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{ HC HEARING ON RCB STAMPEDE } K’taka now blames police for stampede
The Karnataka government on Wednesday told the high court that its own police were at fault for the stampede at the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) victory celebrations on June 4 that killed Il people and injured over 50 others, changing its previous position that the IPL franchise was to blame.
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July 18, 2025
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Brazil's Congress passes bill easing environmental licensing rules
Brazil's Congress passed a controversial reform loosening environmental licensing rules on Thursday, prompting backlash from environmentalists as the country prepares to host the COP30 climate summit in November.
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July 18, 2025
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Karnal secures 3rd rank, gets President's award
Was ranked 115th in 2023 in the category of cities with population above 1 lakh
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July 18, 2025
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HC pulls up HP on ‘selective’ anti-encroachment drive
Directs state to file fresh status report on action taken across the state
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July 18, 2025
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Girish Dayalan is now registrar coop societies
The Punjab government on Thursday issued posting and transfer orders of three IAS and six PCS officers in the state.
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July 18, 2025
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India fast-tracks 4 key Indus projects
{ AFTER WATER PACT SUSPENDED
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July 18, 2025
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Punjab begins crackdown on beggars to curb child trafficking
{ AMRITSAR, MOHALI
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July 18, 2025
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Ministry asks federations to provide five-year roadmap
The Sports Ministry has asked the National Sports Federations to prepare a five-year development plan and announce three good governance initiatives.
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July 18, 2025
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The true picture on inequality in India
In India, where large-scale social welfare programmes have significantly boosted the living standards of the poor, consumption will inevitably be higher and more equitably distributed than income.
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July 18, 2025
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Small-town gold buyers brighten jewellers’ hopes
Consumers in India’s smaller towns are increasingly buying jewellery from organized retailers, drawn by brand trust, better designs, and transparent pricing.
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July 18, 2025
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Trump faces backlash in US over Epstein case: Poll
Most Americans think President Donald Trump's administration is hiding information about accused sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and give it poor marks on the issue after pledging to make public documents in the case, a Reuters/ Ipsos poll found.
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July 18, 2025
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Murder convict out on parole shot dead in Patna hospital, 6 held
A murder convict, who ‘was out on parole, was shot dead by gunmen inside a private hospital in Patna on Thursday, police said, adding six people have been detained in the incident while all the accused have been identified.
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July 18, 2025
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Takht-appointed panel invites Sukhbir to join joint poll process
A committee formed by the Akal Takht has invited Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal to take part in the election of office-bearers for the party, to be elected within a month.
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July 18, 2025
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DMK suggests Aadhaar to be valid birth proof
The MK Stalin-led Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Thursday urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to consider accepting Aadhaar and family ration cards to prove an elector's date of birth and place of residence during voter list revisions.
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July 18, 2025
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Operation Sindoor should be discussed in Parliament
Moments of national crisis often unify a country, prompting collective grief, introspection, and institutional learning. In the aftermath of Operation Sindoor, India stood at such a juncture.
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July 18, 2025
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{ KARNATAKA HC TOLD } Meta not yet on Sahyog portal: SG Mehta
Meta, the parent company of WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook, has not yet been onboarded onto the government's Sahyog portal, solicitor general Tushar Mehta disclosed in written submissions to the Karnataka high court, making it the second major tech company after X to remain outside the ambit of the platform that facilitates the process of sending takedown notices to intermediaries.
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July 18, 2025
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KAPURTHALA MAN ABDUCTED BY TRAFFICKERS IN COLOMBIA RETURNS HOME
Balwinder Singh, 25, from Kapurthala’s Baaz village, who was stuck in Colombia for over six months after being ‘abducted’ by human trafficking conduits, returned to India and reached his village on Thursday.
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July 18, 2025
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SIT must probe role of senior cops in Bishnoi interview case, says HC
It must be ensured that lower-level officials are not made scapegoats in the controversy, observes high court
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July 18, 2025
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Details of spies, SAS troops in Af leak
Details of more than 100 British nationals including spies and special forces soldiers were included in one of the country’s worst ever data breaches that led to thousands of Afghans being relocated to the UK, British media reported on Thursday.
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July 18, 2025
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Punjab to form 22 sector-specific panels to draft new industrial policy
The Punjab government has decided to form 22 sector-specific committees to engage with the industry for developing a new industrial policy aimed at improving the ease of doing business and accelerating industrial growth.
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July 18, 2025
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Finding Murari Lal in the world of e-friends
The 1971 cult classic, Anand, directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, isa poignant tale that beautifully integrates the themes of joy, friendship, mortality and human connection.
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July 18, 2025
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Classroom to courtroom: Surge in service matter cases
Analysis of the petitions filed by teachers of higher educational institutions (HEIs) of Chandigarh and Punjab in tribunals and courts shows that at every stage of their careers they have to knock at the doors of the judiciary for the redressal of their grievances related to service matters.
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July 18, 2025
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Uneasy truce holds in Syria as toll from clashes crosses 500
Syrian troops pulled out of the Druze heartland province of Sweida on orders from the Islamist-led government on Thursday, following days of deadly clashes that killed more than 500 people, according to a war monitor.
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July 18, 2025
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Ahmedabad gets cleanest city status in Swachh Survekshan
NEW DELHI: Ahmedabad, which was the 18th cleanest city last year across all categories, was declared the cleanest city in the million-plus cities (population of over one million) category in the Swachh Survekshan (Urban) 2024-25 Awards, even as past winners such as Indore were elevated to the new Super Swachh League (SSL) introduced this year.
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July 18, 2025
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Detailed chapters on Sikh history in NCERT's new Class 8 textbook
THE BOOK NARRATES HOW THE SIKH GURUS STOOD AGAINST MUGHAL PERSECUTION
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July 18, 2025
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Will the sun shine for India at 'mostly overcast' Old Trafford?
Next week, the Indian team will descend on this second oldest Test ground in England - which has hosted highest level of cricket since 1884
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July 18, 2025
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CM REVIEWS SECURITY AT GOLDEN TEMPLE
AMID REPEATED BOMB THREATS
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July 18, 2025
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14 DETAINED AFTER DEADLY CLASHES IN BANGLADESH
Military troops, paramilitary forces and riot police ‘on Thursday patrolled the thoroughfares in Gopalganj, the home town of Bangladesh founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, to ensure a 22-hour curfew after 14 people were detained following clashes that left four dead.
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July 18, 2025
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Arms smuggling ring busted, one arrested with 10 pistols
Punjab Police's counter intelligence (CI) wing, Amritsar, has busted a cross-border illegal arms smuggling module with links to Pakistan and arrested one of its operative after recovering 10 .30-bore sophisticated pistols along with magazines from his possession, said director general of police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav on Thursday.
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July 18, 2025
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A Bill for Big Brother to weaponise speech
Towards the end of June, it was reported that the government of Karnataka was planning to introduce a bill for the prohibition of “misinformation and fake news”.
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