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The cost of domestic LPG cylinders has remained unchanged since July this year.​​​ from Times of India https://ift.tt/E540onb via IFTTT

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Suryakumar smashed six sixes and as many fours in his sizzling knock of 68 not out off just 26 balls to lift India to 192 for two, enough to secure a 40-run win and a place in the Super 4 stage of the tournament. from Times of India https://ift.tt/4Wc1hmi via IFTTT

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An investigation into what US voters see on social media in the run-up to the midterm elections. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/sXaLnPf via IFTTT

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With the ten-day Ganesh festival beginning today sans any Covid-19 restrictions after a gap of two years, the Mumbai civic body has geared up to ensure that the festival passes off without any hiccups. Among other measures, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has set up 188 control rooms in 24 civic wards across the city. Stay with TOI for all the latest updates: from Times of India https://ift.tt/4X5Y271 via IFTTT

Royal Caribbean says it will use SpaceX's Starlink internet system for its entire fleet. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/K8R9shF via IFTTT

As the Indian players deboarded the team bus for an optional practice session here at the ICC Academy on Tuesday evening, the photographers trained their lenses on Virat Kohli. As it turned out, this is the second practice session Kohli had decided to skip on either side of the Pakistan match last Sunday. from Times of India https://ift.tt/HoAP3Zc via IFTTT

Actor, producer and film critic Kamaal R Khan (54) was arrested by Malad police on Tuesday for his derogatory tweets in 2020. Shiv Sena member Rahul Kanal had complained that Khan operated two Twitter handles, which he used for posting distasteful tweets about celebrities. A lookout circular had been issued against him as he was not in Mumbai then. from Times of India https://ift.tt/gWba93f via IFTTT

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Amid the ongoing political slugfest over Delhi's excise policy, anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare on Tuesday questioned the Kejriwal government's decisions, alleging that the chief minister was "addicted for power". In a letter to the CM, Hazare said the liquor policy would encourage the habit of drinking and corruption. Asked about the letter, Kejriwal hit out at BJP without naming the party. from Times of India https://ift.tt/6RCWFZi via IFTTT

Shah Faesal was appointed Tuesday as deputy secretary on deputation in the Union culture ministry in Delhi, in what is seen as a full circle for the 2010-batch Kashmiri IAS topper who had quit the civil services in 2019, floated a political party the same year, walked away from politics and returned to his former job. from Times of India https://ift.tt/aRJiFkw via IFTTT

Ukraine said it broke through enemy lines in several places near the southern city of Kherson as it pressed a new campaign to retake territory while Moscow said Kyiv's counter-offensive had failed as Russia shelled the port city of Mykolaiv. Kyiv's move came after several weeks of relative stalemate in a war that has killed thousands, displaced millions, destroyed cities and caused a global energy and food crisis amid unprecedented economic sanctions. Stay with TOI for all updates: from Times of India https://ift.tt/FSAOXLG via IFTTT

The Allahabad HC has asked the Mathura civil court to clear within four months a pending plea for an ASI survey of a plot where the Shahi Idgah mosque and Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi Sthal stand, and where Lord Krishna is believed to have been born. The petitioner has sought an ASI inspection, claiming the mosque was built after razing a temple. from Times of India https://ift.tt/cH8uqgb via IFTTT

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Chief Justice of India Uday Umesh Lalit began his first day in court under the scrutiny of his father, Umesh Ranganath Lalit, a former judge of Bombay HC and a senior advocate of Supreme Court, who took a vantage position in the crowded courtroom on Monday to watch his son hold court proceedings as CJI. from Times of India https://ift.tt/WyKuvA1 via IFTTT

Millions in tax revenue has been collected after more than 20,000 undeclared pools were found. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/Tl7XrN1 via IFTTT

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“I don’t have a physically active pregnancy. Slowing myself down was tough”, reveals the actress. Bipasha Basu is Monica Geller of Friends. The mother-to-be has an Excel sheet ready for tasks to do, a practice she has inherited from her mom, and like Chandler Bing, husband Karan Singh Grover’s busy taking notes while sportingly teasing his extremely organised wife. from Times of India https://ift.tt/uGI5eiM via IFTTT

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Goa CM Pramod Sawant on Sunday said that the Sonali Phogat murder case would be handed over to the CBI, and that he would speak to DGP Jaspal Singh to initiate the process. Phogat, a Haryana BJP functionary and Tiktok star, died in Goa on Tuesday (August 23). Her family then met Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar and demanded the murder investigation be moved to the CBI, following which Khattar called his Goa counterpart. from Times of India https://ift.tt/txnkisG via IFTTT

The uncertainties over the future of its working president and Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren have somehow managed to plug the brewing dissent among a cross-section of the governing Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM’s) lawmakers. The uncertainties arose after Election Commission reportedly sent a sealed cover letter to Raj Bhavan with its recommendation over the fate of Hemant’s assembly membership earlier this week in office-of-profit case. from Times of India https://ift.tt/NDHXynJ via IFTTT

In recent years, India have had an answer to every question posed by Pakistan in multilateral events, right up until last year's T20 World Cup, when it was the men in green who triumphed instead in dominant fashion. from Times of India https://ift.tt/uIPCphK via IFTTT

Goa police on Saturday said Haryana BJP member and TikTok star Sonali Phogat had been given a methamphetamine drug by her associates hours before she died. It arrested the owner of the shack Curlies, Edwin Nunes, and alleged drug peddler Dattaprasad Gaonkar on Saturday after meth was seized from a toilet at the Anjuna shack during a search by police and state forensic science laboratory experts while probing Phogat’s murder. from Times of India https://ift.tt/eC2lGXp via IFTTT

India's Laughter Champion Season one has announced its winner - Rajat Sood. Rajat hails from Delhi and is known for Pomedy, which is blending poetry with comedy. His talent is not just limited to doing comedy, he is also a host and a songwriter. Rajat was ecstatic when he lifted the trophy on August 27. Talking exclusively to BT, he said, "When I was announced the winner of the show, I was surprised, actually shocked! from Times of India https://ift.tt/5BoUrqT via IFTTT

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Even as Rohit Sharma assumed all-format captaincy by March, Rahul Dravid remained the captain of the ship all through. Unavailability of top players prompted India to field seven captains across formats in the last eight months. For a man who has forever harped on the need for consistency, Dravid’s journey as Team India coach has ironically been a topsy turvy one. from Times of India https://ift.tt/FW3Vyi7 via IFTTT

India has reported 9,520 new Covid cases and 41 deaths in 24 hours, government data updated on Saturday morning stated. The active caseload in the country has dropped below the 90k mark. India has also recorded 12,875 fresh recoveries. Stay with TOI for all updates -- from Times of India https://ift.tt/yATKFG3 via IFTTT

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Fifa, the governing body for world football, has lifted the suspension imposed on the All India Football Federation (AIFF), paving the country’s return to international football and the hosting of Fifa U-17 Women’s World Cup later this year. from Times of India https://ift.tt/MFQuvZx via IFTTT

TikTok star and Haryana BJP politician Sonali Phogat was cremated in her native Hisar with her teenage daughter Yashodhara lighting the pyre on Friday afternoon, while Goa police arrested two suspects for her death as one of them reportedly “confessed” to have spiked her drink when they were partying in a Anjuna beach shack named Curlies. from Times of India https://ift.tt/rdXufgw via IFTTT

The suspense building up over Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren’s political future boiled over on Friday with governor Ramesh Bais still to unbox the EC’s verdict in the office-of-profit case, prompting an anxious JMM to urge both to get it over with and end the uncertainty enveloping the state. from Times of India https://ift.tt/l7gwWZI via IFTTT

Two days after he was arrested for making derogatory remarks against the Prophet in a video, the now suspended BJP MLA T Raja Singh was detained under Preventive Detention (PD) Act on Thursday and sent to jail for trying to disrupt “peace and public tranquillity”. from Times of India https://ift.tt/WlpxGyO via IFTTT

The biggest state in the US has moved faster then the federal government to tighten emission rules. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/ERjztlu via IFTTT

After initial reluctance, Goa police on Thursday registered a murder case in the death of Haryana BJP politician Sonali Phogat and have booked two persons, who had accompanied her to Goa. The murder case was registered after the postmortem revealed “multiple blunt force injuries” over Phogat’s body. She had died at Anjuna on Tuesday morning and the postmortem was conducted on Thursday, after her family finally gave their consent. from Times of India https://ift.tt/tWuHT1B via IFTTT

Hackers are selling classified documents online after obtaining data belonging to missile maker MBDA. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/EvseJ75 via IFTTT

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Technology that changes workers' accents is accused of making "the world sound whiter". from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/twWsYN5 via IFTTT

India’s largest oil refiner and fuel retailer IndianOil on Thursday unveiled a Rs 2 lakh crore roadmap to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emission from its operations by 2046. from Times of India https://ift.tt/034VvTC via IFTTT

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Wednesday made a fresh call for opposition unity across the country ahead of the 2024 general elections, but at the same also asserted that he had no ‘personal ambitions’ to become the opposition’s prime ministerial candidate. from Times of India https://ift.tt/m7tBAZr via IFTTT

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The ED on Wednesday conducted raids at 17 places in Jharkhand, Bihar, Tamil Nadu and Delhi NCR in connection with illegal mining, money laundering and suspected criminal nexus between the Jharkhand administration, businessmen and politicians. from Times of India https://ift.tt/7VzNnwJ via IFTTT

The public slugfest between BJP and AAP continued on Wednesday with the latter alleging that 35 of its MLAs have been offered Rs 20 crore each to join the saffron party. BJP responded by saying that “they may have got such offers from the liquor mafia”, asking AAP to disclose the names of people who approached them. from Times of India https://ift.tt/JX90C7s via IFTTT

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A court cannot restrain a Muslim man from pronouncing talaq on his wife or remarrying, the Kerala HC said in a judgment. from Times of India https://ift.tt/FZTbJRA via IFTTT

Thousands of users reported issues on Wednesday as a glitch hit the social media site's homepage. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/ODEb9Ky via IFTTT

In doing so he has not only fulfilled his promise to the community that he had made as a presidential candidate in 2020, but also shattered the record of his predecessor Donald Trump who had appointed more than 80 Indian-Americans and his previous boss Barack Obama, who had appointed over 60 Indian-Americans to key positions during his eight years of presidency. from Times of India https://ift.tt/FuTJDKB via IFTTT

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A note send to chief minister Arvind Kejriwal from the LG's office, asking Kejriwal to sign on files seen by him, mentions that the LG is constrained to communicate with bureaucrats since the files are signed by joint secretaries or additional secretaries at the CM's office. from Times of India https://ift.tt/CsmTF39 via IFTTT

In a first for the nation, Tamil Nadu has issued a government order publishing a glossary of Tamil terms to address LGBTQIA+ community members. Nudged by the Madras high court to do so, the government has also made it mandatory for all forums, including the media, to address them only by using the specific terms published in the gazette. from Times of India https://ift.tt/5HeGkMv via IFTTT

The Supreme Court on Tuesday told the Centre that Baba Ramdev and his ayurveda venture Patanajali must be restrained from making false claims about curing incurable diseases and publishing ads disparaging the allopathy system of medicine and doctors. "Ramdev should not criticise other medicine systems and accuse allopathic doctors as killers. This is impermissible," the SC said. from Times of India https://ift.tt/cmpBNZv via IFTTT

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India on Monday took a dig at China at the UN Security Council during a discussion on promoting common security through dialogue. India's Permanent Representative to UN, Ruchira Kamboj said that common security is also only feasible when all countries stand together against common threats such as terrorism and do not engage in double standards while preaching otherwise. from Times of India https://ift.tt/aLZ1Wcd via IFTTT

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The billionaire has subpoenaed Twitter's co-founder in hope it will help him end his deal to buy the site. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/FxK3pGP via IFTTT

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The death count from rain-triggered flash floods and landslides rose to 32 on Sunday in the two neighbouring Himalayan states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand as heavy spells of monsoonal thunderstorms battered the region for the past three days, with no sign of the weather letting up soon. from Times of India https://ift.tt/62COhLu via IFTTT

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A protest call by the Tyagis brought thousands to Noida on Sunday morning in a show of solidarity against what they felt were attempts to tarnish the community's image, reports Advitya Bahl. from Times of India https://ift.tt/iMXZzNa via IFTTT

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Amid online campaigns supporting a former assistant professor of St Xavier's University, who claimed she was forced to quit her job over some of her Instagram photos in a swimsuit, its VC Father Felix Raj has rebuffed the allegation and said it was "humiliating to assume" the institution would do so. from Times of India https://ift.tt/XCb0iA9 via IFTTT

The J&K government dismissed Saturday allegations that non-native people of the Union territory would be among the majority of 25 lakh new voters to be added to the revised electoral rolls. It said such reports have been doing the rounds, misrepresenting facts. from Times of India https://ift.tt/k5hIH43 via IFTTT

A high-level security meet was held in Rajouri on Saturday to discuss an action plan for countering the emerging threat in the wake of a spurt in terror activities in J&K’s Rajouri and Poonch districts. The meet comes after August 11’s pre-dawn fidayeen (suicide) attack on an Army establishment in Parghal, Rajouri, in which two terrorists killed four soldiers. from Times of India https://ift.tt/RdBF5L4 via IFTTT

Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday announced that his state and Haryana had agreed to name the Chandigarh International Airport in Mohali after freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. "Chandigarh's International Airport will be named after Shaheed Bhagat Singh. Punjab and Haryana have arrived at a consensus on this. Today, held a meeting with Haryana deputy CM Dushyant Chautala on this issue," Mann, who heads Punjab's AAP government, tweeted. from Times of India https://ift.tt/0HaDh53 via IFTTT

The city police sounded an alert after the traffic police helpline number got a series of messages on Friday night from a Pakistan number threatening an attack similar to the 26/11 terror attacks. from Times of India https://ift.tt/CA3J1Yv via IFTTT

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After talking to students and teachers, the commission in its report said that the teacher had beaten the child after he had a fight with another student over a drawing book. The teacher slapped both the students. This has been the view of the block education officer and also of the district administration. from Times of India https://ift.tt/h193ndl via IFTTT

The gang has been allegedly filing frivolous FIRs against high court and Prayagraj district court lawyers representing the accused people in the court. from Times of India https://ift.tt/IZMYGxS via IFTTT

A day after breaching the 1,200-mark, Mumbai saw a decline as 1,011 new Covid cases were added to the tally on Friday. The city’s positivity rate, too, came down to 7.5% from the previous day’s 11%. The city registered 70 admissions on Friday, the highest single-day rise in 52 days. The cumulative count of hospitalised patients has gone up to 509. Stay with TOI for live updates- from Times of India https://ift.tt/FencOzH via IFTTT

​Additionally, the regulator has suspended for six months licence of the pilot-in-command (PIC) of the SpiceJet flight that encountered sever turbulence while approaching its destination, Durgapur, on May 1, 2022. Seventeen people, 14 passengers and three cabin crew members, were injured in that. from Times of India https://ift.tt/ZFeXAmu via IFTTT

Two hours after the 16m-long battered yacht was found around 8am by fishermen, an abandoned raft was spotted at Diveagar, 10km away. SP Ashok Dudhe said the raft was part of the yacht. The incident brought back memories of the 26/11 attack on Mumbai when 10 Pakistani terrorists came in via the sea. from Times of India https://ift.tt/kxRodHf via IFTTT

Srivastava was admitted to AIIMS after he suffered a heart attack on August 10. The 58-year-old stand-up comedian underwent an angioplasty the same day. He has suffered brain damage and is on life support. from Times of India https://ift.tt/bdmGEx0 via IFTTT

Speaking at the concluding session of a two-day National Security Strategies Conference, Shah stressed on national security and said the priority is to “fight for the future of the country and the youth” and urged all states to be together in this mission. from Times of India https://ift.tt/GXrZjlL via IFTTT

Nitish, whose first response to the row over RJD's Kartik skipping a court appearance to take oath as minister on Tuesday was that he didn't know about the case, said the government was now "looking into it". He said those raising the spectre of a "return to jungle raj" would be given "a befitting reply at an appropriate time". from Times of India https://ift.tt/KPUGARW via IFTTT

Two hours after the 16m-long battered yacht was found around 8am by fishermen, an abandoned raft was spotted at Diveagar, 10km away. SP Ashok Dudhe said the raft was part of the yacht. The incident brought back memories of the 26/11 attack on Mumbai when 10 Pakistani terrorists came in via the sea. from Times of India https://ift.tt/LZyiDPG via IFTTT

Rahul is under pressure to accept the post that he quit in the aftermath of Congress’ decimation in 2019 elections. He is being persuaded by his loyalists as well as by veterans, who are impressing upon him the need to provide stability to the party after around three years of drift during which Congress has failed to win any election. from Times of India https://ift.tt/pdenE1U via IFTTT

There has been a nearly 50% jump in the number of Covid-19 hospitalisations in Delhi in just two weeks: from 291 on August 1 to 591 on Wednesday. The number of fresh cases spiked to 1,652 from Tuesday’s 917, though the positivity rate tumbled to 9% from 19.20%. Stay with TOI for live updates- from Times of India https://ift.tt/cBxaDLf via IFTTT

The LG’s action, said officials, came on the basis of a “substantiated recommendation made by the CBI” while investigating a complaint against Prakash, currently posted as special secretary in the health and family welfare department of the Delhi government. from Times of India https://ift.tt/kPhbJ86 via IFTTT

In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the then undivided state of J&K had 78.4 lakh registered voters. Excluding what is now the UT of Ladakh, the number would have been 76.7 lakh. An addition of 20 to 25 lakh voters would hence constitute an increase by about 26 to 33% over a three-year period. Between 2014 and 2019, the increase in voters had been about 6.5 lakh. from Times of India https://ift.tt/cHB7wXr via IFTTT

These cities have adopted mechanised cleaning of sewers and in case any sanitation worker needs to enter a manhole, they are provided with adequate safety gear. This is aimed at bringing down the fatality of sanitation workers to zero. These cities have got necessary institutional capacity and equipment norms and provide safe working conditions for sanitation workers. from Times of India https://ift.tt/GVq15BC via IFTTT

Nine of the top 10 cities with the highest RevPAR are leisure destinations, led by the holy town on the banks of the Ganga, according to data collected by hospitality consulting firm Hotelivate. The 10th on the list, Chandigarh, is a borderline case as it is a transit point between Delhi-NCR and Himachal as well as a buzzing business district. from Times of India https://ift.tt/UsDhpqM via IFTTT

Russia's Defence Ministry said that Britain has requested permission for its RC-135 spy plane to fly over Russia, a move it termed "a deliberate provocation". There was no immediate response from Britain's Ministry of Defence to a Reuters request for comment. The Russian ministry said that Russia's airforce had been tasked with preventing any violations of Russian airspace. Stay with TOI live updates- from Times of India https://ift.tt/FOo7cHv via IFTTT

Bihar's Nitish Kumar government was expanded on Tuesday with the induction of 31 more ministers. RJD will have the largest representation in the new cabinet with 16 ministers, followed by 11 from Kumar's JD(U). Two MLAs from Congress, one from Hindustani Awam Morcha and an Independent were also sworn in by governor Phagu Chauhan at a function at Patna's Raj Bhavan on Tuesday morning. There are five Muslim faces in the new cabinet. from Times of India https://ift.tt/8MSpfqG via IFTTT

Amid the gathering storm, the National Commission for Scheduled Castes issued notice to the Ashok Gehlot government, seeking a status report on the circumstances of the Dalit boy’s death. The commission also deputed a fact-finding team to Rajasthan. from Times of India https://ift.tt/YqNyKf5 via IFTTT

The defaulters were given challans under section 4 of the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, which restricts people from “smoking in any public place.” from Times of India https://ift.tt/qIlJSbG via IFTTT

The incident comes soon after 12 hooch deaths in Saran recently. According to police, four deaths were reported from ward number 6 and 13 of Kochas area in Sasaram on Sunday and Monday. Three of them were brothers. The police sent two bodies for post-mortem while the other two were cremated by their family. from Times of India https://ift.tt/duKmhzU via IFTTT

Six ITBP personnel and a policeman were killed and over 30 others are injured after a bus fell into a deep gorge in the Pahalgam area of Jammu and Kashmir. The injured are being airlifted to Army hospital, Srinagar for treatment, police said. from Times of India https://ift.tt/tdZ7JQc via IFTTT

This happened after a youth named Prem Singh from Rajasthan was stabbed barely 200 metres from a site where two groups clashed minutes before on Monday over the display of portraits of Savarkar and Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan in Shivamogga city, 300km northwest of Bengaluru. A man named Mubarak was picked up within hours of Tuesday’s attack after Kumar complained about him, Shivamogga SP BM Laxmi Prasad said. from Times of India https://ift.tt/fs9Kpab via IFTTT

A 6-day work week in a job offer is a deal-breaker, says Ronesh Puri, MD of leading global search firm Executive Access (India). “When we give the feedback to our clients, some are sensitive and explore the need to change their policies to enhance their ability to attract better talent. But there are still several companies that follow a 6-day work week norm,” says Puri. from Times of India https://ift.tt/nR80923 via IFTTT

A policeman suffered minor wounds in the evening attack on the PCR located near the high-security Civil Secretariat sandwiched between the civilian quarters of Batamaloo, about 2.5km from the city’s landmark of Lal Chowk, and Magarmal Bagh towards the rear. from Times of India https://ift.tt/GJPyh9v via IFTTT

Non-dalits in the village scuttled his chance and instead made him hoist the flag at the panchayat office, which reported poor attendance. All district collectors across the state, however, claimed the national flag was hoisted by the 12,600-odd respective presidents of village panchayats without any problem. from Times of India https://ift.tt/jqht4Hf via IFTTT

Isro chairman S Somanath said in Bengaluru on Monday that the agency has its eyes set on increasing India's share in the global space economy from about 2% to a two-digit number. from Times of India https://ift.tt/uO4EB3r via IFTTT

​​“Mahatma Gandhi had advised that Congress be dissolved after the country attained Independence. But Nehru did not listen to Gandhiji,” state BJP general secretary and MLC N Ravikumar said, claiming this led to Partition. “His portrait was, therefore, intentionally left out of the ad.” Ravikumar accused Congress of glorifying “anti-Hindu” Tipu Sultan by putting up a poster at Bengaluru’s Hudson Circle last week that was vandalised. from Times of India https://ift.tt/5XOyVHh via IFTTT

Parents TOI spoke to said they have formed universitywise groups and had written to their respective institutions as also to the Canadian Bureau for International Education requesting that visas be expedited and online classes be offered. “While universities are asking us to defer admissions, I feel this is not a solution as several courses are not offered in January and there will be a cascading delay on their graduation,” said a Mumbai-based parent. from Times of India https://ift.tt/QSbMOXI via IFTTT

Just before that CBI had arrested Bhola Yadav, Bihar MLC and a close aide to Lalu Prasad, in connection with the sensational “land-for job” scam pertaining to the RJD strongman’s tenure as railway minister. from Times of India https://ift.tt/VictL7C via IFTTT

The delectable doodle with elements of the tricolour in the kites shown follows the recent launch of the "India ki Udaan" project executed by Google Arts and Culture that celebrates the country's achievements and is "themed on the unwavering and undying spirit of India over these past 75 years". from Times of India https://ift.tt/o1XysgP via IFTTT

Delhi reported 51 Covid deaths in the current week, the highest reported so far from any state during this period. The last time Delhi had reported higher Covid fatalities was in February 7-13, when the toll was 89. Stay with TOI for all latest updates: from Times of India https://ift.tt/QHngLUw via IFTTT

Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee Sunday stood up for Trinamool’s arrested Birbhum strongman Anubrata Mandal, questioning on what grounds the CBI had taken him into custody and urging supporters to “go to battle” against BJP’s alleged bid to “weaken” her party through central agencies. from Times of India https://ift.tt/05rmSA4 via IFTTT

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Russia's military pounded residential areas across Ukraine overnight, claiming gains, as Ukrainian forces pressed a counteroffensive to try to take back an occupied southern region, striking the last working bridge over a river in the Russian-occupied Kherson region, Ukrainian authorities said Saturday. Stay with TOI for all updates -- from Times of India https://ift.tt/B6mCWux via IFTTT

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Ukraine has said that nine Russian warplanes were destroyed in a deadly string of explosions at an air base in Crimea that appeared to be the result of a Ukrainian attack, which would represent a significant escalation in the war. Russia on Wednesday denied any aircraft were damaged in Tuesday's blasts — or that any attack took place. But satellite photos clearly showed at least seven fighter planes at the base had been blown up and others probably damaged. Stay with TOI for all updates -- from Times of India https://ift.tt/oKOPV5C via IFTTT

In 1997, Meerut’s Gandhi Ashram, established in 1920 to encourage the use of “swadeshi” products, made 1.25 lakh khadi national flags in the run-up to India’s 50th Independence day celebrations. In 2022, as the nation prepares for its platinum jubilee, this number has dropped to just 4,000. from Times of India https://ift.tt/KEjlyDo via IFTTT

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