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Savarkar row: No AG nod to contempt case against Owaisi

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‘Param Bir is in Belgium, slipped out via Nepal’

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Punjab Cong govt forgot Indira: Ex-party president

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Former Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar on Sunday reminded his own party’s government in the state that it forgot to remember former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3Cx1Jnn

Assam man pushes out girl for ‘wearing jeans and not burkha’

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On Patel anniversay, Akhilesh Yadav invokes Jinnah with Bapu and Nehru

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Chanting slogans in support of enemy country won’t be tolerated: UP CM Yogi Adityanath

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For celebrating Pakistan’s victory against India in the recent T20 World Cup match,UP CM Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said his government would “not tolerate” people who come out in support of an “enemy country” and praise it, even as UP Police on Saturday sent a youth to jail and held another for “celebrating” Pakistan’s win over India in a T20 World Cup cricket match on October 24. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ZDDQMu

Weekly cases fall below 1 lakh for the first time since February

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In good news ahead of Diwali, India reported less than 1 lakh fresh cases of Covid-19 in the week ending Sunday, the first time since mid-February this year that the weekly numbers had fallen below the six-figure mark. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3waegeo

PM Modi to meet DMs of 40 districts with low Covid vaccine dose coverage

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a review meeting on November 3 with the administrations of districts with low vaccination coverage, immediately after his return from abroad. Districts with less than 50% coverage of the first dose and low coverage of the second dose of Covid vaccines have been called for the meeting, the government said in a statement. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3mDE9QJ

Char Dham shrines see 4 lakh devotees in a month

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Over 4 lakh pilgrims have visited the Char Dham shrines in the Garhwal Himalayas between September 18 and October 31, with the maximum footfall of over 2 lakh in Kedarnath, according to the Char Dham Devasthanam Management Board. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3pUIaSM

Caste forces teacher to ride 150km daily

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Covid-19: Vaccination rate gets a boost as second dose coverage rises

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Covid vaccination rate, that had temporarily slowed down during the four weeks in September-October, has started picking up again, primarily driven by the increasing coverage of the second dose of the jabs. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3mwqXNq

Govt, judiciary now in sync on IAS-like service for judges

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The idea of an All India Judicial Service on the lines of central services like IAS and IPS seems to be coming closer to fruition with the Centre building a broader consensus with the higher judiciary on the issue and setting the stage for consultations with states. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3BwzpQZ

India hints achieving its climate goals could be linked to NSG membership held up by China’s opposition

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In a bold move, India on Sunday said that achieving its climate goals may be linked to issues like its membership to the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group — held up due to China's opposition — and availability of technology as it sought to push for the inclusion of differentiated responsibilities that seeks the developed West to fulfil its commitments. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3nMpZvS

NIA arrests two more accused in militant conspiracy case

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Another jolt to NC, ex-minister, former MLA, among dozen leaders join BJP in Jammu

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‘PIA’ marked balloon recovered from J&K border village

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Wife, lover held in e-rickshaw driver's murder

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Three days after an e-rickshaw driver was found dead in a forest area here, police on Sunday arrested his wife and cousin for killing him. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ZCbW3E

G-20 leaders agreed to help optimise WHO procedures for Covid-19 vaccines emergency use approval: Piyush Goyal

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Cooperative sector can turn India into USD 5-trillion economy, make agriculture 'atmanirbhar': Shah

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Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said the cooperative sector has a potential to turn India into a USD 5 trillion economy and will also prove crucial in making the agriculture sector self-reliant. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3busihb

TMC will win Tripura in 2023 by defeating both BJP & CPM: Abhishek Banerjee

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All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday claimed his party would form the government in Tripura in the 2023 state assembly elections after besting both the ruling BJP and the CPM, which earlier ruled the state. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3mxMBk4

Territorial ambitions of China and Pakistan require India's armed forces to remain alert round the year: CDS

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Akhilesh Yadav praises Sardar Patel, mentions Jinnah in same breath

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Lucknow, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday spoke of Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Vallabhai Patel, Jawaharlal Nehru and Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the same breath as leaders who fought for India's independence. Yadav lavished praise on Patel on his 146th birth anniversary but raised eyebrows at one point when he appeared to equate the four leaders, including Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3w91hcL

Bypolls: High turnout seen in most assembly, Lok Sabha seats

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A turnout of 50 percent to 90 percent was recorded in three Lok Sabha and 29 assembly constituencies spread across 13 states during by-elections on Saturday, with INLD leader Abhay Chautala, who quit the Haryana assembly in protest against the new agri laws, and Congress’ Pratibha Singh, wife of late chief minister Virbhadra Singh, among the prominent candidates in the fray. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3bqBP97

In message of solidarity, Vatican flags threats of hyper-nationalism

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Declared citizen 2 years ago, woman faces fresh test

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ABVP man stabbed, Sec 144 imposed in N Tripura district

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Stop forced conversion, people must declare faith change: RSS

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The RSS said on Saturday that forced religious conversion should stop and those who change their faith should announce it. The Sangh also said it would welcome the passing of any anti-conversion bill. “People who are converted have to announce that they have converted. There are people who get converted and do not disclose that they have converted. They take double benefits,” RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale said at a press conference. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/31lJfJb

Fresh border row as Assam arrests Mizoram cop

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Indecisive Congress makes Modi stronger, says West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

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PM Narendra Modi and BJP will grow stronger as a political force as long as Congress remains indecisive and displays a lack of seriousness, said West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in Goa on Saturday. The TMC supremo said Congress had squandered several opportunities to take on BJP, because of which the country is suffering. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3jNPA6b

Congress win is vital, not who becomes Rajasthan CM again: Ashok Gehlot

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Less than a month after declaring he aimed to become Rajasthan CM for the fourth time, Ashok Gehlot on Saturday sought to put party before personal ambition by saying the only goal that mattered was for Congress to form the government again in 2023. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3CvtTzt

Ex-BSP MLA gets life term in 2008 rape case

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No backend talks with Congress: Capt Amarinder

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Rejecting reports of back-end talks with Congress, former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh said on Saturday that the time for rapprochement was over. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3q0fc3E

Ahead of UP polls, 6 rebel BSP MLAs, BJP lawmaker join SP

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Six rebel BSP MLAs and one sitting legislator from BJP formally joined Samajwadi Party in Lucknow on Saturday. After inducting the seven MLAs into the party fold, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav said BJP should now change its slogan from ‘Mera parivar BJP parivar’ to ‘mera parivar bhaagta parivar’. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3vZIhxi

Make SCs, STs active stakeholder in court proceedings, says SC

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Observing that people belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes continue to “face insurmountable hurdles in accessing justice from the stage of filing the complaint to the conclusion of the trial”, the Supreme Court on Friday said they must be made an active stakeholder in criminal proceedings and it is mandatory to keep victims of offences under the SC/ST Act informed about the court proceedings against accused and be allowed to be heard. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/31iCO9B

Second NBW against Param Bir Singh

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A metropolitan court on Saturday issued a non-bailable warrant against IPS officer Param Bir Singh and two other accused — Vinay Singh and Chhota Shakeel aide Riyaz Bhatti — in a case of alleged extortion where the accused threatened a hotelier and extorted money, reports Ahmed Ali. This is the second non-bailable warrant against the officer. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3pRPoab

5 more months to go, NREGS 2021 fund already exhausted

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In what shows that employment demand under MGNREGS will be high like last year, belying the government’s expectations and funding, the scheme has already exhausted the budget approved for the current financial year with five more months to go. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3boGHLV

Consensual sex with major girl not an offence, but unethical, says high court

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Rejecting the bail plea of a person accused of raping his girlfriend along with other accused, the Allahabad high court has said that “having consensual sex with a major girl is not an offence, but is unethical, immoral and against established Indian norms”. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3BGB3jb

Congress allowed namaz on national highway: Amit Shah

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Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday accused Congress of “appeasement politics”, claiming that when he visited Uttarakhand earlier during the party’s tenure, “people had permission to block a national highway fornamaz”. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3w04nj4

First papal visit to India since 1999 likely after PM Modi’s invite

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Pope Francis at the Vatican on Saturday, where Modi invited the head of the Roman Catholic Church to visit India and the two leaders discussed the future of a post-Covid world and climate change among other issues at a meeting that went on for an hour beyond the scheduled 20 minutes. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3jPBbGK

SC raps MP govt over detention of doc under NSA, nixes order

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Holding it mandatory for a government authority to expeditiously deal with and communicate its decision on a representation made by a person against preventive detention, the Supreme Court on Friday invalidated an order passed by Madhya Pradesh government against a doctor after noting that no decision was taken on his representation for two months. Rejection of his plea by the Centre was also not communicated to him in jail. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3Butcos

2 decades of drought emptying out Andhra’s ‘blessed’ district

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Anantapur in Telugu means “blessed with many things”. It's an ironic name for a place that has come to be known for what it’s not blessed with — rainfall. This district in Andhra Pradesh has seen 18 droughts in the last 20 years (till 2020), making it a living example of creeping desertification and mass migration. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3jRqG5K

Pakistan ex-general's son convicted for inciting anarchy in army

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Army officer, jawan killed in blast along LoC

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An Army officer and a jawan were killed in a mine explosion near a forward post along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district late Saturday. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3GBJa3T

'Vikas Purush' who was an inspiration to INC cadres, colleagues, opposition leaders remember Himachal leader GS Bali

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BMC official cut road contractors’ blacklist term?

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BJP on Friday alleged that BMC reduced the blacklisting period from seven years to three years of half a dozen road contractors who were indicted in the 2016 roads scam. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3mq8AJH

UP polls will extend BJP victory run: Shah

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India seeking vax cert recognition from G20 leaders for international travel

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Over 40cr Indians don't have any financial cover for health expenses: Niti

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'Govt OKs 8.5% interest rate for provident funds for last fiscal'

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Calcutta HC: CAT's order on ex-Bengal CS Alapan 'shocks judicial conscience'

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Maha’s daily Covid tally drops to 1,338, Mumbai’s to 330

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Covid’s downward graph in Maharashtra continued with the daily tally dropping to 1,338 on Friday. In Mumbai too, the daily tally (330) was under 400 for the second consecutive day. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3w0kBZS

Mum: ‘Stone man’ smashes heads of 2 asleep on footpaths

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JJ Marg police recently arrested a 40-year-old ragpicker for allegedly killing a man who was asleep on a footpath by smashing his head with a paver block. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3bno8rk

From next wk, pay Rs 1k for not wearing helmet or seatbelt

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From next week, bikers not wearing helmets and those in car without wearing seatbelt are likely to be fined Rs 1,000. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3nK5ZtA

6 of 10 suicides in Maha in 2020 pandemic yr among poor

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In Covid-hit 2020, deaths by suicide in Maharashtra went up by over 5% as compared to the previous year. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ZyjEf8

Air quality dips further in Delhi as fire counts cross 1k

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The air quality of Delhi marginally deteriorated on Friday but it is likely to worsen on Saturday. The fire counts in the neighbouring states rose from 502 on Thursday to 1,112 on Friday, according to System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR), the forecasting body under the union ministry of earth sciences. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3GAb2Fz

Delhi: Panel confirms 6 deaths due to dengue this season

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An expert committee with officials from the public health department of three civic bodies has confirmed deaths of six Delhi residents due to dengue this season. Their time of death and other details are yet to be verified, said a South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) official on the condition of anonymity. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3bqE3VT

Delhi: No Chhath Puja Allowed Along Yamuna

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Delhi government started preparations on Friday for organising Chhath puja across the city after Delhi Disaster Management Authority issued a detailed order specifying guidelines for the sun festival in the Covid era. No Chhath puja will be allowed on the Yamuna banks, only at sites designated by the district authorities in consultation with the Chhath puja committees and other stakeholders. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3vYsnTU

Diwali cheer: Cinemas in Delhi can run at full capacity

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The festive season has brought some cheer to film exhibitors with the Delhi Disaster Management Authority allowing - for the first time since the Covid outbreak in the city - all cinema halls, multiplexes and theatres to function with 100% seating capacity from November 1. Till now, a 50% cap has been in place. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3GyKYL6

Chief secy, CP will be liable if cracker rules flouted: SC

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Objectionable post on goddess must be junked, Delhi HC tells Twitter

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MP: Fake gang-rape complaint gets woman, son-in-law 10 years' jail

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Biodiversity park to come up on Yamuna banks in Delhi

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