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May 11, 2022

Shoot-at-sight orders out in Sri Lanka to contain violence

AMID sporadic violence across Sri Lanka with cases of rioting in some pockets for the second successive day, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa empowered the Ministry of Defence to issue shoot-at-sight orders against looters of public property.

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‘The santoor is a synonym for Pt Shivkumar Sharmaji ’

I met Guruji when he was being interviewed for a local news magazine.

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SC refuses to quash marital rape case trial in K'taka HC

THE Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a notice in a plea filed by a husband challenging a Karnataka High Court that had refused to quash the trial in an alleged marital rape case against him by the wife.

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₹724 cr flyover corridors to decongest city

Deputy CM okays project for Punjabi Bagh-Raja Garden stretch and Anand Vihar-Apsara Border flyover

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Ultra Hindu Group Recites Hanuman Chalisa, Seek Renaming Of Qutub Minar

MEMBERS of right-wing groups, United Hindu Front and Rashtrawadi Shiv Sena, on Tuesday recited Hanuman Chalisa outside Qutub Minar, as they protesting seeking the monument's name to be changed to 'Vishnu Stambh'.

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Cyclone Asani Impacts North Coastal Andhra, Heavy Rains Pound Vizag

SEVERE cyclonic storm Asani started impacting north coastal Andhra particularly Visakhapatnam on Tuesday. The city was pounded by heavy rain causing inundation of low lying areas due to rain and overflowing drain water.

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Bommai can breathe easy, as no message on K'taka Cabinet rejig

The cabinet meeting, which was scheduled for Wednesday, has been postponed to Thursday

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Integrated battle groups in final stage, says Army Chief

THE Indian Army is in advanced stages of putting together Integrated Battle Groups (IBGs) by reconfiguring its combat formations. The IBGs add punch to the ground forces by combining the strengths of each formation.

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No OBC quota for panchayat, local body polls: SC

THE Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Madhya Pradesh State Election Commission (SEC) to notify local elections in the state within two weeks without the Other Backward Classes (OBC) quota.

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Coal Mining Allowed Without Green Nod

To raise production in view of higher demand, Environment Ministry exempts mines from EIA study, public hearing

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Protests erupt at Lankan naval base housing ex-PM Mahinda

A group of lawyers lodges complaint with the police headquarters to arrest Mahinda Rajapaksa | Crowd attacks, sets fire to vehicle carrying Colombo's top cop

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Hardik in Guj rally, Rahul gets boost

BACK from vacation, Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday landed in the tribal-dominated Dahod in north-eastern Gujarat and accused PM Modi of creating two Indias, one for the rich and another for the poor.

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Assam shows the way: Shah's swipe at Didi on infiltration

UNION Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday took potshots at the Trinamool Congress government on illegal Bangladeshi immigration by highlighting the active steps taken in Assam.

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Russia pounds vital port of Odesa, targets supply lines

RUSSIAN troops pounded the vital port of Odesa, Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday, an apparent effort to disrupt the supply lines and Western weapons shipments critical to Kyiv's defense.

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Swiggy scales down Supr Daily, shuts Genie in 3 cities

ONLINE food delivery major Swiggy has temporarily shut its Genie services in 3 citiesBengaluru, Mumbai and Hyderabad - due to shortage of delivery workforce.

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Merc sees over Ik booking before new C-Class launch

LUXURY CAR

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Government Yet To Define Crypto As Goods Or Services

THE government is yet to define whether cryptocurrencies are goods or services before it brings these currencies under goods and services tax (GST) ambit, as per govt sources.

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Stimac backs India to live up to billing

EVER since the draw for the final round of the AFC Asian Cup 2023 qualifiers were made in February, India have been tagged as favourites from Group D, and rightly so.

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GT PROBLEM SOLVE AGAIN

After solid show from batters, Rashid's 4 wickets takes Pandya & Co past Lucknow, enter play-offs

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Sharmila Tagore-starrer film “Gulmohar' to release in August

THE shooting for Gulmohar, starring Sharmila Tagore, Manoj Vajpayee and Amol Palekar, is complete and the film will release in August T this year.

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