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Local train service resumes for all in Mumbai

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Mum: Wrong-side drivers will have to park in jail

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Been driving rashly or on the wrong side of the street in the past month? Mumbai Traffic Police will track you down and could visit your home to book you. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3oAykB2

Last Covid care centre for cops shuts as cases dip

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Mumbai police which was among the hardest hit by Covid-19 has shut down the last dedicated Covid care centre (CCC) at Kalina after a steady decline in case count and fatalities among the force. There were a total of four dedicated CCCs for the police. City police will be among the frontline workers to get vaccinated after healthcare workers. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3rcxRGO

'In 12 months, 60% Mum homes sold below Rs 1cr'

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Luxury flats priced at Rs 5 crore and above comprised a meagre 3% of the total apartment sales in Greater Mumbai in the last year. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3anhKj0

Minor's sexual assault: Father of 5 gets 10-yr RI

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A special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act court on Friday convicted and sentenced a 58-year-old man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for undressing a five-year-old boy in his neighbourhood, touching his private parts and masturbating on him in 2018. Sentencing the father of five, the court observed that any manipulation of a child’s body part to cause penetration is an offence in itself. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3csDQn5

PM Modi: Vivekananda’s approach guided India’s Covid battle

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2 Covid-19 vaccine recipients die in Telangana, Gujarat; officials blame comorbidities

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Stringent curbs likely in 5 Kerala districts

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Furore over Indore ‘dumping’ elderly; officials apologise

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Didi will be left alone by time of polls: Shah

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Uttarakhand to open 42 more peaks for adventure activities soon

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Muslim girl raised as Hindu reunited with kin after 15 years

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Choice of partner a key facet of right to life: High Court

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The Punjab and Haryana high court has ruled that parents and guardians cannot assume the right to dictate to their wards how and with whom they should spend their lives with after they attain the age of majority. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3rcsW8O

Delhi: Cinemas to run at full capacity from today

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Cinema halls, which have been operating with a 50% cap on seating, will run at full capacity from Monday. Delhiites will also be able to use swimming pools. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3oJjAA9

Ggm sex ratio at birth up as Haryana stats worsen

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Haryana health department has released the state’s sex ratio at birth (SRB) data for 2020, revealing that the gap between the number of girls born per 1,000 boys has widened to 922 — a slight dip from 923 recorded in the previous year. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3apbLtY

Video of Delhi CM on farm laws 'doctored': AAP

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Lashing out at Bharatiya Janata Party, deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Sunday said that the party’s functionaries had lost the trust of people and that is why they had released a ‘doctored’ video of chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in which he purportedly supported the farm laws. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/2MHQ00w

Delhi teacher convicted for slapping kids

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A teacher from a Delhi school has been convicted of assault for slapping two minor students after a court observed that the assault had caused them mental and physical suffering besides resulting in humiliation before the class. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3cwUeCT

Delhi: 15 more LOCs issued against farm leaders

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Fifteen more lookout circulars have been issued against farmer leaders who allegedly orchestrated the violence during the tractor rally on Republic Day. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/39y0Sqy

First part of Rajya Sabha session to end on Jan 13

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Academicians, scientists see red over Centre directive to seek nod for virtual seminars

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Man under boot now image of cop aggression

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Aung San Suu Kyi detained by Myanmar army: Party spokesman

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Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained by the military, her party spokesman said early Monday. "We heard the President (Win Myint) and State Counsellor (Aung San Suu Kyi) have been detained in Naypyidaw... we heard they were taken by the military," said Myo Nyunt, spokesman for the ruling National League for Democracy. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2NV0NF9

Haryana lifts mobile net ban in 3 districts

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Rahul Gandhi attacks Centre, says 'Dare to talk about China'

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PM Modi to address 2021's first Mann Ki Baat today

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Delhi: Leopard pugmarks found in Najafgarh

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Delhi forest department has issued an alert after the presence of an adult leopard was confirmed in Najafgarh. A video of the leopard was captured by a CCTV camera on Thursday and a forest team later found its pugmarks. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3pDsQGY

Cases down, ‘Long Covid’ still a bother

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The Covid-19 outbreak may be on the wane, but its residual effect continues to affect thousands of patients across the country. The effects can be physical, related to the heart brain or lungs, but it can also be something to do with the ability to think and reason, which may be very subtle. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Ywg55a

Centre aims to provide adequate health, education to every child by 2022, says Harsh Vardhan

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Should women be paid a salary for household work?

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Police seek details of Iranian visitors to Delhi

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Delhi Police has asked the Foreigners Regional Registration Officer (FRRO) to share details of all Iranians settled overseas who came to Delhi in the last one month in connection with Friday’s blast outside the embassy of Israel in central Delhi. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3rajfaW

Institutional quarantine for UK flyers eased

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The Delhi government has suspended the rule for seven days of mandatory institutional quarantine for flyers coming from the UK and testing negative for Covid. The decision has been taken in the wake of low positivity rate among such individuals. All flyers testing negative for Covid will now be required to be in 14 days of home isolation. For UK returnees testing positive for Covid, treatment protocol according to their health condition is invoked. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3oDfkSl

INLD leader Abhay Chautala backs Rakesh Tikait

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“I offer my whole-hearted support to Tikait-ji,” declared INLD leader Abhay Chautala, addressing farmers at the UP Gate protest site on the Ghazipur border. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3j3F49w

10,000 farmers may block Yamuna Expressway

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A day after the massive mahapanchayat in Muzaffarnagar, thousands of farmers from western Uttar Pradesh gathered in Mathura on Saturday to attend a similar event organised by the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) to express solidarity with their counterparts protesting against the new farm laws near the Delhi borders and announced plans to block the Yamuna Expressway. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3t6PbiB

FIR: Protesters started trouble, attacked police

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The FIR on the clashes between local residents and protesting farmers on Friday claims that it was the farmers who started pelting stones at the locals who had arrived at Singhu border to open up the road. The FIR, a copy of which is with TOI, also says that the farmers also abused the cops and one of them used a sword. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/39xLSsQ

Maha: Magnitude-3.2 earthquake hits Hingoli

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Mum: Fertility clinic papers come to widow's aid

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Medical documents from a fertility clinic that showed that she and her husband had been trying to conceive have helped a 29-year-old woman get Rs 36.8 lakh as compensation for her husband’s 2018 death in an accident on a ship he was working on. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3afCLMI

Mumbai Metro services for 2 more hrs from Mon

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With suburban train services reopening for the general public from February 1, Metro services will also have extended operational hours from Monday. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3r6kpUX

Pvt hosps in Mum may be roped in for inoculation

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Many private hospitals have expressed interest in becoming Covid-19 vaccination centres, additional municipal commissioner (health) Suresh Kakani said here on Saturday, but BMC has to check if they have the facilities and staff required. Data on the staff and facilities at the hospitals will be ready by February 15, he added. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3coZ7xV

Don't identify rape survivor even indirectly: HC

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Bombay high court’s Aurangabad bench has issued additional guidelines to restrain print and electronic media as well as people using social media such as WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter and the internet from publishing information that could “directly or indirectly” disclose a rape survivor’s identity. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3oysgcg

U’khand makes norms easier for visitors

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Embassy blast: Police seek details of Iranian visitors to city

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Delhi Police has asked the Foreigners Regional Registration Officer (FRRO) to share details of all Iranians settled overseas who came to Delhi in the last one month in connection with Friday’s blast outside the embassy of Israel in central Delhi. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2YxyC17

Indian artefacts to go up for sale in Mountbatten auction

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2/3rd of India’s active cases in Kerala, Maharashtra

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Delhi Police file FIR against 'The Caravan' for spreading fake news

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Post-Covid, new world order to come up: PM Modi

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BKU chief’s proposal: Stay laws till 2024

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This is how Maha is treating docs who fought Covid

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India’s patient zero unsure about returning to Wuhan for studies

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TRP case: 'ED forced me to change my statement'

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One of the accused in the alleged TRP manipulation scam, Umesh Mishra, has approached the Bombay HC, saying ED forced him to change his original statement to the Mumbai police as an approver. The scam is being probed by the city police, while ED has registered a separate money laundering case in the matter. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2YvcHYe

Maha turnout dips, but more seek Covaxin jab

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Vaccination centres in the city saw a weekend rush of sorts as the turnout on Friday improved dramatically despite Co-WIN’s patchy performance through the day. From the 58% turnout on Thursday, a dozen centres managed to push the coverage to 72% on Friday. Even JJ Hospital in Byculla that has been consistently seeing a poor response with Covaxin saw the numbers surge. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/36p7jKx

Eateries welcome longer timings, trains for all

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Traders’ federations and restaurant owners’ associations on Friday welcomed the state’s decision to extend their closing timings to 11pm and 1am, respectively. Currently, they shut shop two hours early. The simultaneous relaxation of train travel rules will boost business too, they said. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3t6RcLr

Record statement on Sonu Sood, cops tell BMC

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After Bombay high court refused to give relief to actor Sonu Sood, police have told BMC to record its statement to register an FIR against him. Police said they had begun preliminary investigations and would register an FIR. Sood had moved Supreme Court challenging the HC order. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/36pN6V5

Pocso ruling costs HC judge her confirmation

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Back-to-back controversial decisions relating to child sexual offences forced the Supreme Court collegium to take the unprecedented step of withdrawing its recommendation to the Centre to make the author of the judgments, Justice Pushpa Virendra Ganediwala, an additional judge in Bombay high court, a permanent judge of the HC. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2M7vmad

Nilgai hit by a speeding vehicle a month ago dies

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A nilgai, which had been injured after it was hit by a speeding vehicle over a month ago, died of its injuries on Friday. The injured nilgai had managed to flee to Jahanpanah city forest on December 24 and a forest department team had then failed to trace the animal. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3clJHdB

Schools to open for students of IX, XI from Feb 5

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After opening for classes X and XII students, schools will reopen for classes IX and XI on February 5 to complete practicals and projects, education minister Manish Sisodia announced on Friday. He also said degree colleges, polytechnics and ITIs, too, could be opened. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/36qhXkf

Met predicts cold wave conditions for Sat, Sun

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A cold wave gripped Delhi as the minimum temperature dipped to 4 degrees Celsius, five notches below normal, at Safdarjung, the city’s base station. Met officials have predicted cold wave conditions for Saturday and Sunday. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Yt5vw0

‘Taking offence has been elevated to a much-loved national indoor sport’

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HC says survivor not foolproof witness, lets off rape accused

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Maharashtra to challenge HC’s ‘skin-to-skin’ ruling

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Approver says ED forced him to change his statement

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Departments scurry to ready budget estimates

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Work is on in full swing in all departments of Delhi government to prepare the budget for the next fiscal and the revised estimates for financial year 2020-21. The budget is likely to be tabled in Delhi assembly towards the end of February or the beginning of March. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3tbfVyc

Forest dept to set up temp wildlife rescue centre

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Delhi’s forest department is planning to set up a temporary wildlife rescue centre at Tughlaqabad for treatment of animals. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/2YvBCLa

Lockdown saved over 1 lakh lives, shielded 37L from Covid: Survey

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The government’s policy moves, including the lockdown, saved over one lakh lives, while shielding nearly 37 lakh from contracting the highly contagious coronavirus, and also helped the economy recover, the Economic Survey said. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3a9gT5i

Tharoor and six journos now face FIRs in 5 states

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Rahul declaring ‘war’ on Indians, giving call for ‘violence’, says BJP

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Junk farm laws, protests will spread to cities if deadlock persists, says Rahul

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China lauds Jaishankar, but says border issue mustn’t be linked to ties

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SC notice to Assam NRC coordinator

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Maoists kill cop in front of his kids, set body on fire

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6 more Mumbai docs opt for Covaxin at JJ hosp

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For the second day in a row, the state-run JJ Hospital at Byculla received private consultants walking in to take shots of Covaxin though they were listed for Serum Institute's Covishield. By end of day, six doctors, originally allotted Covishield, took Covaxin. In all, 14 such doctors have taken the Bharat Biotech vaccine from JJ now. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2MuIwhc

Unzipping pant before minor not sex assault: HC

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Justice Pushpa Ganediwala at Nagpur bench of Bombay high court has reversed the conviction of a 50-year-old man for allegedly molesting a 5-year-old girl, ruling that unzipping his pants and holding hands of a minor doesn’t come under the definition of ‘sexual assault’. Earlier, on January 19, Ganediwala held that groping a 12-year-old minor’s breasts without removing her clothes wasn’t a ‘sexual assault’ as there was no skin-to-skin contact between them from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3r2Zsum

NGT dissolves panels on Yamuna revival

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National Green Tribunal on Thursday dissolved the Yamuna Monitoring Committee, along with another committee led by former Punjab and Haryana High Court Judge Pritam Pal. It asked the NCR states to instead act on all previous judgments issued by the green tribunal and the Supreme Court over the last two decades. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3cjxzKj

UP Gate: Power, water supply to stir site cut off

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A standoff built up through Thursday between police and protesters at UP Gate on Delhi’s Ghazipur border after the UP government ordered farmers camping there to be vacated and Bharatiya Kisan Union’s Tikait faction, the outfit leading the sit-in agitation at the site, dug in its heels and announced it would move the Supreme Court on Friday against the attempt to evict the protesters. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/36j4ivd

R-Day violence: 6 farmer leaders to be questioned

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Going after the leaders of the farmer unions for the violence in the city on Republic Day, Delhi Police has got lookout circulars (LOCs) issued against 44 people to prevent them from leaving the country. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/39srXvt