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Bangladesh PM says election free and fair'
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Bangladesh PM says election free and fair'

UN human rights chief Volker Turk implored the government to 'ensure that the human rights of all Bangladeshis are fully taken into account'

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January 09, 2024
Jagan's 3-capital plan hits SC hurdle
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Jagan's 3-capital plan hits SC hurdle

The plan to build three capitals for Andhra Pradesh will remain unrealised in the current tenure of chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy because the Supreme Court has declined to entertain his government's plea to settle the legal dispute over the issue till April, people familiar with the matter said.

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January 09, 2024
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India-UK FTA dialogue to enter final stage tomorrow

The 14th and the final round of negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) between India and the UK will enter the last lap from Wednesday and are likely to take up remaining issues such as business mobility, Scotch whiskey, automobiles, farm products, pharmaceuticals, rules of origin, and a separate pact to boost bilateral investments, three officials with direct knowledge of the matter said.

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January 09, 2024
US confronted Pak on ISI's role in Uri attack: Ex-envoy
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US confronted Pak on ISI's role in Uri attack: Ex-envoy

Soon after the 2016 terror attack on an Indian Army base at Uri, the US confronted then-Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif with evidence of the InterServices Intelligence (ISI) agency's role in the assault, according to a new book by former envoy Ajay Bisaria.

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January 09, 2024
Consumers' interest is key in electricity matters: Top court
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Consumers' interest is key in electricity matters: Top court

Courts cannot disregard consumer interest to protect power generating companies, the Supreme Court emphasised on Monday as it set aside a Rajasthan high court decision directing the state to purchase 200 MW electricity from a private electricity producer.

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January 09, 2024
Raj minister loses to Cong rival in key bypoll
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Raj minister loses to Cong rival in key bypoll

Rajasthan minister Surendra Pal Singh on Monday lost an assembly byelection in Karanpur by a margin of 11,283 votes to his Congress rival Rupinder Singh Kooner, in a result that came as an embarrassment to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) only weeks after it formed the government in the state.

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January 09, 2024
Villagers flee as gunfight in Manipur enters Day 2
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Villagers flee as gunfight in Manipur enters Day 2

Security forces and militants exchanged fire for a second day in Manipur's border town Moreh, officials aware of the matter said on Monday, triggering panic in villages around the area in the strife-torn state.

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January 09, 2024
HC notice to CM on plea against Lokayukta order
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HC notice to CM on plea against Lokayukta order

The Kerala high court on Monday sought Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's response on a plea challenging a Lokayukta order that rejected a complaint alleging misuse of the Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund (CMDRF) during the tenure of the previous Left government.

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January 09, 2024
ED accuses Bengal cops of diluting attack case; ruling party hits back
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ED accuses Bengal cops of diluting attack case; ruling party hits back

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday accused West Bengal police of diluting the charges pressed against accused persons in the Sandeshkhali case in which a team of the federal agency were attacked by a mob when it went to raid the house of a Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader.

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January 09, 2024
'SC ruling path-breaking': who sentenced convicts for life Judge
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'SC ruling path-breaking': who sentenced convicts for life Judge

The Supreme Court ruling cancelling the remission granted to the convicts in the 2002 Bilkis Bano case by the Gujarat government is \"path-breaking and encouraging\", said the Mumbai trial court judge, who had sentenced them to life imprisonment, on Monday. Justice U D Salvi, now retired, had in 2008 convicted 11 men in the gang rapecum-murder case, in Gujarat, whose trial was held in Mumbai.

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January 09, 2024
Day before mega summit, PM to meet world leaders in Guj
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Day before mega summit, PM to meet world leaders in Guj

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday night reached Gujarat, where he will hold bilateral talks with world leaders and meet CEOs of top global corporations on Tuesday a day before the inauguration of Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit, officials aware of the details said.

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January 09, 2024
Jan Aushadi stores to help save health care costs: Shah
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Jan Aushadi stores to help save health care costs: Shah

The Centre will facilitate the setting up of one cooperative society in every village, which can now enter the retail pharma business and bridge health care gaps in rural India by dispensing inexpensive generic medicines, Union home and cooperation minister Amit Shah said on Monday.

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January 09, 2024
AAP leaders file nomination for polls to 3 Delhi RS seats
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AAP leaders file nomination for polls to 3 Delhi RS seats

The three Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders picked by their party for the Rajya Sabha elections - former Delhi Commission for Women chairperson Swati Maliwal, and sitting parliamentarians Sanjay Singh and ND Gupta- on Monday filed their nomination papers at the office of the returning officer for the polls.

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January 09, 2024
Plan to decongest Pankha Rd stuck at planning stage
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Plan to decongest Pankha Rd stuck at planning stage

A proposal to decongest Pankha Road - a key 6km stretch in west Delhi - has remained stuck at the consultancy stage for the past decade, with five tenders for the project eliciting only one bid, a status report filed by the Public Works Department (PWD) has revealed.

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January 09, 2024
12 stuck in Karol Bagh lift, rescued after 3 hrs
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12 stuck in Karol Bagh lift, rescued after 3 hrs

Twelve people were stuck in an elevator at a Karol Bagh bar for three hours on Monday, police officers and fire department officials aware of the matter said.

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January 09, 2024
Pahuja murder: Cops look for body along Punjab canal
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Pahuja murder: Cops look for body along Punjab canal

Nearly a week after a 27-year-old woman was shot dead at a hotel in Gurugram, police are yet to find her body and have extended their search to canals in Punjab, based on the statements of the arrested suspects, officers associated with the case said on Monday.

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January 09, 2024
Why Bilkis remission verdict makes crucial legal points
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Why Bilkis remission verdict makes crucial legal points

The Supreme Court judgment on Monday scrapped the premature release of 11 convicts, sentenced to life in 2008 for the gang rape of Bilkis Bano and murder of seven of her family members during the 2002 Gujarat communal riots, striking a fine balance between the legal principles and the curious facts of the case even as it came down hard on the Gujarat government.

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January 09, 2024
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To beat pilot fatigue, DGCA raises weekly rest from 36 to 48 hrs

IT COMES AT A TIME WHEN THE INDUSTRY IS GRAPPLING WITH SHORTAGE OF STAFF, LEADING TO PILOTS BEING OVERWORKED

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January 09, 2024
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INDIA-UK SET TO BEGIN LAST LEG OF TALKS FOR FTA: OFFICIALS

The 14th and the final round of negotiations for a free trade agreement between India and the UK enter the last lap from Wednesday that may take up remaining issues such as business mobility, Scotch whiskey, automobiles, farm products, pharmaceuticals, rules of origin and a separate pact to boost bilateral investments, three officials with knowledge of the matter said.

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January 09, 2024
Wintry nights... after grey, chilly days
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Wintry nights... after grey, chilly days

The Capital woke up to its coldest morning in over three weeks on Monday with temperatures dropping overnight to a low of 5.3°C, before foggy conditions made for yet another grey, chilly day with the daytime peak reaching no higher than 17.5°C.

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January 09, 2024
Hasina scripts history, says polls 'free, fair'
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Hasina scripts history, says polls 'free, fair'

Sheikh Hasina accepts greetings a day after returning to power in Bangladesh for a 4th term.

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January 09, 2024
Aditya-L1 systems online, data soon
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Aditya-L1 systems online, data soon

Two days after India's first solar observatory, Aditya-Ll was parked in an orbit around Lagrange Point-1 to observe various aspects of the Sun for the next five years, scientists at the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on Monday said that all the instruments on the spacecraft have been turned on.

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January 09, 2024
India summons envoy, turns heat on Maldives
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India summons envoy, turns heat on Maldives

India on Monday summoned the Maldivian envoy to the external affairs ministry to express its strong concerns over derogatory comments made against the country and its top leadership by several leaders of the ruling party in the Indian Ocean archipelago, people familiar with the matter said.

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January 09, 2024
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Bilkis, who left fearing reprisal, hails order: 'Can breathe again'

\"Today is truly the New Year for me.

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January 09, 2024
SC quashes early release of Bilkis convicts, decries 'fraud'
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SC quashes early release of Bilkis convicts, decries 'fraud'

The Supreme Court on Monday scrapped the remission granted to 11 men convicted in the Bilkis Bano gang rape case and directed them to surrender in two weeks, holding that the Gujarat government was complicit with the prisoners and wrongly exercised its power to order their premature release.

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January 09, 2024
Eat with a passion: The many wonders of these seedy fruits
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Eat with a passion: The many wonders of these seedy fruits

Passion fruits are loaded with health benefits and can be eaten in interesting ways

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January 08, 2024
Nadal's comeback halted, out of Aus Open with 'micro tear'
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Nadal's comeback halted, out of Aus Open with 'micro tear'

Rafael Nadal's comeback from a year on the sidelines due to injury has lasted three matches and seven sets.

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January 08, 2024
Delhi face defeat; Pujara hits 17th first-class double
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Delhi face defeat; Pujara hits 17th first-class double

Delhi are staring at a dispiriting defeat to Pondicherry in their opening fixture of the 2023/24 Ranji Trophy season. At the end of Day 3 of their Group D match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, the hosts were 126/8 in the second innings, a lead of just 30 runs.

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January 08, 2024
Rohit, Kohli Back In T20 Fold As World Cup Looms
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Rohit, Kohli Back In T20 Fold As World Cup Looms

The selectors make a U-turn after giving serious thought to moving past the stalwarts after 2022 WC disappointment

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January 08, 2024
Fourth Month Of Gaza War As Israeli Airstrikes Kill 113
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Fourth Month Of Gaza War As Israeli Airstrikes Kill 113

The Gaza war raged on into a fourth month on Sunday as the Israeli army pounded the Palestinian territory with strikes and US top diplomat Antony Blinken was back in the Middle East seeking to avoid a wider escalation.

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January 08, 2024