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2nd heavy rain spell in Delhi but August in 'deficit'

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The skies opened up over Delhi late Tuesday morning and many parts of the city received heavy showers till the evening, flooding roads and causing all-too-familiar traffic chaos on many stretches in the capital, reports Jasjeev Gandhiok. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/2WyQBXH

Supertech to file review plea, 250+ wait for refunds

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“I invested in a project and a building sanctioned by the Noida Authority. What can I say?” The flat that Arvind Kushwaha has invested in, and waited a decade for, will not be delivered to him. It will instead be razed. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3t0KmYq

Slogan case: Hindu Raksha Dal chief surrenders

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Delhi Police on Tuesday arrested Hindu Raksha Dal chief Bhupinder Tomar alias Pinki Chaudhary in connection with his alleged involvement in the Jantar Mantar communal sloganeering case after he surrendered at a police station in a dramatic manner. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/2WyKVwl

Tiger activist thrashed by drunken youths

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Allahabad HC to examine state funding to religious educational institutions

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Himachal Pradesh vaccinates all of its 18+ population with first dose

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Chhattisgarh tribals protest police firing

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‘Condom no proof of consensual sex’

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Fisherman nets Rs 1.3 crore Ghol haul

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2 years on, man freed from jail as sister says framed him in sex case

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Badruddin Ajmal’s MLA resigns, set to join BJP today

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‘Oral directions by judges unacceptable’

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China expands its activities to Sri Lanka’s north; India worried

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At Pranab memorial lecture, Vice President bats for ‘Mission 5,000’ to save parliamentary democracy

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In its first edition, the memorial lecture also saw the virtual participation of former PM Manmohan Singh and a recorded message from Bangladesh premier Sheikh Hasina and Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3Dy83fq

Amit Shah unveils portal, says Jammu and Kashmir could see Rs 50,000 crore investment

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Amit Shah said that industries were shy of investing in J&K all these years due to some hurdle or the other, and the scrapping of Article 70 and Article 35A had removed these hurdles. He said the new central sector scheme for J&K was a huge milestone. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3mQDT1c

9 Supreme Court judges take oath on a day of many records

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In an eye-ball grabbing event held in the 900-seater auditorium with strict compliance of Covid protocol, the focus was on 58-year-old Justice Bangalore Venkataramiah Nagarathna. On taking oath, she not only followed in her father E S Vankataramiah’s footsteps to the SC, but like him will go on to become the CJI in September 2027. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3jxpCEA

Rahul Gandhi, Captain Amarinder Singh differ on Jallianwala renovation

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Weighing in on the controversy triggered by the changes made at Jallianwala Bagh, which was inaugurated by PM Modi in a laser show on Saturday, Rahul posted a strong tweet virtually calling the renovation a defilement of martyrdom from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/38uU8bS

New 1-day high of 1.28 crore jabs; 23% adult population fully vaccinated

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The increased pace of vaccination is primarily driven by improved supplies, while the Centre has also been pushing states to ramp up inoculation coverage, particularly that of the second dose, mainly in the wake of the upcoming festivities. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3mSQ3qa

Taliban kosher? India confirms meeting with senior leader

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Army, Jammu and Kashmir police reach out to terrorists’ kin, urge them to advise their wards to shun militancy

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Dates of Jammu and Kashmir elections ECI prerogative, LG says

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Arms-ammunition, Pakistan currency recovered from encounter site in Poonch

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Afghan teen detained while ‘returning home’ from Delhi via Kashmir

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Karnataka temple bans parking by non-Hindus

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Pakistan zealots demolish Krishna idol

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After 30 years in Pakistan jail, Madhya Pradesh man handed over to BSF

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Will seize Nizam assets and give them to people, says BJP leader

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Oppose co-ed policy: Jamiat to non-Muslims

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Cheetah prep: Vaccination campaign for dogs around Madhya Pradesh national park

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ED raids office of deputy RTO

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Assam Congress slams AIUDF ‘saffron swing’, wants split

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IMA-trained Afghan officers fear for safety

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Row as JD(U) says ‘Nitish Kumar is PM material’

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JD(U)’s Nalanda MP Kaushlendra Kumar even offered his seat to Nitish so that he could contest the next Lok Sabha polls. He cited the example of Narendra Modi, saying he too was the chief minister of Gujarat before becoming the PM. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3zwWUt1

Afghan Sikhs, Hindus sheltering at Kabul gurdwara return home

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A Kabul-based Sikh, who runs a cosmetics shop, said, “Nearly 40 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus run shops and busine- sses in Kabul. They have started returning to work. My brother has a wholesale business of medicines with Indian pharma firms and is back at work. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3sZi0h2

Will foil any bid to fuel cross-border terror: Rajnath Singh

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Delivering the Balramji Dass Tandon Memorial Lecture, organized by Panjab University through video-conferencing, Singh said the government has been “constantly monitoring” the developments in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover of the country. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2WxOnI6

Sale of meat, liquor banned in Mathura

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Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday imposed a complete ban on the sale of liquor and meat in Mathura. Yogi was speaking at the Krishnotsava 2021 programme in Mathura. He suggested that those engaged in liquor and meat trade may take up selling milk in order to revive the glory of Mathura. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3BkKN2y

As world focuses on Afghanistan, Pakistan tries to step up terror activities in Kashmir

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Terror launchpads close to the border are active again and infiltration has picked up, with agencies warning that this could point to an attempt by Pakistan to use the developments in Afghanistan to its advantage. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2V0FqWV

At UN, India reiterates 2-state solution on Palestinian issue

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Shringla chaired four meetings of the Security Council on Monday, a day before the end of India's presidency of the Council. Officials said India successfully steered discussions during its presidency on Afghanistan, Myanmar, Syria, Yemen, and the Middle East Peace Process. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3mKR5Va

Stuck in India for up to a year, 11 Filipino kids and kin return home

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Dr Neerav Goyal, senior liver transplant surgeon at Apollo, said it was heartening to find that though they were on immunosuppressive therapy, the four kids infected by Covid did well. “It reinforces the observation that children do well in handling SARS-CoV2, the virus that causes Covid,” he said. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3jukzVq

E-challans worth Rs 1,975 crore since Sept 2019

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Uttar Pradesh has collected the maximum fine of Rs 545 crore, followed by Bihar with Rs 488 crore and Delhi Rs 244 crore during September 2019 and July 2021, according to government data. Haryana and Tamil Nadu come fourth and fifth in the list. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3gLWGXn

Farmers demand action against SDM, Manohar Lal Khattar defends ‘strict’ action

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“Protection of democracy is the work of the administration. They are assigned to do this job. We have heard and seen the audio and video (of the SDM instructing cops)...Rest, the DGP is probing the incident and the local administration, too, is doing the same. We shall act as and when the report comes to us,” Khattar told reporters in Chandigarh. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2WBphHM

4 gagannauts will go back to Russia for trying out customised spacesuits for Gaganyaan mission

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“The spacesuits are being stitched in Russia and they will be coming here to Moscow to undertake tailoring measurements,” Indian ambassador to Russia D B Venkatesh Varma told the Indian media recently. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3DxU0Xp

BSF foils drug smuggling bid in Jammu and Kashmir; seizes 10kg heroin

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Infiltration bid foiled along LoC in Poonch, one terrorist killed

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Decentralization of powers success of democracy, development: LS Speaker Om Birla

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Bihar deputy CM bats for greater representation of weaker sections in all walks of life

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Separate toilets for transgenders at Delhi Metro stns

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To ensure that transgender passengers travelling by Delhi Metro get unhindered access to toilets at Metro stations, they have been allowed to access separate toilets at stations that were meant only for differently-abled passengers till now. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3znEgnf

3rd wave could be less severe than 2nd one: ICMR’s Panda

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With recent projections that the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic could hit anytime between September and October, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) projects that it could be less severe than the recent second wave. Dr Samiran Panda, head of ICMR’s Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases (ECD) division, said that nobody can predict the third wave for the whole country. “It will now make sense only if district or state-specific data are used for specific projections. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2WDatc7

‘65% of parents feed kids during e-class, 7% of teachers eat too’

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Weekly cases at 8-week high, 66% reported from Kerala

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The sharp surge in Covid-19 infections in Kerala post Onam sent India’s cases in the week ending Sunday zooming to an eight-week high, with the southern state alone accounting for 66% of all cases in the country in this period. India recorded more than 2.9 lakh fresh Covid cases in the week (August 23-29), a 32% jump from the tally in the preceding seven days. This was the highest number of weekly infections since the June 28-July 4 week when 3.05 lakh cases were recorded. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/38qb17j

First batch of Covaxin rolls out of Gujarat plant of Bharat Biotech

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Bastar seeks to shed Red tag, woos tourists with homestays

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Actor Armaan held in drugs case day after house search

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‘Super’ app to provide all vehicle-related services

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Need to form coordination committee in NDA: JD(U)

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JD(U) on Sunday demanded formation of a coordination committee in the 15-party National Democratic Alliance (NDA) at the national level. JD(U) national secretary general KC Tyagi said a coordination committee, or convener, is needed in the NDA like the one in the era of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee and JD(U) functionary George Fernandes. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3yp4apj

Did Deshmukh get CBI clean chit? Congress, NCP seek probe

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NCP and Congress on Sunday claimed that a “report” circulating on social media has revealed that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) gave former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh a clean chit, much before cases were filed against him for corruption and money laundering. However, NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik said, “As per the reports, Deshmukh has been given a clean chit… CBI must clarify if the document in circulation is part of the PE report,” Malik said. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2UZTGza

Nagarathna set to have 3rd shortest term as CJI

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Justice B V Nagarathna will take the first step towards becoming first woman chief justice of India (CJI) on Tuesday when she takes oath as a Supreme Court judge but with a scheduled tenure of 36 days as the head of judiciary, from September 24-October 29, 2027, it would be the third shortest in the 77-year history of Supreme Court. Justice Nagaratha’s 36-day tenure as CJI would be identical to that of Justice Shah. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/38kukz7

After 17 months, Supreme Court to resume physical hearing in a limited way from September 1

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Seventeen months after the Supreme Court completely switched to virtual mode of hearing through video-conferencing, the court has decided to resume physical hearing in a limited way from September 1 with lawyers continuing to have the option joining through the virtual mode. “As per the latest SOP, those appearing before the court in the final hearing/regular matters listed on non-miscellaneous days will have the option of being heard in the physical mode. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2WEBfRf

PM Modi refers to Olympics boost, asks youths to take up sports

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100 lakh crore Gati Shakti, for connectivity boost, to be unveiled in September

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious Rs 100 lakh crore Gati Shakti Master Plan — which will offer multi-modal connectivity to more than 1,200 industrial clusters, including two defence corridors across the country — will be unveiled next month as part of a plan to reduce logistic costs and provide better connectivity. Modi on August 15 had announced that the total size of the Gati Shakti project will be Rs 100 lakh crore for developing holistic infrastructure from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3BlxiQe

Checking fitness levels get easier as app launched on Sports Day

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Union minister Anurag Thakur on Sunday launched the Fit India Mobile Application at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium on National Sports Day.​“The Fit India Mobile App brings ease of checking one's fitness levels right into the palm of every Indian. It has some unique features like ‘fitness score’, animated videos, activity trackers and ‘my plan’ catering to (an) individual's specific needs,” Thakur said. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3kyU54b

Hyperlocal plan: J&K pencil, Karnataka LED in exports push

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How ropeways are going to help in pilgrims’ progress

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Reaching the Hindu shrine of Kedarnath and holy Sikh shrine of Hemkund Sahib in Uttarakhand is likely to become smoother and more enjoyable in the near future as the government plans to provide ropeway links to these major pilgrimage sites. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has invited bids for preparing the feasibility and detailed project reports for eight ropeway links in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh connecting the most sought after pilgrimage and tourist sites. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3BhRJ0m

‘Afghanistan situation a challenge, led to strategy rethink’

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The situation in Afghanistan has emerged as a challenge for India, which along with alignment and realignment of global powers had led the country to rethink its strategy while also putting its weight behind the ‘Quad’, defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday. Turning to the continuing military confrontation with China in eastern Ladakh, he said a unilateral attempt was made last year to change the status quo on the northern borders, which also led to the Galwan Valley clashes. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3Dspiif

India warns arms companies of action for default in offset commitments

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Cracking the whip against foreign armament majors for failure to fulfil their offsets obligations in defence deals, India has threatened to ban a US company and put another 11 American, French, Russian and Israeli firms on a watch-list for imposition of penalties. The defence ministry (MoD) has delivered a stern message to the arms companies, seeking repeated time extensions to discharge their offsets commitments, that it won’t be business as usual any longer, say top sources. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2WvJsXC

Covid-19 cases up 32% to 8-week high, 2/3rd are from Kerala

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The sharp surge in Covid-19 infections in Kerala post Onam sent India’s cases in the week ending Sunday zooming to an eight-week high, with the southern state alone accounting for 66% of all cases in the country in this period. India recorded more than 2.9 lakh fresh Covid cases in the week (August 23-29), a 32% jump from the tally in the preceding seven days. This was the highest number of weekly infections since the June 28-July 4 week when 3.05 lakh cases were recorded. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3jnVBHc

Taliban wants trade with India via Pakistan

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PM Modi praises Sukhet model of Madhubani

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Caste-wise data will give an impetus to the development of all, says Nitish Kumar while reiterating demand for a caste-wise census

Re-emphasizing the demand for a countrywide caste-based census, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar Sunday said that if the country gets caste-wise data on population, it will give an impetus to the development of all. Addressing the national council meeting of JD(U) at its state office here, Nitish said the caste-wise data is beneficial. “The caste-wise enumeration of the population during census-2021 is very necessary. The caste-wise data will be beneficial for all people. If we get a caste-wise break-up of population, it will give an impetus to the development of all castes.” from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3sVssWV

Stop gatherings ahead of festive season, MHA cautions states

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