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Why women continue to feel unsafe in local trains
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Why women continue to feel unsafe in local trains

Lack of manpower and improper implementation of the system major issues when it comes to women’s safety, experts and unions say

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March 24, 2024
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MU senate approves ₹884 cr budget for 2024-25

With an aim to improve governance and increase its global footprint, the University of Mumbai (MU) senate on Saturday approved a budget of Rs884.55 crore for the 2024-25 fiscal.

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March 24, 2024
Mumbai cops get custody of Somali pirates
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Mumbai cops get custody of Somali pirates

Warship INS Kolkata, carrying 35 pirates who were apprehended by the Indian Navy in an operation off the coast of Somalia, reached Mumbai Naval Dockyard on Saturday morning.

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March 24, 2024
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Toilet septic tank claims 3rd life

Two days after two young brothers died in Malad, their father also succumbed on Saturday

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March 24, 2024
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Man impersonates DCM's PA, dupes people of ₹15L

Imposter promised to solve an issue related to slum redvpt

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March 24, 2024
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'AAP used angadiyas, hawala to move money during Goa polls'

The Enforcement Directorate (ED), which has arrested Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the liquor scam case, has found that Mumbai-based hawala operators and angadias (traditional couriers) were allegedly used to send money (proceeds of the crime) to Goa for the assembly election campaign in 2021-22. This allegation is part of Kejriwal's remand application filed by the ED.

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March 24, 2024
No two ways about halfway homes
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No two ways about halfway homes

Bombay HC asks state govt to make Mental Health Authority fully functional; passes 25 directions; wants additional six halfway homes within the next four months

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March 24, 2024
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6 Cong rebels, 3 Independents join BJP

The six rebel Congress MLAs, who plunged the Congress government Pradesh into in Himachal crisis last month, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday.

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March 24, 2024
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SC-monitored SIT must probe case, says Congress

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Saturday called for a Supreme Court-monitored probe by a special investigation team into the four ways \"char raste\" — of corruption by the ruling BJP using electoral bonds.

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March 24, 2024
Kachnar flowers' gulal enlivens Ram Lalla's Holi
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Kachnar flowers' gulal enlivens Ram Lalla's Holi

The forthcoming Holi celebrations at the temple of Lord Shri Ram Lalla in Ayodhya promise to be more vibrant than ever, thanks to the introduction of skin-friendly gulal made from Kachnar flowers.

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March 24, 2024
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Man serves eight years, gets five-year sentence

An autorickshaw driver who has already spent about eight years in prison for culpable homicide not amount to murder for the death of a passanger has been handed a five year jail term.

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March 24, 2024
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Modi becoming Putin: Chennithala

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is turning into Vladmir Putin of India by trying to snuff the opposition parties and jailing his opponents in order to perpetuate his rule, alleged senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala.

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March 24, 2024
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HC turns down urgent hearing

GAURAV VIVEK BHATNAGAR

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March 24, 2024
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CBI in cash-for-query hunt in Mahua Moitra's homes

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday conducted searches on multiple premises of former Trinamool Member Congress (TMC) of Parliament Mahua Moitra in connection with the alleged cash-forquery case.

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March 24, 2024
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India cries 'interference' over Germany's remark

The External Affairs Ministry on Saturday summoned the deputy head of mission of the German Embassy, George Enzweiler, to lodge its protest over the country's comments on the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by the ED and termed it \"blatant interference\".

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March 24, 2024
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Baseball cap give-away to blast suspect

A limited edition baseball cap has helped sleuths identify the suspect in the cafe blast in Bengaluru as Musavir Hussain Shazib, a member of the Shivamogga ISIS module in Karnataka.

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March 24, 2024
TOLL 133 AS PUTIN LINKS KYIV TO ATTACK THAT ISIS CLAIMS
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TOLL 133 AS PUTIN LINKS KYIV TO ATTACK THAT ISIS CLAIMS

Russia arrested 11 people on Saturday in connection to the gruesome attack on a concert hall in Moscow that has claimed 133 lives.

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March 24, 2024
Kerala in SC against Prez
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Kerala in SC against Prez

The petition questions President Murmu withholding assent to four bills passed by the Assembly

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March 24, 2024
60 drones, 90 rockets: Russia attacks Ukrainian electrical power facilities
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60 drones, 90 rockets: Russia attacks Ukrainian electrical power facilities

Russia attacked electrical power facilities in much of Ukraine, including the country's largest hydroelectric plant, causing widespread outages and killing at least five people, officials said Friday.

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March 23, 2024
Arrests galore: Harbinger of democracy's doom
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Arrests galore: Harbinger of democracy's doom

The arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has raised a series of questions and left the public wondering about the direction in which the country is headed, despite the ruling party and its supporters predictably welcoming the move and have also led to people talking about the erosion of democracy in our country.

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March 23, 2024
GENERAL ELECTION IS A FIGHT TO SAVE COUNTRY: PILOT
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GENERAL ELECTION IS A FIGHT TO SAVE COUNTRY: PILOT

Chhattisgarh State Congress in-charge Sachin Pilot on Friday said that the election is not only against inflation and unemployment, inflation, and problems of farmers are issues and at the same time this fight is to save the country.

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March 23, 2024
Historic listing by KP Green
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Historic listing by KP Green

For the first time in the corporate history of the diamond city in Surat, the BSE listing ceremony of the KP Green Engineering Limited was held in Surat amid the presence of Dr. Faruk G Patel, chairman and managing director of KP Group based in Surat, managing director of BSE Ajay Thakur, KP Group brand ambassadors actor Suraj Pancholi and former Indian cricketer Munaf Pate at the Platinum Hall of the Surat International Exhibition and Convention Centre (SIECC) at Surat on Friday.

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March 23, 2024
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Batters lead CSK to victory

Shivam Dube, Rachin Ravindra play handy knocks

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March 23, 2024
Maharashtra girls in final
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Maharashtra girls in final

Hockey Maharashtra reach second consecutive final beat last year winners Hockey Madhya Pradesh 2-1 in the Major Dhyanchand Hockey Stadium, NehrunagarPimpri here on Friday.

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March 23, 2024
Israel ousted from playoffs
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Israel ousted from playoffs

Israel crashed out of the European Championship qualifying playoffs against Iceland on Thursday, as Ukraine found two late goals for a stunning win at Bosnia-Herzegovina.

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March 23, 2024
Modi's transformative partnership in Bhutan
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Modi's transformative partnership in Bhutan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck here on Friday and the two leaders reviewed the entire gamut of bilateral cooperation and discussed ways to further the \"transformative partnership\".

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March 23, 2024
| ISRO successfully lands reusable launch vehicle
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| ISRO successfully lands reusable launch vehicle

ISRO on Friday said it has achieved a major milestone in the area of reusable launch vehicle technology through the RLV LEX-02 landing experiment.

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March 23, 2024
No SC stay on ASI survey of Dhar's Bhojshala
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No SC stay on ASI survey of Dhar's Bhojshala

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay a recent Madhya Pradesh High Court order, which directed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to survey a protected 11th century monument, Bhojshala, in the tribal dominated Dhar district.

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March 23, 2024
CA students advocate for exam postponement
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CA students advocate for exam postponement

Though the CA Intermediate and Final exams 2024 schedule is adjusted due to elections, the students aren't happy

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March 23, 2024
Karnataka HC allows govt to conduct board exams for Std 5, 8, 9, & 11
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Karnataka HC allows govt to conduct board exams for Std 5, 8, 9, & 11

The exams were stopped midway following a judgment by the apex court

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March 23, 2024