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June 10, 2023

BATTLE OF OTT's

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AMARNATH YATRA: ONLY HEALTH FOOD

Those who look forward to going to Shri Amarnath Yatra only for the culinary delights available on the trek will be a trifle disappointed. As per the latest food diktat, you cannot have cold drinks, crunchy snacks, deep fried items, jalebi and halwa, pooris and chhola bhaturas on the pilgrimage – almost anything that inspires the stomach and gets the enzymes cracking.

1 min

Killer Googled how to dispose of body, reduce stench

Insists his partner, who has 4 elder sisters, ended her life by consuming pesticide

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SANGEETA TAKEN TO WFI CHIEF'S RESIDENCE

In an unusual step, Delhi Police on Friday took wrestler Sangeeta Phogat to outgoing WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh's official residence to recreate the sequence of events that led to the sexual harassment of which he has been accused.

1 min

Monster in nurse's garb

CRYING BABY IN THIS NICU HAD ITS MOUTH TAPED SHUT!

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STUMPED, FINALLY

The differences between the Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) and the BJP have started to surface.

2 mins

Miffed, CM's son offers to quit

The differences between the Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) and the BJP have started to surface.

1 min

NCP chief gets threat text; DCM orders probe

The person who was threatened to kill NCP chief Sharad Pawar is a BJP activist from Amrawati, police have said adding that no action is taken against him as yet since no complaint has been filed in the case.

2 mins

EOW says probe on, court cannot summon accused

The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai police has stated in its response to the plea of a social worker, before a special court in the a case relating to loss of Rs25,000 to the Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank (MSCB) by irregularities in loan disbursal, that the investigation being ongoing, the court cannot summon those involved in the crime alleged in the FIR.

1 min

CBI arrests IAS officer from Pune in bribery case

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs8 lakh from the complainant, the officials said on Friday.

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'SRK visited NCB team after which Sam D'Souza named Wankhede'

After a visit by actor Shah Rukh Khan to the Special Enquiry Team (SET) of NCB on Nov 7, 2021, former NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede's co-accused Sanville D'Souza who had allegedly been illegally detained by the SET, had been pressurized to give confessions against the officer. D'Souza's advocate told this to a special court during a hearing for his pre-arrest bail.

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CITY POWER CONSUMPTION AT ALL-TIME HIGH ON JUNE 9

The city’s electricity consumption breaks all previous records at over 4GW; between 3.30pm and 3.45pm Friday, Tata Power (Mumbai distribution) peak demand was 1,003MW

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Coastal Road to cost ₹339.32 crore extra

Myriad challenges have come in the way of constructing the ambitious coastal road. The latest challenge outweighs previous roadblocks by Rs339.32 crore.

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1930: USE THIS HELPLINE NUMBER AS 1ST WEAPON WHEN DEFRAUDED IN CYBERCRIME

In cases of cyber fraud, victims should first dial 1930 to freeze bank accounts and mitigate financial loss; second step is to lodge complaint on NCCRP portal; cops have managed to save ₹3 crore of people’s money in this way

3 mins

Lax attitude main concern in railways: Subodh Jain

Former rail board member says safety in railway operations goes beyond relying on equipment and technology

1 min

CR recruits 12,050 candidates in 8 months, 2/3rd in safety category

7,503 candidates have completed necessary formalities, will be recruited this month

1 min

Rlys to secure signalling tools with double locks

The order by Railway Board comes as part of efforts to bolster safety measures and prevent unauthorised access to critical areas

1 min

MULUND TO FINALLY GET MUCH-NEEDED SKYWALK

It will come up at Maharana Pratap Junction and will be integrated with BEST depot and proposed Metro station for seamless connectivity

1 min

Fire at Zaveri Bazaar building; 60 rescued

It took firefighters six hours to douse the blaze which erupted on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday at 1.38am

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Maha to be 1st state in India with its own college rankings

With most of the higher education institutes in Maharashtra slipping from their position in the latest National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), the state government has decided to have its rankings.

1 min

NEP: Only at autonomous colleges

Most univs yet to complete preparation; courses limited to autonomous colleges, PG depts

1 min

...Thoda Teekha Kam please'

Japanese ambassador Hiroshi Suzuki tries out Vada-Pav, Misal-Pav in Pune

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City residents unite to demand clean and healthy rivers

Concerned citizens of Pune have organized a discussion today to advocate for a clean and pollution-free river system in the city. The meeting, scheduled to begin at 3:30 PM, will take place at the Ganesh Visarjan Ghat near Chima Udyan and the Bund Garden Bridge in Yerwada.

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Illegal hoardings resurface near river in Bavdhan

The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has come under fire as illegal hoardings have reappeared on the banks of the Ram River in Bavdhan, just three months after the previous crackdown.

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Load-shedding impacts parts of Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad

In response to the surging electricity demand during the scorching summer season, areas including Wakad, Baner, Balewadi, Hinjewadi, Pimple Saudagar, Bawdhan, and Nigdi witnessed a brief period of cyclic load shedding.

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Economy expected to grow in range of 7.5% in current fiscal: CEA Nageswaran

Says India has potential to grow 10-11% in nominal terms

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India's growth should rise from 7% to 10%, says Kant

FOR OVERALL RISE IN PER CAPITA INCOME

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RBI notifies 4 key measures to help strengthen 1,514 Urban Co-op Banks

Aiming to strengthen 1,514 urban co-operative banks, the Centre on Friday said the Reserve Bank has notified four key measures, including giving them two years more to meet the priority sector lending targets.

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India is open to FTA talks with African nations: Goyal

Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday interacted with 15 ambassadors from the African region for strengthening trade and investment ties with India.

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Al prepares 'huge financing deal' for new fleet, says CEO

Airline had placed an order for 470 aircraft, including 250 from Airbus and 220 from Boeing

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State Bank of India to raise ₹50k cr in FY24

State Bank of India on Friday said it will raise up to Rs 50,000 crore through debt instruments from Indian as well as overseas markets in the current fiscal.

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Review audit of Videocon hints at questionable accounting entries

A review audit of debt-ridden Videocon Industries has indicated that there may be certain “questionable accounting entries and/or transactions” in the company before the initiation of insolvency proceedings when the company was managed by the promoter Dhoot family.

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HM flays Owaisi for dubbing action against Damoh School wrong

Home minister Dr Narottam Mishra flayed AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi who questioning government action against Damoh’s Ganga Jamna School and termed it wrong.

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CBI TAKES OVER PROBE

SIT formed to investigate Manipur violence

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Expand party base in Maha through T'gana model: KCR

BRS national president and Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao advised the leadership to take up a campaign of the Telangana development model as the main agenda for the expansion of the party in all the 288 assembly seats in Maharashtra.

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SHAKTISINH IS NEW GUJARAT PCC CHIEF

Rajya Sabha member from Gujarat and a national Congress spokesperson Shaktisinh Gohil has been appointed the party’s State president to lead a moribund and directionless apparatus in the 2024 Lok Sabha election.

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PLOT THICKENS: Land given to RSS in K'taka to be reviewed

Decision comes after another minister said all orders and bills that were “regressive to the image of the state” issued by the previous government would be looked into

1 min

Drone strikes residential complex in Russia, 3 hurt

A drone crashed into a high-rise residential building in southwestern Russia near the border with Ukraine, a regional governor said on Friday, exposing the latest vulnerabilities in the country's air defence systems as President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine increasingly affects Russian soil.

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Xi asks troops to forge 'great wall of steel

President Xi Jinping has called on China's border troops to forge a “great wall of steel” along the country's frontiers by enhancing their capabilities in border defence and control, the state media reported Friday.

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N weapons to be deployed in Belarus next month: Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Moscow will deploy some of its tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus next month, a move that the Belarusian opposition described as an attempt to blackmail the West.

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