Millennium Post Delhi - October 04, 2024

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SC bans caste-based discrimination in jails

'RIGHT TO LIVE WITH DIGNITY EXTENDS EVEN TO THE INCARCERATED'

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Union Cabinet grants classical language status to Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese and Bengali

NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved conferring the prestigious classical language status to Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese, and Bengali. The decision was made during a Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Govt rolls out internship scheme with Rs 66,000 annual support

Aims to provide 1 crore internship over 5 years

2 mins

At least 40 killed in Lebanon as Israeli troops battle Hezbollah

WHO says 28 health workers have been killed in Lebanon in the past day

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Govt opposes in SC pleas to criminalise marital rape

Says it may destroy institution of marriage

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SC slams CAQM, says it made no effort to stop stubble burning

\"ACTION REQUIRED, NOT MEETINGS TO CURB POLLUTION'\"

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Din of poll campaign falls silent in Haryana

BJP's Ashok Tanwar returns to Congress

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India strongly rejects USCIRF report; describes it malicious

India on Thursday trashed a report by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) and described it as a \"biased\" organisation with a \"political agenda\".

1 min

Doctor gunned down in Delhi's Kalindi Kunj by teen assailants

HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS DECRY GROWING VIOLENCE

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Police seizes 200 cartons of illicit liquor

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police's Anti-Auto Theft Squad has dismantled a liquor smuggling operation, arresting Ajeet (26) from Indira Enclave and recovering 200 cartons of illicit liquor, totalling 10,000 quarters.

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Gr Noida West residents rejoice as new Metro line approved to Jewar Airport

LONG-AWAITED METRO ROUTE WILL ENHANCE CONNECTIVITY

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Survivors rally at 'Jan Sunwayi'

Demand ban on explicit content

1 min

‘14 Nigerians deported’

NEW DELHI: In a continued crackdown on illegal immigrants, the Dwarka District's Delhi Police deported 14 foreign nationals in September for overstaying in India without valid visas.

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Retd Defence official defrauded of Rs 85K in ATM scam

NEW DELHI: Gurdas, an 80-year-old retired senior citizen from the Ministry of Defence, fell victim to an ATM card swap scam on the morning of October 1, 2024, losing Rs 84,988.87.

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Kalkaji Temple panic: Teen boy electrocuted, 6 hurt in stampede

NEW DELHI: A 17-year-old boy was electrocuted while standing in a queue to enter the Kalkaji Temple here, causing panic among the devotees, which led to a stampede past midnight, leaving six people injured, police said Thursday.

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Int'l kickboxer arrested for orchestrating gun attack

NARAYANA LUXURY CAR SHOWROOM FIRING

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BJP stages protest against government over potholed roads in Delhi

NEW DELHI: Carrying cutouts of former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and other AAP leaders, the BJP workers on Thursday staged protests against \"pothole-ridden\" roads in the city.

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Bio-decomposer spraying begins in Capital

DRIVE WAS LAUNCHED AT PALLA VILLAGE OF NARELA ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCY

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Wangchuk released, prohibitory orders withdrawn, Delhi HC told

HIGHLIGHTS

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Bharadwaj & several MLAs detained amid bus marshals protest

NEW DELHI: Tensions escalated in the Capital as Delhi Police detained Cabinet minister Saurabh Bharadwaj along with several party MLAs during a protest advocating for the reinstatement of bus marshals.

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Power discom audit govt's tactic to appear clean before people, says Union minister; AAP hits back

NEW DELHI: Union minister and BJP leader Harsh Malhotra said on Thursday it is \"laughable\" that the Delhi government is conducting an audit of the city's power distribution companies in which it owns 49 per cent stake.

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NDMC's Suvidha Camp on Oct 5

NEW DELHI: The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) is set to hold its next Suvidha Camp on Saturday, October 5, from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm at the NDCC Convention Centre, located on Jai Singh Road near Palika Kendra.

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Arvind Kejriwal gets new address at Ferozshah Road

NEW DELHI: In a significant political gesture, Arvind Kejriwal, the national convener of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and former Chief Minister of Delhi, will vacate his official residence Friday, opting to temporarily stay at the home of AAP Rajya Sabha MP Dr. Ashok Mittal.

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L-G: Issue orders to conduct year-round de-silting of drains

NEW DELHI: Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Thursday advised the civic agencies to conduct de-silting exercises for drains and sewer lines year-round rather than relying on \"seasonal\" and \"ad-hoc\" measures to prevent waterlogging.

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Modi to release 18th instalment of PM-KISAN scheme on Oct 5

YAVATMAL: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release the 18th installment of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme at a function on October 5 in Maharashtra's Washim district.

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Raj: Leopard terrifies Udaipur Villages, kills 7 within fortnight

Gogunda Station House Officer Shaitan Singh Nathawat said villagers have confined themselves to their homes and when they do go out, they carry sticks

2 mins

Mob storms police station in Manipur's Ukhrul, loots arms

Three persons were killed and 20 others injured in a gunfight that broke out between two groups on Wednesday

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Bihar floods: Kharge asks Centre, state govt to expedite relief and rescue operations

NEW DELHI: Expressing concern over the flood situation in Bihar, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday demanded that the Centre and state government should expedite the relief and rescue operations.

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Raj CM meets Nadda amid BJP faces internal turmoil, controversies

NEW DELHI: As controversies continue to plague the leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Rajasthan, Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma met with party president Jagat Prakash Nadda on Thursday evening at his residence in the national capital.

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Congress gains momentum as BJP faces anti-incumbency, internal divisions

The political landscape in Haryana is undergoing a significant transformation, with the BJP’s decade-long grip on power now facing substantial challenges.

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BJP spreads hatred, oust it from Haryana, says Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader was addressing a public meeting in Nuh

1 min

Jaya Bachchan opts out of Parliament panel on IT

NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party Rajya Sabha member Jaya Bachchan has opted out of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology chaired by BJP member Nishikant Dubey.

1 min

Union Cabinet approves productivity linked bonus for railway employees

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the Union Cabinet, approved the disbursement of a Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) equivalent to 78 days' wages for 11,72,240 railway employees. The bonus, amounting to Rs. 2,028.57 crore, was announced by Union Rail, Information, and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw during a press briefing in the national capital on Thursday.

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PM: Cong guarantee of corruption, casteism, nepotism; vote for BJP

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the Congress stands for the \"guarantee of corruption, casteism, communalism and nepotism\", as he urged the people in Haryana to vote the ruling BJP to power for a third straight term.

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On last day of campaign, Hooda goes all-out against BJP

CHANDIGARH: Former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday said the BJP government has the dubious record of killing 78 persons in the state as it ran a government on the force of lathis and bullets.

2 mins

Train services hit as farmers hold 'rail roko' protest

The protest was observed across Punjab, with several trains on the Amritsar-Delhi route diverted

1 min

Hry slugfest between Cong and BJP to spill over into HP?

SHIMLA: The Haryana Assembly polls campaign might have come to an end, but the political slugfest between the Congress and BJP is likely to spill over into Himachal Pradesh with focus on Congress's electoral guarantees.

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SC to hear pleas on probe today

TIRUPATI LADDU ROW

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School van driver arrested for sexually assaulting two 6-year-old girls in Pune

The police are trying to find out if a woman attendant was present in the van at the time

1 min

Big relief for Sadhguru as SC halts police probe

ISHA FOUNDATION ROW

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‘Peaceful J&K on right path’

Reducing troops footprints not recommended: Army officer

1 min

UP: Family of four shot dead in Amethi

PITHORAGARH: A government school teacher, his wife and two children were allegedly shot dead at their home on Thursday, the police said.

1 min

Pilgrims embrace 1st ever view of Kailash peak from India

PITHORAGARH: Pilgrims on Thursday had the first-ever view of the sacred Kailash peak believed to be the abode of Lord Shiva from the Old Lipulekh pass inside the Indian territory.

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‘Common for dalits to suffer’: SP, Congress slam BJP over Sonbhadra assault incident

LUCKNOW: The Samajwadi Party (SP) and Congress have launched scathing attacks on the BJP and the Yogi Adityanath-led government in Uttar Pradesh following a brutal assault on a dalit youth in Sonbhadra district, in which the victim was also urinated upon.

1 min

Unavoidable bulwark

The COVID-19 pandemic came as an unprecedented blow to the entire world.

3 mins

On a slippery slope

The growing radicalism in Bangladesh, exacerbated by external interference and neglect of key fault lines, has put democracy and religious tolerance in peril—prompting cautious approach from India and the world

4 mins

Greening peacefully

As Azerbaijan is set to host the 29\" session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, 2024 has been declared Green World Solidarity Year’ in the country

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UK hands over Chagos Islands to Mauritius

LONDON: The UK on Thursday announced a \"historic\" agreement that will see Britain hand over sovereignty of the remote Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius while it retains the joint UK-US military base on Diego Garcia.

1 min

New NATO chief Mark Rutte visits Ukraine

IN HIS FIRST OFFICIAL TRIP SINCE TAKING OFFICE

1 min

PM Oli meets B'desh Minister Sayeda

Both discuss strengthening relations

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12 injured after Russian glide bomb smashes into Ukrainian building

KYIV: A Russian glide bomb struck a five-story apartment block in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, injuring at least 12 people including a 3-year-old girl, local officials said Thursday.

1 min

Nepal, India, B'desh sign power pact

NEPAL WILL MAKE AROUND $9.2 MILLION

1 min

Centre OKs 2 agri plans with Rs l L cr Outlay

The schemes will boost food security and promote sustainable agriculture

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Sebi reduces trading size of privately placed infrastructure investment trusts to Rs 25 lakh

NEW DELHI: Markets regulator Sebi has drastically reduced the trading lot size of privately placed infrastructure investment trusts (InvITs) to Rs 25 lakh in a bid to boost investors' participation and increase liquidity of such investment vehicles. The current trading lot for secondary market trading for privately placed InvITs is set at Rs 1 crore. Further, if the InvIT invests at least 80 per cent of its asset value in completed and revenue-generating assets, then the trading lot is Rs 2 crore.

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‘Housing sales up 5%, office demand grows 18% during Jul-Sept across top eight cities’

ACCORDING TO REAL ESTATE CONSULTANT KNIGHT FRANK INDIA

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Rupee plunges 14 paise to settle at 83.96 against $ as crude oil boils

MUMBAI: Rupee depreciated 14 paise to settle at 83.96 (provisional) against the US dollar on Thursday, as volatile geopolitical situation triggered a surge in crude oil prices and weighed down by a steep fall of over two per cent in domestic equity markets.

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MIDDLE EAST tensions escalate: India braces for economic impact

NEW DELHI: The intensifying violence in the Middle East has sent shockwaves through global financial markets, with significant implications for the oil and defence sectors.

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Govt approves National Mission on Edible Oils-Oilseeds with Rs 10,103-crore outlay

NEW DELHI: The government on Thursday approved National Mission on Edible Oils-Oilseeds with an outlay of Rs 10,103 crore to boost domestic production and make India self-sufficient in cooking oils.

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T20 WC: Bowlers power Pakistan to 31-run win against Sri Lanka

BANGLADESH BEAT SCOTLAND BY 16 RUNS IN OPENER

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Women's T20 WC: India need top guns firing in unison against NZ

Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur will be appearing in her last T20 World Cup

2 mins

ISL: Odisha FC produce spirited comeback to share points with Kerala

BHUBANESWAR: Odisha FC played out a 2-2 draw against Kerala Blasters FC in their Indian Super League match at the Kalinga Stadium here on Thursday.

1 min

Gauff stops Starodubtseva to make second straight Beijing semi-final

TO NEXT PLAY BADOSA OF SPAIN

1 min

Feel so prepared for these moments

SABRINA CARPENTER ON FAME

1 min

Payal Kapadia part of 'TIME100 Next 2024' list

She is the director of 'All We Imagine As Light'

1 min

Reese teams with Harlan Coben on her first suspense novel

The book, currently untitled, is scheduled for next fall

1 min

‘Even Aamir Khan shouldn't have done Laal Singh Chaddha’

Shah Rukh Khan revealed why he 'declined' the hit film 'Pushpa'

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