-up with Cong in Telangana?

THE meeting that took place between Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shiva Kumar and YSRTP chief YS Sharmila on Monday in Bengalore is leading to a lot of speculation in the political circles in Telangana.

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Siddu allots portfolios, keeps finance with self

Shivakumar gets plum portfolios of Major and Medium Irrigation, Bengaluru City Development and city metro

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CBI books Rolls Royce, arms dealers for graft in '04 Hawk trainer jet deal

A deal to procure Advance Jet Trainer aircraft for India is in the eye of a storm with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filing an FIR naming British aerospace and defence firms Rolls-Royce and British Aerospace Systems for corruption.

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UK obliged to give security to Indian missions, says EAM

EXTERNAL Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday told Britain's visiting Minister of State for the Middle East, South Asia and UN Tariq Ahmad that Britain was obliged to provide security to India's diplomatic missions.

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Single-teacher girls' school shines in Jharkhand

OVERCOMING the single-teacher all obstacles, girl's school in Jharkhand has outperformed many other schools with 93 pass percentage in class 10 Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) Board examinations.

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He couldn't realise his dream, but Guj man trains others for defence career

A young nan named Rupesh Makwana of Ahmedabad is walking the same path that Bihar's 'Super 30' man Anand Kumar did. Makwana is providing free training to young people who want to work in the defence sector or in the sports arena.

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Gehlot, Pilot unite to fight Raj polls

Decision taken after both met party chief Kharge and Rahul Gandhi in Delhi, says Venugopal

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Ukraine capital targeted in rare daytime attack

Debris from intercepted Russian missiles sets off fire in building, one civilian injured

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Spanish prime minister calls snap polls

SPANISH Prime Minister Pedro S'nchez on Monday called an early general election for July 23 in a surprise move after his Socialist party took a serious battering in local and regional elections.

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After win, Erdogan faces tough task of uniting a deeply divided country

TURKISH President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday confronted the tough task of uniting his deeply divided country after winning a historic run-off election to extend his two-decade rule to 2028.

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RBI achieved its motive, Oppn can say what it wants: FM on ₹2,000 withdrawal

FINANCE minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has achieved its motive with ₹2000 as it was introduced to remonetise the economy. Taking a dig at the Opposition, she said it can say whatever it wants.

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RBI flags governance gap in banks

Came across instances when banks adopted accounting methods to boost performance: Guv

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'ONGC Videsh not in hurry to bring back dividend income lying in Russia'

ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL), a subsidiary and overseas arm of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), has less than $100 million of dividend income lying in Russia because of the Ukraine conflict but the company is not in a hurry to bring it back.

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Night without an end for fans...

AT 10.54 PM on Sunday when the giant screens at the stadium in Ahmedabad displayed the message that the 2023 IPL final between Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans has been moved to the reserve day May 29, because of rain, it ended a five-hour-long frustrating wait for the fans who had flocked the venue.

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Wrestlers spend day preparing future plans

AN eerie silence followed the day of commotion as protesting wrestlers, who were dragged out of Jantar Mantar on Sunday before being detained by the Delhi police, stayed at undisclosed locations on Monday.

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SAI STORM BEFORE RAIN

Gujarat batter hits quick-fire 96 to steal show against Chennai in rain-hit final at Ahmedabad

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Martin Scorsese meets Pope Francis and announces film about Jesus

FILMMAKER Martin Scorsese, known for his devoutness, met with Pope Francis over the weekend, on a post-Cannes tour of Italy.

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