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Dubey's call to cull out UTs gaining ground
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Dubey's call to cull out UTs gaining ground

Supporting BJP MP Nishikant Dubey’s plea to make Malda, Murshidabad union territories, BJP’s Baharampur MLA Subrata Moitra on Sunday said creating UTs out of these districts will save the Hindus”.

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July 29, 2024
UltraTech Cement board nod for acquisition of 32.72% of India Cements
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UltraTech Cement board nod for acquisition of 32.72% of India Cements

Aditya Birla Group flagship company UltraTech Cement will acquire a 32.72 per cent stake in India Cements from promoters and their associates for Rs 3,954 crore to expand its footprint in the highly competitive and fast-growing Southern cement market, particularly Tamil Nadu.

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July 29, 2024
'India needs to strive to be $30 trillion economy'
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'India needs to strive to be $30 trillion economy'

NITI document | Paper for vision for Vikshit Bharat in 2047

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July 29, 2024
Activists demand an end to ongoing RFD project
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Activists demand an end to ongoing RFD project

NATURE'S FURY | Riverfront development blamed for the recent flood by environmental activists

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July 29, 2024
Victim's father assaulted suspect in public in 2019
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Victim's father assaulted suspect in public in 2019

Filed a case against him under POCSO after learning that the two were in a relationship, according to police

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July 29, 2024
Blow to flat owners who face dispute with bldrs
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Blow to flat owners who face dispute with bldrs

HOUSING SOCIETIES | Arbitration cannot be invoked by individual members or groups of members for resolving the disputes emanating from development agreement, HC says

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July 29, 2024
Hosp booked for abetment to suicide, under SC/ST Act
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Hosp booked for abetment to suicide, under SC/ST Act

NERUL TRAGEDY | Deceased leaves note saying staff were threatening to stop treating newborn twins over pending bills

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July 29, 2024
Slugfest continues over Amit Shah-Pawar spat
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Slugfest continues over Amit Shah-Pawar spat

COUNTERATTACK | SC relieved home minister from all false cases, says Piyush Goyal; Raut says Pawar's allegations are true

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July 29, 2024
Deshmukh, Fadnavis play blind man's bluff
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Deshmukh, Fadnavis play blind man's bluff

The sensational allegations by the former home minister of Maharashtra against his current incumbent have created ripples not just in the state but also in New Delhi.

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July 29, 2024
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Ayodhya's Milkipur bypoll critical for BJP

The upcoming by-election in Ayodhya's Milkipur, part of the Faizabad parliamentary constituency, has become a significant contest for both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP). This by-election was triggered by SP national general secretary Awadhesh Prasad's recent election to Parliament.

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July 29, 2024
BJP in kiss and make up mode
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BJP in kiss and make up mode

Nine new governors include 4 RSS men, including CP Radhakrishnan in Maharashtra

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July 29, 2024
Basement was a death trap
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Basement was a death trap

Opposition parties in the national Capital on Sunday described as \"murder\" the death of three civil services aspirants due to flooding of a building's basement, even as Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi dubbed it as a corollary of 'collective and systemic failure.

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July 29, 2024
Mulund erupts over shifting of PAPs to suburb
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Mulund erupts over shifting of PAPs to suburb

7,439 tenements planned to house all city project-affected people

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July 29, 2024
What an Evening in Paris
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What an Evening in Paris

LADIES IN ARMS Manu Bhaker becomes first Indian markswoman to win shooting medal at the Olympics; quotes Bhagavad Gita after historic bronze

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July 29, 2024
Man kills GF's roommate, held 48 hours later in MP
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Man kills GF's roommate, held 48 hours later in MP

Suspecting that his girlfriend’s roommate was responsible for break up, a youth slit the latter’s throat and stabbed her multiple times to death.

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July 28, 2024
SKY POWERS INDIA TO BIG WIN
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SKY POWERS INDIA TO BIG WIN

Suryakumar Yadav's fiery half-century and a fine bowling performance powered India to a 43-run victory in the first T20I against Sri Lanka in Pallekele, on Saturday.

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July 28, 2024
Israeli airstrikes hits girls' school, leaves 30 dead
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Israeli airstrikes hits girls' school, leaves 30 dead

Israeli airstrikes hit a school and a hospital in central Gaza on Saturday as the country's negotiators prepared to meet international mediators to discuss a proposed ceasefire.

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July 28, 2024
Trump touts warm ties with Netanyahu
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Trump touts warm ties with Netanyahu

Former U.S. President Donald Trump touted his close relationship with Benjamin Netanyahu when he hosted the Israeli Prime Minister on Friday and accused US VicePresident Kamala Harris of making \"disrespectful\" comments about the Gaza war.

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July 28, 2024
'Gen Z feels the Kamalove'
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'Gen Z feels the Kamalove'

“Brats for Harris.” “ We need a Kamalanomenon. ” “ Gen Z feels the Kamalove.”

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July 28, 2024
3.6% educators trained to teach 1.5L children
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3.6% educators trained to teach 1.5L children

Despite government initiatives promoting inclusivity, only 3.6% of teachers in Madhya Pradesh are adequately trained to teach the 1.5 lakh identified children with special needs (CWSN) who are enrolled in government and private schools from Class 1 to 8.

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July 28, 2024
Centre-backed confident Nitish in poll talks with J'khand leaders
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Centre-backed confident Nitish in poll talks with J'khand leaders

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Saturday held a meeting with his party leaders from Jharkhand and discussed strategy with them for the upcoming assembly election in the neighbouring state.

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July 28, 2024
Muzzled. Humiliated, says Didi; Delhi denies
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Muzzled. Humiliated, says Didi; Delhi denies

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who walked out of the Niti Aayog meeting after being allegedly “humiliated” by the BJP central leaders, slammed the saffron camp on reaching Kolkata.

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July 28, 2024
Body of man swept away by floodwaters recovered
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Body of man swept away by floodwaters recovered

A 26-year-old man was swept away during heavy rains coupled with the release of water from the Khadakwasla dam on Wednesday evening in Pune's Katraj area.

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July 28, 2024
Disha Salian death case: Dead end after 4 years
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Disha Salian death case: Dead end after 4 years

Even after four years, the mystery surrounding the death of Disha Salian continues.

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July 28, 2024
At NITI Aayog meet, Shinde seeks central aid for infra projects
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At NITI Aayog meet, Shinde seeks central aid for infra projects

At a time when the opposition parties in Maharashtra are cornering the Mahayuti government for its poor share in the Union budget compared to Andhra Pradesh and Bihar, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday sought some relief from the Centre and demanded assistance for infrastructure projects to ensure timely completion.

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July 28, 2024
'Rift among people over quota worrying'
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'Rift among people over quota worrying'

Days after NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar came out of hibernation on the blazing issue of reservation for the Maratha quota and finally met Chief Minister Eknath Shinde to discuss the finer points, on Saturday at Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar he held a media interaction and expressed concerns over the widening rift among communities, especially the Marathas and the Vanjaris.

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July 28, 2024
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War of words over Pawar's jibe at Shah

NCP - SCP chief Sharad Pawar's riposte to Union Home Minister Amit Shah calling him the \"ringleader of corruption in politics,\" has unleashed a war of words between the state BJP leaders and the senior leader.

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July 28, 2024
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Soldier dead, in Pak attack in Jammu

A soldier was killed and four others, including a captain, were injured as the Indian Army foiled an attack on Saturday by Pakistan's Border Action Team (BAT) in the Kamakari sector of Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, military sources said.

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July 28, 2024
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Saraswati statues in U'khand schools, madrasas

In the backdrop of the controversy over covering the mosques with sheets on the Kanwar routes, the Uttarkhand Government has come up with an order asking all educational institutions, including madarsas, to install statue of Bharat Mata and Godess Saraswati.

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July 28, 2024
MuSo on Time's list of greatest places
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MuSo on Time's list of greatest places

Museum of Solutions (MuSo), a unique children’s museum in Mumbai, has been featured by TIME magazine in its list of the World’s Greatest Places of 2024.

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July 28, 2024