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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 Times of India https://ift.tt/gEBh5vb via

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 Times of India https://ift.tt/uovdpJz via

The Juvenile Justice Board gave its consent to prosecute four of the five minors accused in the Jubilee Hills gang rape as adults. The exception is an MLA's son. from Times of India https://ift.tt/fKwmCXD via

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 Times of India https://ift.tt/1LdMw0o via

For new borrowers, the rates might not go up proportionately as banks can revise their spreads to charge lower rates. As the cost of funds for banks has not gone up, lenders are likely to announce special offers for the festive season. Lenders said that while higher rates do have an impact on demand, the overall sentiment is positive. The sensex gained as the policy was on expected lines and the rupee also firmed up. from Times of India https://ift.tt/j3q2PVo via

Russia vetoed a UN resolution Friday that would have condemned its 'illegal' referendums in four Ukrainian regions, declared that they have 'no validity' and urged all countries not to recognise any 'purported annexation' of the territory by Moscow. Stay with TOI for live updates -- from Times of India https://ift.tt/MEIgFhZ via

VTR director-cum-field director Nesamani K said the tiger is around three-years-old and is likely to have been forced away from the forest by other adult tigers in the VTR. He also claimed that the feeding habit of the tiger may also have changed owing to being near human habitation for long. from Times of India https://ift.tt/Otpan4A via

Gandhi Jayanti is celebrated every year on October 02 to mark the birth anniversary of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi or Gandhi Ji. from Latest Education news - Board Exam Results, Admit Cards, Exam Paper Analysis and Question Papers | Times of India https://ift.tt/hmouqIG via

The Karnataka leg of the Bharat Jodo Yatra will begin on Friday, with the march led by Rahul Gandhi entering the state via Gundlupet in Chamarajanagar district. Stay with TOI for the latest developments -- from Times of India https://ift.tt/0cvUtop via

The discount on the base fare that Air India (AI) offers to senior citizens and students will be slashed from 50% to 25% for all bookings done from September 29, said an internal circular by the airline on Thursday, reports Manju V. The carrier will, however, continue to extend its 50% sop on base fare to other categories. from Times of India https://ift.tt/OHVrzQU via

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 Times of India https://ift.tt/YxBgb8e via

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 Times of India https://ift.tt/9qXsu8I via

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"PFI and its associates or affiliates or fronts operate openly as a socio-economic, educational and political organization but, they have been pursuing a secret agenda to radicalize a particular section of the society working towards undermining the concept of democracy," said the government notification. The decision to ban PFI comes after the second round of crackdown against the outfit on Tuesday. from Times of India https://ift.tt/Z2aDTIO via

A majority of women in West Bengal and Jharkhand were married by the age of 21, while the proportion in Jammu and Kashmir was less than 10% in 2020. In Delhi, over 17% of women married before 21. In the country as a whole, nearly 30% of women married by the time they were 21, just released government data shows. from Times of India https://ift.tt/4OjGZLp via

The US says it is considering all steps to reduce the backlog of visa applications by considering steps like interview waivers for those who previously had American visas and increasing staffing at its missions in India to their highest ever levels. The assurance came after foreign minister S Jaishankar raised the issue. from Times of India https://ift.tt/iweg349 via

Yesterday a Court order was published which criticized late actress Jiah Khan's mother Rabia Khan for misusing the judicial machinery. The order stated that Rabia was trying to protract the trial by repeatedly filing applications in various courts despite the fact that the CBI had submitted a report confirming that Jiah's death was by suicide and not homicide, as alleged by Rabia. In light of this order, ETimes reached out to the main accused, Sooraj Pancholi's mother Zarina Wahab. Here is the conversation that took place... from Times of India https://ift.tt/EkrxAaD via

A court in Bihar's Begusarai on Wednesday issued arrest warrants against Ekta Kapoor, film producer and director, and her mother Shobha Kapoor on charges of insulting soldiers and hurting the sentiments of their family members in her web series 'XXX' (Season-2). The court of judge Vikas Kumar issued the warrant on the basis of a complaint lodged by Shambhu Kumar, an ex-serviceman and a resident of Begusarai. from Times of India https://ift.tt/rx5waUO via

New adoption regulations issued by the women and child development ministry lay out the process for district magistrates to issue adoption orders which earlier fell in the domain of the courts till the amended Juvenile Justice Model (Amendment) Rule 2022 came into force on September 1. from Times of India https://ift.tt/BruhigG via

India on Tuesday reported 3,230 fresh Covid cases and 4,255 recoveries. The country's active caseload currently stands at 42,358 and the daily positivity rate is 1.18 per cent. The country saw 32 Covid deaths. Stay with TOI for latest updates: from Times of India https://ift.tt/toiI302 via

Tuesday's streaming was smooth and glitch free, the credit for which goes to Justice D Y Chandrachud under whose leadership the e-committee of the Supreme Court has been striving hard to bring reform in the judicial sector by adoption of new technologies and the live streaming is one of them. from Times of India https://ift.tt/N9dsIVe via

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 Times of India https://ift.tt/xj2svO9 via

The jail administration in Uttarakhand's Haldwani has come up with a unique idea to help people ward off "bad karma" - for a nominal fee of Rs 500 per night in prison. from Times of India https://ift.tt/7JlEd2W via

The Army will soon induct 'loitering munitions’ amid the continuing military confrontation with China in eastern Ladakh, while the force also cranks up long-range high-volume firepower with 'winterised' howitzers and advanced rockets backed by drones and weapon-locating radars along the northern borders. from Times of India https://ift.tt/nWbpQST via

The Alimuddin Street puja was revived by local Muslims after a 16-year break last year. This time, nuns from Missionaries of Charity will join their Hindu neighbours in the carnival. A six-member all-Muslim committee is in charge here. from Times of India https://ift.tt/RLvW9YX via

Even as Congress termed the boycott by MLAs close to Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot "gross indiscipline", it is learned that the party is scrambling to salvage the situation and has reached out to the state leadership. The party brass is in a dilemma owing to the AICC presidential election, for which Gehlot is the top contender. from Times of India https://ift.tt/DCwGOE5 via

First-time Congress MLA Divya Maderna, scion of the Maderna political family, on Monday said that the condition put forth for the CLP resolution by Gehlot-loyalist MLAs was tantamount to party indiscipline. from Times of India https://ift.tt/1tFjehN via

As part of a series of 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' (India75) and US-India 75th anniversary celebrations, an event to highlight the cultural heritage of indigenous tribes in Arunachal Pradesh, 'Living Heritage of Arunachal', will be held on Tuesday. from Times of India https://ift.tt/5qB7f4n via

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 Times of India https://ift.tt/kpBs6hP via

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 Times of India https://ift.tt/az73Mso via

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As 55 men, women and children landed in Delhi, the number of those from the Sikh community remaining in Afghanistan number just a little over 40 with most of them staying back to protect and care for the "Guru Granth Sahib" amid the ongoing impasse with the Taliban regime which has refused to allow the religious scriptures to be taken out citing them to be the heritage of Afghanistan. from Times of India https://ift.tt/ZfL0Etw via

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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 Times of India https://ift.tt/ReHmZq4 via

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 Times of India https://ift.tt/FKkQMUR via

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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 Times of India https://ift.tt/PaTXsDE via

The CBI on Saturday filed two FIRs and conducted pan-India raids at 59 locations in 21 states on the basis of inputs given by the Interpol's units in New Zealand and Singapore regarding online circulation and distribution of child sexual abuse material. The raids were carried out after around 75 individuals were traced and identified using internet protocol details records analysis of their devices. from Times of India https://ift.tt/yNh6REw via

A Congress legislative party meeting will be held on Sunday in Jaipur at Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot's residence. Gehlot is a frontrunner to become the next Congress president. However, the party's 'one-man, one-post' rule will not allow him to hold both posts. Sachin Pilot is scene as a possible candidate to replace Gehlot. from Times of India https://ift.tt/rPoDVkj via

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The cream of the JEE toppers - the top 100 - has overwhelmingly picked IIT Bombay at the close of first-round admissions of 2022-23, making it the most sought-after tech college, with Delhi and Madras a distant second and third. Ninety-three of them have opted for the Powai-based college as their first choice. All but one asked for computer science; 69 made the cut. from Latest Education news - Board Exam Results, Admit Cards, Exam Paper Analysis and Question Papers | Times of India https://ift.tt/uzENlbd via

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 Times of India https://ift.tt/M6IUOSo via

The cream of the JEE toppers - the top 100 - has overwhelmingly picked IIT Bombay at the close of first-round admissions of 2022-23, making it the most sought-after tech college, with Delhi and Madras a distant second and third. Ninety-three of them have opted for the Powai-based college as their first choice. All but one asked for computer science; 69 made the cut. from Times of India https://ift.tt/uzENlbd via

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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 Times of India https://ift.tt/DyZpegN via

Rohit Sharma displayed his six-hitting prowess with an unbeaten 46 after Axar Patel snapped two wickets in a fiery spell as India notched up a series-levelling six-wicket win over Australia in a rain hit second T20I here on Friday. from Times of India https://ift.tt/mxqlMhZ via

China is using “coercive economic tools” to achieve its security aims in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) while also not adhering to international laws and displaying a lack of transparency in its ongoing efforts to establish overseas military bases, a senior US defence official said. from Times of India https://ift.tt/Uw73NXp via

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 Times of India https://ift.tt/ZktFCUB via

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 Times of India https://ift.tt/CwqBMR3 via

Some draft-age Russians rushed to leave the country on Thursday to escape their country's biggest conscription drive since World War Two, as world powers at the United Nations demanded Moscow be held accountable for alleged atrocities in Ukraine. Stay with TOI for all updates from Times of India https://ift.tt/RhdA8Le via

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The govt is unwilling to accommodate Congress' request to let it retain the helmsmanship of the department-related standing committee (DRSC) on home affairs in Rajya Sabha. The decision to withdraw Congress' leadership of the DRSC on home affairs in the RS and IT and communications in LS is being done "as per the existing strength of the parties" and in light of its numbers in RS coming down since 2019, sources said. from Times of India https://ift.tt/XF3GvQH via

Centre Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the CBI inquiry into the 'Radia tapes' conversations revealed no criminality. This amounted to giving a clean chit to corporate lobbyist Niira Radia, whose intercepted telephonic conversations had purportedly ranged from fixing individual problems to appointment of ministers in the Cabinet to dictating journalists what is to be written. from Times of India https://ift.tt/XrKBPWg via

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Observing that hate speech is like a poison that is damaging the social fabric of India and political parties are making capital out of it at the cost of social harmony, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said strict action must be taken against the guilty. It asked the Centre whether it is contemplating framing a law to tackle the menace as recommended by the Law Commission. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2DOjFbB via

The Army is now reviewing its colonial and pre-colonial era customs, traditions, battle honours and names that can be discarded in accordance with the government's directive to "Indianise" the armed forces. This comes after the new Naval Ensign, which included the removal of the red-coloured St George's Cross from the flag, was unveiled by PM Narendra Modi on September 2. from Times of India https://ift.tt/PhvQqbz via

Justifying 10% quota for Economically Weaker Sections belonging to general class, the Centre on Wednesday contended that it is a constitutional obligation to extend helping hands to the poor and it is duty of the government to fulfil their aspirations who are not getting opportunity because of their economic status. from Times of India https://ift.tt/VA6HSEz via

The Karnataka government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that enforcement of uniforms may prevent students from wearing any kind of religious clothing, including hijab, but it would not amount to stifling one's rights to freedom of religion or expression. Hijab is not an essential religious practice in Islam and students are free to wear it outside their schools, it said. from Times of India https://ift.tt/p7h8qJm via

A photo of Hindu Mahasabha founder Vinayak Damodar Savarkar appeared on a banner at Athani near Kochi for the Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi, landing Congress in a spot on Wednesday as it faced a howl of taunts on social media and from BJP and CPM for the faux pas. The banner featuring freedom fighters was put up by a group from the Chengamanad panchayat. from Times of India https://ift.tt/ZwOcg06 via

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The US Federal Reserve raised its target interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point to a range of 3.00%-3.25% on Wednesday and signaled more large increases to come in new projections showing its policy rate rising to 4.40% by the end of this year before topping out at 4.60% in 2023 to battle continued strong inflation. from Times of India https://ift.tt/S1ld49z via

Permanent poles to hoist the Indian Tricolour should be installed outside all tourist destinations as well as starred hotels and they should also display prominently the branding of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Union minister for tourism G Kishan Reddy said at the conclusion of the three-day national conference of state tourism ministers in Dharamshala on Tuesday. from Times of India https://ift.tt/0kpfsmd via

The Bombay HC on Tuesday directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to demolish unauthorised portions of Union minister Narayan Rane’s Juhu residence ‘Aadhish’ within two weeks and imposed a cost of Rs 10 lakh on Kaalkaa Real Estates Pvt Ltd, a Rane family concern, which had applied for regularisation of those parts. from Times of India https://ift.tt/WhKA7wg via

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged BJP mayors not be guided by “election-centric” decisions while pushing for urban reforms and development of their cities. He said people will support “bold and honest” decisions if these are for greater public good and implemented impartially. from Times of India https://ift.tt/RgF86sz via

Gujarati film 'Last Film Show' ('Chhello Show') is India’s official entry to the Best International Feature Film category of the 95th Academy Awards. The announcement has surprised one and all. There was a strong undercurrent in the country that 'The Kashmir Files' or 'RRR' will make it. from Times of India https://ift.tt/Ytz7AnO via

The road transport ministry has put draft standards for rear seatbelt reminders, which would be a mandatory feature in all new cars in the next six months. As per the proposed automotive standard, the audio seatbelt reminder will alert the driver and occupants even if any passenger, including on the rear seat, removes the safety-belt buckle later. from Times of India https://ift.tt/R0taXwq via

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Irked by the manner in which state authorities are passing stereotyped orders on confiscation or auction of seized vehicles under Bihar’s liquor prohibition law, the Patna high court orally remarked on Monday that such actions by excise department officers were “glaring manifestations of their non-application of mind in implementation of the prohibition law”. from Times of India https://ift.tt/ZrzKR3J via

India on Monday ruled out any negotiations at the cost of food security and asked the global community to keep the interests of farmers, indigenous communities and tribal population in mind while contemplating any amendment or revision to international treaties. from Times of India https://ift.tt/wDt1Qiq via

Congress pradesh committees in three more states — Maharashtra, TN and Bihar — passed “unanimous” resolutions on Monday backing Rahul Gandhi for the post of party president, adding heft to a campaign that started in contender Ashok Gehlot’s backyard, Rajasthan, over the weekend and spread to Chhattisgarh and Gujarat. from Times of India https://ift.tt/uGct7Yi via

More than 300 Indians, including at least 60 from Tamil Nadu, have been held hostage by a gang at Myawaddy in Myanmar where they are forced to do cybercrime activities, multiple sources told TOI. People from some other countries were also being held by the racket. The victims are held captive in the Myawaddy region which is not under the control of the Myanmar government and is dominated by ethnic armed groups. from Times of India https://ift.tt/WXdz6fp via

Britain and the world said a final goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II at a state funeral on Monday that drew presidents and kings, princes and prime ministers — and crowds who massed along the streets of London to honour a monarch whose 70-year reign defined an age. from Times of India https://ift.tt/gjxGCwP via

After wheat, India’s decision to ban the export of broken rice and also impose 20% export duty on some varieties of the cereal, has come under attack from Senegal, a large importer, as well as the United States and the European Union. from Times of India https://ift.tt/lh1sJA8 via

Dubbing Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal a “megalomaniac” who considers himself God after winning assembly polls in two states, BJP on Sunday took a swipe at him saying it was a matter of “surprise” that the AAP leader did not say US President Joe Biden was also afraid of him. from Times of India https://ift.tt/iUASvKo via

Trial courts in Gujarat have sentenced to death 50 persons in 11 cases over eight months this year, the highest for any year since the formation of the state in 1960. Court documents show that this large number is made up mainly of the record 38 convicts ordered to be hanged by a special court in February over the 2008 serial blasts case. The rest involve rape and murder. from Times of India https://ift.tt/M7GgVhB via

With a total of $968 million in loans in four months of 2022, India has emerged as Sri Lanka’s largest bilateral lender, overtaking China in the process, a media report said. In the past five years from 2017-2021, China has been the largest bilateral lender to Sri Lanka as China disbursed $947 million, out of which $809 million was obtained as market borrowings from the China Development Bank. from Times of India https://ift.tt/OTGE5qg via

Ace grappler Bajrang Punia became the only Indian to claim four medals at the World Wrestling Championships by clinching a bronze in the current edition on Sunday. from Times of India https://ift.tt/hAFxC1g via

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Overall inflationary pressures in India appear to be on a decline in the wake of the government taking pre-emptive administrative measures, initiating an agile monetary policy, and the easing of international commodity prices and supply-chain bottlenecks, a finance ministry report said on Saturday. from Times of India https://ift.tt/FPcUKyw via

With a week to go for the start of the nomination process for the Congress president’s election, the party’s Rajasthan unit passed a resolution that Rahul Gandhi should become the AICC president. The resolution was passed in a meeting attended by the PCC delegates who vote in the President’s election, including chief minister Ashok Gehlot (who proposed the resolution), AICC state in-charge Ajay Maken, senior leaders and Sachin Pilot. from Times of India https://ift.tt/P97lQCT via

Britain's longest-serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who died a week ago aged 96 after 70 years on the throne, is at rest in the capital's Westminster Hall ahead of Monday's state funeral at Westminster Abbey. Queen Elizabeth II left Buckingham Palace for the last time Wednesday, her coffin borne to the Houses of Parliament by a horse-drawn gun carriage and trailed by grieving family members. Stay with TOI for latest updates -- from Times of India https://ift.tt/TmCFhcD via

The Union ministry of finance has revised the procedure for flow of funds for research under various Central sectoral schemes. The ministry “examined” the issue that earlier mandated that STEM researchers must open a zero-balance account for every project and on Friday reversed its March 2022 order. from Times of India https://ift.tt/wOeY5Fx via

Seven decades after the last cheetah was hunted to extinction in India, its cousins from Africa are here to take their spot in the Indian sun. On Saturday, PM Modi operated a lever to open a gate and release eight cheetahs into a special enclosure. Jet-lagged after a 9,000-km overnight flight from Namibia to Gwalior, and then to the Kuno helipad, the cheetahs looked at their new surroundings a bit tentatively at first, but were soon sprinting about. from Times of India https://ift.tt/aHx4RD3 via

A day after his return from Samarkand after attending the SCO summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have a busy day on his 72nd birthday on Saturday as he will attend four important events. His speeches during the course of the day will cover diverse sectors like wildlife and environment, women empowerment, skills and youth development, and next-gen infrastructure, government sources said.​ from Times of India https://ift.tt/aiv4y3u via

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Britain's longest-serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who died a week ago aged 96 after 70 years on the throne, is at rest in the capital's Westminster Hall ahead of Monday's state funeral at Westminster Abbey. Queen Elizabeth II left Buckingham Palace for the last time Wednesday, her coffin borne to the Houses of Parliament by a horse-drawn gun carriage and trailed by grieving family members. Stay with TOI for latest updates -- from Times of India https://ift.tt/BPjs4M3 via

The city corporation authorities on Friday morning demolished the controversial bus waiting shed in front of the CET at Sreekaryam where students had protested — by sitting on each other’s laps — against the residents who damaged the shed in an apparent attempt to stop boys and girls from being there together. from Times of India https://ift.tt/25UfVPT via

The anti corruption branch (ACB) of the Delhi government on Friday arrested AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan for his alleged involvement in a case of illegal appointments and financial irregularities in the management of Delhi Waqf Board. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3lmbpKW via

After a split verdict by the Delhi high court on whether marital rape could be brought within the ambit of the offence of rape, the Supreme Court on Friday decided to examine the issue and sought a response from the Centre. A bench of Justices Rajiv Shakdher and C Hari Shankar of the had HC differed in their reading of the exception under IPC Section 375 that shields husbands from a rape charge by wives. from Times of India https://ift.tt/x7sfWJZ via

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A total of 19,865 candidates scored 100 percentile across 30 subjects in the Common University Entrance Test-Undergraduate (CUET-UG) 2022. English had the highest number of 100-percentilers at 8,236, followed by Political Science (2,065) and Business Studies (1,669). The other subjects which recorded over 1,000 candidates with 100 percentile were Biology, Economics and Psychology, indicating that the cutoffs for college admissions in these six subjects are likely to be high. from Latest Education news - Board Exam Results, Admit Cards, Exam Paper Analysis and Question Papers | Times of India https://ift.tt/RXhrQa1 via

Achieving yet another milestone in efforts to establish “permanent peace” in Assam by inking settlements with various armed insurgent outfits active in the state, the Centre, Assam government and eight armed adivasi groups signed a tripartite agreement in the presence of home minister Amit Shah and Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday, to end the “decades-old crisis of adivasis and tea garden workers”. from Times of India https://ift.tt/Pp9TqGO via

n the ongoing hearing of a batch of petitions challenging the Karnataka high court’s judgment that upheld the ban on wearing hijab by students in educational institutions, the Muslim side on Thursday told the Supreme Court that a girl student can be barred from wearing a miniskirt to an educational institution but not a hijab by applying the restrictions of public order, decency and morality to the freedom of expression under Article 19(2). from Times of India https://ift.tt/WvGnpgq via

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BJP on Wednesday said the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal has crossed all limits of brutality, repression and police torture to deny its party workers of their political right to raise their voice in a democratic and peaceful manner. Senior BJP member Ravi Shankar Prasad said, “Mamata ji, all your reactions in West Bengal are contrary to your personal evolution and suffering. This is not your normal behaviour." from Times of India https://ift.tt/rvDSz8n via

In a rare instance of open criticism of the Supreme Court’s new case listing method introduced by new CJI U U Lalit, a bench led by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul has in a judicial order said that the new listing system gave inadequate time to the judges to take up the matters. It said, “The new listing system is not giving an adequate time to take up matters fixed for hearing like the present case as there are a number of matters within the span of ‘Afternoon’ session.” from Times of India https://ift.tt/qbakef6 via

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The two school education boards of Rajasthan and Maharashtra combined with CBSE to produce the cream of the crop in this year’s NEET-UG, hogging 67.4% of the merit list comprising candidates with scores of 600 and above out of 720. CBSE maintained its pre-eminence by accounting for 55.3% of those who scored 650 and above even as the number of high performers in the 700 and above band dropped to a three-year low. from Latest Education news - Board Exam Results, Admit Cards, Exam Paper Analysis and Question Papers | Times of India https://ift.tt/jBKA8lR via

India may be forced to withdraw vacancies for enlisting soldiers from Nepal under its new Agnipath scheme in the ongoing recruitment cycle if the landlocked country does not take a decision in time, Army chief Gen Manoj Pande said on Wednesday. Such a move by India, if it comes to that, could have adverse implications for the already delicately poised relationship with Nepal, where China has systematically made huge strategic inroads over the years. from Times of India https://ift.tt/J6S5qoj via

There's one "less" problem at the border with China, foreign minister S Jaishankar said Wednesday as he confirmed that disengagement at friction PP-15 in eastern Ladakh had been effected to the satisfaction of both countries. The minister was speaking after a meeting with his French counterpart Catherine Colonna who said France shared India's concerns in the Indo-Pacific where China continued to pose "many challenges" and where international law had been undermined. from Times of India https://ift.tt/jeZlm2g via

Bringing back chilling memories of the Budaun dalit sisters' death case in 2014, two minor sisters, also dalit and aged 14 and 17 years, were found hanging from a tree outside a village in Nighasan area of UP's Lakhimpur Kheri district on Wednesday evening. from Times of India https://ift.tt/UldcT6p via

As many as 12 people died while 18 others were injured after the minibus they were travelling in fell into a gorge at Sawjian Nallah in J&K’s Poonch district on Wednesday morning. Among the deceased were two minor boys, aged five and 14, as well as three women, two of them teenagers. “The accident took place near Barari Ballah Sawjian around 8.35am when the bus driver lost control of the vehicle near a bridge. The bus skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge,” said an official. from Times of India https://ift.tt/Q4rvzNO via

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India will host the G20 Leaders’ Summit next year on September 9-10 and its presidency of the strategic multilateral platform — which brings together developed and emerging economies — beginning December 1 this year will see the government hosting 200 meetings across the country. India will assume the presidency for one year — from December 1, 2022 to November 30, 2023, the government said in an official announcement on Tuesday. from Times of India https://ift.tt/QJxecKT via

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought responses from the Centre and the states on whether governors could grant mass remission of sentences to convicts in apparent conflict with Section 433-A of the Criminal Procedure Code, under which a convict’s life sentence can be remitted only after he serves 14 years in jail. from Times of India https://ift.tt/GhXn6VF via

A parliamentary committee has recommended that the Union health ministry audit deaths caused due to oxygen shortage during the second wave of the Covid pandemic last year in coordination with states. In its report submitted to the Rajya Sabha, the standing committee on health and family welfare said it was unfortunate that the government continued to be in denial of about deaths caused by lack oxygen. from Times of India https://ift.tt/ESutQqH via

A fast-track court will hear from October 6 the maintainability of a suit seeking a ban on the entry of Muslims in Gyanvapi mosque, handing the complex to Hindus and permitting daily worship of Lord Aadi Visheshwar there. The suit was filed by Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sangh (VVVS) in May, with the organisation’s chief Jitendra Singh Visen making his wife Kiran Singh the plaintiff. from Times of India https://ift.tt/KFTRPkV via

A joint team of researchers from the IIT-Delhi and Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar, have found that yoga and ayurveda may be effective in the treatment of high-risk cases of Covid-19 following a research study on successful treatment of 30 high-risk patients. Besides the standard care treatment as per guidelines, the patients were prescribed ayurvedic medicines through telemedicine, and administered a personalised therapeutic yoga programme using video conferencing. from Times of India https://ift.tt/kqX1F3E via

CBI sleuths on Tuesday conducted searches at 36 locations across the country, including in Jammu & Kashmir, in an ongoing investigation related to recruitment of sub-inspectors in J&K Police. According to police sources, searches were carried out in Jammu, Srinagar (both in J&K), Karnal, Mahendergarh, Rewari (in Haryana), Gandhinagar (Gujarat), Delhi, Ghaziabad (UP) and Bangalore (Karnataka), among other places. from Times of India https://ift.tt/U1tpIfd via

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The Muslim side on Monday said the Supreme Court, not being sufficiently proficient in Arabic, is ill-equipped to interpret the Quran. It argued that instead of determining the essentiality of hijab to Islam by attempting to interpret the holy book, the court should view hijab as an individual woman’s right to choose a piece of cloth to protect her privacy, dignity and identity. from Times of India https://ift.tt/vtwYuKF via

India called Sri Lanka out at UNHRC on Monday for lack of “measurable progress” on the latter’s commitments for a political solution to the ethnic Tamil minority issue through “full implementation of the 13th Amendment of the Constitution”. The government urged Sri Lanka to take immediate and credible action to fulfil its commitments. from Times of India https://ift.tt/qmVd9YM via

As a clutch of petitions challenging constitutional validity of the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act and subsequent Rules has been pending for over two-and-half years with no effective hearing, the Supreme Court on Monday decided to fast-track the proceedings and asked the counsel appearing for both the sides to come out with a “road map” for conducting the hearing on over 250 petitions. from Times of India https://ift.tt/9yqwIar via

Retail inflation accelerated in August on the back of high food prices, reversing a three-month downward trend and remained above the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) upper tolerance level of 6% for the eighth consecutive month, which may prompt the central bank to raise interest rates again. The retail inflation data showed cereal and product prices rose 9.6% in August while vegetable prices shot up 13.2% during the month. from Times of India https://ift.tt/vTKxVsy via

The court of the Varanasi district judge on Monday held as maintainable a suit filed by five Hindu women seeking the right to daily worship of the Goddess Shringar Gauri and other “visible and invisible” deities in the Gyanvapi mosque complex. It said the 1991 Places of Worship Act cited by the custodians of the shrine to challenge the plea wasn't a bar in this case as the plaintiffs never asked for the mosque to be converted into a temple. from Times of India https://ift.tt/IqDP7Bw via

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