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The four-month summer monsoon, which ended as a ‘normal’ rainy season on Thursday and is set to withdraw from October 6, leaves India’s agriculture on a good footing with the levels of soil moisture sufficient to support the rabi or winter crop at a time when the economy is still recovering from Covid. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3kZ4B6t

The Bombay high court has upheld the life term handed to three men for a 2010 gang rape of a young woman who “innocently took a lift from a man in a car’’ in Pune. However, it frowned on the trial court judge and public prosecutor for allowing the defence to put unnecessary questions to her involving graphic details during cross-examination. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3uuoFjX

The Supreme Court on Thursday cited its own ruling that barred protesters from blocking public roads and said farmers’ grievances could be addressed either by Parliament or judiciary but they cannot be seen to cause harassment to commuters through sit-in dharnas on highways, hindering traffic to and from Delhi to neighbouring Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3BcoA7r

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The crisis in Congress escalated on Thursday with former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh saying he will quit Congress soon, and senior leader P Chidambaram joining veteran partymen Ghulam Nabi Azad, B S Hooda and Anand Sharma to criticise protests by a group of workers outside ‘G23’ leader and former Union minister Kapil Sibal’s house.​ from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3F6WOvi

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Chris Gayle has decided to leave the IPL's bio-secure environment due to "bubble fatigue", his team Punjab Kings said on Thursday. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3mfeBYE

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday said he felt "hurt and helpless" by the attack on his colleague Kapil Sibal's home by some supporters of the party for questioning its leadership. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3ASpTIl

India hit out at China on Thursday for once again holding it responsible for the eastern Ladakh standoff. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3F6cezL

As many as 31 states and UTs have covered more than 60% of their adult population above 18 with at least one dose of Covid vaccines and 25% of this cohort has received the full two doses. Overall, 69% of the total adult population of the country has received at least one dose of vaccine. As a share of the entire population, the coverage works out to 46% and India has administered 889 million shots. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3omuSh9

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) national president Mohan Bhagwat arrived in Jammu on a four-day visit on Thursday. This is the first visit of Bhagwat to J&K after the removal of the special status of the erstwhile state on August 5, 2019. An RSS official in a statement said, "During his stay at Jammu, Dr Bhagwat will meet various sections of society, hold deliberations and also discuss the situation post-Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir." from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3AX1txf

Unknown gunmen shot dead a Unani physician belonging to the Sikh community in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar on Thursday, triggering panic among the tiny minority community in the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Sikhs have demanded that the Pakistan government ensure their security and rein in the elements targeting them. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3uoxEDu

Reasi Police on Thursday claimed to have arrested 21 criminals in one month, who had been evading arrests for long, including five surrendered terrorists who later turned absconders. Reasi SSP Shailender Singh said, "In another round of chase, raids and searches, multiple police teams arrested 21 more absconders evading arrests and executed 35 warrants in the last four weeks." from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3CZMuDp

Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni turned back the block as he smashed a six in the final over to secure a six-wicket win for his side against SunRisers Hyderabad on Thursday. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3mgLp3i

Meenakshi Gupta, wife of Kanpur businessman Manish Gupta, who was killed in a police raid in Gorakhpur on Monday, has asserted that she will seek justice for her husband at any cost. UP Chief Minister... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3AXNbwx

A traffic police officer in Mumbai was taken for a ride on the bonnet of a car and was lucky to escape unharmed after he stopped a man for violating the rules on Thursday morning. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3mdFagL

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The four-month summer monsoon ended as ‘normal’ rainy season on Thursday by bridging the earlier deficit and its withdrawal from northwest India will start from October 6 - the second most delayed withdrawal after 1960, said India Meteorological Department (IMD) while predicting ‘normal’ winter (October-December) monsoon rainfall that occurs in south Peninsular India. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3F56O8g

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday attached 29 land parcels admeasuring 13,600 square meters having book value of Rs 30.29 crore in relation to the investigation being conducted against Unitech Group. The land parcels are situated in sectors 96-98 in Uttar Pradesh's Noida. These land parcels were illegally allotted to Carnoustie Management (India) Pvt Ltd (CMPL) by Chandras of Unitech Group, the ED said on Thursday. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3F3qitX

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Former Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday called on Union home minister Amit Shah at the latter’s residence here. The two leaders had a meeting of over 50 minutes, boosting speculation about the Congress leader either joining BJP or allying with it for the Punjab polls. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3ATzGxR

The Supreme Court on Wednesday warned that chronic mudslingers taking potshots at the judiciary and judges cannot escape the rigour of punishment under the contempt of court law by tendering an apology, which is not borne out of remorse but is an attempt to save their skin when caught in an inescapable situation. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3ijVL1k

Amid a fresh crisis in the Punjab Congress, senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad has written a letter to the party's interim president Sonia Gandhi, asking her to convene a meeting of the Congress Working... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3mfQcCm

Creating political ground in an already politically heated state of Punjab with the Congress leadership in crisis, the AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday embarked on his 2-day visit to Ludhiana. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3AX0i0R

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More people are now undergoing a one-off genetic test costing Rs 8,000 to assess if they are born with a predisposition to heart diseases. The genomic risk score, also called polygenic score, currently prescribed for high-risk individuals — with family history of heart diseases, uncontrolled diabetes, hypertension or cholesterol levels — helps doctors assess risk, prevent or delay heart diseases, said senior cardiologist Dr S Ajit Mullasari at the Madras Medical Mission. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3uqewFh

Ahead of Diwali, six big firecracker manufacturers on Wednesday faced the ire of the Supreme Court, which asked them to explain why contempt of court proceedings be not initiated against them for using the banned chemical barium and its salts in producing crackers. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3m7yv7T

A fortnight after the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seized 3,000 kg of Afghan heroin worth approximately Rs 21,000 crore from two containers at Mundra port in Gujarat, DRI’s Lucknow and Noida units in a joint operation arrested the head of the drug cartel in India from Shimla. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3oy7PjB

A middle-aged woman was seen fighting off a leopard with her walking stick which was about to attack her in Mumbai's Aarey this evening. This is second such attack in the area in three days. The whole... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3zSTRKU

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought response from Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) to a year-and-half old complaint by a devotee of Lord Balaji that irregularities have crept into the daily “puja and archana” in the temple causing consternation among devotees of the principal deity.​ from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3oi0Dro

Breastfeeding is an inalienable constitutional right of a lactating mother and the right of the infant needs to be assimilated with the mother’s right, the Karnataka high court observed on Wednesday. It was disposing a batch of petitions filed by the biological mother and foster parents of a toddler. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3m3zXrO

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday scaled up the national mid-day meal scheme as ‘PM-POSHAN’ which will also cover students of ‘Balvatikas’ (pre-primary classes) and provide hot cooked meals to students of elementary classes in government and aided schools. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3F26JCg

India is likely to send a three-member team to participate in a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) anti-terror exercise in Pakistan next week, TOI has learnt. The Pabbi anti-terror Exercise 2021 is being held at Pabbi in Pakistan’s Nowshera district from October 3 under the aegis of SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) which seeks to promote counter-terrorism cooperation between SCO member-states. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3EW0P5A

Tipplers in Delhi may face problems in getting their favourite brands in the next one-and-half months as around 40 per cent of liquor vends in the national capital that are run privately will shut... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3ulYyvM

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BSF inspector general (Jammu frontier) N S Jamwal on Wednesday was promoted to the rank of additional director general (ADG) and posted to the prestigious Western Command in Chandigarh. Jamwal, a native of Jammu, has 37 years of professional experience working in different fields. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3F2fuw2

Above-normal rainfall this month, which turned out to be the second wettest September in the past 27 years, has almost bridged the deficit of the monsoon season with the cumulative rainfall showing the gap to be narrowed down from 9% on August 31 to merely 1% on Wednesday, indicating the four-month season may finally be logged as ‘near normal’ monsoon. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3CYqady

The curious case of Navjot Singh Sidhu’s resignation as Punjab PCC chief within 10 days of his bête noire Amarinder Singh’s exit as CM unravelled on Wednesday when he declared the new-look Congress government’s choice of advocate general and the re-entry of “tainted” ministers into the restructured cabinet forced his hand. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3upACaJ

Jammu and Kashmir National Conference president and former chief minister Dr Farooq Abdullah was due to address the Hindus for Labour event at the Hilton Hotel, Brighton, via video link on Wednesday as its keynote speaker. TOI has seen a letter from him confirming he would address the conference. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3CVD1wX

The Congress lashed out at Union Home Minister Amit Shah this evening, shortly after his meeting with former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh that came as the biggest political development of the... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/39P8tR0

President Vladimir Putin told Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday he should use Russia's Sputnik for his next booster jab and boasted of high antibody levels as he hosted the Turkish leader for talks. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3ojCUqM

Come October 1, senior citizens seeking work opportunities will be able to register themselves on a first-of-its-kind dedicated employment exchange portal for the elderly. The ‘Senior Able Citizens for Re-Employment in Dignity (Sacred)’ portal, being steered by the ministry of social justice and empowerment (MoSJ&E), will enable “virtual matching” of employable elderly of 60 years and above with employers who come forward and register on the platform. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3m1O1C6

The north-eastern states generally have the highest ratio of female workers in managerial positions, with Meghalaya topping the chart with 34.1%, followed by Sikkim and Mizoram, according to the annual bulletin of the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS).​ from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3kQQSyy

Builders cannot get away by handing over maintenance and administration of a housing society to the residents’ welfare association if the project remains unfinished without all infrastructure and facilities promised to the homebuyers and will need to compensate the RWAs, the Supreme Court said.​ from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3kOW85K

After the central leadership completely owned the Punjab restructuring and felt it had settled the chaotic unit, the surprise resignation by state president Navjot Singh Sidhu caught everyone by surprise and threatened to destabilise its stronghold and cast the Gandhi leadership in poor light. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3kVnbMR

IPL 2021: Kolkata Knight Riders wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik revealed the reason behind skipper Eoin Morgan and Delhi Capitals' spinner Ravichandran Ashwin's altercation on the field during... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/39Nl5bs

Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale is almost here. Amazon has revealed some deals on various items such as smartphones, true wireless stereo (TWS) earphones, smartwatches, tablets, and cameras ahead... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3ihepqq

An Afghan business leader who employs hundreds of women on her saffron fields has vowed to speak up for the rights of her workers, and "not remain silent" under Taliban rule. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3m48ztS

Hours before Navjot Singh Sidhu quit from the post of Punjab Congress president, chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Tuesday defended his decision to appoint senior advocate A P S Deol as new advocate general (AG) of the state.​ from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3oeL57M

Former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said Navjot Sidhu’s resignation as PPCC chief within two months of taking over the vital post had proved beyond doubt that the cricketer turned politician was an “unstable” man, who could not be relied upon to lead the ruling party, especially in a border state like Punjab. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2WkZTWZ

It’s a season of open discontent in the Kerala unit of Congress but those in the know say that it is not likely to extend beyond a lot of sound and some fury. Reason: The Congress high command in Delhi wants the old guard sidelined and rampant factionalism neutralised, and to that purpose it will be willing to put up with KPCC president K Sudhakaran’s rather brash and authoritarian style of functioning.​ from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3kRaUsJ

The discussion between the All-India Congress Committee (AICC) and the Kerala Congress leadership on the appointment of new KPCC office-bearers, scheduled to be held in New Delhi, was postponed on Tuesday. KPCC chief K Sudhakaran and opposition leader VD Satheesan were supposed to reach New Delhi on Wednesday for discussions but have deferred their travel plans. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3kMctYQ

Seeking to address the twin challenges of climate change and malnutrition, PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday released 35 new indigenously-developed crop varieties with special traits like drought tolerant, disease resistant and biofortified food crops with higher nutrient content such as protein, iron and zinc. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ZGkVAP

Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi in his first portfolio allocation on Tuesday kept 14 departments with him — including the key responsibilities of vigilance, power and mining. The allocation, which Congress sources said was vetted by Rahul Gandhi, saw the seven new faces in the reconstituted cabinet being given charge of key departments. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/39NbpgQ

Champions League: Mauricio Pochettino will have his task cut out when Paris Saint-Germain take on a last year's finalists Manchester City in Matchday 2 of the Champions League 2021/2022 season. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3m2iMqF

Homegrown Covaxin was to play a major role in vaccination against Covid-19. But eight months after the vaccination drive began, only one in 11 Indians has managed to get the first indigenous vaccine. Bharat Biotech, which manufactures it, has failed to ramp up production at the pace it had envisaged. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/39KbQZl

Former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh arrived in Delhi on Tuesday amidst an intense buzz over a meeting with the BJP brass that might be a precursor to an alliance, even as his visit was termed as a personal one to meet “friends”. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3AUUZPy

In a switch hit that left Congress on a sticky wicket in Punjab again, cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu quit as PCC chief on Tuesday, followed by the resignation of new minister Razia Sultana “in solidarity” with him. Gulzar Inder Singh Chahal, who was made PCC treasurer soon after Sidhu took over, also put in his papers along with general secretary Yoginder Dhingra. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3idya24

A former Punjab Congress chief has criticised his party colleague Navjot Singh Sidhu over "breach of trust", hours after Mr Sidhu resigned as Punjab Congress chief barely two months into the job. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3zIXfIk

Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani on Tuesday clarified that he could not join the Congress due to some "technical" reasons. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3EU3Wet

In the past 10 days, seven infiltrators from Pakistan were killed in separate anti-terror operations along the Line of Control (LoC) while one Lashkar-e-Taiba operative was caught alive in J&K’s Uri sector, GOC 19 Infantry Division Maj Gen Virendra Vats said on Tuesday, adding that Pakistan was itching to carry out a sensational terror strike in Kashmir. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/39IWUuH

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat will embark on a four-day visit to Jammu, beginning September 30. A statement issued in this regard by Jammu Prant Karvahak stated that during his stay Bhagwat will participate in many programmes in the region. He had earlier visited Jammu in 2016. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3zMiUiJ

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The government plans to borrow Rs 5.03 lakh crore ($68.15 billion) in bonds during the October-March period to fund revenue gap, it said in a statement on Monday. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3zKUmqk

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India on Monday called for stepped up attention from the international community to check illicit proliferation of nuclear weapons. Addressing the UN security council meeting on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), foreign secretary Harsh V Shringla said, “There is a need for the international community to pay closer attention to the illicit proliferation of networks of nuclear weapons, their delivery systems, components and relevant technologies.” from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3EPHF1c

The Supreme Court on Monday accused the National Medical Council, National Board of Examinations and the health ministry of “playing football” with the lives of young doctors aspiring to do their specialisation by changing the pattern of questions for the NEET-Super Speciality Examination more than a month after notifying the exam date. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3m1ra9P

Farm groups in Punjab, which have been at the forefront of the struggle against the Central farm laws, brought the state to near standstill on Monday as the Bharat bandh paralysed rail and road traffic, and business establishments were shut in all towns and cities. While the impact was less severe in Haryana, the western part of Uttar Pradesh saw some toll plazas being blocked and trains cancelled due to protests on tracks. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2WfLzyY

We often hear about the increase of bad cholesterol and its effects on health. But not many know that there are some commonly found food items that may help keep our cholesterol levels in check. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3kLBLXa

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