31 years on, trial begins against JKLF leader Bitta Karate after slain Kashmiri Pandit’s kin moves court

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Cabinet committee clears first deal for indigenous combat helicopters

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High-HP diesel locos still in game: Rlys to use 2,200 engines till their max service life

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Birbhum killings, flop show in Goa, Tripura polls force TMC to reach out to Congress

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Second-tier health system in Bihar crumbling: CAG

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Didi taps non-NDA CMs, opposition netas for united front

Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday made a renewed pitch for a united opposition in a bid to stall the saffron juggernaut, writing to her non-NDA counterparts and other senior political functionaries for a conclave to highlight BJP’s alleged “misuse of central agencies with the sole intent of suppressing opposition leaders” and attempts “to influence a certain section of the judiciary”.

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Opposed Ashish bail, can still move to cancel: UP in SC

The Uttar Pradesh government told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that police are providing security to 98 witnesses in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case of last year and accused a petitioner, seeking cancellation of main accused Ashish Mishra’s bail, of conflating all subsequent incidents.

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Assam, Meghalaya sign pact to end 50-yr dispute

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Meghalaya counterpart Conrad K Sangma signed an agreement in the presence of Union home minister Amit Shah in New Delhi on Tuesday, settling six of the 12 areas of their differences in the 50-year-old inter-state boundary dispute.

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As summer sets in, military reviews situation on LAC

With the onset of summer amidst no signs of de-escalation in the 22-month old troop confrontation in eastern Ladakh, top Army and IAF commanders on Tuesday kicked off a comprehensive review of the operational situation, military preparedness and war-gaming strategies along the northern borders with China.

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Finance minister blames Putin’s war, UPA oil bonds for fuel price hike

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that the war in Ukraine had resulted in higher petrol and diesel prices and the government is seeking to respond to the situation. The statement came as oil prices raised pump prices again on Tuesday, pushing petrol beyond the Rs 100 a litre mark in the capital.

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Delhi stares at blackout as Centre allots Dadri-II capacity to Haryana

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Record 15,014 passengers travel through SIA on a single day

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Bar govt workers from joining stir: Kerala High Court

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Women flying high in the armed forces but still a miniscule minority

Slowly but steadily, often with help from the Supreme Court, women are shattering multiple glass ceilings in the overwhelmingly male-dominated environs of the armed forces. There are now 15 women IAF fighter pilots as well as 145 women helicopter and transport aircraft pilots in the three Services, while 28 have also been deployed on frontline warships and 100 have become trained military policewomen.

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US eases Covid-19 travel advisory for India

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and State Department eased government Covid-19 travel ratings for India and some other countries on Monday. The CDC said had changed its Covid-19 travel recommendation for India to "Level 1: Low" from "Level 3: High," which urges unvaccinated Americans to avoid travel to those locations.

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UP portfolios: Adityanath keeps home, Khanna gets finance

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Bill to include Tripura's Darlong community in ST list sees rare bonhomie between govt and opposition in LS

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Ruckus in Bihar assembly over attack on CM Nitish Kumar; opposition hits out at govt over law and order situation

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After 2 year gap, Amarnath Yatra starts on June 30

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Terror-funding case: NIA raids house of jailed activist in J&K

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Want fresh NRC exercise: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday upped the ante over the state’s updated National Register of Citizens (NRC), calling for a fresh exercise to collate citizenship data rather than just partially reverifying the rolls. “The old NRC should be reviewed; it should be new and done again,” he told the media on the sidelines of an event in the city. “The government is in touch with All Assam Students’ Union in this regard.”

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Will cooperate with CBI, but protest if probe biased: Didi

CBI recorded on Sunday statements of at least three wounded prime witnesses of the Bogtui village carnage as part of its probe into the burning of eight of a family in Bengal’s Birbhum district, while CM Mamata Banerjee said her government will cooperate with the central agency, but protest if it follows instructions from BJP, CPM or Congress.

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Travel industry welcomes Centre's decision to reopen international flights

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As international flight operations begin, one-stop transits set to be available again

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Delhi budget vows 20 lakh jobs in 5 years; education gets top billing

Focusing on economic revival in the post-Covid era, Delhi finance minister Manish Sisodia presented what he called a “Rozgar Budget” on Saturday which promises to create 20 lakh new jobs in the next five years by promoting retail and wholesale markets, setting up a new electronic city and developing Delhi as a popular tourist destination.

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J&K cop killed, brother wounded in terror attack

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Work on Katra’s Shankaracharya Temple to resume after 19 years

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India repatriates 3 Pakistani prisoners after completion of jail terms

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Ahead of new school session, 1 crore kids aged 12-14 get 1st Covid shot

Ahead of the new academic session that is set to begin from April, Covid vaccination among adolescents of 12-14 years picked up pace this week with over one crore youngsters in this age group initiating immunisation in the last 10 days. The government lowered the eligible age for Covid vaccination to 12 years from March 16 to bring adolescents of 12-14 years under the span of the programme.

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Calcutta High Court stops Bengal SIT, asks CBI to probe Birbhum case

The Calcutta high court handed CBI on Friday the investigation into the Bogtui village carnage in which eight people of a family were charred to death inside a cluster of houses in Bengal’s Birbhum district on March 21 in an alleged revenge attack over a panchayat representative’s murder an hour earlier.

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32 freshers in 52-strong Yogi ministry, 1 deputy CM replaced

Yogi Adityanath took oath on Friday for a second consecutive term as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, heading a team which has 32 new faces and a new deputy CM in Brajesh Pathak who made a strong entry at Dinesh Sharma’s cost. Just like last time, the ministry included only five women, including the party’s prominent Jatav face and former Uttarakhand governor Baby Rani Maurya.

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India, China agree to disagree on LAC as India seeks border peace, China long-term view

India pressed China for an early and complete disengagement of troops in the remaining areas along the LAC in eastern Ladakh, as foreign minister S Jaishankar and NSA Ajit Doval met Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi Friday, saying normalisation of the border situation is a prerequisite for normalisation of ties.

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US calls India's position over Ukraine 'unsatisfactory' but unsurprising

A senior White House official said on Friday India's position at the United Nations over the crisis in Ukraine has been "unsatisfactory" but was also unsurprising given its historical relationship with Russia.

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Singing of national anthem made mandatory at UP madrassas

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Murder-accused cracks IIT masters entrance, ranks 54

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India TB cases up 19%, Delhi tops prevalence

India saw a sharp 19% rise in tuberculosis cases in 2021 over the previous year, even as 64% of the surveyed symptomatic population did not seek healthcare services between 2019 and 2021, the India TB report 2022 and National TB Prevalence Survey shows. Over 19.3 lakh new and relapsed TB patients were notified in 2021 against 16.3 lakh in 2020, the TB report 2022 released by health minister Mansukh Mandaviya shows.

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‘Steadfast’ Ukraine policy in national interest, based on 6 principles: EAM

Foreign minister S Jaishankar said in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday that India’s “steadfast and consistent” Ukraine policy is in its own national interest and that it’s based on six principles. These include immediate cessation of hostilities, return to dialogue and diplomacy, respect for international law, sovereignty and territorial integrity, access to humanitarian assistance, India’s own aid to Ukraine and the initiative to remain in touch with the leadership of both Russia and Ukraine.

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HC to resume hearing on Kashi temple-Gyanvapi Mosque issue from March 29

The Allahabad high court on Thursday adjourned till March 29 the cases relating to Varanasi’s Kashi Vishwanath Temple-Gyanvapi Mosque complex, directing that the arguments shall continue thereafter on regular basis till their conclusion in all connected matters.

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Diplomatic talks with China in parallel to stand-off show foreign, defence policies joined at hip: Jaishankar

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Seers, saints from Sangam City to be present at Yogi’s swearing-in gala at Lucknow

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Pak activists pay tribute to Bhagat Singh, raise demand to rename Lahore's Shadman Chowk after him

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CUET on Class 12 subjects, but no bar on any course

The Common University Entrance Test (Undergraduate) 2022, to be conducted by NTA, will be the basis for admission to close to 1.8 lakh seats across 45 central universities and their affiliated/constituent colleges. ​​The application process and the test and admission criteria need to be understood to let you choose your preferred course and college across the country. Ahead of NTA’s own announcement over a week later, TOI simplifies things for you.

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Two years on, national Covid-19 plan to end on March 31

Two years after the Centre imposed a nationwide lockdown in view of the Covid-19 outbreak and followed it up with monthly review of health protocols, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has decided against invoking provisions of the Disaster Management Act beyond March 31 for management of the pandemic.

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Jharkhand govt with Congress as alliance partner damaged anganwadi system: BJP leader

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BJP attempting to destabilise Jharkhand govt, spreading lies through social media: CM Hemant Soren

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Centre issues guidelines for legal assistance in international criminal cases

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Novavax says its Covid vaccine gets India authorisation for adolescents

Novavax Inc on Tuesday said that the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted emergency use authorisation for its Covid-19 vaccine for adolescents aged 12 to 17 in the country. The authorization is a global first for the age group for the vaccine, which is manufactured and marketed in India by the Serum Institute of India under the brand name Covovax. Novavax last month said its vaccine was 80% effective against Covid-19 in a late-stage trial testing the shot in 2,247 childern.

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Boy and girl cadets to be trained in ‘absolute gender neutral’ mode: NDA

The National Defence Academy (NDA) said on Tuesday that a majority of military training activities of boy and girl cadets would be conducted together, and it was “geared up” for training the first batch of girl cadets in an absolutely gender-neutral manner from June 2022. The move was crucial keeping their employability in mind, wherein the women officers are required to command the troops of men, the NDA said in a press release.

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ED attaches Uddhav Thackeray kin’s assets; MVA cries vendetta

The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached properties worth Rs 6.45 crore, including 11 residential flats at Thane, belonging to a company controlled and owned by Shridhar Madhav Patankar, brother-in-law of chief minister Uddhav Thackeray. Patankar is brother of Rashmi Thackeray, wife of the CM and editor of Saamna newspaper.

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Pressure on India as Russia, West seek UN vote on Ukraine

India’s position on the Ukraine crisis will be put under the microscope again by its Western partners later this week with the UN General Assembly likely to meet and vote on a resolution brought by France and Mexico on the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the war-ravaged country. UNGA president Abdulla Shahid announced that he would convene an emergency special session of the General Assembly on Wednesday following a letter from 22 countries.

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Australia & India: Can’t allow a Ukraine in the Indo-Pacific

While Australian PM Scott Morrison called for holding Russia to account for its Ukraine offensive in the virtual summit with PM Narendra Modi, Australia also expressed understanding of India's position on Ukraine, Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla said after the meeting on Monday.

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BJP’s Dhami move clears way, Maurya may keep deputy CM chair

The BJP leadership’s decision to continue Pushkar Singh Dhami as Uttarakhand CM seems to have cleared the way for the retention of Keshav Prasad Maurya as deputy CM in the new Yogi government in UP. Like Dhami, Maurya suffered defeat in his home constituency of Sirathu. However, the decision regarding who helms the saffron regime in neighbouring Uttarakhand may have removed what could have been a hurdle for the OBC leader.

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India has proved it is second to none in combating climate change: Tirumurti

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Threat of Omicron has not gone away from India: Health ministry

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'Respect Congress chief's views': Shashi Tharoor declines CPM's invite

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Israel PM Naftali Bennett to visit India on ‘friend’ Narendra Modi’s invitation

Israel announced Sunday that PM Naftali Bennett will pay his first official visit to India on April 2 at the invitation of his counterpart Narendra Modi. The three-day visit will mark the establishment of 30 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries. The visit will also take place against the backdrop of the Ukraine crisis in which Bennett reportedly is playing a peacemaker.

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Quad has accepted India’s Russia stand, won’t hit ties: Australian high commissioner

While Australian PM Scott Morrison has said he will raise with his counterpart Narendra Modi Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, an issue that dominated Japan’s agenda with India in the summit on Saturday, Australian high commissioner Barry O’Farrell said Quad countries have accepted India’s position and that it wasn’t going to affect cooperation among them.

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No Class 12 re-exam for hijab protesters: Karnataka govt

Hundreds of pre-university (PU) II students in Karnataka who had participated in hijab protests will not be given a second chance to appear for their practical examinations, which they boycotted in February-March. In Karnataka, Class 12 is called PU II. Two days after hinting at a re-exam, the government on Sunday categorically ruled out that option for students who were “absent” for the practicals conducted as part of the board examinations.

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Weekly Covid deaths drop below 200, lowest in 2 years

India recorded less than 200 deaths from Covid-19 in the week ending Sunday, the lowest toll from the pandemic since the week after the country went into total lockdown on March 25, 2020. Even as global cases of Covid surged by 4% in the last seven days (till Saturday), India again reported a 40% fall in infections in the week ending Sunday.

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As cases rise elsewhere, govt set to cut Covishield shots gap

The government’s top vaccination advisory panel, National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI), has recommended reducing the interval between the two primary doses of Covishield to 8-16 weeks, while the Centre is evaluating the need for expanding the booster programme as emerging evidence suggests that a third shot can significantly enhance protection against the highly transmissible Omicron, official sources said.

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