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President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday said women empowerment was not just an issue of social justice but it was also crucial for economic development. Highlighting that the low participation of women in the workforce is a major hindrance in the overall development of the country, she said India, the fifth largest economy in the world, is now moving towards becoming a five trillion dollar economy and a more active role for women would be helpful in achieving this goal. from Times of India https://ift.tt/C96XWZA via

The SC agreed to consider the Centre’s submissions for an open court hearing of its plea seeking review of the judgment by which several provisions of the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016 were struck down. The court had struck down section 3(2) and section 5 of Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988, and one of the provisions which provided for the punishment of a maximum jail term of three years or a fine or both for those indulging in ‘benami’ transactions. from Times of India https://ift.tt/eGrsBRA via

India may have seen a number of record-breaking warm years in the recent decades, but there has been no let-up in the extreme cold waves in the country despite global warming, an IITM study has indicated. The analysis, led by IITM scientists Raju Mandal and Susmitha Joseph, took into account the number of cold wave events in the last seven decades, 1951–2022, and found that more cold wave days are occurring in the recent decades than in the previous ones. from Times of India https://ift.tt/ivKZWMn via

Opposition parties on Tuesday criticised the President’s address alleging that the speech was like the “first chapter” of BJP’s manifesto for 2024 and key issues related to controlling prices, communal harmony and women were “missing”. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2cNtBS3 via

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Patent filings by Indian applications were estimated at 10,918 during the December quarter, compared with 10,340 applications lodged by non-domestic entities, marking the second time during 2022 when quarterly filings by domestic players were higher. from Times of India https://ift.tt/8TujX52 via

After being at loggerheads for nearly two years, governor Tamilisai Soundararajan and the state government arrived at a compromise on Monday thanks to the intervention of the Telangana high court. The state had approached the court over the governor not giving her consent to the upcoming budget, after which a bench of Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice N Tukaramji asked the two sides to find an amicable solution. from Times of India https://ift.tt/d89MHJi via

Clubbing PM Narendra Modi, home minister Amit Shah, NSA Ajit Doval and the RSS as “perpetrators of violence”, Rahul Gandhi on Monday said those who indulge in violence without suffering it personally cannot understand the pain it causes, projecting himself as the person who has witnessed killings in the family and carries the message of peace and amity. from Times of India https://ift.tt/nTmhqNp via

Over 78.9% of 4.1 crore students in higher education are enrolled at the undergraduate level, and of the total enrolled students over one crore are pursuing BA. Another 17 lakh (4.2%) of the students are doing BA (Hons) from various higher education institutions. This was revealed in the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2020-21 released on Sunday by the ministry of education. from Times of India https://ift.tt/fugha8d via

The massive sell-off in Adani Group stocks continued for the third consecutive session on Monday, wiping out nearly Rs 1.4 lakh crore worth of investors’ wealth. In all, about 29% of the group’s market capitalisation, or about Rs 5.6 lakh crore, has been eroded in the last three trading sessions. from Times of India https://ift.tt/8h9ASyE via

Institutional investors are fully backing the Rs 20,000-crore follow-on public offer (FPO) for Adani Enterprises (AEL) even though the stock is below the offer price. However the company is not sure how retail investors will look at the issue at the current market price. However, it is confident some high net worth and ultra-high net worth investors (UHNIs) will participate in it. from Times of India https://ift.tt/MaoKOEY via

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If the government were to actually provide 100 days of work to every household registered under MNREGS, it would need to allocate over Rs 1.8 lakh crore in the coming Budget assuming the number of households opting for the scheme remains at the current level. What has actually happened is a steady shrinking of the outlay after the Covid period boost to under half this amount. from Times of India https://ift.tt/74pGbFy via

Trial courts in the country sentenced 165 people to death in 2022, the highest in a year in the last two decades. This is up from 146 prisoners who were sent to death row in 2021. In almost a third of the capital punishment cases, the offender had committed a sexual crime. At the end of 2022, 539 were on death row, the highest since 2016. from Times of India https://ift.tt/QcxY9iB via

Decadal Change of Night Time Light over India from Space (2012-2021), released by Isro’s National Remote Sensing Centre — shows that overall at the national level, normalised NTL radiance increased by 43% in 2021 compared to 2012. Significant increase was observed in Bihar (474%), Manipur (441%), Ladakh (280%) and Kerala (119%), while good increase was observed in Arunachal Pradesh (66%), MP (66%), UP (61%) and Gujarat (58%). from Times of India https://ift.tt/Ha7xZNJ via

Maldivian President Ibrahim Solih won the presidential primary election of the ruling Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) on Saturday, reported avas.mv. Solih faced off against the party's President and Parliament Speaker Mohamed Nasheed, and received 61 per cent of the votes cast. from Times of India https://ift.tt/yfu8dSP via

Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the Centre will integrate forensic science-based investigation with the justice system to increase the conviction rate which is around 50% currently. Shah said the conviction rate in Canada is 62%, Israel 93%, UK 80% and the US 90%. He was in Dharwad on Saturday to lay the foundation stone for the ninth off-campus facility of the National Forensic Sciences University. from Times of India https://ift.tt/W4KD8S2 via

Observing that the order against them was not proper or legal, in a relief to actor Shilpa Shetty Kundra and her sister Shamita Shetty, a Mumbai court recently quashed and set aside a 2022 magistrate court order issuing summons to them in a Rs21 lakh cheating case. The court, however, said the proceedings will continue against their mother Sunanda after finding that a prima facie case was made out against her. from Times of India https://ift.tt/rXDwI0d via

Merely taking the name of the caste of the victim would not make it an offence under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, unless it is with an intention to insult the person belonging to that caste, the Karnataka high court observed recently. from Times of India https://ift.tt/obhyQkn via

“While it was not a head-on collision, the wings of the two jets seemed to have clipped each other,” an official said. “It is difficult to say at this time whether it was technical snag in one of the fighters, or a bird-hit or some other factor that caused the jets to veer into each other. The court of inquiry, with the analysis of the flight data recorders concerned, will look into it.” from Times of India https://ift.tt/UL8BumW via

India has started building a strategic road along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh that will, in the most part, trace the Indus and mirror a blacktop surface link on the Chinese side. The road will plug a vital gap in connectivity between the strategically important Chushul south of Pangong Tso and Demchok in eastern Ladakh, a distance of about 135km along the LAC. from Times of India https://ift.tt/dTBrfMC via

Amid speculation that Adani Enterprises may be forced to amend its Rs 20,000-crore follow-on public offer after a plunge in its stock price, the company clarified that its FPO remains on schedule at the set issue price. The flagship of the Adani Group had fixed the FPO at Rs 3,112-Rs 3,276 per share. However, on Friday, the first day of retail bidding for the FPO, the stock closed at Rs 2,762 on BSE. from Times of India https://ift.tt/cYxzkbg via

A batch of 12 cheetahs will be flown to the country from South Africa next month. The translocation of additional 12 big cats will take the total number of re-introduced cheetahs in India to 20. Eight cheetahs - five female and three male - were brought in from Namibia to Kuno National Park (KNP) in MP in September 2022. from Times of India https://ift.tt/YOTAysj via

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The Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that there is an annual growth of 6% in tiger population, which offset natural losses. India achieved the target of doubling the tiger population in 2018, four years ahead of schedule of the St Petersburg Declaration on tiger conservation, it said. and is now home to 70% of world’s tigers. from Times of India https://ift.tt/e5yoXHp via

Citing Pakistani "intransigence" and unilateral actions related to the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), India has sent a notice to Islamabad for its modification. from Times of India https://ift.tt/DHkQien via

The issue of crumbling buildings has echoed in several other places of Uttarakhand like Karnaprayag, Uttarkashi, Guptkashi, Rishikesh, Nainital and Mussoorie, to name a few. A TOI team visiting the Karnaprayag area found several houses had developed large cracks and become uninhabitable, forcing over a dozen families to spend several nights in the municipal council’s ‘rain baseras.’ from Times of India https://ift.tt/d2xtba0 via

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India's centibillionaire Gautam Adani is considering legal action against US-based Hindenburg Research over its report, accusing his group of "brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud" that wiped nearly Rs 97,000 crore off the value of his conglomerate's shares in Wednesday's trade. from Times of India https://ift.tt/ifTSEnh via

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Pakistan had no backchannel diplomacy with India since PM Shehbaz Sharif's govt took office, junior foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar said. PM Sharif had said last week that PM Modi should hold serious talks to address all "burning points", including Kashmir. A day later, the PM's office changed its position and stated that talks with India can happen only after it reverses its action of abrogating J&K's special status. from Times of India https://ift.tt/wCpojzA via

Foreign minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday slammed former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo for his remarks on Sushma Swaraj describing her as a "goofball" and a "heartland political hack", saying he deplored the disrespectful colloquialism used for her. In his just-released book, Pompeo has said Swaraj was not an important player on the Indian foreign policy team, and he worked much more closely with NSA Ajit Doval. from Times of India https://ift.tt/TjkGuFZ via

Meta Platforms Inc said on Wednesday it will restore former US President Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts in the coming weeks, following a two-year suspension after the deadly Capitol Hill riot on January 6, 2021. Trump has 34 million followers on Facebook and 23 million on Instagram. from Times of India https://ift.tt/liOd4ka via

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Celebrating Republic Day in a befitting manner is the bounden duty of all constitutional authorities and it cannot be skipped by the state government, the Telangana high court said on Wednesday while directing the state administration to hold the ceremonial parade at any place of its choice. Following the HC order, the Telangana government has decided to hold a guard of honour, officials said. from Times of India https://ift.tt/EMnULYp via

ORS (oral rehydration solution) pioneer Dilip Mahalanabis will receive the Padma Vibhushan (posthumous) in the field of Medicine (Pediatrics), the Centre announced on Wednesday. A total of 25 other personalities across various walks of life will be awarded the Padma Shri. from Times of India https://ift.tt/8FcJzhC via

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Delhi may have given its verdict and elected a new corporation in the first few days of December but it seems set for an agonising wait before the corporators can get down to business. After the House was adjourned on January 6 amidst unprecedented scenes, it reconvened on Tuesday but once again failed to elect the mayor, deputy mayor and standing committee members. from Times of India https://ift.tt/lNPjH12 via

Scientists involved in studying Joshimath’s land subsidence told TOI on Tuesday that snow and rain – which began on January 20 – had caused “significant” cracks on the strategically key National Highway-58, which is the sole motorway leading to the pilgrim town of Badrinath and Mana, the final Indian village towards the China border. from Times of India https://ift.tt/B9hKptP via

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Following a three-year tenure marked by controversies and a fractious relationship with the erstwhile Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi dispensation, Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Monday said he had conveyed his desire to step down to PM Narendra Modi during the latter's recent visit to Mumbai. from Times of India https://ift.tt/PDSnzBs via

The All India Cabin Crew Association (AICCA) on Monday demanded that Air India roll back derostering of the crew that operated the New York-Delhi flight where a male passenger allegedly urinated on a female co-passenger last November. from Times of India https://ift.tt/IPUudZS via

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In a first-of-its-kind move, Uttarakhand’s State Commission for Scheduled Castes (SCSC) has asked all 13 district administrations to compile a list of temples and other religious places where Dalits are still not allowed. from Times of India https://ift.tt/VCAF5W2 via

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The footnote to six-time MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh's political CV would be a long chronology of criminal cases — at one point totalling 30 FIRs, including one filed under the erstwhile Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act. from Times of India https://ift.tt/WHGKFTv via

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Amid the ongoing wrangle between the Centre and the judiciary over appointment of judges through the collegium system, Union law minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday cited in his Twitter handle an interview of Justice RS Sodhi (retd), a former judge of the Delhi high court. Sodhi had remarked that the Supreme Court “has for the first time hijacked the Constitution” to such an extent that judges have decided to appoint judges, negating the role of the government. from Times of India https://ift.tt/JtDxY45 via

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Of the over four crore cases pending in lower courts in the country, about 63 lakh cases remain undecided because of non-availability of counsel, according to the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG), as of January 20. At least 78% of such cases are criminal and the rest civil. from Times of India https://ift.tt/U0p2Rqv via

As part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s endeavour to make the youth aware of the contributions of the leaders who helped the country gain independence, 80 youngsters, including 35 girls and 45 boys, selected from across the country will get an opportunity to participate in the floral tribute offering function at the Central Hall of the Parliament in the honour of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. from Times of India https://ift.tt/Nai8YQg via

At least nine people were wounded in two synchronised explosions that police suspect were set off by IEDs planted in two vehicles parked in the busy industrial area of Narwal on the outskirts of Jammu city between 11am and 11.20am Saturday. from Times of India https://ift.tt/BZaUNhE via

At least nine people were wounded in two synchronised explosions that police suspect were set off by IEDs planted in two vehicles parked in the busy industrial area of Narwal on the outskirts of Jammu city between 11am and 11.20am Saturday. from Times of India https://ift.tt/Xj6pvub via

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A day after brokering a peace deal and asking Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh to ‘step aside’ pending inquiry into the allegations of sexual harassment and intimidation against him, Union sports minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday dismissed WFI’s assistant secretary Vinod Tomar with immediate effect for his public remarks in Gonda defending Singh, a BJP strongman and six-time Lok Sabha MP. from Times of India https://ift.tt/1CkwVij via

The government on Friday ordered the blocking of multiple YouTube videos and nearly 50 tweets that shared the first episode of the BBC documentary — “India: The Modi Question”— on grounds that senior officials of various ministries found it to be an attempt to “cast aspersions” on the authority of the Supreme Court and make “unsubstantiated allegations” regarding the actions of foreign governments in India. from Times of India https://ift.tt/Yvi0xCI via

The Bombay high court has granted interim stay on a magistrate's order of acquittal in a cheating case against former president of the Satara-based Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji Education Society Mahadev Deshmukh and five others who allegedly defrauded around 350 students of Rs 29 crore by promising MBBS admissions. In November 2022, the magistrate had acquitted the accused after one of the 95 victims reached a compromise with them before the Lok Adalat. from Times of India https://ift.tt/Vux52Xb via

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The aggrieved grapplers called off their protest late on Friday night after getting assurances from the government that their grievances would be addressed, the first step of which was the stepping aside of under-fire Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. The wrestlers, decided to end their protest after a breakthrough was achieved during a second round of talks with union sports minister Anurag Thakur. from Times of India https://ift.tt/R2aoxvu via

The Indian Air Force (IAF) will conduct a major air combat exercise with frontline fighters, helicopters, other aircraft and drones in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and other northeastern states early next month, amid heightened tension in the eastern sector of the Line of Actual Control due to the 32-month long military confrontation in eastern Ladakh. from Times of India https://ift.tt/qz9LwG5 via

Home minister Amit Shah on Friday said challenges to policing have now drastically transformed: from tackling geographical problems like terrorism and unrest in J&K, Left-wing extremism and unrest in the northeast to countering new-age “thematic” threats of cyber security and data theft, with problems becoming multi-dimensional as narco-terror and fourth-generation warfare catch on. from Times of India https://ift.tt/8v0JwIE via

Vinesh, who is spearheading the campaign for Singh's removal as the WFI chief over charges of sexual harrasment, also alleged that several complaints of sexual abuse and mistreatment of boys wrestlers were reported to the federation's higher-ups but no action was taken on them. from Times of India https://ift.tt/HwRWr3s via

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A 44-year-old worker of Tripura royal scion Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma’s tribal TIPRA Motha party was dragged out of his vehicle in Dhalai district late Wednesday and fatally assaulted, coinciding with the announcement of assembly polls on February 16 and the Election Commission’s warning of zero tolerance towards violence. from Times of India https://ift.tt/h8etnNH via

The Supreme Court collegium headed by CJI D Y Chandrachud has rejected “objections” of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) to reiterate for the second time the name of gay senior advocate Saurabh Kirpal for appointment as a judge of the Delhi high court. from Times of India https://ift.tt/ICL63BQ via

During his meeting with home minister Amit Shah in Delhi on Wednesday, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami said “65% to 70% of Joshimath residents were leading a normal life and only 30% have been affected by land subsidence”. Dhami reiterated his remark in Dehradun on Thursday. from Times of India https://ift.tt/viHGLBl via

The Supreme Court collegium, led by CJI D Y Chandrachud, on Thursday said public criticism of the government’s “policies, initiatives and directions” is no disqualification for a person’s appointment as a judge, while reiterating its recommendation for appointment of advocate Somasekhar Sundaresan as a Bombay high court judge. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3wJV2ZX via

PM Narendra Modi Thursday stressed the benefits of double-engine governments at back-to-back rallies in north Karnataka and Mumbai, saying BJP’s presence at the Centre and the state had injected momentum into development from the hinterland to the teeming metropolis. from Times of India https://ift.tt/ktSAeLu via

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The government on Thursday failed to convince the agitating wrestlers to call off their protest demanding resignation of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over charges of sexual misconduct and intimidation, with the country’s top grapplers threatening to lodge a police complaint against Singh if he doesn’t resign by Friday evening. from Times of India https://ift.tt/S1gAJYB via

India on Thursday slammed the controversial BBC documentary on PM Narendra Modi and the Gujarat riots, saying it lacked objectivity and betrayed a colonial mindset. While noting that the documentary had not been screened in India, the foreign ministry said it was a propaganda piece designed to push a particular "discredited" narrative. from Times of India https://ift.tt/10j9awD via

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The city recorded its third consecutive cold wave day on Wednesday and the eighth so far this month, which is the highest during January in 15 years and the second highest in records going back 31 years, according to India Meteorological Department data. from Times of India https://ift.tt/le5QPRF via

Observing that harsh and excessive conditions for bail amount to denying bail, the Supreme Court disapproved of the practice of imposing such conditions resulting in the accused languishing in jail. A bench of Justices Krishna Murari and V Ramasubramanian said that jail is the exception and grant of bail is the rule and in such a scenario, the conditions imposed on bail must not be unreasonable. from Times of India https://ift.tt/9BqKkZ3 via

The Election Commission Wednesday announced assembly polls in 180 seats across three northeastern states, starting with BJP-governed Tripura on February 16 and followed by simultaneous polling on February 27 in Meghalaya and Nagaland, where the saffron party is second in the pecking order of coalitions headed by regional giants. Counting of votes is scheduled for March 2. from Times of India https://ift.tt/PfdM6ol via

Fearing a Chinese threat of “water wars”, India has initiated its biggest hydroelectric project of 11,000 megawatt (MW) in Upper Subansiri in Arunachal Pradesh. Responding to Chinese dams coming up close to its borders in the north-east, India is also expediting three stalled projects for possible allocation to NHPC after recommendations of an evaluation committee and in-principle approval by ministry of power. from Times of India https://ift.tt/40zxIEm via

Jharkhand Police have registered a murder case after a 22-year-old student of IIM-Ranchi was found hanging from the ceiling fan inside his hostel room, allegedly with his hands tied. from Times of India https://ift.tt/Okr6zY9 via

The Bharatiya Janata Party won the Chandigarh municipal corporation's mayor seat for eight time in a row. from Times of India https://ift.tt/HmfVtEu via

Pakistan-based leader of UN proscribed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) Abdul Rehman Makki, who is also the brother-in-law of most wanted Hafiz Saeed, was designated a global terrorist by the UN Security Council after China dropped its technical hold over a proposal to list him under the UNSC's ISIL (Da'esh) and Al Qaida Sanctions Committee. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3iF9zm1 via

No Covid death was reported in India for 4 days at a stretch, again a first since 2020. India reported 83 fresh cases on Monday, down from 114 on the previous day. India had first reported over 100 cases in a day on March 27, 2020, & the daily tally hadn't fallen to double digits since then. from Times of India https://ift.tt/rELicxy via

Joshimath is regarded as the gateway and the only route to the holy town of Badrinath. But after several places in Joshimath were put under the "danger zone" category, questions are now being raised on the road to be taken to the popular shrine. The state had recently said the yatra would not be affected. Under the Char Dham road project, authorities are preparing a "by-pass to Badrinath" but the project is still halfway through. from Times of India https://ift.tt/1i8Vy9M via

We all know that 'RRR' star Jr NTR was present at the Golden Globe Awards ceremony in the US recently. During an interaction with international media there, Jr NTR said that Iron Man is his all-time favourite character when asked what kind of Hollywood movies he would star in if he gets a chance. He also said that he would love to do a Marvel film and is awaiting a call from Marvel Entertainment. from Times of India https://ift.tt/HlNA7YO via

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee accused the Delhi and Gujarat police on Monday of entering Banga Bhavan, the primary accommodation of state seniors and guests in Delhi, on Saturday and taking away CCTV footage. from Times of India https://ift.tt/eTq9LI0 via

The series description states: “A look at the tensions between Indian PM Narendra Modi and India’s Muslim minority, investigating claims about his role in 2002 riots that left over a thousand dead.” from Times of India https://ift.tt/1qBrfRw via

Imports from Russia have jumped five times to $32.9 billion in Apr-Dec, making it India's fourth largest trading partner. Russia moved up from 20th place last financial year due to the surge in crude inflows. Overall, India's imports fell 3% to $58.2bn, exports fell 12% to $34.5bn in December 2022. from Times of India https://ift.tt/k2fZ8vi via

Inclusion of a member of the government in collegiums for appointment of judges in SC and HCs flows from the new MoP as suggested by the constitution bench after it struck down the NJAC, law minister Kiren Rijiju said. Responding to a tweet of CM Kejriwal, who termed the minister's letter to CJI as dangerous, Rijiju said, "I hope you honour court's direction! This is a precise follow up action of the direction of SC constitution bench..." from Times of India https://ift.tt/bvlOJ3m via

This would be the second major demolition exercise after the administration a few days ago began to raze two of Joshimath's biggest hotels. There are over 30 houses in the colony, many of them with large cracks, which a resident said "seem to be getting bigger." from Times of India https://ift.tt/JbdhRxf via

For the first time since March 2020, the national capital recorded no new Covid case on Monday. Delhi recorded its first coronavirus case on March 2, 2020 and logged a total of 20,07,313 cases with a cumulative positivity rate of 4.94 per cent and 26,522 pandemic-related fatalities so far. from Times of India https://ift.tt/kU1vapm via

A team from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), led by deputy secretary Mangesh Ghildiyal, reached Joshimath on Sunday and inspected affected areas around the town. from Times of India https://ift.tt/pjcbDq9 via

NCP MP Supriya Sule's saree accidentally caught fire during an event in Pune on Sunday. In a statement, Sule later said that she is safe and there was no reason to worry. from Times of India https://ift.tt/jcGuW5h via

Three Nepali nationals - Raju Thakuri, Rabin Hamal and Anil Shahi - who had come to attend the funeral of Christian evangelist Mathew Philip in Pathanamthitta were among the 68 people who died in the crash. from Times of India https://ift.tt/HA8Ru4T via

The famous Jagannath temple in Puri has been invaded by hordes of rodents - nibbling away at the attires of sibling gods Jagannath, Balabhadra and goddess Subhadra - worrying shrine officials, who have raised an alarm. from Times of India https://ift.tt/E0oxip2 via

As many as 309 "fully or partially road-blocking landslides" were identified along the 247-km road between Rishikesh and Joshimath - an average of 1.25 landslides per km - according to a study by a team of Indian and foreign scientists, which was introduced for discussion at European Geosciences Union on January 10. from Times of India https://ift.tt/N78ZzTn via

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A constable has been arrested for allegedly molesting a 17-year-old student of Allahabad University in a moving train as she was on her way to Pilibhit from Prayagraj Friday. The cop fled with her luggage. from Times of India https://ift.tt/dwY0LK1 via

The two alleged terrorists arrested by Delhi Police's special cell on Thursday had murdered a man, chopped his body into pieces and filmed the act, including the beheading, the police have claimed. They also sent the video to their foreign-based handlers, including an ISI operative, to prove their worth, claimed sources. from Times of India https://ift.tt/alvfYIT via

JD(U) spokesperson Neeraj Kumar and his supporters read out a few couplets from Tulsidas's epic outside a Hanuman temple to protest against state education minister Chandra Shekhar's remarks about the 16th century CE work. from Times of India https://ift.tt/RsA5eL0 via

Congress MP from Jalandhar, Chaudhary Santokh Singh (76), collapsed and died just as Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra crossed Phillaur in Jalandhar district of Punjab on Saturday morning. from Times of India https://ift.tt/Pkx2lpo via

Parts of Joshimath may have sunk by nearly 2.2 feet (70cm), sources told TOI on Saturday on the basis of ground investigation of affected areas carried out recently in the picturesque town, which is facing aggravated land subsidence since the beginning of January. from Times of India https://ift.tt/QLazt4i via

Ten people, including four women and four children, were killed and 23 others were injured in a head-on collision between a luxury bus and a truck on the Sinnar-Shirdi highway (NH-160) at 6.30am on Friday. from Times of India https://ift.tt/dbZnotq via

The judiciary bears an onerous responsibility on its shoulders - Kerala lawyer Rayin KR believes he does so too, taking the proverb to its literal heights by carrying a physically challenged plaintiff to the first floor of a Kottayam court from Times of India https://ift.tt/ZbTnpfF via

A pair of 26-year-old twins from Rajasthan's Barmer living 900km apart in different states died within hours of each other in bizarrely similar circumstances - one falling to his death from the terrace of a house in Surat and the other fatally slipping into a water tank after being called home from Jaipur. from Times of India https://ift.tt/ifRwrYa via

Amid evacuations and demolitions, the residents had to endure a sudden drop in temperature following a fresh spell of snowfall in Auli, around 10km from the town, on Friday. from Times of India https://ift.tt/JKV1yOZ via

Onir was due to speak on "Making Literature LGBTQ Neutral" on Friday. Onir told TOI he was quite upset that his session was "arbitrarily cancelled". "I'm appalled that no official reason has yet been given," he said. from Times of India https://ift.tt/AhDaKtk via

Petitioner Tushar Gandhi said there was an explicit call for violence at the Dharam Sansad and yet in flagrant violation of the SC's Tehseen Poonawala judgment directing expeditious action against hate-mongers, police has taken virtually no action. from Times of India https://ift.tt/PaeIrKB via

Out of fear that one hotel is tilting dangerously and may collapse on the other, owners of the two establishments in Joshimath who had been protesting for three days against the planned demolition of the buildings finally agreed to it on Thursday. It set the stage for the first demolition in Joshimath, where hundreds of houses and roads have developed cracks and are crumbling. from Times of India https://ift.tt/QyEIUF4 via

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Terming them as “warning to the Constitution loving citizens” and “extraordinary attack on the judiciary”, Congress on Thursday condemned vice president Jagdeep Dhankar’s remarks on the Constitution’s “basic structure doctrine”, arguing that the Supreme Court judgment in Keshavananda Bharati case has been held as a landmark ruling by all including the BJP luminaries for decades. from Times of India https://ift.tt/mhURWdG via

The Jharkhand high court on Tuesday rejected the bail application of Prem Prakash, a close associate of Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren, while validating the findings of the Enforcement Directorate, which is probing the money trail in alleged illegal mining worth Rs 1,000 crore. from Times of India https://ift.tt/Rz5NY8m via

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PM Narendra Modi on Thursday exhorted developing countries to work towards redesigning global political and financial governance to remove inequalities, enlarge opportunities, support growth and spread progress and prosperity. Modi called for creating a new world order to ensure welfare of citizens of the developing countries, as he emphasised the next phase of global growth will come from countries in the South. from Times of India https://ift.tt/9p5Au07 via

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Terming the alleged act of Shankar Mishra urinating on an elderly woman on board an Air India flight last November under the influence of alcohol “utterly disgusting and repulsive”, and “sufficient to outrage the modesty of any woman”, a Delhi court on Wednesday dismissed his bail plea. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2qeKWhw via

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The golden night of Hollywood is here – the Golden Globe Awards 2023 is on in full swing with Hollywood royalty and television’s greats coming together to celebrate the best in cinema. Glitz, glamour and grandeur are at its peak at this gala. Comedian Jerrod Carmichael will be hosting the entertaining evening. This year the Golden Globe Awards are extra special for India with RRR bagging a nomination in Best Picture (Non-English language) and Best Song categories. Top contenders for the night also include 'Avatar: The Way of Water', 'Top Gun: Maverick' and 'Elvis'. The Golden Globes also honours the best in television and are voted for by members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Keep watching this space for more updates. from Times of India https://ift.tt/JiZGj0L via