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The booster dose coverage in the eligible population in the country has gone up to 27%. According to the health ministry, nearly 16 crore precautionary doses were administered during the 75-day-long 'Covid Vaccination Amrit Mahotsav' that helped achieve this target. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/Sq4b1lX

Shashi Tharoor's election campaign ran into rough weather no sooner than it was launched on Friday after the manifesto he released contained a map of India with parts of J&K and Ladakh missing. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/p7DbLI9

India's "deft and impactful diplomacy" at the recent IAEA general conference in Vienna was one of the reasons that forced China to withdraw a resolution against Aukus, a security-focused Australia, UK and US initiative that seeks to arm Australia with N-powered submarines. "India's considered role helped many smaller countries take a clear stand on the Chinese proposal," said a source. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/m5knrWb

With Mallikarjun Kharge set to become the Congress president, former finance minister P Chidambaram and Digvijaya Singh are in the race to succeed him as leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha, with Singh's nose seemingly ahead. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3T9mcNg

The four-month monsoon season officially ended on Friday with the country recording "above normal" rainfall at 6% higher than the long period average. However, skewed distribution in the crucial July-August period left large rain deficits in the Gangetic plains, leading to about 1% decline in the overall acreage of kharif (summer sown) crops as compared to last year. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/pFvjeya

It is Mallikarjun Kharge vs Shashi Tharoor for the much-awaited Congress presidential election. Octogenarian Kharge, the establishment's choice, and Tharoor, the underdog diplomat-turned-politician, filed their nomination papers on the last day on Friday, setting to rest the two-month-long speculation. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/outbOhU

Two Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists were killed in a shootout with a combined team of Army, CRPF and J&K police in the Pattan area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/dPVTsJZ

The noise inside Vande Bharat train is 100 times less than that in an airplane, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday after travelling in the indigenously designed train. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/7lAkPKJ

The Union home ministry has upgraded the security cover of industrialist Mukesh Ambani to the highest category of 'Z-plus' from 'Z', based on the review of his threat perception by central intelligence agencies. About 40 CRPF commandos will work in shifts to guard him, reports said. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/rSk9xHt

Uttarakhand is celebrating the appointment of Lt Gen Anil Chauhan as the new Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), and the fact that Chauhan and his predecessor, Gen Bipin Rawat, not only hail from the hill state but also come from the same district, Pauri Garhwal. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/Q3r1B4J

Attributing the inexorably long visa waiting period to the impact of Covid, the US embassy in Delhi said staffing should be back to 100% of pre-Covid level in less than a year. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/Zw0RfSn

With this, the total number of such reserves in UP will go up to four, including the Dudhwa tiger reserve in Lakhimpur district, Pilibhit tiger reserve and Amangarh tiger reserve (a buffer zone of the Corbett tiger reserve) in Bijnor. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/T0ibeJx

As the race was thrown open, Congress was finalising a replacement candidate for Gehlot, with Mallikarjun Kharge, a senior Dalit leader, as the lead contender. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/xWa2ezj

Digvijaya's entry in the race triggered excitement with some saying the veteran has the profile and is a bigger name than Tharoor - a factor that would be crucial if it turns out to be an "open contest" without a leader with the Congress chief's backing. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/DmrjB2x

The announcement spar- ked fresh buzz about whether Gehlot will continue in the CM's post or will be eased out, and if his replacement will be his bete noire Pilot. It is felt that AICC may call another legislature party meeting in Jaipur. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/fSxsj5v

Among the arrested top leaders of PFI, its chairman OMA Salam is a Kerala government employee who was suspended as recently as 2020; national vice-chairman E M Abdur Rahiman a retired librarian who served in Cochin University of Science and Technology in Kalamassery. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/ztJwdSe

A senior woman IAS officer in Bihar has kicked up a major controversy by publicly mocking a poor schoolgirl who asked if the government could provide sanitary napkins at lower prices, saying there was no end to such demands and asking if they would want 'condoms too.' from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/v8TCiFX

Several Islamic groups in Kerala reacted cautiously to the PFI ban on Wednesday and reiterated their opposition to the outfit's extremist ideology, but at the same time asked the Centre to check "hate campaigns" of RSS and affiliates against the minority community. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/rwdKaGF

TOI has learned that SDPI was spared as it is a registered political party, swearing allegiance to the Constitution of India. An officer said that SDPI, as long as it indulges in democratic activities by legal means, may not warrant a ban or crackdown. inside flap from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/PneupMO

Continuing its crackdown on terror funding, the State Investigation Agency (SIA) on Tuesday conducted raids at different locations in Poonch and Rajouri districts of J&K. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/fO5q1yK

​​ An FIR has been registered against the unknown car driver, who fled from the spot, at Nagina Police Station, and police took the SUV in custody, they said. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/kPCH9ln

The CP said this measure has no link with the nationwide crackdown on PFI and its workers. Kumar added that the RSS HQ being a 'Class A' vital installation, it is on "high priority". "Security audit of vital installations are being carried out on a regular basis," he said. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/BJ5QVmt

The bid to rope in Gehlot, who is in the eye of a storm over the boycott of the legislative party meeting in Jaipur on Sunday, have been on for two days, and the party seems to be using a mix of persuasion and sternness to nudge him. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/J7rvkQG

Three Rajasthan Congress members - senior ministers Shanti Dhariwal and Mahesh Joshi, and RTDC chairman Dharmendra Rathore - have been asked to respond to a show-cause notice in 10 days for Sunday's boycott of the legislature party meeting in Jaipur. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/Wp6fJHt

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday distanced himself from the alleged "parallel meeting" at cabinet colleague Shanti Dhariwal's residence in the run-up to the mass resignations that scuttled Sunday night's CLP meeting, saying that MLAs supposedly loyal to him gathered there without his knowledge and that he never intended to deviate from what the Congress high command wanted him to do. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/k7RydvG

Hindus for Labour is calling for a future Labour government to strengthen bilateral relations between India and Pakistan in order to build strong communities in Britain, particularly in light of the Leicester violence. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/HgvLBAU

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​​The plantation came a day after a Tyagi community leader threatened demonstrations if the trees were not planted at the same place within 48 hours. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/VDlCi6B

"We have been offered three-four shops to open vends at the domestic terminals of the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport. A couple of those shops are suitable for large-sized premium vends with a floor area of more than 1,000 square feet," the officer said. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/4R16IDw

The Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC) inducted two girls for the first time in the institution's history of over 100 years, reports Pankul Sharma. The 'July batch of 2022' began on Monday with students of Class 8, including the two girl students. Central command PRO Shantanu Pratap Singh termed it "a historic moment for the college". He said one of the girl students is from Haryana and the other is a day scholar. The decision on RIMC came after the Centre opened the doors of the NDA for women. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/guGoJSD

Amid the crisis in Rajasthan, the rebuff from the Gehlot camp stands in stark contrast to the ease with which Congress replaced Amarinder Singh as the chief minister of Punjab last year, underscoring the growing belief that an ever-weakening Congress would leave the leadership vulnerable to state satraps with hold over local units. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/sNfmg6V

The average GFR in India stood at 86.1 from 2008 to 2010 (three-year period) and has come down to 68.7 during 2018-20 (average of three years), according to the Sample Registration System (SRS) data 2020 released recently. The decline, SRS data show, has been steeper in rural areas at 20.2% compared to 15.6% in urban areas. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/LUGWO5u

Minister and Ashok Gehlot loyalist Shanti Dhariwal alleged a “100% conspiracy” against the CM by Ajay Maken and Sachin Pilot. Accusing Maken of approaching MLAs to campaign for Pilot as the next CM, Dhariwal said he had proof to back his allegation. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/PBZctbw

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Uttarakhand’s sex ratio (number of females per 1,000 males) at birth was found to be the worst in the country at 844, and Kerala’s the best, at 974, according to the Sample Registration System Statistical Report 2020. The report, released by the Registrar General of India (RGI) on September 22, stated that the country’s overall sex ratio at birth had gone up by three points to 907 in 2018-20 from 904 in 2017-19. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/6uN2WY4

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If Gehlot does contest the internal polls, then many believe the message would be that the so-called revolt was actually a "fixed match" between the Central and state brass to demonstrate who among the aspirants had the acceptability to lead the party in Rajasthan. But if Gehlot backs out, then it would be seen as a genuine revolt whereby the state leadership virtually seceded from the already weakened high command, and refused to accept its writ. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2fFNyMk

The family of 19-year-old Ankita Bhandari, whose brutal murder rocked Uttarakhand, cremated her body in Srinagar in Pauri Garhwal on Sunday evening. Earlier on Sunday, Ankita’s father refused to cremate her body, demanding the full post-mortem examination report. ​​The post-mortem examination was conducted on Saturday by a panel of doctors from AIIMS, Rishikesh. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/FlGSmYT

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India can scale up production of the indigenous Tejas light combat aircraft to meet operational requirements and export orders, defence ministry officials said. The single-engine Tejas fighter is already the frontrunner to bag a Malaysian order for 18 light twin-seat fighter trainers despite strong competition from Chinese JF-17, South Korean FA-50 and Russian MiG-35 and Yak-130 jets. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/M5SU1Ot

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Two migrant labourers were shot at and injured by terrorists in Kharbhatpora locality of Ratnipora in South Kashmir's Pulwama district on Saturday evening. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/spxbl7k

Masked supporters of PFI unleashed a "planned violent guerrilla strike" during Friday's statewide protest called by the outfit, Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Saturday. An NIA special court in Kochi sent 11 PFI functionaries to the central agency's custody till September 30. UP Police's Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) Saturday arrested six members of PFI from Varanasi and Meerut under UAPA. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/TyBJ5Ra

Rajasthan CLP will meet on Sunday, in what appears to be an exercise to pick the successor of CM Ashok Gehlot, the putative AICC president. The core issue is if Gehlot will have to relinquish the CM’s post, and if Sachin Pilot will replace him. Pilot is also the choice of the leadership. But the party has to negotiate the CM’s preference, and the legislature party in which Gehlot has an absolute support. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/9jmvWP8

The government said there had been a sharp increase in hate crimes, sectarian violence and anti-India activities in Canada and that the perpetrators had not been brought to justice so far. India reacted strongly to the so-called "Khalistan referendum" in Canada, saying it was "deeply objectionable" that such a "politically motivated" activity by extremist elements was allowed to take place in a friendly country. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/stBOMzr

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Former Rajasthan deputy CM Sachin Pilot on Friday reached Jaipur from Kochi amid hectic lobbying in the Congress for the chief minister's post after Ashok Gehlot announced his decision to contest the Congress national president's election, and rushed to meet the Speaker and party MLAs. It is learnt that the party top brass has asked Pilot to stay put in Jaipur and meet MLAs till a final decision is taken. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/ZobAgwX

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Delhi on Friday recorded 95 fresh Covid-19 cases with a positivity rate of 0.96 per cent, while one more person succumbed to the viral disease, according to city health department data. The new cases were detected from 9,922 tests conducted the previous day, the department said in its latest bulletin. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/h3ZwWt9

YSRC leadership on Thursday clarified that the party will have election for the post of president and there will be no concept of president for life. The party had at its plenary in July elected chief minister and YSRC president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy its president for life. But the EC said electing a party president for life is anti-democracy. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/HbI3V8E

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There are more than a lakh cases in district and taluka courts pending for over 30 years. With 41,210 such cases, Uttar Pradesh leads the list and is followed by Maharashtra with 23,483, West Bengal with 14,345 and Bihar with 11,713 cases. That’s a total of nearly 91,000 between just these four states. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/HXIBnKY

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PFI has assiduously followed a multi-pronged operational strategy that aims to communalise the nation's polity, encourage and enforce Taliban brand of Islam, heighten existing social divisions, dislodge moderate mainstream Muslim organisations from the collective mind of the community and maintain a trained band of volunteers for physical actions, according to a dossier on PFI prepared by the NIA in 2017. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/XcgQpWd

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