One more Atiq Ahmed lawyer held in Umesh Pal murder case

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Probe ordered after man complaining of chest pain dies in police lockup in Udhampur

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Independence Day order to J&K officials: Selfies with flag as DP

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JP Nadda rejigs team, ex-AMU VC appointed BJP national vice president

BJP president JP Nadda on Saturday reshuffled the team of national office-bearers, dropping two general secretaries and drafting in former Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) vice chancellor Tariq Mansoor, a Pasmanda Muslim, as vice-president in what is seen as part of its outreach to the backward minority community ahead of a string of elections leading to the big battle of 2024.

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UNSC report warns al-Qaida is spreading operations into J&K

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Railway ministry receives over 170 requests from leaders across party lines for new Vande Bharat trains, more stoppages

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'No proof of terror links': Supreme Court gives bail to 2 in Elgar case

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Yaripora grenade attack: Terror module busted in J&K's Kulgam, four arrested

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Manipur violence is a tribal conflict, not a religious one: BJP quotes Christian priest

Christian priest Oswald Cardinal Gracias has said the ongoing ethnic violence in Manipur is a tribal and it is not a religious clash.

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Special prosecutor quits Morbi trial after plaint over absence from hearings

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Mumbai areas flooded in another day of triple-digit rainfall

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In past 7 months, 121 deaths in 398 accidents on Bengaluru-Mysuru e-way: Govt

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Odisha has highest dropout rate at secondary school level

Odisha (27.3%) has the highest dropout rate at secondary school level followed by Meghalaya (21.7%), Bihar (20.5%), and Assam (20.3%). While the all India dropout rate at this stage of schooling is 12.6%, states like West Bengal, Punjab, Nagaland, Gujarat, and Andhra Pradesh have dropout rates of over 15%. The figures were cited in the Rajya Sabha by the ministry of education.

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ASI says survey won’t damage Gyanvapi mosque; Allahabad high court order likely on Thursday

The ASI assured the Allahabad HC through an affidavit on Wednesday that no damage would be caused to the structure due to methods used for the survey of the Gyanvapi complex as per the order of the Varanasi district judge. CJ Pritinker Diwaker, hearing a petition by AIM challenging the Varanasi court’s July 21 order for a scientific survey of the mosque premises, deferred the hearing till 3.30pm on Thursday, when it is likely to pronounce judgment, and asked the ASI not to carry out any survey.

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‘Modi ki guarantee’: India will be among world’s top 3 economies in NDA 3rd term

On a day when the opposition’s no-confidence motion against the government was admitted, a confident PM Narendra Modi asserted that he was “guaranteeing” that the pace of development would accelerate during his “third term in office” and India would be among the top three economies.

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Kapil Sibal retorts to VP Jagdeep Dhankhar, questions PM Modi over Manipur violence

Samajwadi Party Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal has retorted to vice-president Jagdeep Dhankhar’s recent observation that disturbance has been weaponised in the temples of democracy and questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not making a statement on Manipur.

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Manipur govt wants to send back 718 Myanmar refugees

The Manipur government asked Assam Rifles on Tuesday to repatriate 718 refugees from neighbouring Myanmar who are believed to have entered the state over the weekend and questioned lapses by the paramilitary force guarding the international border in preventing the entry of these foreigners.

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Supreme Court to hear pleas on extending RTI to political parties

The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hold a detailed hearing on a bunch of petitions seeking to bring political parties under the ambit of Right to Information (RTI) Act but underlined obvious limitations. The apex court posted the hearing for August 1 but responded to the petitioners’ clamour for an expeditious adjudication of the long-pending issue by saying, “We do not think we can ask the political parties why they selected a particular candidate to contest from a constituency.”

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East India Company, Indian Mujahideen, Popular Front of India too have ‘India’ in name: PM launches attack on Opposition

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the opposition for blocking the proceedings of Parliament and for branding their grouping as ‘INDIA’, and dismissed the move to bring a no-trust motion as “inconsequential”. “It has been the practice since the British rule to use ‘India’ as a camouflage for vested interests," the PM is learnt to have said at the closed-door meeting of BJP MPs.

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Pakistan intel operatives target students to seek sensitive information; Army schools issue advisory

Many students, including those of Army Public Schools across India, are getting calls and WhatsApp messages from Pakistani Intelligence Operatives (PIOs), asking them to join particular social media groups and share sensitive information, Army sources said on Tuesday. The students are receiving calls and WhatsApp messages from PIOs from two mobile phone numbers 8617321715 and 9622262167, they said.

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Manipur horror: Martyr’s house makes hamlet state’s most protected

A village, half of it burnt down, in Manipur’s Kangpokpi is guarded 24x7 by BSF troops, making it one of the most protected places in the state — because of one special house there. The house in Maphou was home to BSF sub-inspector Paotinsat Guite, killed fighting the Pakistan army on the LoC in J&K on December 1, 2020. He was given a Kirti Chakra in 2022 for his bravery in foiling Pakistan's attempt to push in terrorists. Maphou is the last one remaining in the block. All others were razed.

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Ugly scenes in Rajasthan assembly as sacked minister, Congress MLAs scuffle

Unruly scenes unfolded in the Rajasthan assembly on Monday as Congress legislator Rajendra Singh Gudha, who was recently dismissed as minister, demanded to speak about a mysterious “red diary” containing what he alleged were incriminating details that could send CM Ashok Gehlot “to prison”. However, the speaker refused, and BJP MLAs protested by rushing to the well of the House, shouting slogans and waving red diaries.

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Gyanvapi mosque case: ASI begins survey, Supreme Court orders pause till Wednesday

The Supreme Court on Monday stopped the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) till 5pm on Wednesday from conducting a scientific survey/excavation to determine whether a temple had existed on the site of the Gyanvapi mosque next to the Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi to enable the Muslim side to appeal against the district court’s July 21 order allowing the archaeological examination.

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SC to hear plea seeking SIT or CBI probe into death of Bihar BJP leader during protest march

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Raj Thackeray son held up at toll plaza, MNS workers go on rampage

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75 yrs after Independence, Gadchiroli town gets court

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Manipur horror: School torched, 1 shot in fresh violence; chances of returning to classrooms bleak

The Manipur government’s order to reopen schools has faced significant challenges in violence-affected districts, the latest being miscreants setting fire to a school building near the border of Churachandpur and Bishnupur on Saturday evening amid reports of gunfights between two groups in the region. A woman was hit by a bullet during violence in Kwakta of Bishnupur district. She was rushed to a hospital in Imphal for treatment.

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Casting aspersion on presiding officers will amount to breach of privilege, contempt of House: RS panel

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BJP: Opposition silent on abuse of women in Bengal, Bihar, Rajasthan

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Manipur ripple in Mizoram? Outfit asks Meiteis to leave, govt assures safety amid escalating tension

Manipuri people, both Meiteis and Pangals (Manipuri Muslims), have started fleeing Mizoram after an organization of former insurgents of Mizoram, Peace Accord MNF Returnees’ Association (Pamra), asked the Meiteis residing there to leave the state for “their own safety” on Friday. Later on Saturday evening, Mizoram government’s home department issued a statement saying that Pamra representatives, while expressing regret that their statement on Friday was misconstrued, decided not to pursue it.

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Monsoon fury: Delhi government issues Yamuna rise warning as Hathnikund volume up

A fresh spell of rain in the hill states led to the release of huge volumes of water from the Hathnikund barrage into the Yamuna on Saturday, forcing the Delhi government to issue a warning to people who had moved back to their houses in the low-lying areas. The release rate had increased to 2.51 lakh cusecs on Saturday morning, an engineer said.

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Ensure life of dignity for Tamils: PM Modi to Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe

India signed five agreements with debt-ridden neighbour Sri Lanka and released a bilateral vision document for economic cooperation, even as PM Narendra Modi told visiting Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe that the security interests and development of the two countries were intertwined and it was essential for them to work together keeping in mind each other’s safety and sensitivities.

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On day of Manipur mob horror, 2 gang-raped, killed 40km away

Two young tribal women from Manipur’s Kangpokpi working in an Imphal car wash were allegedly gang-raped at their workplace, dragged out and left to die by a mob rampaging through the capital city on May 4, coinciding with the strip-parade horror unfolding 40km away that very day.

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13 cases of signalling failure in 5 years, but none due to defects in interlocking signal system: Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

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Day 2 of Parliament monsoon session: Congress vs BJP over Manipur viral video

The ongoing Manipur violence and the viral video of two women being paraded naked rocked both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha again on the second day of the monsoon session with the principal opposition Congress and the ruling BJP leaders slogging it out inside and outside Parliament.

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140 crore Indians shamed by heinous incident: PM Modi

Amid an uproar on the opening day of the monsoon session of Parliament, the PM said: “What has happened to the daughters of Manipur can never be forgiven. The law with all its might will take one step after another. I assure the countrymen that not even a single culprit will be spared.”

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2 months after FIR & a day after video surfaces, 4 arrested for Manipur horror

The prime accused and three other suspects from the Manipur mob that paraded two women naked and allegedly gang-raped one of them on May 4 were arrested on Thursday, 63 days after a zero FIR was registered and within 10 hours of a video emerging of the horrific assault that one of the survivors — a Kargil War veteran’s wife — recounted to TOI as akin to being attacked by “wild animals”.

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No question of alliance with AAP in Punjab, says Congress

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Supreme Court gives Teesta Setalvad bail, says high court’s findings ‘totally perverse’

The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted regular bail to activist Teesta Setalvad in a case of alleged forging of documents and tutoring witnesses to implicate high functionaries of the Gujarat government in post-Godhra riots cases, after terming the high court order denying her relief as “totally perverse”.

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16 electrocuted at river project site in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district

Sixteen people, including a sub-inspector and three home guard personnel, were electrocuted on Wednesday morning at the site of a sewage treatment plant (STP) of the Namami Gange project on the Alaknanda river in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district.

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Infiltration bid foiled in Kupwara, 2 terrorists killed; forest department employee shot dead in Pulwama

Security forces thwarted a major infiltration attempt along the Line of Control (LoC) in J&K for the second consecutive day, killing two terrorists in Machil sector of the northern Kupwara district on Wednesday morning, while terrorists shot dead a forest department employee in Pulwama.

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PM Modi in Rajasthan's Sikar on July 27 to release Samman Nidhi to farmers

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Rich nations on track to raise $100 billion climate funds

While the resources had to be generated annually from 2020 itself, the rich nations have so far failed to raise the funds. But at the meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors here, they have indicated that they are on course to meet the target in 2023 — a position that was taken note of in the ‘outcome document and chair’s summary’, which also backed a reform of multi-lateral development banks.

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26 opposition parties join forces, say it’s PM Modi vs their INDIA

The 26-member opposition bloc gathered in Bengaluru to give shape to the anti-BJP coalition named itself INDIA – standing for Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance – to set the stage for a Lok Sabha battle next year that couldbe as much about acronyms as acrimony.

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2 migrant workers wounded in J&K terror attack

Suspected terrorists shot at and wounded two migrant workers in south Kashmir's Anantnag district late Tuesday. Both are in hospital and stable, police said. Kashmir Zone Police tweeted that the area where the duo was attacked had been cordoned off for a search of the assailants.

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Majority of students in 14-17 age group not aware vaping, e-cigarettes banned: Survey

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‘3.4 crore escaped poverty in UP in 5 years, most in India’

Nearly 13.5 crore people moved out of multi-dimensional poverty between 2015-16 and 2019-21 in India with the fastest reduction seen in UP, followed by Bihar, MP, Odisha and Rajasthan, a report released by government think tank Niti Aayog showed on Monday. The country registered a significant decline of 9.89 percentage points in the number of multi-dimensionally poor from 24.8% in 2015-16 to 14.9% in 2019-2021, according to the report.

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Supreme Court says lawyers’ strike unacceptable, seeks action taken report

The Supreme Court on Monday frowned upon advocates of the Delhi high court abstaining from work to protest the transfer of Justice Gaurang Kanth to the Calcutta HC, and asked the Bar Council of India (BCI) to furnish details of strikes called by lawyers’ bodies in the last one year across the country and action taken against their office-bearers.

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Two terrorists killed, infiltration bid foiled along LoC in J&K’s Poonch

Security forces early Monday thwarted an infiltration attempt and killed two terrorists along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district. A huge cache of war-like stores was recovered from the gun battle site along with the body of one of the slain terrorists.

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As foot soldiers, you will be brand ambassadors of India: V-P Dhankhar tells IFS trainees

Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday told the 2022 batch trainees of Indian Foreign Service (IFS) that as foot soldiers, they will be brand ambassadors of the country.

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Eyeing OBCs in UP, NDA wins over Rajbhar

Fortifying further its plans for the 2024 contest, BJP-led NDA roped in a new constituent on Sunday as part of its OBC outreach in UP — estranged Samajwadi Party ally Om Prakash Rajbhar’s Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) — while eyeing a deal with three strong potential allies down south.

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River set to dip below danger mark, some spots still flooded

The Yamuna receded further to marginally above the danger mark on Sunday, giving respite to the government and the affected people. While flood waters receded in Civil Lines in the north and several areas in the southeast, there was not much respite in Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar and Mukherjee Nagar in northwest Delhi.

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AAP to attend Bengaluru meet as Congress says will oppose ordinance in Parliament

A day after marking its opposition to the Delhi ordinance, Congress on Sunday made it clear that the party would oppose it in Parliament, prompting AAP to welcome the announcement as “a positive development” and declare that it would take part in the two-day opposition meet, to be held in Bengaluru from Monday to chalk out joint strategy for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

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Boulders in rain kill woman on Amarnath Yatra

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As Rahul targets PM Modi on Manipur & Rafale, BJP hits back with ‘frustrated dynast’ jibe

BJP on Saturday accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of undermining India’s “strategic and geopolitical interests” by seeking foreign intervention in internal matters after he tweeted on Saturday morning, “Manipur burns. EU Parliament discusses India’s internal matter. PM hasn’t said a word on either!”

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No land given to ‘outsiders’ under PM home scheme: LG

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NCW calls for ‘codification of Muslim personal law’

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Army engineers called in to plug ITO breach; Yamuna begins receding

Delhi may be slowly coming out of the deep waters it has been floundering in. The volume of water released from Haryana’s Hathnikund barrage is reducing gradually but steadily. As a result, the Yamuna level at the old railway bridge has started falling.After staying above the unprecedented mark 208 metres for over 48 hours, the water level dropped to 207.98m at 11pm on Friday.

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India, France announce raft of major defence cooperation projects

India and France on Friday announced a raft of "ground-breaking" defence cooperation projects, including the joint development of jet and helicopter engines and the construction of three Scorpene submarines for the Indian Navy, following talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron.

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Sandalwood Sitar, Pochampally silk ikat saree: What PM Modi gifted to his hosts in France

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MHA permits foreign tourists to visit Hanle for Nomadic Festival 2023

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At diaspora event, PM Modi talks about his 40-year-old attachment with France

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Caller warns of 26/11-like terror attack if Pak national Seema Haider did not return home

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