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August 13, 2024

Highways are not parking space, says SC

THE Supreme Court on Monday asked Punjab and Haryana to jointly work towards partial opening of the Shambhu border, where the protesting farmers have been camping since February 13, to facilitate the movement of ambulances and essential services.

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TAX OFFICER AMONG 7 NABBED FOR ₹54 CR GST REFUND FRAUD

THE Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) has arrested seven people, including a GST officer in the Delhi government and three advocates who were allegedly linked to an alleged GST (Goods & Services Tax) refund scam worth 54 crore.

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Centre to recast broadcasting bill seeks feedback

THE Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MI&B) on Monday said it is working on a fresh draft of the Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill, saying the revised version would be published after detailed consultations.

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Retail inflation at 5-yr low of 3.54%

BASE effect and subdued food and beverage prices brought down retail inflation to a five-year low of 3.54% in July.

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Mamata buys time for probe into horrific doc rape-murder

Says she'll hand it over to CBI if police fail to solve it by Sunday; protests snowball

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Hasina's Delhi stay won't hurt ties: Bangladesh govt

SHEIKH Hasina's stay in New Delhi will not negatively affect the relations between India and Bangladesh, Mohamad Touhid Hossain, foreign secretary in the Bangladesh interim government said on Monday.

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DOCTORS HIT STREETS: HEALTHCARE SUFFERS

Medical fraternity demands securty in hospitals Patients wait for hours, many fail to get enough care due to stir

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3 central univs in city rank among NIRF's top 10

THE Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and Jamia Millia Islamia have retained the second and third positions respectively in the ninth edition of the National Institutional Ranking and Framework (NIRF).

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Services suspended: Hospitals scramble for contingecy plans

A full-blown healthcare crisis unfolded in the capital on Monday with over 50,000 OPD consultations and more than 1,000 surgeries stalled in the wake of an indefinite strike launched by resident doctors in protest of the heinous rape-murder of a fellow collegue from Kolkata.

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JNU teachers' body begins hunger strike over 'delayed promotions'

TWO office-bearers of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers' Association (JNUTA) on Monday began a 24-hour hunger strike on the campus to protest against alleged delays in promotions.

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Govt building coming up at pond land despite objections

A complex is under construction for the Sahitya Kala Parishad, the cultural wing of the Delhi government, on an enclosed plot of land in the village of Budhela, located in West Delhi's Vikaspuri.

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SC seeks CBI, ED response on Kavitha, Nair's bail

THE Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the CBI and ED on BRS leader K Kavitha's pleas seeking bail in excise policy \"scam.

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11-year-old meets watery grave in lake near Burari, three others rescued

FOUR children who went to take a bath at a lake in north Delhi accidentally slipped in the deep water, resulting in the death of one of the boys aged 11 years, while the other three managed to save themselves or were rescued by the locals, an official said on Monday.

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AAP to sound poll bugle with foot march on August 14

THE AAP will kick-start its campaign for the Delhi Assembly polls with senior leader Manish Sisodia undertaking a foot march to reach out to voters in all 70 constituencies, senior party leader Sandeep Pathak said on Monday.

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'Kejriwal can't issue directions without approval

Minister says directions were issued by Kejriwal, who is in jail

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HC to hear petition over missing provisions for ‘sodomy, unnatural sex' in new criminal laws

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed with the Delhi High Court, challenging the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Act for lacking legal measures against non-consensual sodomy and other 'unnatural' sexual acts.

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Eye on sky: Cops deploy drone system, kite catchers, snipers near Red Fort

A complex is under construction for the Sahitya Kala Parishad, the cultural wing of the Delhi government, on an enclosed plot of land in the village of Budhela, located in West Delhi's Vikaspuri.

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Kejriwal moves SC against arrest by CBI

DELHI Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday knocked the doors of the Supreme Court challenging his arrest by the CBI in connection with the excise policy case.

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CPM slams atrocities on Bangla Hindu community

Delhi must step in to blunt fundamentalist forces, says politburo

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Uproar over separate space for namaz in school

YET another incident involving a demand for a separate space for namaz in an educational institution run by the Catholic Church in Kerala has kicked up a storm.

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Alert in Kurnool, Anantapur located downstream of Tungabhadra dam

HIGH alert continues in Kurnool and Anantapur districts located downstream of the Tungabhadra dam, from where large volume of water is being released after one of its crest gate was washed away late Saturday night.

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Heavy rains bring B'luru to its knees

A 52-mm rainfall on early Monday morning brought Bengaluru to its knees as the problem of flooded streets and traffic during rains resurfaced in its worst form.

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Bitti, convicted of tourist's rape, dies of cancer

BITTIHOTRA Mohanty, son of former DG-ranked officer Bidya Bhusan Mohanty, who was convicted for raping a German tourist in 2006, died of stomach cancer while undergoing treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Sunday night.

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Industrial Policy 2024-29 to be implemented soon after Naidu review meet

CHIEF Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has asserted that the new Industrial Policy of Andhra Pradesh should ensure that the State competes with the top five States in the country in terms of industrial development.

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800 elephants die in Kerala in 8 years, NGT takes action

THE National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) and Kerala's forest authorities to address a disturbing rise in elephant deaths across the state.

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JUSTICE ON NEET BRINGS CHEERS & POLICY BOOST

N the State of Kerala vs TP Roshana case (1979), Justice VR Krishna Iyer wrote, \"The rule of law should not petrify life or be inflexibly mulish.

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SPORTS MUST NOT PROVIDE SPACE TO MARKET MALADIES

Direct and surrogate ads of ultra-processed food and tobacco. products influence young minds at sporting events. The govt must curb them and use celebrities to preach healthy lifestyles

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OLYMPIC LET-DOWN: MUST WIN MORE MEDALS BEFORE HOSTING GAMES

IN a glittering ceremony on Sunday, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach declared the Paris Summer Games closed.

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PM'S WAYANAD MESSAGE: NO POLITICS AMID CALAMITY

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi's assurance of support for relief and rehabilitation after the Wayanad landslides should be a soothing balm for a grieving Kerala that is slowly coming to terms with the scale of the disaster.

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'Recommendations of Sachar panel not taken in Waqf Bill'

FORMER deputy chairman of the Rajya Sabha and former chairman of the joint parliamentary committee on Waqf Boards, K.Rahman Khan has led two JPCs in 1999 and 2008 on Waqf boards

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NIRF ranking: IISc best univ for 9th yr

IN the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2024, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has maintained its position as the leading engineering college for the sixth consecutive year.

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Let CBI, or special probe team go into charges against Sebi chief

THE Congress on Monday upped the ante on the Hindenburg Research's allegations against SEBI chairperson Madhabi Buch, demanding that the Supreme Court should transfer the Adani probe to the CBI or a Special Investigation Team (SIT) given the \"likelihood of SEBI's compromise\".

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BJP counters: 'Cong conspiring to destabilise country's economy'

THE BJP on Monday stepped up its attack on the INDIA alliance over its demand for a JPC probe into Hindenburg's charges against SEBI chairperson, saying opposition was conspiring against the Indian economy through George Soros.

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1 killed in Bengal, 7 nabbed near Meghalaya in BSF raid

THE Border Security Force on Monday said it neutralised a Bangladesh smuggler in a retaliatory fire in West Bengal's Malda district and has apprehended seven nationals of the neighbouring country trying to infiltrate, along with two Indian facilitators, at a checkpoint in Meghalaya.

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SC refuses to entertain plea against govt decision to cancel UGC-NET

THE Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the cancellation of the University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET).

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Coast Guard steps up vigil along maritime border to check illegal immigration

AMID a chaotic situation prevailing in Bangladesh, the Indian Coast Guard has enhanced its vigil and deployed operational surface and air units for a robust surveillance in the region to thwart illegal migration through the sea route.

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SP leader booked under Pocso Act for rape bid on teen

A Samajwadi Party leader was arrested for allegedly attempting to rape a minor in Kannauj, the parliamentary constituency of party chief Akhilesh Yadav, on Monday.

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Gadkari warns Punjab against attack on NHAI staff

AFTER Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari issued a warning to the Punjab government about potentially terminating eight severely affected national highway projects in the state due to attacks on engineers and contractors in Jalandhar and Ludhiana, the newly appointed Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria has directed officials to ensure the timely completion of all central projects.

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Uproar over MLA's remark on Ladli Behna

A controversy has erupted involving the Maharashtra government's 'Ladli Behna Yojana' following a remark by MLA Ravin Rana that if \"sisters\" refuse to vote for the BJP in the assembly elections due this year, then the government would take back Rs 1,500 (promised under the scheme) from each of such eligible women after the polls.

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Bengal stir finds nat'l resonance

Over 3L doctors in govt-run hosps hit the streets against rape, murder of 2nd-yr PG student

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6 women among 7 killed, 26 injured in stampede at Bihar's Jehanabad temple

AT least seven people, including six women, were killed and 26 others injured, nine of them seriously, in a stampede when they were going to Baba Siddhanth temple atop Barabar Hills in Bihar's Jehanabad district, officials said on Monday.

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Tactical change as terrorists resorting to jungle warfare: Former J&K top cop

AS anti-militancy operations are going on in the forest areas of at least five districts of Jammu and Kashmir, former J&K police chief S P Vaid opined that militants have changed strategy and are now resorting to jungle warfare and carrying out hit and run attacks on security forces and 'disappearing'.

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Tradition first! Pvt colleges told to set up cell on 'Bharatiya Gyan Parampara

THE Madhya Pradesh government has asked colleges across the state to purchase books out of a list of 88 books, to acquaint students with Bharatiya Gyan Parampara (Indian Knowledge Tradition).

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B'desh protesters given a week to return firearms

New Chief Justice warns of action against irregularities in judiciary

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Aus, US, UK sign N-deal as part of AUKUS accord

AUSTRALIA said on Monday it had signed a deal to allow the exchange of nuclear secrets and material with the United States and Britain, a key step toward equipping its navy with nuclear-powered submarines.

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Three years on, Taliban govt in Af notches up some diplomatic wins

THREE years into its rule of Afghanistan, the Taliban government has achieved some diplomatic wins even as it has consolidated power and enforced its strict version of Islamic law.

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WH Says Iran May Attack Israel This Wk

IRAN could launch a "significant" attack on Israel as soon as this week, the White House said on Monday, as US President Joe Biden discussed the crisis with European leaders.

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Enough of talks, implement Biden plan on truce: Hamas

JERUSALEM INTERNATIONAL pressure mounted on Monday for a ceasefire in Gaza, with Britain, France and Germany issuing a joint plea for an end to fighting between Israel and Hamas with \"no further delay\".

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US passport of children forces new Iran VP to resign in 2 wks

IRAN's former foreign minister Javad Zarif, who negotiated a landmark 2015 nuclear deal with major world powers, on Monday announced he had resigned from his new post as vice president.

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Russia orders fresh evacuation as it battles Ukrainian incursion

TWO Russian regions bordering Ukraine ordered more evacuations on Monday as Moscow battled to contain an unprecedented push onto its territory.

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Founder Ritesh Agarwal invests ₹830 crore in Oyo at valuation of $2.4 billion

HOSPITALITY chain Oyo's founder Ritesh Agarwal has invested 830 crore in the company's latest funding round through Singapore-based entity Patient Capital.

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Nothing to add: FinMin official on Hindenburg-Sebi case

IN the first official response from the Ministry of Finance regarding the Hindenburg allegations against Sebi Chairperson, Madhabi Puri Buch, Economic Affairs Secretary Ajay Seth said the government has no additional comments to make on the matter.

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Hindenburg Report Fails To Dent Mkt, Adani Stocks Fall

CONTRARY to expectations that the latest report of US short-seller Hindenburg Research, which has questioned the conduct of the Sebi chairperson while inspecting the Adani Group for manipulating stock prices would have a wider impact on the Indian equity market, the bulls of Dalal Street sidelined the concerns as the benchmark indices closed on Monday with just minor cuts.

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JSW to acquire 67% in Australian mining company

JSW Steel on Monday announced the acquisition of up to 66.67% in the Australian mining company - M Res NSW -through its wholly-owned subsidiary JSW Steel (Netherlands) B.V

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Bharti Global to buy 25% in British Telecom

Bharti says this investment will further help create new synergies in the telecom sector between both countries

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RBI tweaks norms, home loans may get cheaper

IN a relief to housing finance companies, the Reserve Bank has tweaked the risk weights by capping it for undisbursed loans at par with that of disbursed loans.

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Vodafone Idea losses fall to ₹6,432 cr, adds 3.8 mn 4G users

VODAFONE IDEA, country's third-largest telecom service provider, reported a consolidated net loss of 6,432 crore for the first quarter of financial year 2024-25, down from 7,840 crore in the same period last year.

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Zomato-owned Blinkit to continue investment in newer categories

ZOMATO'S quick commerce platform Blinkit, which has been diversifying its offerings, will continue to invest in newer categories.

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