Committed to nuke-free world, reiterates India

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Quad benefit: Modi, Biden cement plan to jointly monitor space objects

India and the US have concretised a plan to expand their partnership in the space sector by deciding to work on an agreement on space situational awareness (SSA) during the first in-person bilateral meeting between PM Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden recently on the sidelines of the Quad summit.

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HC: No legal bar on minors getting ‘sanyasa deeksha’

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Baghel loyalists land in Delhi, crisis in state flares up again

Amid the frantic firefighting in Punjab, Congress found itself dragged into the Chhattisgarh power struggle on Wednesday when around 15 party MLAs — loyalists of CM Bhupesh Baghel — landed in Delhi in the evening, apparently to lobby against any change of guard in the state.

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J&K delimitation process hits roadblock

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Congress headless, no one knows who’s taking decisions: Sibal

Amid growing defections from the party and the chaos in the Punjab unit, Congress veteran and G-23 leader Ghulam Nabi Azad has asked the leadership to convene a meeting of the Congress Working Committee.

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Loyalists target Sibal, G-23, accuse them of betrayal

The turmoil in Punjab Congress and the G-23 offensive against the leadership has triggered a bitter war of words, with Congress leaders slamming Kapil Sibal and some others for raising concerns about “instability in Punjab”. Former MP and Delhi leader Ajay Maken said, “Sonia Gandhi had ensured that Sibal became a minister at the Centre despite not having an organisational background. Everyone in the party is being heard. Want to tell Sibal and others that they shouldn’t degrade the organization that gave them an identity.”

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‘We’re G23, not Ji Huzoor’: Congress infighting out in open

Congress veteran and ‘G23’ leader Ghulam Nabi Azad has asked the party brass to convene a CWC meeting to discuss the problems in Punjab. Another ‘G23’ leader, Kapil Sibal, said the party was “headless” and no one knew who was taking decisions. ​​Leaders close to “them” (leadership) have left the party, while “we” (G23) are standing by them, he added. Suggesting they were loyal but not blind, Sibal said, “We are G23, not Ji Huzoor 23”.

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Amarinder meets Shah, stokes buzz of move ahead of Punjab polls

Former Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday called on Union home minister Amit Shah at the latter’s residence here. The two leaders had a meeting of over 50 minutes, boosting speculation about the Congress leader either joining BJP or allying with it for the Punjab polls.

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Chronic mudslingers can't escape contempt through apology: SC

The Supreme Court on Wednesday warned that chronic mudslingers taking potshots at the judiciary and judges cannot escape the rigour of punishment under the contempt of court law by tendering an apology, which is not borne out of remorse but is an attempt to save their skin when caught in an inescapable situation.

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Govt to list ECGC, infuse Rs 6k cr capital

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8k genetic testing can assess heart disease risk

More people are now undergoing a one-off genetic test costing Rs 8,000 to assess if they are born with a predisposition to heart diseases. The genomic risk score, also called polygenic score, currently prescribed for high-risk individuals — with family history of heart diseases, uncontrolled diabetes, hypertension or cholesterol levels — helps doctors assess risk, prevent or delay heart diseases, said senior cardiologist Dr S Ajit Mullasari at the Madras Medical Mission.

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6 firecracker giants face SC ire over chemicals use

Ahead of Diwali, six big firecracker manufacturers on Wednesday faced the ire of the Supreme Court, which asked them to explain why contempt of court proceedings be not initiated against them for using the banned chemical barium and its salts in producing crackers.

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Mundra port drug haul: DRI nabs head of Afghan cartel in country from Shimla

A fortnight after the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seized 3,000 kg of Afghan heroin worth approximately Rs 21,000 crore from two containers at Mundra port in Gujarat, DRI’s Lucknow and Noida units in a joint operation arrested the head of the drug cartel in India from Shimla.

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SC seeks Tirupati response on ritual ‘irregularities’

The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought response from Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) to a year-and-half old complaint by a devotee of Lord Balaji that irregularities have crept into the daily “puja and archana” in the temple causing consternation among devotees of the principal deity.​

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HC: Breastfeeding inalienable constitutional right of a mom

Breastfeeding is an inalienable constitutional right of a lactating mother and the right of the infant needs to be assimilated with the mother’s right, the Karnataka high court observed on Wednesday. It was disposing a batch of petitions filed by the biological mother and foster parents of a toddler.

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Pre-primary kids to get midday meals too

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday scaled up the national mid-day meal scheme as ‘PM-POSHAN’ which will also cover students of ‘Balvatikas’ (pre-primary classes) and provide hot cooked meals to students of elementary classes in government and aided schools.

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India set to take part in SCO anti-terror exercise in Pakistan

India is likely to send a three-member team to participate in a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) anti-terror exercise in Pakistan next week, TOI has learnt. The Pabbi anti-terror Exercise 2021 is being held at Pabbi in Pakistan’s Nowshera district from October 3 under the aegis of SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) which seeks to promote counter-terrorism cooperation between SCO member-states.

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BSF IG N S Jamwal promoted to ADG rank

BSF inspector general (Jammu frontier) N S Jamwal on Wednesday was promoted to the rank of additional director general (ADG) and posted to the prestigious Western Command in Chandigarh. Jamwal, a native of Jammu, has 37 years of professional experience working in different fields.

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Second wettest Sept in 27 years bridges monsoon deficit

Above-normal rainfall this month, which turned out to be the second wettest September in the past 27 years, has almost bridged the deficit of the monsoon season with the cumulative rainfall showing the gap to be narrowed down from 9% on August 31 to merely 1% on Wednesday, indicating the four-month season may finally be logged as ‘near normal’ monsoon.

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Sidhu blames choice of new AG, ‘tainted’ ministers for quitting

The curious case of Navjot Singh Sidhu’s resignation as Punjab PCC chief within 10 days of his bête noire Amarinder Singh’s exit as CM unravelled on Wednesday when he declared the new-look Congress government’s choice of advocate general and the re-entry of “tainted” ministers into the restructured cabinet forced his hand.

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Farooq Abdullah mysteriously drops off Zoom call whilst addressing Hindus for Labour event

Jammu and Kashmir National Conference president and former chief minister Dr Farooq Abdullah was due to address the Hindus for Labour event at the Hilton Hotel, Brighton, via video link on Wednesday as its keynote speaker. TOI has seen a letter from him confirming he would address the conference.

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Now, BJP’s Bengal cultural convener resigns from party

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SC/HCs can’t substitute legislative draft with its own craft: SC

Stopping the constitutional courts from supplementing or changing words in statutory provisions while interpreting, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said that language and drafting of a law or rule is in the legislature’s sole domain, where the judiciary is barred from stepping in.

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Kids snatched at 15 comprise 70% of Naxal cadre: Survey

Over 70% Maoist cadres are forcibly recruited as children without the consent of their parents. They are mostly roped in at 15 and given a gun at 17, says a ‘survey’ conducted by Bastar police among surrendered Maoists. The ‘recruited’ kids are not allowed to go home for years, some never, not even if any of their parents dies, say police.

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Adani loses out to Gujarat Gas on city gas distribution network

The Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out Adani Gas Ltd’s challenge to the decision of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) to award the city natural gas distribution (CGD) network for Sanand, Bavla and Dholka in Gujarat to Gujarat Gas.

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SC admits West Bengal's appeal against CBI probe into post-poll violence

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the West Bengal government has made out a case for entertaining its appeal challenging a Calcutta high court order directing CBI and SIT probe into post-poll violence in May after Trinamool Congress, led by Mamata Banerjee, romped home in the assembly elections with a massive mandate.

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Bombay HC fines co Rs 25 lakh for ‘wasting court’s time’

To ensure that those approaching courts in commercial disputes “understand that courts are not playgrounds, and litigation is not a pastime,” the Bombay HC recently directed a private company to pay Rs 25 lakh to a party against whom it was seeking orders.

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Govt’s online job exchange for elderly to start on Oct 1

Come October 1, senior citizens seeking work opportunities will be able to register themselves on a first-of-its-kind dedicated employment exchange portal for the elderly. The ‘Senior Able Citizens for Re-Employment in Dignity (Sacred)’ portal, being steered by the ministry of social justice and empowerment (MoSJ&E), will enable “virtual matching” of employable elderly of 60 years and above with employers who come forward and register on the platform.

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Most women in managerial posts in Northeast, AP & Punjab

The north-eastern states generally have the highest ratio of female workers in managerial positions, with Meghalaya topping the chart with 34.1%, followed by Sikkim and Mizoram, according to the annual bulletin of the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS).​

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Builder has to compensate RWA for handing over unfinished project: SC

Builders cannot get away by handing over maintenance and administration of a housing society to the residents’ welfare association if the project remains unfinished without all infrastructure and facilities promised to the homebuyers and will need to compensate the RWAs, the Supreme Court said.​

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Gandhi siblings left red-faced amid efforts to rejig Congress

After the central leadership completely owned the Punjab restructuring and felt it had settled the chaotic unit, the surprise resignation by state president Navjot Singh Sidhu caught everyone by surprise and threatened to destabilise its stronghold and cast the Gandhi leadership in poor light.

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Charanjit Singh Channi defends decision to appoint Deol as AG

Hours before Navjot Singh Sidhu quit from the post of Punjab Congress president, chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Tuesday defended his decision to appoint senior advocate A P S Deol as new advocate general (AG) of the state.​

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Sidhu not a stable man, resignation sheer drama: Amarinder Singh

Former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said Navjot Sidhu’s resignation as PPCC chief within two months of taking over the vital post had proved beyond doubt that the cricketer turned politician was an “unstable” man, who could not be relied upon to lead the ruling party, especially in a border state like Punjab.

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Congress to retire Kerala old warhorses?

It’s a season of open discontent in the Kerala unit of Congress but those in the know say that it is not likely to extend beyond a lot of sound and some fury. Reason: The Congress high command in Delhi wants the old guard sidelined and rampant factionalism neutralised, and to that purpose it will be willing to put up with KPCC president K Sudhakaran’s rather brash and authoritarian style of functioning.​

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Kerala Congress leaders defer Delhi visit, Rahul in state today

The discussion between the All-India Congress Committee (AICC) and the Kerala Congress leadership on the appointment of new KPCC office-bearers, scheduled to be held in New Delhi, was postponed on Tuesday. KPCC chief K Sudhakaran and opposition leader VD Satheesan were supposed to reach New Delhi on Wednesday for discussions but have deferred their travel plans.

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PM releases 35 new crops with ‘special traits’

Seeking to address the twin challenges of climate change and malnutrition, PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday released 35 new indigenously-developed crop varieties with special traits like drought tolerant, disease resistant and biofortified food crops with higher nutrient content such as protein, iron and zinc.

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Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi hands out portfolios, keeps 14 depts with himself

Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi in his first portfolio allocation on Tuesday kept 14 departments with him — including the key responsibilities of vigilance, power and mining. The allocation, which Congress sources said was vetted by Rahul Gandhi, saw the seven new faces in the reconstituted cabinet being given charge of key departments.

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Month after month, Covaxin missing production target

Homegrown Covaxin was to play a major role in vaccination against Covid-19. But eight months after the vaccination drive began, only one in 11 Indians has managed to get the first indigenous vaccine. Bharat Biotech, which manufactures it, has failed to ramp up production at the pace it had envisaged.

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Switchover buzz as Captain Amarinder Singh in Delhi to meet ‘friends’

Former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh arrived in Delhi on Tuesday amidst an intense buzz over a meeting with the BJP brass that might be a precursor to an alliance, even as his visit was termed as a personal one to meet “friends”.

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Switch hit: Sidhu quits as PCC chief; minister follows

In a switch hit that left Congress on a sticky wicket in Punjab again, cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu quit as PCC chief on Tuesday, followed by the resignation of new minister Razia Sultana “in solidarity” with him. Gulzar Inder Singh Chahal, who was made PCC treasurer soon after Sidhu took over, also put in his papers along with general secretary Yoginder Dhingra.

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Seven infiltrators from Pak killed, one caught alive in last 10 days: Army

In the past 10 days, seven infiltrators from Pakistan were killed in separate anti-terror operations along the Line of Control (LoC) while one Lashkar-e-Taiba operative was caught alive in J&K’s Uri sector, GOC 19 Infantry Division Maj Gen Virendra Vats said on Tuesday, adding that Pakistan was itching to carry out a sensational terror strike in Kashmir.

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RSS chief Bhagwat to visit Jammu beginning Sept 30

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat will embark on a four-day visit to Jammu, beginning September 30. A statement issued in this regard by Jammu Prant Karvahak stated that during his stay Bhagwat will participate in many programmes in the region. He had earlier visited Jammu in 2016.

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Sidhu resignation: Congress general secretary KC Venugopal says 'everything will be okay'

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Rift in CPI over promotion may have resulted in Kanhaiya Kumar's exit

An internal split within the Communist Party of India (CPI) over promoting Kanhaiya Kumar at the national level may have triggered the former student leader’s imminent exit from the party.

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Bombay HC bars open-court hearing of workplace sex harassment cases

Issuing guidelines for sexual harassment at workplace cases, the Bombay high court has directed that henceforth all such matters will be heard in-camera or in the judge’s chambers and not in open court, and the orders are not to be uploaded on the official website. The HC has also barred the media from publishing the proceedings without court permission.

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Community leaders turn ‘influencers’ to boost vaccination drive in tribal districts

In many of the tribal-majority districts, it is not celebrities but community leaders and members of self-help groups, mostly led by women, who have emerged as key “influencers” to push the Covid vaccination drive.

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Kerala HC lifts ban on online rummy games

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Forcible unnatural sex with wife a heinous offence: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Monday said forcible unnatural sex with wife by husband is a heinous offence, especially as it had led her to die by suicide, and refused bail to the man who has been in custody for more than two years on charges of dowry harassment, domestic violence and rape.

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IIT Ropar to start certificate course in Mandarin

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RSS-linked magazine calls Amazon ‘East India Co 2.0’

Days after its attack on Infosys, RSS-affiliate magazine Panchjanya, in its latest issue, has carried a cover story on Amazon, likening the online retail giant to East India Company and accusing it of corrupt practices.

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SC ticks off corporate lawyers on pleas for urgent listing

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Chhattisgarh CM, SIT members weakened PDS scam case: ED

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Pay closer attention to N-proliferation, India says at UNSC

India on Monday called for stepped up attention from the international community to check illicit proliferation of nuclear weapons. Addressing the UN security council meeting on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), foreign secretary Harsh V Shringla said, “There is a need for the international community to pay closer attention to the illicit proliferation of networks of nuclear weapons, their delivery systems, components and relevant technologies.”

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SC puts government on notice, says ‘don’t play football with lives of young doctors’

The Supreme Court on Monday accused the National Medical Council, National Board of Examinations and the health ministry of “playing football” with the lives of young doctors aspiring to do their specialisation by changing the pattern of questions for the NEET-Super Speciality Examination more than a month after notifying the exam date.

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Naik Gurjant Singh who died on duty in Assam mishap cremated with full state honours

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Bharat Bandh paralyses Punjab, has limited impact elsewhere

Farm groups in Punjab, which have been at the forefront of the struggle against the Central farm laws, brought the state to near standstill on Monday as the Bharat bandh paralysed rail and road traffic, and business establishments were shut in all towns and cities. While the impact was less severe in Haryana, the western part of Uttar Pradesh saw some toll plazas being blocked and trains cancelled due to protests on tracks.

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With big guns, Army keeps combat posture along LAC

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After India’s criticism, China says visa curbs apply to all

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