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Haldwani communal violence: State clamps down with curfew, shoot at sight orders | Latest updates

Haldwani is in the grips of communal violence after an “illegally built” madrasa was demolished. Two people have died and over 100 have been injured. Communal tension gripped the Haldwani area of Nainital district on Thursday evening after violence broke out in Banbhoolpura over the demolition of an “illegally built” madrasa, officials familiar with the matter said.…
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‘Manmohan Singh worked in wheelchair’: PM Modi praises former PM in Rajya Sabha

Speaking in the Rajya Sabha, PM Narendra Modi today praised former PM Manmohan Singh. PM Modi was speaking during the farewell of the House’s retiring members. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, commended former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s contribution and said Singh ‘worked even in a wheelchair’. The Prime Minister’s remarks came…
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Amit Shah’s Update On India-Myanmar Border Fence: 10km Covered, Further Work For 20km Approved

  Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday announced India’s plan to build a fence along the Indo-Myanmar border to facilitate better surveillance just like it has barricaded the border along with Bangladesh According to Shah, who posted about this major development on X, said that India will construct a fence along the entire 1643-kilometer-long Indo-Myanmar border.…
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Paytm crisis: Finance ministry tells Vijay Shekhar Sharma to sort it out with RBI

Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma reportedly met Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to explain his position on the RBI action but he was told to directly deal with the regulator. A comprehensive probe could reportedly be initiated against Paytm after ascertaining relevant details from the RBI. An ET report claims the Enforcement Directorate is likely to formally investigate…
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MP Harda Blast: Two Persons Detained, Another Interrogated After Massive Fire Kills 11, Injures 200 Others | Top Points

Following the massive fire that broke out at a firecracker factory in Madhya Pradesh’s Harda on Tuesday, police have taken two persons into custody, while a third is being interrogated in connection with the case. As many as 11 persons lost their lives and 200 others sustained injuries in this terrifying incident. SP (Harda) Sanjeev Kanchan said,…
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Uttarakhand Wants Live-Ins Registered, Parental Nod For Those Under 21

Uttarakhand UCC Bill: The Uniform Civil Code was tabled in the Uttarakhand Assembly Tuesday morning and, among other points, says children born out of live-in relationships will receive legal recognition. Individuals in, or planning to enter, live-in relationships in Uttarakhand must register themselves with district officials once the Uniform Civil Code becomes law, with parental consent required…
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Monkey fever kills 2 in Karnataka: Symptoms, preventive tips and all you want to know

Monkey fever or Kyasanur Forest Disease is a tick-borne haemorrhagic fever that has claimed two lives in Karnataka. All about the symptoms and prevention tips. Monkey fever or Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD) has claimed two lives in Karnataka calling for urgent action and implementation of preventive measures to contain spread of the disease. The tick-borne haemorrhagic fever,…
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Indian American Pleads Guilty To Naturalisation And Passport Fraud

The man’s conviction for unlawfully procuring citizenship or naturalisation will result in the automatic revocation of his US citizenship when he is sentenced. An Indian American has pleaded guilty to procuring US citizenship based on fraud documents and telling lies, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has said. Following an investigation by the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI),…
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Centre’s anti-cheating bill tabled in Lok Sabha: Punishment up to 10 years in jail, ₹1 crore fine

The objective of the Bill is to bring greater transparency, fairness and credibility to the public examination systems, the legislation stated.   The Narendra Modi government on Monday introduced a bill to curb cheating and other unfair means in various public examinations. The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Bill, 2024, moved by the ministry of personnel,…
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Flights cancelled, roads blocked as heavy snowfall cuts off Kashmir from rest of the world

Officials said all flights to and from Srinagar airport were cancelled on Sunday because of snowfall. Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was also closed for traffic following a landslide Overnight snowfall cut off Kashmir on Sunday from the rest of the world, with flights getting cancelled en masse and landslides blocking arterial roads. Officials said all flights to and…
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Young cancer patient with ‘no hope’ of recovery saved by baby’s umbilical cord

A cancer-stricken young girl with “no hope” of recovery has been saved after doctors gave her a stem cell transplant using blood from a newborn baby’s umbilical cord. Eight-year-old Sarah Marica received the experimental treatment when chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant failed to cure her acute myeloid leukemia (AML). She was diagnosed with the rare blood…
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SpiceJet Passenger Alleges In-Flight Molestation, Claims Crew Dissuaded Her From Filing Complaint

A 26-yea-old Darjeeling resident, who was travelling with relatives, has alleged that she was molested by a fellow passenger mid-flight. Indian airlines have been lately facing challenges to cope with unruly passengers’ behaviour. Incidents of such incidents have spiked in the last one year, now, a 26-yea-old Darjeeling resident, who was travelling with relatives, has alleged that…
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ED moves Delhi court against Arvind Kejriwal for not complying with summons in Delhi Excise Policy case

Kejriwal has chosen not to adhere to the five summons issued by ED on different dates since November 2023 in connection with the investigation into the alleged Delhi Excise Policy scam. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has approached a court in Delhi against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for not complying with the central agency’s summons in the Delhi…
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Ladakh Shuts Down As Thousands March For Statehood In Freezing Cold

Thousands marched across the main city of Leh in freezing temperatures, shouting slogans demanding statehood for Ladakh, among other things. A complete shutdown was observed across Ladakh as thousands marched demanding statehood and constitutional protections under the sixth schedule for the Union Territory. Protests were jointly organised by the Leh Apex Body and Kargil Democratic Alliance. Thousands…
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Uttarakhand to introduce UCC Bill in Assembly next week

Dhami also expressed hope that the Uttarakhand UCC would act as a template for other state governments to follow suit. Based on the recommendations made by a high-powered committee on UCC submitted to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami in Dehradun on Friday, the state government is gearing up to introduce a Bill in the Assembly next…
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Maharashtra BJP MLA arrested for allegedly shooting Shiv Sena (Shinde) leader inside police station

Since last year, the BJP and Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction) leaders have been competing for the Kalyan East Legislative Assembly seat. BJP MLA Ganpat Gaikwad was arrested by police on Saturday for allegedly opening fire at Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction) leader Mahesh Gaikwad at the Hill Line Police Station in Ulhasnagar, Maharashtra. Gaikwad and a…
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Article 30’s Test Is Not That Minorities Must Administer The Institution Themselves : AMU Case Petitioners To Supreme Court [Day 8]

On the final day of hearings of the 7-judge Constitution Bench on the issue of granting minority status to the Aligarh Muslim University, the bench and petitioners dwelled to see whether the Amendment Act of 1981 restored the position of AMU as it was before 1951 or was amendment done “half-heartedly”. The 1981 Act amended Section 2(l)…
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Snipers killed 3 CRPF men in Chhattisgarh, bulletproof vehicles helped push 400-plus Maoists back: Officials

The Maoists were 400-500 fighters strong, including 200 from one of their most dangerous battalions — the Battalion 1 of the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) headed by their new chief Barse Deva — officials said. The three Central Reserve Police Force personnel who were killed in an encounter with Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region succumbed to…
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Arrested in a planned manner: Watch Hemant Soren’s video message before he was taken in by ED

Sources said Soren had asked the ED to allow him to resign first before his arrest was recorded and the investigators agreed to it. Governor CP Radhakrishnan accepted the resignation. The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday arrested Hemant Soren, moments after he demitted the office of Jharkhand chief minister, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in…
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Moradabad 2nd in world in noise pollution

Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad is the second-most noise polluted city globally, according to the recent ‘Annual Frontier Report, 2022’ published by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The area recorded noise pollution of an ear-splitting 114 decibels at its highest (dB) in 2021, the report said. The report ranks 61 cities around the world, of which Dhaka tops the list…
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Anil Ambani quits as RInfra, RPower director

Reliance Group Chairman Anil Ambani on Friday resigned as director of Reliance Power and Reliance Infrastructure, following markets regulator SEBI order restraining him from associating with any listed company. “Anil D Ambani, non-executive director, steps down from the board of Reliance Power in compliance of SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) interim order,” Reliance Power said…
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India to introduce chip-based ePassports. How does it work?

Indian nationals can soon travel with ePassports. India is set to issue next-gen ePassports for citizens applying for new passports or renewing their old ones. Globally, around 150 countries, including the US, UK, and Germany, have the biometric passport system and many nations are on the move to adopt this system. The increasing adoption is due to…
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‘If you have guts then…’: Uddhav Thackeray challenges Modi govt to kill Dawood Ibrahim, defends Nawab Malik

Nawab Malik, the chief of NCP’s Mumbai unit and also the Guardian minister for Parbhani and Gondia districts, is currently in judicial custody in connection with a money laundering case related to underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. The Special PMLA court has extended the judicial custody of Malik till April 4. BJP has been pressing for Malik’s resignation.…
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US calls India’s position over Ukraine ‘unsatisfactory’ but unsurprising

Even before the Ukraine crisis erupted, Delhi upset Washington with its purchase of Russia’s S-400 air defense system A senior White House official said on Friday India’s position at the United Nations over the crisis in Ukraine has been “unsatisfactory” but was also unsurprising given its historical relationship with Russia. Mira Rapp-Hooper, director for the Indo-Pacific on…
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11 migrants burnt alive in Telangana godown blaze

HYDERABAD: Eleven migrant workers from Bihar were burnt alive in sleep after a fire swept through an unauthorised scrap godown in Secunderabad on Wednesday morning. Officials said a short circuit may have started the fire. Fire officials said a short circuit in a switch board near the stairs on the ground floor may have started the fire which later spread to an LPG cylinder kept nearby, triggering a blast.…
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He Left MIT At 22 To Solve A Problem Investors Didn’t Get. Now His Company Is Worth $6 Billion

Ten years ago, Sajith Wickramasekara dropped out of the Computer Science program at MIT to build something new: a software company that helps life science researchers better organize their lab work. Today, Benchling is the “Google Docs for R&D” and serves over 200,000 researchers across 700 companies. But back in 2012, that value proposition was less clear. When Benchling…
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Bengal Arson: 2 Kids Among 8 Killed in Birbhum, Amit Shah Seeks Report in 72 Hours; CID to Probe | Top Updates

Non-TMC parties in West Bengal are in uproar over the violence in Birbhum district’s Rampurhat, in which eight persons, including two children, were charred to death on Tuesday due to alleged intraparty feud in the ruling Trinamool Congress. While the BJP has formed a five-member fact-finding committee to look into the incident, union home minister Amit Shah…
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Zomato’s 10-min delivery bid catches Parliament’s attention over concerns about personnel

Within a few minutes of Deepinder Goyal, Founder and CEO, Zomato taking to Twitter to announce the company’s 10-minute delivery plan, the announcement has brought in strong reactions from every quarter. Foodtech giant Zomato has announced that it will soon be launching a 10-minute delivery option on its platform. While most consumers may seem excited by the proposition of…
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Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Retail Acquires Majority Stake In Online Retail Brand Clovia For $125 Million

The retail arm of billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries purchased an 89% equity stake in Purple Panda Fashions, which owns and operates Clovia, for $125 million. Purple Panda Fashions’ flagship brand Clovia is a direct-to-consumer online retail innerwear and loungewear brand for women. Clovia offers over 3,500 product styles that have been purchased by over 3 million women, according to…
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Sadhguru Begins 30,000 km Ride From UK To India On BMW K1600 GT Motorcycle

The Save Soil Movement, launched as part of the spiritual leader’s Conscious Planet initiative, is aimed at turning the world’s attention towards dying soil and growing desertification. London: London’s Parliament Square was the flag off point for environmentalist Sadhguru’s 30,000-km motorbike tour on Monday, as he set off on his Save Soil awareness campaign across Europe and the…
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Mortal remains of Karnataka student killed in Ukraine arrives in Bengaluru; CM pays homage

The mortal remains of Naveen Shekarappa Gyanagoudar, the Karnataka student who was killed during shelling by the Russian forces in Ukraine’s Kharkiv city on March 1, has reached the Kempegowda International Airport (KIAL) in Bengaluru in the wee hours of Monday. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai with his Cabinet colleagues reached the Bengaluru International airport and paid homage…
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Gulf CEOs on 4-Day Jammu and Kashmir Trip to Explore Business Opportunities

Two months after Jammu & Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha’s Dubai visit, where several important memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with multiple UAE companies were signed, a high-level delegation of businessmen from Gulf countries landed in Srinagar on Sunday evening. The CEOs of 30-plus companies, including Indian businessmen, will be in the Valley for the next four days,…
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The 5 Best High-Return Investments

With inflation now likely an enduring presence, it’s more vital than ever to devote financial resources to vehicles with the most robust returns. When investing, everyone wants maximum returns. Weighing in only to make 1% to 2% on your money just isn’t as exciting as getting back 8%, 10% or more, and during periods of inflation, high…
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Delhi records 97 new Covid cases, 1 death

Delhi recorded 97 fresh Covid-19 cases and one fatality linked to the disease, while the positivity rate stood at 0.41 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department on Sunday. The number of tests conducted a day ago stood at 23,766. The new fatality pushed the death toll from the pandemic to 26,147 in…
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PM Modi Chairs Meeting Over Govt Formation in UP, Goa, U’Khand; CM Names Top Agenda

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting at his official residence, 7, Lok Kalyan Marg, in New Delhi on Sunday evening over government formation in Uttar Pradesh, Goa and Uttarakhand. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, party national general secretary (organisation) BL Santosh and national president JP Nadda were present at the meeting, sources…
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This state becomes first paperless Assembly by implementing National e-Vidhan Application programme

NeVA is a Unicode compliant software having provision for easy access to various documents like List of Questions, List of Business, Reports etc. bilingually viz. English and any regional language The north eastern state of Nagaland created history by becoming the first State Assembly in the entire country to implement the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA) programme to…
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How to adopt a child in India

Adoption practices in India are primarily informed by the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956 (HAMA) and Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 (JJ Act). Both legislations have different provisions and objectives. HAMA is the statute that governs the adoption of and by Hindus. The definition of ‘Hindus’ here includes Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs.…
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Hijab verdict: Two arrested for threatening Karnataka HC judges

The accused have been identified as Kovai Rahmathullah and S Jamal Mohammed Usmani, members of Tamil Nadu Thowheed Jamath (TNTJ), an Islamic religious outfit. Chennai: Two people from Tamil Nadu were arrested on Saturday for allegedly issuing death threats to the Karnataka High Court judges who delivered the verdict in Hijab case on March 15, police said. Tamil Nadu police…
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10 in Punjab Cabinet, 8 first-time MLAs

First decision: 25,000 govt sector vacancies to be filled immediately | Anmol Rattan Sidhu appointed Punjab AG Ten MLAs, including a woman, were inducted in the Bhagwant Mann-led Punjab Cabinet here on Saturday. Seven berths have been left vacant for expansion later. Those sworn in were Harpal Cheema, Dr Baljit Kaur, Harbhajan Singh ETO, Dr Vijay Singla,…
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India subtly changes stance on Ukraine crisis, joins Japan to assess ‘broader implications’ in Indo-Pacific

Unlike fellow members of the Quad alliance — Japan, Australia and the United States — India has abstained in three UN votes condemning Moscow’s actions India on Saturday signalled a subtle change in its stand on Russia’s military operations in Ukraine, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida in assessing “broader implications” of…
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Dozens injured as football gallery collapses at Kerala’s Wandoor

Dozens of football lovers were injured when a makeshift gallery collapsed during a sevens football match at Wandoor in Malappuram on Saturday night. The accident occurred at the Poongodu football ground on the Kalikavu-Wandoor road. The injured were admitted to different hospitals in and around Wandoor, while three people were admitted to Government Medical College Hospital at…
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