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Micro Raman Spectrometer installed in Utkal University

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On the occasion of the National Science Day, the Utkal University on Friday installed a 'Micro Raman Spectrometer' worth around Rs 1.5 crore in physics department laboratory for research purposes. from Education News: Latest Job Notifications, Admit Cards, Exam Paper Analysis,Results - Times of India https://ift.tt/2viYjYo

Historian Prof Settar passes away

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Settar, known for his multi-disciplinary work, held several key positions, including in the Indian Council for Historical Research (ICHR). He was at present a Professor Emeritus at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS). from Education News: Latest Job Notifications, Admit Cards, Exam Paper Analysis,Results - Times of India https://ift.tt/3ab164q

IISc open day organised on Saturday

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Sharon Stone shares 'samosa packet' pic showcased by CAA protesters

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Donald Trump imposes international travel restrictions after first coronavirus death in US

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US President Donald Trump on Saturday announced restrictions on travel from Iran and advised fellow citizens not to travel to certain areas of South Korea and Italy. ​​The announcement came as the first death from coronavirus was reported in the US from the Washington state. "Unfortunately, one person passed away overnight. She was a wonderful woman, a medically high-risk patient in her late 50s," Trump told reporters at the White House. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/38cInnR

Now I know better…

Does love diminish when you love more people? Are prayers wasted when they are for others? Is there a limit to the amount of work you can do? I used to think that love gets... from Times of India Opinion https://ift.tt/32EZn4W

Peace needs a chance: Afghans greet US-Taliban deal with unease & hope

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US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban political chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar signed the peace deal deal in Doha, Qatar. The deal could pave the way toward a full withdrawal of foreign soilders form Afghanistan over the next 14 months, in return for a commitment by the Taliban to refuse sanctuary to jihadist groups such as al-Qaida . from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2wh9HE2

Dadar hotelier kills himself, son in native Udupi

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Gopalkrishna Rai, a 52-year-old hotelier from Dadar, committed suicide with his six-year-old son Aneesh in his native town near Udupi, Karnataka. The bodies of the father-son duo who went missing from Nethravati Bridge on February 16 washed ashore on Friday at Mattu beach in Udupi district. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Live Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/39cK9GO

Mumbai: RPF cop dies in bid to save man

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A Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable, whose wife delivered a baby boy two days back, was killed after a fast Virar-Churchgate local hit him between Bandra-Mahim stations on Friday. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Live Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3cji7eL

Property tax: BMC acts tough, nets Rs 350cr in wk

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BMC received Rs 350 crore as property tax in the last week after it started taking strong action against defaulters by attaching their properties, including movable assets. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Live Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/32Cixsd

Thane: Insect kills one at stn on Matheran line

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A 35-year-old man from Neral died after he was bitten by an unidentified poisonous insect close to Jummapati railway station near Neral on Saturday morning. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Live Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2vtyVyT

Delhi riots: 69 applicants to get relief today

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A total of 69 riot-affected persons have applied till Saturday evening to take immediate monetary relief of Rs 25,000 announced by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. After holding a marathon meeting to review the distribution of relief and implementation of rehabilitation measures in riot-affected areas with the senior officials at the office of northeast district magistrate on Saturday, Kejriwal said that all the 69 applicants would be given the money by Sunday so that they can restart their life. from Delhi News, Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2PAGs5M

Northeast Delhi schools not to open till March 7

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Delhi government on Saturday decided to keep the schools in the riot-hit northeast Delhi closed till March 7. While the annual school examination has also been postponed in these areas, CBSE’s classes X and XII board exams will be held in all centres from March 2. from Delhi News, Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2T9QHQM

Delhi govt’s special cell to tackle online rumours

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Delhi government is going to set up a special cell to fight the menace of rumours and fake and misleading content being shared on WhatsApp and other social media platforms. During the riots, which left nearly 42 dead, rumours were used to fan violence in different parts of northeast Delhi. from Delhi News, Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/39eK05Q

How Delhi cops lost the plot at the outset

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It appears that erroneous judgements, inadequate deployment and absence of swift decisions on the part of police led to northeast Delhi spinning out of control and 42 people being killed in a span of 36 hours. TOI spoke to several police officers whose accounts seemed to suggest this was what happened when riots broke out last Sunday. from Delhi News, Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2viUuCv

Peace my first priority: Delhi Police commissioner

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IPS officer S N Shrivastava took over as Delhi Police commissioner on Saturday evening from Amulya Patnaik. Shrivastava is currently awaiting formal orders and will hold the police chief’s post as an additional charge apart from being the chief of law and order in Delhi. from Delhi News, Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/32C0h2d

New curbs for Urs pilgrims from Pakistan

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Lok Janshakti Party to release manifesto 6 months before Bihar polls

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Lok Janshakti Party chief Chirag Paswan, who is trying to invoke Bihari pride by launching a ‘Bihar First Bihari First’ campaign in the state, told TOI that manifestos should be the centre of a campaign, not caste or religion.“Political parties should come out with their manifesto quickly so that elections are fought on developmental issues rather than caste and religion" from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2uH9qKh

Mantri’s fresh salvo against ‘anti-nationals’

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Confident India can ensure return of peace: Indonesia

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Forces to stay longer in J&K as Syed Ali Shah Geelani health sparks unrest fears

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The right and wrong lessons of Shaheen Bagh

Narendra Modi’s claim of good governance was shattered yet again by Delhi’s riots last week that took 40 lives and destroyed the homes and livelihoods of hundreds of overwhelmingly Muslim families. BJP leader Kapil Mishra... from Times of India Opinion https://ift.tt/2TdDh6C

Ayodhya readies for mandir construction

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Heavy earthmoving machines rolled into the Ramjanmabhoomi premises in Ayodhya on Saturday afternoon, marking the beginning of construction of the Ram Mandir. The chief priest of the makeshift temple, Acharya Satyendra Das, said, “Machines have begun levelling land and clearing bushes and heavy thickets… It’s a joyous moment for Hindus in India " from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3cidDVD

Jamal Lewis sinks Leicester to boost Norwich survival bid

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Brendan Rodgers admitted he was "bitterly disappointed" to see Kelechi Iheanacho's goal disallowed before Jamal Lewis fired bottom club Norwich to a 1-0 win over Leicester on Friday. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/2I6tCYY

US postpones ASEAN regional summit due to coronavirus: Official

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The United States has delayed a regional ASEAN summit scheduled to take place in Las Vegas next month due to fears of the coronavirus. Leaders from the Association of South East Asian Nations had been due to be hosted by President Donald Trump on March 14. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3aeoRbN

US: Chinese ship fired laser at American plane

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US to charge $1,000 to fight deportation?

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Harry & Jon Bon Jovi recreate Beatles cover

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Turkey opens border to Europe amid escalating Syrian conflict

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India foreign secretary visits Afghanistan ahead of US-Taliban deal

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Coronavirus slows in China, but gallops worldover

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Delhi riots: Over 800 find home where heart is

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Over the last few days, Chandu Nagar, a small neighbourhood in northeast Delhi has become a “temporary” refugee colony. Each one of the 60 houses here has virtually been converted into a bunker, well-stocked with essentials and medicines. from Delhi News, Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2PzVzwn

Shaheen Bagh women grieve for the riot-hit

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A sharpened need for their own security, a shared grief with “families who lost their sons” in the northeast Delhi violence and some disappointment that the case was deferred to March 23 marked the first reactions at Shaheen Bagh after Supreme Court said it did not find the climate conducive to proceed on the road-closure case. from Delhi News, Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/38cuypk

Schools in riot-hit areas to open for staff today

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All Delhi government and government-aided schools in riot-affected northeast and east Delhi areas will open on Saturday for the principals and the staff to assess the situation. School management committee (SMC) meetings will be held the same day. from Delhi News, Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/39cempp

SDMC to impose professional tax

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After rejecting the commissioner’s proposal for four years, the standing committee of South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) on Friday decided to impose a professional tax on everybody with a monthly gross income of Rs 50,000 and above under its jurisdiction. from Delhi News, Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/3a6NW8G

Gzb: Man strangles wife, two kids; hangs himself

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A 29-year-old man allegedly strangled his wife, four-year-old daughter and two-year-old son with his hands before tying a noose with his wife’s dupatta and using it to hang himself. from Delhi News, Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2T8NWiL

Truckers, owners pay Rs 48k cr/yr in bribes

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Truck drivers and fleet owners shell out around Rs 48,000 crore annually as bribes to traffic or highway police, besides personnel from the transport and tax departments, according to a study carried out across 10 major transport and transit hubs. The study by SaveLife Foundation, a not-for-profit entity, claimed that over 82% respondents had admitted to having bribed “officials of one or the other department on the road” during their last trip. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2T9tX3G

Why no FIR against any BJP neta, asks Congress

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Seers and BJP put Ayodhya’s culture on display in Delhi

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Don’t preach what you don’t practise, BJP tells Congress

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Mumbai: Two acquitted of rape of SA model

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Fourteen years after two city businessmen were accused of raping a 27-year-old South African model at a hotel, a sessions court acquitted them on Friday. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Live Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3afeDbf

Phone thief drags woman out of moving train

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A 28-year-old woman, who is employed as a visual effects artist, was dragged out of a moving Vapi passenger train when she caught the man who snatched her phone near Borivli station. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Live Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3acixSe

Man convicted of beating cop to death over helmet

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A sessions court on Friday convicted a 24-year-old man for thrashing a traffic constable, Vilas Shinde (52), to death after he stopped his relative, a minor, for not wearing a helmet and took away his bike key. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Live Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3adNrtn

CBI books GST officer for disproportionate assets

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The CBI has registered a case against assistant commissioner, CGST, Deepak Pandit, for possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. Three of Pandit's family members have been booked too. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Live Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/32zK1id

Congress netas made false promises to refugees 27 times: Amit Shah

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Govt rebuffs plea on Census caste data

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JJ flyover: Now, drive at 60kmph, but 35 on curves

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Speed limit on JJ flyover in south Mumbai has been increased to 60kmph, with a maximum of 35kmph on its curves, following repeated complaints of congestion. Speed limits on 10 other arterial roads have also been revised by traffic police in accordance with a notification issued by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH). from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Live Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2T3Q2k2

Cops visit homes, trace abandoned baby's mom

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Armed with a list of addresses of new mothers provided by the maternity wards of hospitals, the police visited more than 30 homes this month to check if the newborns were with their mothers. Their efforts were aimed at finding out who had abandoned a four-day-old girl outside the Chandanwadi cemetery near Marine Lines on January 30. ​ from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Live Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3971fG5

Navi Mumbai teacher held for molesting 17 children

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A teacher at a civic school in Navi Mumbai has been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing 17 girl students in Mahape. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Live Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2I8g8Md

US, Germany report first cases of infection from unknown source

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Scotland first to offer pads and tampons for free

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The Scottish parliament has approved plans to make sanitary products freely available to all women, the first nation in the world to do so. The legislation would make tampons and sanitary pads available at designated public places such as community centres, youth clubs and pharmacies, at an estimated annual cost of 24.1 million pounds. The Period Products (Free Provision) Scotland Bill passed through its first stage with 112 votes in favour, none against and one abstention. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2T6BAI4

Scotland first to offer pads and tampons for free

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The Scottish parliament has approved plans to make sanitary products freely available to all women, the first nation in the world to do so. The legislation would make tampons and sanitary pads available at designated public places such as community centres, youth clubs and pharmacies, at an estimated annual cost of 24.1 million pounds. The Period Products (Free Provision) Scotland Bill passed through its first stage with 112 votes in favour, none against and one abstention. from UK News Headlines, Latest UK News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2T6BAI4

Delhi riots: Marauding mobs vent fury on schools

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There were at least 300 students in Victoria Senior Secondary School near Chand Bagh when it came under attack on Monday around 12.30pm. The school is a CBSE examination centre, and the students were writing their Class XII exam when a hundred-strong crowd gathered outside, pelted stones and charged at the gate, lathis in hand. from Delhi News, Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2T6qp1P

At hosps, some look for cure, others closure

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“When we heard the mob attacking the houses nearby, we hid the men in our family under clothes and inside a cupboard. But the rioters barged in and dragged my brother out though he kept pleading, ‘Main aapka bhai hoon’. After two days of searching for him, we finally came to Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital where we located his body,” wept Farheen, sister of Mohammed Musharraf. from Delhi News, Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/3cfyXen

Riot-hit areas in NE Delhi picking up the pieces

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With some grocery shops having reopened, damaged electrical lines being restored, metro stations functioning and at least a few people starting to go about their daily chores, northeast Delhi is slowly trying to move on from the horrors of the last few days. from Delhi News, Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Tme4p9

'Three-level plan to fight air pollution in Delhi'

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Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai on Thursday said the AAP government might consider preparing a three-level action plan to reduce air pollution in the city. from Delhi News, Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Py1bax

Delhi: No exam in violence-affected areas till Sat

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The Central Board of Secondary Education exams for classes X and XII for Friday and Saturday have been cancelled in northeast and the affected parts of east Delhi. from Delhi News, Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2T6ANqE

Delhi govt to pay for treatment of riot victims

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Delhi government will bear all medical expenses of the riot victims even if they are admitted to private hospitals, give up to Rs 10 lakh as compensation to the kin of the dead, and up to Rs 5 lakh each to those who have lost houses in this week’s violence in northeast Delhi. The government has also announced a Rs 1 crore compensation to the family of head constable Ratan Lal who was killed in the riots, besides a job to one member of his family. from Delhi News, Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/3afcUTw