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August 01, 2024

Infy gets ₹32K cr GST notice shock

INFOSYS, the second largest IT services company in the country, has been slapped with ₹32,403 crore GST evasion notice by the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI).

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249 AND COUNTING

1,500 RESCUED SO FAR; 240 PEOPLE STILL MISSING| ALMOST 90% OF HOUSES IN MUNDAKKAI DESTROYED| ARMY'S 190-M BAILEY BRIDGE TO BE READY TODAY

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Delhi disrupted as heavy rain batters city, traffic stalled

HEAVY rains pounded the national capital on Wednesday evening, resulting in severe water-logging in several parts, including Old Rajinder Nagar where three UPSC aspirants recently drowned at the basement of a coaching centre.

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Law for coaching centres soon: Govt

THE Delhi government on Wednesday announced that it will soon bring a law to curb coaching institutes' illegal activities and arbitrariness.

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Wayanad received 7% of its seasonal rainfall on July 30

WAYANAD received extreme rainfall in the few days prior to Tuesday's landslide, according to data released by India Meteorological Department.

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Hamas' political chief Haniyeh assassinated

IN the most significant blow to Hamas since the start of the ongoing war in Gaza, its political chief Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran on Wednesday.

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Better infra: City moots plan to relocate coaching centres.

PUBLIC outrage over the drowning of three UPSC aspirants at a coaching centre in Old Rajinder Nagar has pushed authorities to chart out a plan to address the challenge of improving the city's poor infrastructure.

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Ensure basement is used for permissible activities: DoE's notice to schools

AMIDST mounting concerns over the safety and security of children and staff in schools in light of the Rajinder Nagar incident, the Directorate of Education has issued directives for all government and private schools to ensure that the school's basement is used for only permissible activities.

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'We should have done our duty better'

Additional MCD Commissioner accepts lapses on part of civic body in preventing flooding

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Staying in Rajinder Nagar means paying, suffering, rue aspirants

AKSHAY (name changed), a 23-year-old civil service aspirant, lives in a cage-like accommodation in central Delhi's Old Rajinder Nagar area, which recently bore witness to the tragic death of three aspirants by drowning in the flooded basement of a coaching centre's building.

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Coaching deaths: Bail plea of co-owners, car driver binned

A local court on Wednesday denied bail to four co-owners of a coaching centre in Old Rajinder Nagar in whose flooded basement three civil services aspirants drowned and the SUV car driver accused of driving recklessly and creating water waves on the flooded street outside the institute.

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Green panel cracks down on rampant concretisation, issues notice to ministry

IN response to the alarming trend of unchecked urban concretisation on the roadsides/ roadberms and constructions in parks in Ghaziabad leading to severe environmental repercussions, the National Green Tribunal has issued notices to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the Uttar Pradesh government, and other state agencies concerned.

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AC buses, waiting lounge for AIIMS patients soon

TO enhance services for patients and attendants, AIIMS will create a waiting lounge similar to airports with a capacity of 5,000 people provided with toilets and vending machine facilities in a day.

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Keeping a hawk's eye: Cops to procure 700 CCTV cameras for I-Day security

WITH features such as 'face detection', the Delhi Police is going to procure around 700 CCTV cameras for a fool-proof security for the Independence Day function.

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Old Rajinder Nagar flooded again

City inundated after a spell of heavy rainfall, causing massive traffic snarls in several areas

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Three children charred to death in Noida house fire

THREE children were charred to death in their sleep when a fire broke out at their flat in Gautam Budh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh in the wee hours of Wednesday, an official said.

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Excise 'scam': Judicial custody of Kejriwal, Sisodia, Kavitha extended

A Delhi court has extended the judicial custody of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and former deputy Manish Sisodia till August 13 in connection with the money laundering investigation linked to the alleged excise scam.

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75-yr-old, grandkids from K'taka await return of kin in Wayanad camp

MAHADEVI, 75, who hoped to spend her twilight years happily with her grandchildren, now finds herself in a relief camp here anxiously waiting for news about her family members who went missing after the landslide a few days ago.

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HDK slams BJP's Mysuru rally plan

IN a major setback to the BJPJDS alliance, Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Wednesday slammed BJP over its proposed padayatra's timing and involvement of a prominent leader from that party, who worked against former PM HD Deve Gowda's family during the recent elections, in it.

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IMD issues yellow alert for rain in T'gana

THE India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecasted a week of cloudy weather with heavy rains and a slight dip in temperatures in Telangana.

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Body of 1 Odisha doc missing after Wayanad landslide found, another yet to be traced

THE body of Bishnu Prasad Chinara, one of the two doctors from Odisha missing in the Wayanad landslides, was reportedly recovered on Wednesday even as the government moved a team to Kerala.

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BJD MP quits party, likely to switch to BJP

IN a sudden development, BJD Rajya Sabha member Mamata Mohanta on Wednesday resigned from the upper house of the Parliament - and primary membership of the regional party 21 months ahead of her tenure.

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Naidu to roll out five new policies in next 100 days

'New policies must focus on turning state into green energy hub'

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WAYANAD TRAGEDY A DEADLY REALITY CHECK FOR FRAGILE KERALA

A tragedy of indescribable enormity unfolded near Meppadi in Kerala's hilly Wayanad district early Tuesday when landslides triggered by unprecedented rain nearly wiped out human settlements, including two small towns.

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TALKING DOWN ISRAEL, PLAYING UP UKRAINE

US Vice-President Kamala Harris spent four years following in lockstep with the deeply questionable foreign policy of President Joe Biden.

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THE GREAT GAME'S LINGERING EFFECTS ON THE NORTHEAST

If not for Britain's Great Game anxiety, Tibet and Sikkim might have stayed autonomous, as Bhutan has. This would have meant a very different security environment in the Northeast

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COURT CRACKDOWN ON SUSPECT DRUGS WELCOME

FOLLOWING the course laid down by the Supreme Court against misleading medical claims by the Baba Ramdevpromoted Patanjali Ayurved, the Delhi High Court has now directed the company to take down claims that allopathy was responsible for lakhs of deaths during the Covid pandemic.

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Arun Gawli to stay in jail as SC stays premature release

\"SO jaa beta, nahi toh Gabbar aa jayega,\" a two-judge Supreme Court bench quoted this dialogue from the 1980s Hindi blockbuster Sholay, as it reiterated on Wednesday its earlier order of staying the premature release of gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli, who is serving life imprisonment in a murder case.

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Cong motion against PM for sharing Thakur speech

A DAY after BJP MP Anurag Thakur made a controversial caste remark on Leader of Opposition (LOP) Rahul Gandhi in the Lok Sabha, the Congress on Wednesday moved a privilege motion against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for sharing a portion of the expunged remarks on X.

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Shah says Kerala warned about landslides

Home minister says if state govt had been alert after 9 NDRF teams were sent on July 23, lives could have been saved

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More delay in Tejas Mark 1A delivery

THE Indian Air Force (IAF) on Wednesday said that the first light combat aircraft Tejas Mk 1A is likely to be received by November this year, after missing the February 2024 deadline.

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MHA gives more financial powers to CAPF chiefs for ground intelligence

IN a move to further strengthen the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFS) and intelligence agencies, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has decided to revise the financial powers of the Director Generals (DGs) of these organisations to offer rewards to informers in operational areas, including Jammu and Kashmir, Naxal-affected districts, and the northeastern region, sources said on Wednesday.

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Don't be 'complacent' and 'over-confident', Sonia tells Cong MPs

WITH the assembly polls in four states coming up, the party workers must not become complacent and over-confident and sustain the momentum and goodwill that had been generated for Congress in the Lok Sabha elections, cautioned Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday.

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Assembly adjourned, but NDA MLAs' protest in House continues

DESPITE the House being adjourned by Speaker Rabindra Nath Mahto on Wednesday, the NDA MLAs continued to protest in the House, demanding that Chief Minister Hemant Soren clear his stand on the issues of youth and contract workers, and other promises made in the party manifesto.

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UPSC cancels Khedkar's IAS selection, bans her from taking exam ever

THE Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has canceled the candidature of controversial trainee IAS officer Pooja Khedkar for the Civil Services Examination (CSE) 2022.

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Unease in BJP as Cong puts up show of unity at Kedarnath yatra

THE Congress in Uttarakhand, buoyed by its recent wins in two assembly by-elections, has undertaken a 'Kedarnath yatra' in a move to put up a show of unity and take on the ruling BJP.

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UP cobbler refuses to sell Rahul's 'priceless' gift

FOR Ramchet, July 26 was a day of a divine intervention which changed his fortunes forever.

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Cracks in SAD widen as sacking of 8 senior rebel leaders rejected

IN growing trouble for Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal, party patron Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa on Wednesday rejected the expulsion of the eight rebel leaders, terming the action 'undemocratic'.

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14 security personnel killed in J&K encounters in July: Data

AFTER the peaceful first few months of this year, there has been a sudden surge in militant violence in Jammu and Kashmir.

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UK mob hijacks peaceful vigil on stabbing, attacks mosque

A far-right mob targeted a mosque in north-west England that saw three young girls fatally stabbed during a peaceful vigil in their memory and around 40 police officers suffered injuries in the disorder.

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Khamenei vows retribution for Haniyeh's assassination

Qatar PM, who was spearheading the truce talks, says the Hamas negotiator's murder has put a question mark on mediation process

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Mashaal, Hayya, Masri lead race for successor

THE militant Palestinian group Hamas has a history of swift and smooth replacement of fallen leaders killed in Israeli airstrikes.

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Haniyeh was seen as moderate face of Hamas

Haniyeh's death makes him the latest Hamas official to be killed by Israel since the Hamas-led October 7 attacks.

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ISIL-K handlers based in India recruiting lone-wolf attackers: UN

TERROR group Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant Khorasan (ISIL-K) seeks to recruit lone actors through their handlers based in India, despite not being able to conduct large-scale attacks in the country, a UN report has said.

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50% increase in personal income tax mop-up in Q1

A 50% growth in personal income tax collections has helped the Centre's gross tax collection surge 23.65% in the first quarter of the current financial year.

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Exchanges need to disclose shareholding patterns: Sebi

MARKETS regulator Sebi has amended the rules requiring stock exchanges and clearing corporations to disclose their shareholding patterns on their websites on a quarterly basis, in line with the listing obligations (LODR) regulations for listed companies.

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Toyota to invest 20K cr for setting up plant in Maha

TOYOTA Kirloskar Motor (TKM) on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Government of Maharashtra to set up a ₹20,000 crore manufacturing facility at Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar.

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Core sector output at 20-month low of 4% in June

THE output of the country's eight key infrastructure industries grew by 4% year-on-year in June, slowest in last 20 months owing to a high base effect and reduced electricity demand due to the monsoon season among other reasons.

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Maruti Suzuki PAT rises 47% to ₹3,650 cr

Volume was largely led by growing sales of sports utility vehicles as hatchback sales remained under pressure

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CINDY-RELLA DREAM CONTINUES

The Cameroon-born boxer who moved to United Kingdom in search of better life is now the flagbearer of Refugee Olympic Team

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