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BJP using J&K to stir emotions, Cong will restore statehood: Vadra

Bishnah: Congress will restore J&K’s statehood, party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said on Saturday while she slammed BJP for using the UT as a pawn to “stir emotions” elsewhere in the nation.

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September 29, 2024
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Afzal's bro looks to win Sopore

Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru’s brother Aijaz Ahmed Guroo, who is fighting the J&K poll from Sopore on development and employment plank, said the challenges faced by the assembly segment mirror the broader problems of the UT.

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September 29, 2024
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₹9k cr Tata Motors' plant soon in TN

Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin on Saturday laid the foundation for Tata Motors' new facility in Raniket that would produce sports cars and SUVs.

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September 29, 2024
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Apple exits OpenAI's $6.5bn funding talks

As Sam Altman-run OpenAI prepares to close a potential $6.5 billion funding as early as next week, Apple has reportedly pulled out of the latest round.

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September 29, 2024
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Militancy, drug cases rising under LG: Cong

On a day when PM Modi was in Jammu and a cop was killed in Kathua and security forces battled militants holed up in Kulgam, Congress claimed the security situation in J&K has deteriorated under the watch of the Centre. It alleged drug smuggling too has picked up in the UT.

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September 29, 2024
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This is only 'karma': Jaishankar slams Pakistan in UNGA address

External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Saturday said Pakistan's cross-border terrorism will never succeed and its actions will \"certainly have consequences\", emphasising it is \"karma\" that the country's ills are now consuming its own society.

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September 29, 2024
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Kol bureaucrat's wife 'raped' at gunpoint

The Calcutta high court ordered Kolkata top cop Manoj Verma to initiate departmental proceedings against three top police officers for \"mishandling\" the initial probe in the alleged IAS officer's wife rape case.

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September 29, 2024
Rohidas Patil cremated with full state honours
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Rohidas Patil cremated with full state honours

Former minister Rohidas Patil was cremated with state honours at the SSVPS College grounds in Dhule on Thursday.

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September 29, 2024
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ST woman's rape, cops nab accused

A disturbing case of a tribal woman being forcibly raped by a suspect has surfaced, where the victim was blackmailed with threats of sharing obscene videos on social media.

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September 29, 2024
Waste management a global challenge, says Mike Hankey
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Waste management a global challenge, says Mike Hankey

Consul General of the United States in Mumbai, Mike Hankey, has said that waste management was an important issue, not just for an urbanising Maharashtra, but for communities across India and around the world.

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September 29, 2024
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Patil to take poll call post 'pitru paksha'

Maharashtra BJP leader Harshvardhan Patil on Saturday said he would take a decision on contesting the upcoming Assembly polls from his traditional Indapur seat in Pune's Baramati tehsil after 'pitru paksha' is over.

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September 29, 2024
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Barricades on FC Road until 29/9, says PMC

Even after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's scheduled visit was cancelled, barricades set up by Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on various roads for the occasion have not been removed, complained residents.

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September 29, 2024
Puri calls for consensus over bringing fuel under GST
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Puri calls for consensus over bringing fuel under GST

Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday called to build consensus over bringing petrol and diesel under the Goods and Services Tax.

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September 29, 2024
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Mixed reactions over new civic body proposal

The Maharashtra government has asked the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) for its opinion about the formation of a new municipal corporation for Hadapsar and Wagholi areas or a separate municipal council for Wagholi.

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September 29, 2024
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Prime Minister will virtually inaugurate metro stretch today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was scheduled to visit Pune on Thursday to inaugurate the District Court to Swargate stretch of Pune Metro and other development projects worth Rs22,600 crore.

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September 29, 2024
ABVP protests student's rape
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ABVP protests student's rape

DEMANDING JUSTICE | Case registered under POCSO; police arrest two suspects and detain two minor suspects, for raping Wadia College's minor girl student

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September 29, 2024
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Pawar slams Tingre over Porsche incident

NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar targeted Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar-led NCP MLA Sunil Tingre for \"helping\" the accused in the Pune Porsche crash case.

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September 29, 2024
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Jai Hind students widen worldview with tourism event

Jai Hind College's Bachelor of Vocation Travel and Tourism Management (BVoc TTM) department recently hosted a World Tourism Day Industry Symposium, focusing on the theme 'Tourism, Peace and Sustainability'.

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September 29, 2024
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State sanctions posts for Mira Road court

The law and judiciary department of the state government has sanctioned the required posts needed for the commencement of the First-Class Judicial Magistrate and Civil Judge (junior division) court in Mira Road.

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September 29, 2024
MTHL cams fail to detect violations
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MTHL cams fail to detect violations

The cameras on Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL), also known as the Atal Setu, are reportedly failing to detect traffic violations.

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September 29, 2024
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Navi Mum tops Majhi Vasundhara Abhiyan

The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has secured second rank in the Maharashtra government-led initiative 'Majhi Vasundhara Abhiyaan'.

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September 29, 2024
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Concerning! Heart ailments are on the rise among men

WORLD HEART DAY | In the last three years, more than 85% patients who underwent primary angioplasty were men, says Wockhardt Hospitals data

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September 29, 2024
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Pune man held for ₹5.87 crore drugs parcel scam

A 37-year-old man has been arrested from Pune for allegedly duping a health consultant from Dadar East of Rs5.87 crore in drugs in parcel scam.

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September 29, 2024
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‘Prompt action brought me back from jaws of death’

It was a regular workday for Vijay Kumar Hinger, 54, last week. He bid his wife and sons goodbye and left for work.

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September 29, 2024
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₹4.5 crore compensation for accident

The National Lok Adalat held in Thane district, Maharashtra, on Saturday awarded Rs 4.50 crore to the relatives of Pankaj Ramesh Shedge, who lost his life in a road accident in 2022.

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September 29, 2024
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Doc's driver, two others held for ₹21L theft at hospital

The crime detection unit attached to the Kashigaon police has arrested three people for theft at Radha Hospital in Kashmir on September 21.

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September 29, 2024
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HC supports wife who left man's home inhabited by lover

The Goa bench of the Bombay High Court recently ruled that a husband insisting his wife to live with him in a house, which he shares with his paramour is a valid reason for the wife to stay separately.

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September 29, 2024
Navratri devouts cycle 949km to seek goddess' blessings
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Navratri devouts cycle 949km to seek goddess' blessings

In a unique celebration of Navratri, which is around the corner, 111 devotees from Mumbai are on a cycling pilgrimage to Kutch to seek blessings from Ashapura Mataji.

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September 29, 2024
BMC's Jellyfish for cleaning Banganga Tank
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BMC's Jellyfish for cleaning Banganga Tank

Machine to be deployed for trial

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September 29, 2024
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BookMyShow execs skip EOW summons, issue statement

BookMyShow executives skipped the summons issued by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Mumbai police on Saturday.

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September 29, 2024