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Danish’s body was mutilated in Taliban custody: Officials

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Man Arrested For Killing Wife In Delhi: Police

A man was arrested on Saturday for allegedly strangling his 30-year-old wife with a dupatta in southeast Delhi's Govindpuri, police said. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3ldJ0rm

"Achhe Din": Virender Sehwag's Throwback Pic Is Nostalgia Guaranteed

Virender Sehwag took to social media to share a picture with his former teammates from their "achhe din". from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3lm1OF3

After losing cabinet berth, Babul says ‘Alvida politics’

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'Inflation Due To Speech By Jawaharlal Nehru': Madhya Pradesh Minister

Minister for Medical Education Vishvas Sarang said that inflation is down and people's incomes have increased during the BJP rule. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2Vk32FG

Change public’s poor perception of police: PM to IPS probationers

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Jharkhand CM recommends CBI probe into judge’s death

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J&K eyes Unesco tag with Mughal Gardens facelift

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‘Not even 5% of India’s grasslands protected’

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17 Maharashtra villages voluntarily opt for lockdown

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Cases top 40k for 5th day in a row, Kerala still driving surge

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Kerala reported more than 20,000 fresh Covid-19 cases for the fifth day running while the rising trend in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka continued, as India logged more than 42,000 new cases of the virus on Saturday. For the fifth straight day, India’s daily count stayed over the 40,000-mark as 42,052 were recorded on Saturday. Kerala accounted for 20,624 new cases, while Maharashtra logged 6,959. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3idW5yN

Amid LAC row, Leh boosts oxygen infrastructure in forward areas

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Amid continued stand-off with China, the Leh administration is augmenting oxygen supply in the forward areas by adding new plants, a move that will boost the fight against Covid-19 in ‘zero-mile’ villages and far-flung settlements along northern and eastern Ladakh. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3fAcTyD

Districts hit by 2nd Covid wave may not see intense 3rd wave: ICMR

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Districts that were severely impacted by the second Covid wave may not see an equally intense third wave, an analysis by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said. Experts from the top science body said states should conduct district-level heterogeneity assessments — that include variations in spread and population — to plan public health measures based on local data. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/37cU2Vu

Parliament worked for 18 hours out of 107 in 2 weeks

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As the deadlock over the Pegasus controversy continues in Parliament, the two Houses are heading towards a less productive zone in terms of business with more than 85% of working hours being wasted in the first two weeks of the session. Of the possible 107 hours in the past two weeks, Parliament has functioned merely for 18 hours, wasting 89 hours because of ongoing disruptions due to the deadlock over the opposition demand for a discussion and inquiry into the Pegasus affair. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2WL6zhb

Kharif sowing hits ‘normal’ level as rainfall deficit dips

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As the cumulative monsoon rainfall over the country touches almost ‘normal’ level with the deficit reduced to less than 1% on Saturday, the overall acreage of Kharif (summer-sown) crops in India crossed the ‘normal’ sown area threshold by over 8 lakh hectares. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3liQlpp

Court backs CBI’s clean chit to Sengar in Unnao girl’s car crash

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A Delhi court on Saturday said it had “no hesitation in holding the findings” of the CBI’s final report, which said there was no case against jailed former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar to proceed against him for the offence of murder in an accident case, as correct. Currently, Sengar is serving a life sentence for raping a minor girl in Unnao in 2017. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3BXslOR

PM Modi To Launch Digital Payment Solution E-RUPI On August 2

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch e-RUPI, a person and purpose specific digital payment solution, on Monday via video conferencing, his office said. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3if1g1H

HC pulls up NIA judge for not hearing bail plea for 6 months, sets date

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A delay of six months in hearing the bail plea of a 60-year-old man jailed under the stringent UAPA law has prompted the Delhi high court to fix a date for the special judge to hear it. A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Anup J Bhambhani took a dim view of the failure of the special NIA judge, Patiala House, to take up the bail plea filed in February this year, despite a direction by HC earlier to decide it expeditiously. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3jc0Yru

Covid-19: Centre wants stricter containment in 10 states with high positivity

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Concerns over dependence on home isolation and failure to impose micro-containment zones have prompted the Centre to advise that 46 districts in 10 states reporting above 10% positivity rate need to impose strict restrictions on movement of people and gathering of crowds. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3rKW6gO

Maharashtra's First Ever Zika Virus Case Reported In Pune District

Maharashtra has reported its first-ever case of Zika virus infection. The 50-year-old woman patient from Purandar area in Pune also tested positive for Chikungunya. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3yikrgv

Heavy Rainfall In North, Central India Over Next 4 Days: Weather Office

Parts of north and central India will witness intense rainfall activity over the next four days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3lee22b

Pulwama attack key conspirator, aide killed in J&K encounter

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NIA conducts raids across J&K in two terror cases

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292 kids who lost parents to Covid registered for PM Cares assistance

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The government on Friday informed Parliament that 292 children have been registered by states and Union territories till July 29 on the portal, created under PM Cares, for the scheme meant to provide support to children who have lost their parents, surviving parent, adoptive parent or legal guardian due to Covid-19. It also informed the House that 87 children living in childcare institutions have been affected by Covid-19, as per data collected till July 23. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3BSZAml

Supreme Court to hear next week journos’ pleas on Pegasus row probe

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Opposition stalls Parliament; Pegasus ‘non-issue’, says minister

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Covid-19: Over 2 lakh pregnant women take first dose in a month

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In a major boost for the vaccination programme, over 2.3 lakh pregnant women have received first dose of anti-Covid jabs in less than a month since vaccination against the infection was allowed for them, the government said. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3laHztP

Covid-19: Tamil Nadu cluster infections up, a cause for worry

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India’s 7-day average of Covid cases crosses 40,000 again

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Kerala reported a slight drop in fresh Covid-19 cases on Friday but numbers rose for the second straight day in Tamil Nadu even as India’s daily case count dipped marginally but remained above 41,000 for the fourth day running. India reported 41,454 fresh cases of the virus on Friday, down from 44,681 on the previous day, breaking a three-day streak of rising infections in the country. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3lciBdx

Mizoram CM says no harm to anyone, but armed cops stay put

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Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga has assured that there will be “no restrictions” and “no harm” to non-Mizos entering the state. However, the CM’s assurance on Friday coupled with his reiteration from his Twitter handle that “NorthEast India Will Always Be One” came even as his government refused to withdraw its armed policemen deployed at Vairengte town on the outskirts of Cachar (Assam) border. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3BZMe7B

NSO has blocked Pegasus use by some governments: Reports

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Israeli surveillance software company NSO Group has temporarily blocked several government clients around the world from using its Pegasus spyware as the company investigates its possible misuse, Washington-based non-profit media outlet NPR reported. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3xp9hFL

Jennifer Lopez Is A Ray Of Sunshine In New Pics. See What She Posted

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Gautam Gambhir Seeks To Rename Yamuna Sports Complex After Bhagat Singh

East Delhi MP Gautam Gambhir has urged the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to rename the Yamuna Sports Complex after freedom fighter Bhagat Singh, saying this will be a "small step" in paying... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/37bcGNC

Mizoram front still tense, Assam holds border talks with Nagaland

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Now, communists turn to Ram to counter Parivar

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China seizes maps showing Arunachal as part of India

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In U-turn, Goa health minister says no deaths due to oxygen shortage in state

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In a major U-turn on the floor of the assembly, Goa health minister Vishwajit Rane, who was the first to announce that many Covid-19 patients were dying in the state due to oxygen interruption at the state’s premier hospital Goa Medical College (GMC) during the second wave, on Friday denied any oxygen shortage-related deaths. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3zKtgAa

Only 31% of Delhi’s informal workers got rations, 54% still have no ration cards: CPM survey

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Days after hexacopter shot down by cops, UAVs spotted in Akhnoor and Samba

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Don't Pay GST Till Demands Are Met, PM's Brother Tells Traders On Protest

Prahlad Modi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's brother and vice-president of All-India Fair Price Shop Association, today asked traders not to pay GST till their demands are met by authorities and... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3BXBR4e

Mamata Banerjee's "Democracy Will Go On" Comment Before Leaving Delhi

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee left Delhi today after a five-day visit packed with meetings with opposition leaders including Congress chief Sonia Gandhi. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3iaEYy6

Mizoram Boundary committee asks people for support in fight for 'forefather's land'

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Chhattisgarh Assembly disallows tabling of BJP MLA's anti-conversion Bill

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Now, CPI willing to support Mamata's Trinamool Congress to fight BJP

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Need to reinforce messages on Covid-appropriate behaviour, vaccine uptake: Centre

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Nearly 5 deaths daily in judicial custody in the last three years: MHA

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Senior ministers reach out to opposition, but no breakthrough in sight

He said the government had already agreed to hold a debate on all issues and wondered why the opposition parties were running away. “Government representatives have reached out to the opposition on several occasions as it wants Parliament to function smoothly,” the BJP leader said. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3BRTnHb

BJP-led northeast alliance stays off border row

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Act against Moitra for her ‘unethical behaviour’: BJP MP

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BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Thursday alleged in Lok Sabha that TMC member Mohua Moitra had used derogatory remarks against him during a parliamentary committee meeting on Wednesday. The MP from Godda raised the issue during Zero Hour, saying that the term used by the TMC MP was an insult inflicted on the entire Hindi-speaking people from UP, Bihar and Jharkhand. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/378U6G0

Covid surge prompts Centre to send team to Kerala

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Army chief Naravane and sr US commander Clarke talk to boost ties

The two generals also discussed “issues of mutual interests”, which is likely to have included the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan in wake of the rapid advances being made by the Taliban to grab territory there, said an official. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3f7vVMw

Gods don't ask us to encroach upon roads & build temples: HC

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Eye on 2023 polls, Karnataka CM may have 5 deputies

With the 2023 assembly elections in focus, the new Karnataka chief minister, Basavaraj Bommai, is likely to opt for five deputy chief ministers and induct six to eight young new faces in his cabinet which can have a maximum of 34 members. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3BREWTw

PM Modi focuses on tech education in mother tongue in NEP speech

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This emphasis on mother tongue as the medium of instruction will instil confidence in the students from poor, rural and tribal backgrounds. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3laWBQ4

Mizoram bunkers, Assam build-up raise tensions on disputed border

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Bunkers built by suspected Mizo trespassers just across the inter-state boundary in Barak Valley’s Karimganj district and an allegedly massive mobilisation of state forces by Assam to counter the move kept the border pot boiling for the fourth successive day since the violence in Cachar last Monday. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3labvX1

Tamil Nadu withdraws 90 defamation cases targeting media outlets

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New normal? Parliament does business amid din

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Days After Border Violence, Assam Advises People Not To Travel To Mizoram

People of Assam are advised not to travel to Mizoram as any threat to their personal safety cannot be accepted, the Assam government said in an advisory today, pointing to the violence at the border... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3iW3oui

34 Metro, Rapid rail projects under implementation across country

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No manual scavenging deaths in last five years, govt tells House

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Dalit children more likely to be stunted, shows study

A data narrative published by Ashoka University’s Centre for Economic Data and Analysis shows that stunting is much more likely among Dalit children in areas where caste-based untouchability is higher, such as the BIMARU states (Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh). from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3rElwgg

2.8K PILs on fundamental rights violation pending in Supreme Court: Govternment

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The minister, in a written reply to a query, said about 3,036 such PILs have been filed since 2019. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3zOL6St

Student rush: Air India doubling flights to US from August 7

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146% rise in applications for ‘Study In India’ programme

The number of applications and online test takers to avail of the scholarships provided under the Study in India programme grew by 145.6% and 651.9% respectively, giving a major boost to the scheme, which otherwise was struggling to take off for the past three years. The number of countries from which students participated in the programme also grew significantly, from 12 in 2020-21 to 136 in 2021-22. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3zLCXOP

Assam advises people against Mizoram travel

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"Taliban Verified Danish Siddiqui's Identity, Then Executed Him": Report

Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Danish Siddiqui was not simply killed in a crossfire in Afghanistan. He was also not a collateral damage, but was "brutally murdered" by the Taliban after... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3f73rm4

Compose Song On "Khela Hobe" Slogan: Mamata Banerjee Asks Javed Akhtar

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday requested noted lyricist-poet Javed Akhtar to write a song on "Khela Hobe," her poll slogan. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/37bKwC9

CDSCO expert panel recommends nod to study on mixing doses of Covaxin, Covishield

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An expert panel of India's central drug authority on Thursday recommended granting permission to the Christian Medical College (CMC) in Vellore for conducting a clinical trial of mixing of two Covid-19 vaccines -- Covaxin and Covishield -- official sources said. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/376SL26

Ajay Maken continues discussions with Congress MLAs on Day 2 of his Rajasthan visit

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Afghanistan Will Become "Pariah State" If Taliban Seize Power: US

Afghanistan would become a "pariah state" if the Taliban take control by force, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, as a top-level delegation from the insurgent group visited China to assure... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3f19M23

I was on Assam side, we could not have fired 1st: Mizoram SP

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Goa assembly pays tribute to former Times Group chairman Indu Jain

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Additional district judge killed in road accident in Jharkhand

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Delhi doctor first proven case to suffer 3 Covid infections

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A 61-year-old Delhi doctor is the first proven case to have suffered from three Covid infections — two of these SARS-CoV-2 bouts were caused by its Alpha and Delta variants 22 days apart. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/376aozb

‘Beijing acting more repressively at home and more aggressively abroad’: Antony Blinken

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7 killed in J&K cloudburst, several missing, 9 die in HP flash floods

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The remote village of Honzar in Kishtwar is a three-hour walk from the nearest road, but rescue teams from the Army, police and SDRF swung into action and reached the spot in time to save many lives. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2UXpXqx