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Bengaluru engineering student gets 5-year jail for celebrating Pulwama killings on Facebook

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Any failure on the part of the convict to pay the fine, Faiz Rasheed, a resident of Bengaluru’s Kacharakanahalli, will result in six more months of imprisonment, said Judge CM Gangadhara of the special court for National Investigation Agency and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) cases. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/9Sgmdpe

PM Narendra Modi pays tribute to Patel, attacks Congress; says enemies trying to break unity

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Later in the day, PM targeted Congress over Patel’s photo not featuring in advertisements in newspapers given by the party-led government in Rajasthan and advised its leaders to first connect with the man who unified India. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/zfEmcOV

NOC must for border mining: Army to Punjab

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Move on sedition law may happen in winter session, government tells Supreme Court

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At the outset of the hearing, attorney general K Venkataramani told a bench of Chief Justice UU Lalit, Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Bela M Trivedi that the provision pertaining to sedition may change and pleaded that hearing be deferred as the issue was “engaging the attention of the relevant authority”. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/7D6rsaE

9 held as Gujarat footbridge collapse toll rises to 134, search to resume today

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Government hospitals in the town treated 56 people, of whom 15 are still to be discharged. Till late afternoon, people were spotted dashing in and out of hospitals with pictures of loved ones in the hope of either finding them alive. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/Euh4LrO

Congress slams Kiren Rijiju for Nehru remarks, calls him ‘distorian’

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Rijiju recently said that Nehru's “blunders” like enacting Article 370 and approaching the United Nations for dispute with Pakistan hurt India’s interest and was the reason behind militancy and loss of lives in Jammu & Kashmir. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/iRQwoET

Probe, take action against Chinese loan apps, MHA tells states and UTs

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Claiming a 12 times jump in loans on digital platforms between 2017 and 2020 and occurrence of 52 suicides due to blackmailing by these loan apps, Congress sought to know what the Narendra Modi government was doing to curb these practices. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/wNO6y0Y

Telangana government withdraws CBI general consent

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The call for a CBI probe gained traction after Telangana police recently arrested three people for allegedly trying to bribe four TRS MLAs with Rs 100 crore each for defecting to BJP ahead of the high-stakes Munugode bypolls. Dismissing the charges, BJP functionaries moved the Telangana high court and requested a CBI inquiry. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/0TE9MCe

90 feared dead as footbridge in Gujarat collapses days after repair

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​Morbi MLA and minister of state Brijesh Merja confirmed 60-odd deaths as the prospect of finding survivors appeared to dim around 10.30pm, almost four hours after the bridge came down in a cacophony of snapping iron cables and horrified screams. Officials said the tragedy occurred between 6.30 and 7pm. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/W9hJwMx

Take advantage of new possibilities: PM Narendra Modi to Jammu and Kashmir youths

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​“We are committed to taking benefits of development equally to all sections and citizens,” PM Modi said, referring to a record increase in the number of tourists visiting J&K, which he attributed to infrastructure development and increased connectivity in recent times. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/DCniSqR

Telangana: High-stakes campaign precedes November 3 bypoll to Munugode assembly seat

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Three men rob SUV at gun point in Delhi

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A 35-year-old man was allegedly robbed of his SUV by three persons at a gun point in southwest Delhi's Cantonment area, police said on Sunday. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/ZsdMYyB

Telangana HC orders judicial remand of accused in MLAs’ poaching case

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Following a criminal revision petition filed by Cyberabad police challenging the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) court’s order, Justice C Sumalatha said the three accused should immediately surrender to the Cyberabad police commissioner and be sent to jail till the next time the police presents them before a court. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/doAZgQI

Assam govt cracks the whip on preaching by foreign nationals

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In Kerala, a garden springs from a book

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Sam Santhosh, the brain behind the project, is a US-based Malayali entrepreneur from Thrissur. Since 2016, his team has collected and planted 678 of the 742 plant species (of which three are repetitions) mentioned in the book. The search for the remaining 61 plants might take another two years, he said. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/kgJvC7H

Fair trial in gold smuggling case not possible in Kerala: ED in SC

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In a rejoinder affidavit, the ED said that transfer of trial was needed as high-profile persons, including the former principal secretary of the CM, were involved and they were trying to influence the accused and witnesses. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/MfThmye

Tamil Nadu ‘suicide bomber’ planned to hit temple, homes: NIA sleuths

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The hypothesis they are going by is that Mubin was radicalised after being exposed to IS literature, but hadn’t received training in terrorist tactics. Whatever he knew about handling explosives was by reading material available on the internet about bomb-making. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/j9Nbs1x

Cost of educating doctors and nurses doubles in 10 years in India

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The pattern was the same for nurses with the estimated expenditure per nursing graduate dropping across the world while it went up by 167% in China and doubled in India. The only other region where the per graduate cost went up was in North Africa, where cost per doctor went up by 47% and by 25% for nurses. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/MJzQZPL

Rash driving clause if human hurt, not pet: HC

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PM Modi cautions states and UTs against global ‘inimical forces’

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Cautioning states and UTs of emerging threats, including cyberattacks, from inimical forces as India marches ahead on the path of economic growth and competes with global powers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday told their law enforcement agencies to anticipate and understand the challenges that may stem from a sense of global competition but eventually turn into enmity. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/ltzYnTk

Rise above political differences to address terrorism, 26/11 will never be forgotten: India at UN meet

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The 2-day CTC meeting started in Mumbai with all UNSC member-states participating in a wreath-laying ceremony at the 26/11 Memorial at the Taj hotel, one of the main targets of the Mumbai attacks. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/OzGK2sj

Aim is to ensure progress of far-flung areas to fulfil country’s security needs: Rajnath

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In a statement, a defence spokesperson said, "These 75 projects — 45 bridges, 27 roads, two helipads and one carbon neutral habitat — are spread across six states and two Union Territories (UTs). Twenty of these projects are in Jammu & Kashmir; 18 each in Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh; five in Uttarakhand and 14 in other border states of Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan.” from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/zQupCZt

Congress will withdraw GST on handloom products & keep only one tax slab if it comes to power: Rahul Gandhi

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Amit Shah puts full stop to Vij’s lengthy speech

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Army man injured in Baramulla encounter succumbs; terrorist killed in Kulgam

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In a statement, a police spokesman said that acting on specific information regarding presence of terrorists in Wanseeran Taripora jungle under Sheeri police station, a joint team of police, Army 52 RR, 46 RR and 53 Bn CRPF launched a cordon-and-search operation in the area on Wednesday. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/Klx9deF

Blast plot at Jammu station foiled, 18 detonators recovered

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IAF to progressively induct C-295 tactical airlifters from next September onwards, with bulk of them to be produced in poll-bound Gujarat

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The first 16 C-295s will be delivered in a flyaway condition by Airbus Defence and Space (Spain) between September 2023 to August 2025 under the Rs 21,935 crore deal inked for 56 such medium-transport aircraft last year. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/dT4WUCJ

Those shielding sponsors of terror equally culpable: India

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The remark by India's ambassador to the UN in New York, Ruchira Kamboj, came ahead of the crucial special meeting of the UNSC counter-terrorism committee (CTC) which will begin in Mumbai on Friday with the participants paying respects to the victims of 26/11 Mumbai attacks. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/BUHaXqc

Sonia Gandhi bids goodbye to Congress party chief's role after 22 years

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At the party function where Kharge was inaugurated as the Congress president, the first non-Gandhi chief in 24 years, AICC passed a resolution showering praises on Sonia for her contributions - lifting the party in bad times and for giving the country a leadership that resulted in landmark decisions on social welfare and ushered in systemic transparency during the UPA governments. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/lp1R6Yc

Tamil Nadu to hand NIA Coimbatore car explosion case

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An NIA team got cracking hours before the CM’s move, meeting senior officials of Coimbatore police for a briefing on the findings of the investigation so far that led to the arrest of five young men allegedly linked to IS. A batch of NIA officials had been camping in the city since Monday while another arrived late Tuesday, sources said. They hadn’t visited the blast site till the government’s announcement. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/Tv7H1jY

Normalisation of India-China ties is in interest of both: EAM

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As the minister has said in the past, the ‘three mutuals’ include mutual respect, mutual sensitivity and mutual interest. While disengagement has been achieved at several friction points, India maintains that the process has to be completed in the remaining areas for restoring normalcy in ties. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/1pkuNsQ

India an important manufacturer of vaccines for world: White House

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Responding to a question, Dr Jha said the QUAD partnership - a strategic security dialogue between Australia, India, Japan and the US -- on coronavirus was important to the Joe Biden administration. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/buQd7BR

Ram temple in Ayodhya to open for public by Jan 2024

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The dimension of the main temple will be 350x250 ft, Rai said. On PM’s suggestion, a study is being done to assess the impact of the footfall on the five km-area around the temple once it is opened. The temple is being built at a cost of Rs 1,800 crore. Rai said that 50% of the construction work has been completed. “We are satisfied with the speed and the quality of the work being done,” he added. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/iB1LZY7

9 Kerala VCs refuse to quit, guv sends notice to 2 more

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Heat-linked deaths among 65+ up 55% since 2000-04: Lancet

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The report, released early Wednesday, noted that globally such heat-related deaths had increased 68% during 2017-21, reaching 3,10,000 deaths annually. It said the death toll was significantly exacerbated by the confluence of the Covid-19 pandemic. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/Mj0UGny

Stop tiger safari project at Corbett, says NGT

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Tamil Nadu blast: UAPA against 5, cops claim IS link, plot to hit 5 places

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CCTV camera footage purportedly shows deceased Jameesha Mubin, whom the NIA had interrogated in 2019, and three of the arrested IS suspects placing two LPG cylinders and three drums filled with “light explosives” in the car around 11.30pm on Saturday, Coimbatore police commissioner V Balakrishnan said. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/vsAt0Fy

2 missing Indians: 4 Kenyan officers of militia booked

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Four Kenyan police officers from a notorious unit linked to extrajudicial killings and other crimes were charged Monday for the disappearance of three, including two Indian nationals - Balaji Telefilms' former COO Zulfiqar Ahmad Khan and his friend Zaid Sami Kidwai. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/WnAuTgi

In special hearing, Kerala HC allows 9 V-Cs to continue

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Five held in Tamil Nadu blast case, cops find explosives

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Coimbatore police arrested five people after a 29-year-old man was killed in a car explosion in front of a temple in the city on Sunday. While cops said the blast was possibly triggered by an LPG cylinder, a search at the residence of the deceased, led to the detection of a huge quantum of explosives. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/n1fuZTM

‘Eatery to refund service charge, pay Rs 10k to patron’

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War never first, always our last resort, says PM Modi

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Man gives cell phone for repair, loses Rs 2 lakh from bank

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Maharashtra: Minister aspirants in Shinde group may get state board posts

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Man gets 1.5-year jail for calling girl 'item'

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A special Pocso court has sentenced a Mumbai businessman to 1.5 years of jail for sexually harassing a 16-year-old by pulling her hair & calling her "item". from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/Of0KbRk

22kg heroin seized in J&K

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Five labourers feared drowned as sand-laden boat sinks

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4-year-old shot dead by dad's friend

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A four-year-old child playing outside his house was abducted and later shot dead by his father's friend in Agra on Saturday. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/r9Czxbj

AQI poor in Delhi, but cleanest Chhoti Diwali in 7 years

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Air quality was in the 'poor' cateogry on Chhoti Diwali - AQI at 259 - but it was the cleanest since 2015. Weather analysts identified low stubble count due to late withdrawal of monsoon, and low wind speed to carry stubble smoke as major factors for the slightly better air quality. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/ntp9lBY

Non-lab method can assess heart attack risk: Study

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​XBB cases double in 1 week, set to be dominant Covid strain

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Covid infections caused by Omicron’s newly identified XBB strain have nearly doubled in the past week in India, experts said on Sunday from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/4VHWiG9

Bollywood actor Jacqueline tried to flee India: ED; but bail extended

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1 5 die on way home for Diwali from Hyderabad to UP

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Fifteen migrant workers died while 40 others were injured, many of them critically, when the bus they were travelling in crashed into a truck on a ghat road in MP's Rewa district late Friday. From Hyderabad, the workers were heading home to UP's Gorakhpur - a 1,500km journey - for Diwali. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/tTslgJd

UK Queen Consort Camilla slips into Bengaluru on wellness visit

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The United Kingdom’s Queen Consort Camilla landed in Bengaluru on a private visit for her first overseas tour. She came by a British Airways flight Thursday, travelled by road for nearly 40 km from Kempegowda International Airport to Soukya, a tony holistic health and wellness centre near Whitefield. She’ll be undergoing rejuvenation therapies during her nearly 10-day visit. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/CdKoNjO

Homegrown CAR-T cells 'cure' 8-year-old's leukemia

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Taxpayers resent money wasted on freebies: PM Modi

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Isro's dedicated commercial satellite launch vehicle LVM3-M2 lifts off

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With just 6 days left as CJI, Lalit works on Saturday to finish Amrapali hearing

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