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UP's state capital region to be re-defined
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UP's state capital region to be re-defined

There has been a change in the proposed State Capital Region (SCR) of Uttar Pradesh.

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October 05, 2023
IAF gets first twin-seater LCA Tejas aircraft
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IAF gets first twin-seater LCA Tejas aircraft

The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited handed over the first twin-seater LCA Tejas aircraft to the Indian Air Force, on Wednesday, giving a boost to India’s quest for self-sufficiency in defence manufacturing.

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October 05, 2023
NewsClick says raids blatant attempt at preventing reporting
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NewsClick says raids blatant attempt at preventing reporting

The digital media outlet also rejected charges of carrying Chinese propaganda on its platforms

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October 05, 2023
KTR alleges BJP had sent feelers to BRS in 2018
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KTR alleges BJP had sent feelers to BRS in 2018

Claim came after PM said KCR had approached him tojoin NDA buthe had rejected it

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October 05, 2023
TMC MPs enacted drama inside Krishi Bhavan: Union minister
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TMC MPs enacted drama inside Krishi Bhavan: Union minister

Trinamul Congress MPs enacted a shameless drama inside the office of \"Krishi Bhavan\" in Delhi, according to Union Minister of State for Rural Development, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti. She stated that they had no intention of engaging in a serious discussion with her and were primarily seeking political mileage.

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October 05, 2023
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Bengal school job case: ED summons Abhishek Banerjee's wife next week

Enforcement Directorate (ED) has now summoned Rujira Narula Banerjee, wife of Trinamul Congress national general secretary and party Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee, for questioning in connection with the multicrore cash-for-school job case in West Bengal.

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October 05, 2023
City gets 4 times more rain than normal: Met
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City gets 4 times more rain than normal: Met

With incessant downpour since the past few days, the city has received a rainfall of over four times more than the normal. Kolkata recorded 4.46 times more rainfall between 1 and 4 October than what the city used to get during this time of the year, according to the local weather office.

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October 05, 2023
CM reviews flood situation, regrets missing soldiers
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CM reviews flood situation, regrets missing soldiers

Sources said thataround 6,475 persons were rescued, 6,572 persons were evacuated

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October 05, 2023
Sikkim: Glacial lake outburst causes flash floods, CM assures support to victims
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Sikkim: Glacial lake outburst causes flash floods, CM assures support to victims

Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang expressed shock over nature's fury and promised all support to the victims after the Glacial Lake Lhonak outburst flood in Mangan district in North Sikkim that caused the rise of water levels with very high velocities downstream along the river Teesta in the early hours today affecting Mangan, Gangtok, Pakyong, and Namchi districts.

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October 05, 2023
Educators want Guv's consent to the Bill making the CM as chancellor
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Educators want Guv's consent to the Bill making the CM as chancellor

The Educationists’ Forum, consisting of former vicechancellors of state universities and teachers held a media meet within the Jadavpur University campus on Tuesday stating that the Governor was deliberately delaying the formation of the search committee for finding VCs and indulging in illegal practices.

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October 05, 2023
Asansol in turmoil after back-to-back protests
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Asansol in turmoil after back-to-back protests

A ruckus broke out in the streets of Asansol as Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate (ADPC) prevented BJP workers and leaders from moving ahead with their proposed rally here today.

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October 05, 2023
TMC stages protest at RSS office
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TMC stages protest at RSS office

A group of Trinamul Congress activists staged a protest at the RSS office, Keshav Bhavan, late on Tuesday night when Mohan Bhagwat, chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, was present at the venue.

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October 05, 2023
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Dams reduce discharge, barrage flow breaks Mundeswari wall

Damodar Valley Corporation has reduced the discharges from it’s Maithon and Panchetupper dams

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October 05, 2023
Nobel Prize 2023 in Chemistry honours innovators of quantum dots'technology
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Nobel Prize 2023 in Chemistry honours innovators of quantum dots'technology

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the year 2023 has been awarded to three scientists Moungi G Bawendi, Louis E Brus, and Alexei I Ekimov for their discovery and synthesis of 'quantum dots'.

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October 05, 2023
Centre hikes Ujjwala LPG cylinder subsidy by ₹100
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Centre hikes Ujjwala LPG cylinder subsidy by ₹100

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday decided to provide an additional subsidy of Rs 100 per LPG cylinder to women beneficiaries of the Ujjwala scheme.

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October 05, 2023
Liquor scam: ED arrests AAP MP Sanjay Singh
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Liquor scam: ED arrests AAP MP Sanjay Singh

Sanjay Singh's associates & staff had been questioned by ED earlier

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October 05, 2023
Flood-Like Situation Due To Illegal Sand Mining: Ahluwalia
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Flood-Like Situation Due To Illegal Sand Mining: Ahluwalia

The member of Parliament of Burdwan—Durgapur, Surendar Singh Ahluwalia, visited the Durgapur barrage today afternoon and allegedly blamed the rampant illegal sand mining behind the floodlike situation in the seven districts of the state.

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October 04, 2023
Nobel In Physics Goes To 3 For Exploring Electrons With Attosecond Pulses
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Nobel In Physics Goes To 3 For Exploring Electrons With Attosecond Pulses

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Tuesday awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 for exploring the world of electrons with extremely short pulses of light.

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October 04, 2023
Asian Games: Yashasvi hits maiden T20 ton, Bishnoi, Avesh scalp three as India seal semifinal spot
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Asian Games: Yashasvi hits maiden T20 ton, Bishnoi, Avesh scalp three as India seal semifinal spot

Riding on Yashasvi Jaiswal's 49-ball century followed by a scintillating bowling display from Avesh Khan and Ravi Bishnoi, India beat Nepal by 23 runs to enter the semifinal, at the 19th Asian Games, here on Tuesday.

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October 04, 2023
Asian Games: Parul, Annu golds help India inch closer to equal Jakarta medal haul
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Asian Games: Parul, Annu golds help India inch closer to equal Jakarta medal haul

INdianow have 15 golds at Hangzhou 2023 with the total haul rising to 69, including 26silverand 28 bronze

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October 04, 2023
Indefinite shutdown in Manipur dist against arrest of 4 Kuki-Zopeople ends
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Indefinite shutdown in Manipur dist against arrest of 4 Kuki-Zopeople ends

The indefinite shutdown, which began on Monday morning in Manipur’s Churachandpur district to protest against the arrest of four Kuki-Zo people by the CBI in connection with the killing of two young students, ended on Tuesday evening.

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October 04, 2023
Nanded hospital horror: 7 more die, including 4 infants
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Nanded hospital horror: 7 more die, including 4 infants

The dance of death continued at the government hospital in Maharashtra's Nanded with seven more, including four infants succumbing to various health issues since October 2 night.

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October 04, 2023
Europe Union's top diplomat dismisses concern about bloc's long-term support for Ukraine
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Europe Union's top diplomat dismisses concern about bloc's long-term support for Ukraine

The European Union’s foreign policy chief on Monday led a delegation of top diplomats on an unannounced visit to Kyiv and dismissed concerns about political tension in the bloc over its long-term support for Ukraine’s fight against Russia.

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October 04, 2023
Trump's civil fraud trial to get down to business
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Trump's civil fraud trial to get down to business

Lawyers to take up plodding task of going through years of Trump's financial documents

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October 04, 2023
India's services exports go up 8.4 pc to $28.72 bn in August
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India's services exports go up 8.4 pc to $28.72 bn in August

India's services exports went up by 8.4 per cent to $28.72 billion in August this year over the same month of the previous year, while imports fell 0.8 per cent to $15.10 billion, provisional data released by the RBI on Tuesday showed.

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October 04, 2023
Stock market closes in red after trading in negative on weak international cues
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Stock market closes in red after trading in negative on weak international cues

Top gainersamong the Nifty firms included Bajaj Finance, L&T, Titan, Bajaj Finserv, AdaniPorts, signallingsome resilience inselectsectors

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October 04, 2023
PM's messages to Raj CM & BJP leaders makes it Modi vs Gehlot contest
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PM's messages to Raj CM & BJP leaders makes it Modi vs Gehlot contest

Many hidden messages were given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his speech in Chittorgarh, and sources say they were meant both for the Gehlot government and the BJP as well.

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October 04, 2023
Union minister rakes up issue of separate Western UP state
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Union minister rakes up issue of separate Western UP state

Ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Union Minister of State for Animal Husbandry Dr. Sanjeev Balyan has raked up the contentious issue of a separate state of Western Uttar Pradesh.

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October 04, 2023
Bihar: All-party meet welcomes caste survey, BJP says there are irregularities
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Bihar: All-party meet welcomes caste survey, BJP says there are irregularities

Bihar’s all party meeting, which was called by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday, has welcomed the caste based survey released by the Bihar government.

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October 04, 2023
'Jitni abadi, utna haq' could lead to majoritarianism: Singhvi
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'Jitni abadi, utna haq' could lead to majoritarianism: Singhvi

Have not departed from Congress line, he says after flutter created by his comments

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October 04, 2023