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JEWELLERY OPERATIONS PUSH TITAN JAN-MAR PAT UP 7% YOY
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JEWELLERY OPERATIONS PUSH TITAN JAN-MAR PAT UP 7% YOY

Robust growth in the jewellery business coupled with growth in watches and wearables helped Titan Co Ltd to report healthy financials for Jan-Mar. Though the company missed the average of analysts' estimates, the earnings were mostly in line with the business update Titan had given earlier.

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May 04, 2024
Tight macro-prudential policy limits hsg sector loans: Reserve Bank paper
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Tight macro-prudential policy limits hsg sector loans: Reserve Bank paper

Tightening of macroprudential policy is effective in controlling bank's credit to the housing sector, a Reserve Bank of India working paper said today. \"When both MaP (macroprudential policies) and monetary policies moved in the same direction, they had a stronger impact on on housing credit growth,\" it said.

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May 04, 2024
MKTS CRASH: INVESTORS' LOSE ₹2.25L CR
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MKTS CRASH: INVESTORS' LOSE ₹2.25L CR

Rumors regarding the potential tax changes in upcoming Union Budget of July 2024 added to the negative sentiment

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May 04, 2024
Towing ops start again in city
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Towing ops start again in city

When there is no adequate arrangement of parking lots in the city and encroachment continues along the roads, the city police have started towing operations from May 1 to crack down on reckless drivers.

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May 04, 2024
Maratha, Dhangar quota to dictate result
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Maratha, Dhangar quota to dictate result

Police cases against Maratha quota agitators, slow progress of the Beed-Ahmednagar railway line, and reservation for the Dhangar community are the dominant issues in Maharashtra's Beed Lok Sabha constituency that goes to polls on May 13.

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May 04, 2024
Trees cut for Devendra Fadnavis & Ajit Pawar's rally, claims NCP(SP)
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Trees cut for Devendra Fadnavis & Ajit Pawar's rally, claims NCP(SP)

Days after residents of the Camp area in Pune raised alarm over alleged tree trimming for the rally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) now claims that trees were allegedly cut in the Warje Malwadi area for the rally of Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar.

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May 04, 2024
Vacant quota seats not released
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Vacant quota seats not released

Fewer than 38% seats reserved under minority, management and in-house quotas at Mumbai's junior colleges were filled in 2023-24, while more than 21% of those spots went unclaimed as the colleges refused to surrender them to the general pool.

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May 04, 2024
Did 'poisoned' constable visit bar?
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Did 'poisoned' constable visit bar?

In his statement before death, Pawar had claimed that he was attacked by miscreants on tracks between Sion and Matunga; however, he is nowhere to be seen in CCTV footage

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May 04, 2024
Chopper on way to pick up UBT leader crashes
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Chopper on way to pick up UBT leader crashes

Pilot suffers injuries, rotor blades of the chopper were broken; Sushma Andhare was not in the helicopter during the incident

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May 04, 2024
I am seeking votes on my father's name: Uddhav
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I am seeking votes on my father's name: Uddhav

Uddhav Thackeray warns Modi and BJP not to use Balasaheb Thackeray's name in the election; asks them to seek votes in their ancestors' names

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May 04, 2024
PRAJWAL'S VICTIM SHARES MURKY DETAILS
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PRAJWAL'S VICTIM SHARES MURKY DETAILS

She was raped at the MP's quarters; another case of kidnapping a household help, who is missing, filed against the father, MLA HD Revanna; mother also an accused in the case; farmhouses raided where the assaults took place

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May 04, 2024
Amethi nominee is Cong loyalist
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Amethi nominee is Cong loyalist

Kishori Lal Sharma, who has been fielded by the Congress from Amethi for the Lok Sabha elecions, is a Gandhi family loyalist.

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May 04, 2024
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PRIYANKA OPTS OUT TO BLUNT DYNASTIC JAB

The Congress ended weeks of anticipation on May 3 by announcing that former party president Rahul Gandhi will contest from Raebareli and nominating Kishori Lal Sharma for the Amethi seat, which Gandhi had lost in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

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May 04, 2024
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In Kalyan, candidate flip-flop

The election scene in the Kalyan Lok Sabha constituency has taken a new turn, with the Shiv Sena (UBT) asking former mayor Ramesh Jadhav to file his nomination.

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May 04, 2024
Modi's special guarantee for Uddhav
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Modi's special guarantee for Uddhav

Of late, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's conciliatory approach towards Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray has resulted in intense speculation about possible post-poll overtures by the BJP, if they fail to get the targeted LS seats in Maharashtra - an outcome which could also alter the political matrix in the State Assembly.

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May 04, 2024
Day 5: Commuters forced to grin & bear
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Day 5: Commuters forced to grin & bear

It was yet another harrowing day for commuters on Harbour line, following three derailments at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus earlier this week.

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May 04, 2024
8-yr-old case is shut on poll eve
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8-yr-old case is shut on poll eve

Rohith Vemula was not a Dalit, claims police. Clean chit to all accused, including then VC of Hyderabad varsity; BJP's erstwhile Secunderabad MP; Union minister Bandaru Dattatreya; and Union Minister Smriti Irani, who held the education portfolio at the time.

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May 04, 2024
KARMAYOGI OR BHAGODA - TAKE YOUR PICK
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KARMAYOGI OR BHAGODA - TAKE YOUR PICK

One wrong move means checkmate

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May 04, 2024
US Campus Divisions Over Gaza War Are Going Global
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US Campus Divisions Over Gaza War Are Going Global

Students in learning centres across Australia are huddlling in rival camps

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May 03, 2024
Shah's Says Congress Ko Dhoondte Reh Jaoge'
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Shah's Says Congress Ko Dhoondte Reh Jaoge'

The Congress will get such a drubbing that party leader Rahul Gandhi will have to take out a 'Congress Dhoondo Yatra' after June 4, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Thursday.

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May 03, 2024
Pak Can't Wait To See Rahul As PM: Modi
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Pak Can't Wait To See Rahul As PM: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi intensified his assault on the Congress party and its leader Rahul Gandhi on the second day of his election campaign in Gujarat. He told a massive rally in Anand, the heartland of India's milk industry, "Pakistan is crying, because Congress is dying in India."

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May 03, 2024
Heavy rain lashes UAE again, several flights cancelled
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Heavy rain lashes UAE again, several flights cancelled

Heavy rain and thunderstorms lashed the UAE on Thursday, leading to the cancellation of several international flights, two weeks after Dubai was hit by unprecedented storms that paralysed the emirate for days.

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May 03, 2024
BIDEN TARS INDIA, CHINA, RUSSIA AS 'XENOPHOBIC'
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BIDEN TARS INDIA, CHINA, RUSSIA AS 'XENOPHOBIC'

President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that "xenophobia" in China, Japan and India is hobbling their growth, as he argued that migration has been good for the US economy.

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May 03, 2024
MIS' LAST CHANCE TO GIVE SOMETHING TO THE FANS #TATAIPE NDIANS
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MIS' LAST CHANCE TO GIVE SOMETHING TO THE FANS #TATAIPE NDIANS

Kolkata Knight Riders look to iron out flaws against off-colour Mumbai Indians

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May 03, 2024
SC no to Nath govt amendment in MPPSC-19 recruitment
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SC no to Nath govt amendment in MPPSC-19 recruitment

Dismissing the amendment made by Kamal Nath government for MPPSC recruitment, Supreme Court the High has upheld Court judgment of double bench judge bench of justice Sujoy Paul and Dwarka Dhish Bansal in its judgment which had declared amendment in rules for MP Public service Commission (MPPSC)-2019 declared 'unconstitutional'.

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May 03, 2024
BJP promotes leaders with corruption, mum on public issues: Priyanka
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BJP promotes leaders with corruption, mum on public issues: Priyanka

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday asserted that the BJP promotes only two kinds of leaders, one who is corrupt and the other who speaks nothing about people's welfare and issues.

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May 03, 2024
POSTAL BALLOT POLLING PROCESS TO BE CONDUCTED WITH UTMOST CARE'
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POSTAL BALLOT POLLING PROCESS TO BE CONDUCTED WITH UTMOST CARE'

District Election Officer and GHMC Commissioner Ronald Rose advised the officials concerned to conduct postal ballot polling duties with utmost care.

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May 03, 2024
Parcel blast kills two in North Gujarat
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Parcel blast kills two in North Gujarat

A deadly explosion ripped through a village in North Gujarat, leaving two people dead and two others critically injured. The incident occurred in Veda village of the Vadali belt in Sabarkantha district, and has sent shockwaves through the community.

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May 03, 2024
Delhi L-G sacks 52 Women's Commission employees
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Delhi L-G sacks 52 Women's Commission employees

Ex-chairperson Swati Maliwal accused of appointing them without permission

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May 03, 2024
Samba infiltration to test alertness of troops on border, says BSF IG
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Samba infiltration to test alertness of troops on border, says BSF IG

A senior BSF official on Thursday said an intruder who was killed along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district may have been sent to carry out reconnaissance of the area and test the alertness of troops for a potential tempt.

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May 03, 2024