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Seers to get ID cards for Maha Kumbh
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Seers to get ID cards for Maha Kumbh

In a first, seers will be given identity cards in the Maha Kumbh, scheduled to be held in early 2025. The decision has been taken by Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad (ABAP) to identify-fake saints and keep them away from the Maha Kumbh.

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July 15, 2024
Can't share water, unless it rains
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Can't share water, unless it rains

WATER-SHARING Karnataka decides to appeal to Cauvery panel to look into crisis issue

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July 15, 2024
Genuine WB voters deprived: Suvendu
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Genuine WB voters deprived: Suvendu

Following the Calcutta High Court's order, leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday staged a dharna for four hours outside Raj Bhavan.

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July 15, 2024
Exports positive in April-June qtr despite global challenges: Goyal
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Exports positive in April-June qtr despite global challenges: Goyal

India's exports have recorded healthy growth in May and remained in the positive zone in June and the first quarter of the current fiscal despite global challenges, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said.

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July 15, 2024
New terminal opens 4 mos after inauguration
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New terminal opens 4 mos after inauguration

PUNE MATTERS | It was a point of contention between the opposition and the government due to its delayed launch

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July 15, 2024
New cases of abuse may point to alarming trend
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New cases of abuse may point to alarming trend

ANIMAL CRUELTY | 300 to 350 offences registered every year

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July 15, 2024
'Flats being built on Wakf land'
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'Flats being built on Wakf land'

LAND DISPUTE| Prince Aly Khan Hospital accused of using Wakf land to build housing project in Mazgaon; hospital trust says allegations are 'incorrect & false'

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July 15, 2024
A tribute to India's eternal and enduring civilisation
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A tribute to India's eternal and enduring civilisation

POWER WEDDING | 'Mangal Utsav' on Sunday last in a string of festivities; at lavish reception, curtains come down on the wedding of the century

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July 15, 2024
'Poll traitors will be punished'
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'Poll traitors will be punished'

MLC CROSS-VOTING | Party put in an embarrassing situation in Maharashtra ahead of polls; state working committee to decide what action to take against eight MLAs on July 19

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July 15, 2024
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CRPF jawan dies in Manipur

A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan was killed and three others, including a SubInspector (SI) -- a commando of Manipur Police -- sustained injuries in an ambush in Jiribam district on Sunday.

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July 15, 2024
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Takht Jathedar's diktat to SGPC on slain militants

The Jathedar of the Akal Takht the supreme temporal seat of the Sikh community - Raghbir Singh, has asked the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to put up the portraits of three Khalistani separatists - Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Paramjit Singh Panjwar and Gajinder Singh - at the Central Sikh Museum in the Golden Temple complex, Amritsar.

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July 15, 2024
Alcaraz is the champ, again
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Alcaraz is the champ, again

Carlos Alcaraz played the best tennis of his life as he outclassed the 24-times Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) to clinch his fourth Grand Slam crown and second consecutive Wimbledon title. It was a performance for the ages by the Spanish sensation as he outplayed the Serbian legend in about two hours and 27 minutes.

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July 15, 2024
Pro-China Oli is Nepal's PM
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Pro-China Oli is Nepal's PM

OFFENSIVE He tried to make territorial claims on India in the past

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July 15, 2024
Keys missing but Ratna Bhandar finally opened
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Keys missing but Ratna Bhandar finally opened

The fabled 'Ratna Bhandar (treasury)' of the Sri Jagannath Temple in Puri, Odisha, was finally opened on Sunday, lifting the veil off a six-year-old mystery and controversy. The opening of the treasury vault of the 12th century shrine was one of the major poll planks on which the BJP won the twin elections in the state last June.

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July 15, 2024
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IAS probationer's Audi car is seized

The Pune police on Sunday confiscated a luxury car used by controversial IAS probationer Pooja Khedkar; she had allegedly installed a red beacon light on it.

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July 15, 2024
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Heavy rain pours misery on State

Mumbai hits 45% of season's average already

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July 15, 2024
Jaiswal, Gill on a leather hunt
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Jaiswal, Gill on a leather hunt

Yashasvi Jaiswal's flair was complemented by skipper Shubman Gill's poise as young Indian team cantered to a 10wicket victory over Zimbabwe in the fourth T20 International, taking an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series.

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July 14, 2024
KREJCIKOVA CROWNED SINGLES CHAMPION
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KREJCIKOVA CROWNED SINGLES CHAMPION

Mathematicians might be surprised, but there is indeed such a thing as a game of three halves.

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July 14, 2024
Musk donates for Trump fight
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Musk donates for Trump fight

Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk has made a “sizeable” donation towards the presidential campaign of former US President Donald Trump.

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July 14, 2024
71 dead as Israel targets Hamas military chief
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71 dead as Israel targets Hamas military chief

Israel said it targeted Hamas' shadowy military commander in a massive strike in the southern Gaza Strip that killed at least 71 people, according to local health officials.

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July 14, 2024
Is Biden unfit to serve?
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Is Biden unfit to serve?

Amid growing concerns about US President Joe Biden's health and fitness for a second term, world leaders who met him at the NATO summit weighed in with their perspectives.

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July 14, 2024
June-oon wohi: Bloc, stock, barrel
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June-oon wohi: Bloc, stock, barrel

Thirty-nine days after the Lok Sabha poll result was announced, the results of the recent assembly byelections had enough reason for the India bloc to rejoice and have the last laugh.

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July 14, 2024
Jailed Delhi CM Kejriwal has lost 8.5 kg, says AAP
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Jailed Delhi CM Kejriwal has lost 8.5 kg, says AAP

Claims blood sugar level fell below 50 on five occasions

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July 14, 2024
'This raises questions over exam's credibility'
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'This raises questions over exam's credibility'

Puja Khedkar, a 2023 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, is at the centre of a massive controversy.

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July 14, 2024
Pollution board consent not taken for MTHL casting vard
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Pollution board consent not taken for MTHL casting vard

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) didn’t procure the mandatory certificate from Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) to set up the casting yard at Ulwe for the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL), also called Atal Setu.

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July 14, 2024
Drenched city sees tree falls, short circuits, upended traffic
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Drenched city sees tree falls, short circuits, upended traffic

After a frustrating Friday, the weather continued to rain on the parade of motorists on Saturday.

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July 14, 2024
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20 yrs on, Sebi case jurisdiction unclear

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has been running from pillar to post to prosecute electronics and durables giant BPL Ltd and its directors, who along with stock broker Harshad Mehta were accused of rigging stock prices in 2001.

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July 14, 2024
PM's push for people's power
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PM's push for people's power

In Mumbai to launch big ticket infrastructure projects on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also inaugurated the Indian Newspaper Society’s secretariat, INS Towers.

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July 14, 2024
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Death toll 3: Indian among victims

A body of a 40-year-old Indian national working in Nepal was among three corpses recovered by rescuers on Saturday from the wreckage of two buses that were swept by a mudslide into a rain-swollen river with more than 50 passengers a day earlier.

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July 14, 2024
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‘Happy moment' parole for murder convict

The Bombay High Court has granted parole to a man to bid farewell to his son, who is going to Australia for further studies, observing that if parole can be granted to share grief, it can also be for a “happy occasion”.

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July 14, 2024