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Three days before the Allahabad high court is to give its verdict on whether the ASI should survey the Gyanvapi complex, UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath said on Monday that the structure shouldn't be called a mosque as that would lead to controversy. "It is Gyanvapi and we must call it that. If I call it a masjid, it'll lead to controversy," he said. from Times of India https://ift.tt/IeWS4LA via IFTTT

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A 25-year-old soldier from the Army’s 3 J&K Light Infantry, Javaid Ahmad Wani, has been reported missing since Saturday evening from his native village of Asthal in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, triggering suspicion of a possible abduction by terrorists. He disappeared after he went around 7.30pm to neighbouring Chawalgam village in an Alto car to buy groceries and mutton. from Times of India https://ift.tt/kh9PU3i via IFTTT

Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday sounded the poll bugle in Madhya Pradesh's Malwa region by launching a scathing attack on the Congress party and the Kamal Nath government that was in power for one-and-half years in the state. Shah termed PM Modi a "messiah of the poor" and a "strong leader", who stood up to the challenges confronting national security. from Times of India https://ift.tt/OFc3Rfl via IFTTT

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The J&K administration has directed all government officials to use selfies with images of “Jhanda (flag), Mitti (soil) and Diya (earthen lamp)” as display pictures (DPs) on their social media handles ahead of August 15 and urged people to join the Centre’s Meri Mitti Mera Desh campaign this Independence Day. from Times of India https://ift.tt/mKLlOfP via IFTTT

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Twenty-six years after the murder of firebrand trade union leader Datta Samant, a special CBI court on Friday acquitted deported gangster Chhota Rajan, accused of masterminding the assassination. "Upon scrutinising testimony of the witnesses, it is seen that nothing has come on record to prove Chhota Rajan hatched the conspiracy and prepared a plan for the murder of Dr Datta Samant," said special judge AM Patil. from Times of India https://ift.tt/nPfAeNH via IFTTT

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The city of San Francisco has opened a complaint and launched an investigation into a giant 'X' sign that was installed Friday on top of the downtown building formerly known as Twitter headquarters as owner Elon Musk continues his rebrand of the social media platform. City officials say replacing letters or symbols on buildings, or erecting a sign on top of one, requires a permit for design and safety reasons. from Times of India https://ift.tt/n2ClWqa via IFTTT

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India and Brazil are resisting a Chinese proposal to extend the BRICS group of emerging market countries, which aims to counterbalance the influence of the US. The group which includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa are discussing the potential addition of Saudi Arabia and Indonesia at a meeting next month. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2KWQuaI via IFTTT

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In a significant setback for Al Hilal's grand aspirations of securing a groundbreaking world-record deal worth €300 million ($333 million) with Kylian Mbappe, the French striker of Paris Saint-Germain has firmly declined to engage in talks with the officials from the Saudi club. from Times of India https://ift.tt/t6kI7XH via IFTTT

A four-foot-long Indian rock python — which had somehow climbed up to the terrace of the 13th floor of a tower in Mumbai's Ghatkopar (west) — was rescued by animal lovers and later handed over to the forest department. from Times of India https://ift.tt/lWTAsFD via IFTTT

She was 30 years old when she was allegedly gang-raped by policemen from UP at Rampur Tiraha during the brutal crackdown on protesters demanding a separate state of Uttarakhand in 1994. Almost 60 now, she deposed with her testimony for the first time before a court in Muzaffarnagar as both victim and witness of the crime. from Times of India https://ift.tt/YRx1WI2 via IFTTT

The Supreme Court on Wednesday took up an interesting question concerning Hindus: Would an illegitimate child born out of a void or voidable marriage be entitled to the property of parents or have coparcenary right over the properties belonging to a Hindu Undivided Family (HUF)? from Times of India https://ift.tt/QKRnDvz via IFTTT

India will not hesitate to cross the Line of Control to safeguard its own interests, defence minister Rajnath Singh warned Pakistan on Wednesday, adding that earlier governments had lacked the political will to do so, while speaking at the Kargil Vijay Diwas at Drass in Ladakh. In New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Kargil Vijay Diwas brings to the fore “the heroic saga of those wonderful brave-hearts of India, who will always remain an inspiration for the countrymen”. from Times of India https://ift.tt/qbH7Jec via IFTTT

Dev Raturi, 46, from Kemriya Saur village in Uttarakhand’s Tehri Garhwal district, a diehard Bruce Lee fan who wanted to follow the footsteps of his hero, once auditioned for a role in a Hindi movie in Mumbai in front of Puneet Issar (Duryodhan in ‘Mahabharat’) in 1998 but failed. Eighteen years after he reached China to work as a waiter in a restaurant, English textbooks for class 7 students in schools of Xi’an city in Shanxi Province have a section on him. from Times of India https://ift.tt/I6VyfbY via IFTTT

A Madras high court division bench that had earlier delivered a split verdict in the matter of Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji’s arrest refused on Tuesday to fix a date for custody of the minister. One of the two judges reiterated her earlier stand that the arrest was not legal and that the minister was entitled to be released forthwith. Justice Nisha Banu said she was not inclined to review her stand and said the SC, in its wisdom, would decide the appeals already moved by the minister. from Times of India https://ift.tt/ukgF0s1 via IFTTT

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A Madras high court division bench that had earlier delivered a split verdict in the matter of Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji’s arrest refused on Tuesday to fix a date for custody of the minister. One of the two judges reiterated her earlier stand that the arrest was not legal and that the minister was entitled to be released forthwith. Justice Nisha Banu said she was not inclined to review her stand and said the SC, in its wisdom, would decide the appeals already moved by the minister. from Times of India https://ift.tt/jTwOm8q via IFTTT

acked Rajasthan minister Rajendra Singh Gudha made startling claims on Monday, asserting that he possessed photos from a “red diary” containing potentially damning evidence of corruption against CM Ashok Gehlot. The Congress legislator alleged that the diary contained details of transactions made to independent MLAs and certain BJP MLAs during the political crisis triggered by former deputy CM Sachin Pilot’s rebellion and the subsequent Rajya Sabha elections in 2020. from Times of India https://ift.tt/5nhI9Mu via IFTTT

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acked Rajasthan minister Rajendra Singh Gudha made startling claims on Monday, asserting that he possessed photos from a “red diary” containing potentially damning evidence of corruption against CM Ashok Gehlot. The Congress legislator alleged that the diary contained details of transactions made to independent MLAs and certain BJP MLAs during the political crisis triggered by former deputy CM Sachin Pilot’s rebellion and the subsequent Rajya Sabha elections in 2020. from Times of India https://ift.tt/GjmvEJ2 via IFTTT

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The Army has a shortage of 2,094 Majors and 4,734 Captains, which are the main ranks that lead soldiers to battle and in other operations, while the 14-lakh strong armed forces are also short of 630 doctors, 73 dentists and 701 nurses. The shortage can be attributed to “low intake” during Covid-19, fewer recruitments in all support cadre entries, mainly consisting of short-service commission and other service entries, junior defence minister Ajay Bhatt told Rajya Sabha. from Times of India https://ift.tt/TFGl28e via IFTTT

Members of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) allegedly ransacked the Sinnar toll plaza on the Samruddhi expressway on Sunday morning. They were apparently upset because the party’s student wing leader Amit Thackeray was made to wait at the toll plaza on Saturday night. The Wavi police are in the process of registering an FIR against the unidentified vandals. from Times of India https://ift.tt/ZCxuBXq via IFTTT

Nine persons lost their lives in rain-related mishaps in the last 24 hours in Gujarat, taking the toll since June 1 to 102, even as the IMD issued an ‘orange alert’, saying the state is expected to receive “heavy to very heavy rainfall” on Monday. The weather department also predicted “isolated extremely heavy rainfall” in Devbhumi Dwarka, Rajkot, Bhavnagar and Valsad districts in the next 24 hours. from Times of India https://ift.tt/egPKHt2 via IFTTT

At a time when the construction of grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya is on the verge of completion, home minister Amit Shah on Sunday laid the foundation stone of construction of a grand 108 feet tall statue of Lord Ram at Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh. Shah laid the foundation stone through video conferencing and said that the statue will be a milestone towards spreading and strengthening the Sanatana religion in the region. from Times of India https://ift.tt/24nwkK8 via IFTTT

On a day Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik surpassed former West Bengal CM Jyoti Basu’s record of being the second longest-serving CM in the country, Patnaik asserted that “the story of BJD is synonymous with the transformation of the state” and asked his party colleagues to raise their voice for 33% reservation for women in Parliament and state assembly. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2iwGrEj via IFTTT

We tested Intel's new tool, "FakeCatcher", on videos of Donald Trump and Joe Biden - with mixed results. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/vDBzrUn via IFTTT

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In a major move to promote multilingual school education, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has allowed schools to offer education in Indian languages from pre-primary to Class XII. Currently in majority of the CBSE-affiliated schools, the medium of instruction is English and in some, education is imparted in Hindi. from Times of India https://ift.tt/xr4E3m8 via IFTTT

Patkar and three other partners of Lifeline Hospital Management Services (LHMS), in connivance with BMC officials, are accused of fraudulently bagging contracts for setting up or managing Covid-19 field hospitals. Bisure was dean of a jumbo centre at Dahisar. The BMC was assigned the job of providing healthcare staff and other facilities on a contract basis. from Times of India https://ift.tt/UITbX0k via IFTTT

Nine people were crushed to death whereas 13 others sustained injuries after a speeding luxury car ploughed into a crowd at an accident site on a flyover in Ahmedabad on Thursday. from Times of India https://ift.tt/1ExVnSB via IFTTT

The Bihar government will provide compensation to hooch victims even if there is no postmortem report but substantial evidence about the death due to consumption of spurious liquor, reports Kshitiz Singh. Around 190 hooch deaths have been identified and compensation of Rs 4 lakh each has already been given to the kin of 30-32 victims in East Champaran and Saran districts, said prohibition, excise and registration department minister Sunil Kumar on Wednesday. from Times of India https://ift.tt/k3QRdfh via IFTTT

The Central Crime Branch of Bengaluru police arrested five suspected terrorists on Tuesday night and claimed to have seized seven country-made pistols, 45 rounds of live ammunition, two walkie-talkie sets, and 12 mobile phones from them. from Times of India https://ift.tt/MCsLJUK via IFTTT

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The hearing on regular bail for the two accused will be held on July 20. Noting that the chargesheet has been filed without arrest and as per the police report, the accused have cooperated with the probe and appeared before the court without any coercive process, the court of additional chief metropolitan magistrate Harjeet Singh Jaspal granted the accused interim bail till the next hearing. from Times of India https://ift.tt/V4QS9li via IFTTT

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. from Times of India https://ift.tt/8PXNlgB via IFTTT

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A fortnight after raising a banner of revolt, rebel NCP leaders led by deputy CM Ajit Pawar on Sunday called on the party’s founder Sharad Pawar for what appeared to be a rapprochement, urging him to take steps to keep NCP united. from Times of India https://ift.tt/CDpoPyX via IFTTT

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External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Sunday met his Myanmar counterpart Than Swe and discussed expediting projects, especially the India-Myanmar-Thailand trilateral highway, and underlined the importance of ensuring peace and stability in the border areas. from Times of India https://ift.tt/U1ndbZi via IFTTT

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With adequacy of minimum support price (MSP) for procurement of crops invariably being a bone of contention among stakeholders, Union home and cooperation minister Amit Shah on Friday challenged the opposition parties to discuss it wherever and whenever they want to discuss. from Times of India https://ift.tt/x0n5MRI via IFTTT

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The Supreme Court on Friday sought the Maharashtra Speaker’s response within two weeks to a petition filed by Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sunil Prabhu alleging that there was no progress in adjudication of the disqualification petitions against CM Eknath Shinde and 38 other rebel MLAs pending for more than one year. from Times of India https://ift.tt/kWo394n via IFTTT

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear on July 17 a petition filed by the Manipur government challenging a high court decision to relax curbs imposed on use of internet in the state since May 3 following eruption of ethnic clashes. Appearing for the state, advocate Kanu Agrawal requested a bench led by CJI D Y Chandrachud for urgent listing of Manipur's appeal as the state apprehended that the return of normalcy would be ruptured by misuse of internet-based communication. from Times of India https://ift.tt/z3Biwp7 via IFTTT

The ministries of finance, planning, cooperation and agriculture, among others, will be given to the Ajit Pawar group of NCP in the state government in the portfolio allocation which will likely be declared soon, senior NCP sources involved in negotiations with BJP and Shiv Sena said. Ajit will keep the finance portfolio for himself, sources said. from Times of India https://ift.tt/x4b1oUl via IFTTT

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Three years since ceasing production of its talc-based powders in the US and Canada, pharmaceutical giant Johnson and Johnson recently surrendered its licence to manufacture baby powder in its Mumbai plant. The company said the decision to stop manufacturing baby powder in India was part of a global move to switch from talc-based to cornstarch-based baby powders. from Times of India https://ift.tt/mfe416B via IFTTT

Solicitor general Tushar Mehta cautioned against denuding the Enforcement Directorate (ED) of its power to probe while arguing before Madras HC on Wednesday, a day after senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing arrested Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji, questioned the central agency’s authority to “investigate” and seek custody of suspects. from Times of India https://ift.tt/YlGK76s via IFTTT

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A woman was killed and 19 other passengers suffered injuries when a state transport bus fell about 250 feet down into a valley on Saptashrungi Gad, 60km from Nashik, on Wednesday morning. from Times of India https://ift.tt/HiyYB0Z via IFTTT

The highly anticipated India versus Pakistan matches in the upcoming Asia Cup will be held in Sri Lanka as the Rohit Sharma-led team will not be travelling to Pakistan, IPL chairman Arun Dhumal confirmed on Wednesday. Dhumal is currently in Durban for Thursday's ICC Chief Executives Meet alongside BCCI secretary Jay Shah. Dhumal confirmed that Shah met PCB representative head Zaka Ashraf to finalise the Asia Cup schedule. from Times of India https://ift.tt/b6NMsUC via IFTTT

The highly anticipated India versus Pakistan matches in the upcoming Asia Cup will be held in Sri Lanka as the Rohit Sharma-led team will not be travelling to Pakistan, IPL chairman Arun Dhumal confirmed on Wednesday. Dhumal is currently in Durban for Thursday's ICC Chief Executives Meet alongside BCCI secretary Jay Shah. Dhumal confirmed that Shah met PCB representative head Zaka Ashraf to finalise the Asia Cup schedule. from Times of India https://ift.tt/qZDvh4U via IFTTT

A South African cheetah named Tejas died inside Kuno National Park in Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday. State chief wildlife warden J S Chouhan confirmed the incident and said exact cause of death can be known after autopsy on Wednesday. At around 11:00 am, injury marks were seen on the upper part of the neck of male cheetah Tejas (Boma number 6) by the monitoring team. from Times of India https://ift.tt/WmvIhda via IFTTT

The deal overcame objections about US intelligence agencies' level of access to European data. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/LtR5X4o via IFTTT

The completion of polling after an atmosphere of violent antagonism since elections were notified on June 8 sets the stage for counting of votes on Tuesday to determine who gets what share of the 73,887 seats at stake — 63,229 in gram panchayats, 9,730 in panchayat samitis seats and 928 at the zilla parishads. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2pDCgN0 via IFTTT

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition challenging a Delhi high court order which had upheld the Reserve Bank of India’s decision not to seek identity proof of persons while depositing the to-be-scrapped Rs 2,000 currency notes in banks in exchange for the value in currency notes of smaller denominations. from Times of India https://ift.tt/pmIzGEy via IFTTT

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Once a darling of investors, Byju's is struggling to retain their confidence after a series of setbacks. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/1tYbpBk via IFTTT

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Overnight showers led to fresh landslides, mudslides and shooting stones at Panthyal, Mehar and other places in Ramban district, blocking the national highway. Train movement from Qazigund to Banihal was also suspended following waterlogging at Hiller Anantnag railway station. from Times of India https://ift.tt/WgVUmk1 via IFTTT

As sparks were noticed near the roof around 11:20am, passengers pulled the chain. An SOS was sent to the nearby Bhongir fire station, and passengers were quickly evacuated from the burning bogies. No loss of life or injury was reported. from Times of India https://ift.tt/fvrasnZ via IFTTT

An official information provided by the state police headquarters on Friday said the government would pay a total of Rs 2.1 crore as compensation to the family members of the 53 spurious liquor death victims. "The report for paying compensation to the victim families has already been prepared and the money will be disbursed soon," a statement said. from Times of India https://ift.tt/RGVdeqE via IFTTT

"Constructive criticism of government policy is permissible, but constitutional functionaries cannot be insulted for having taken a policy decision, for which certain sections of the people may have objection," Justice Hemant Chandanagoudar said in his June 14 ruling, uploaded to the high court's website on Wednesday. from Times of India https://ift.tt/q9U7kG6 via IFTTT

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi tweeted a video of his visit to Manipur and meeting with the displaced residents in the relief camps in the northeastern state. "I know the pain of losing a loved one because of hatred. Where there is violence, that society or country can never progress. Quit Hate, Unite Manipur," Rahul said. from Times of India https://ift.tt/UK1GZeH via IFTTT

Suspect Pravesh Shukla was apprehended from the outskirts of his native village Kubri. He faces charges also under the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act and IPC for obscenity and intentional insult to provoke breach of peace. Sidhi SP Ravindra Verma said, "The illegal construction at his house in Kubri has been razed. We have also arrested the person who shot that video and booked him under the IT Act." from Times of India https://ift.tt/IV8MGlK via IFTTT

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It's the latest move over a new bill that will force tech giants to pay Canadian media for news content. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/g13hwub via IFTTT

"News" of the death of Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the incendiary founder of Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) who is notorious for his provocative calls to secede from India, in a road crash on highway 101 in California surged through social media, leading Sukhi Chahal, founder, CEO and editor-in-chief of The Khalsa Today based in the US, to insist that the SFJ chief was "alive". from Times of India https://ift.tt/MuBGzvJ via IFTTT

The CBI has registered an FIR against Wankhede and four others for allegedly demanding bribe to protect actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan in the cruise drug bust case of 2021. The NCB later dropped the case against Aryan who had been found with no cannabis in his possession. from Times of India https://ift.tt/g1oruJF via IFTTT

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A video of a man urinating on a tribal man's face while smoking a cigarette in MP's Sidhi went viral on Tuesday. Police have filed an FIR against Pravesh Shukla under the SC/ST Act. The CM said: "I have instructed the administration to arrest him and impose NSA." from Times of India https://ift.tt/mPcLdSJ via IFTTT

Posting their quickest gains, the sensex and investor wealth hit record highs on Monday, riding on foreign fund buying. For the first time, the index breached the 65,000 mark, hopping from the 64,000 level in just one session, even as the value of Indian stocks on the BSE crossed Rs 300 lakh crore in just over two years after topping the Rs 200-lakh-crore milestone. from Times of India https://ift.tt/8LYuPaF via IFTTT

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BJP MP Sushil Kumar Modi, chairman of the parliamentary committee on law and justice, on Monday suggested keeping tribals from the northeast and other parts of the country out of the purview of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) even as opposition parties questioned the timing of fresh consultations on the controversial issue. from Times of India https://ift.tt/O4M20HP via IFTTT

Rishi Sunak, Britain's first Indian-origin PM, has spoken of the "sting" of racism that he experienced growing up in the UK during a special appearance at the England versus Australia Ashes Test match at Lord's Cricket Ground in London. from Times of India https://ift.tt/XgfA7bk via IFTTT

For the first time in the 73-year history of the Supreme Court, the Chief Justice of India's courtroom along with those of the two most senior judges would be bereft of familiar sights - racks lined along the four walls filled with volumes of SC judgments since 1950 and towering piles of petitions on judges' desks. Instead, welcoming the lawyers and litigants will be futuristic IT-enabled courtrooms. from Times of India https://ift.tt/qlJ1No2 via IFTTT

Bus body designers have demanded a ban on all sleeper buses, describing them as 'moving coffins' in the wake of the Buldhana accident, which claimed 25 lives on Saturday. Those who died in the accident were on board a sleeper bus from Nagpur to Pune. from Times of India https://ift.tt/L5wf32B via IFTTT

Myanmar's Supreme Court scheduled hearings for this month to consider appeals from ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi against her conviction in cases that saw her receive a total of 33 years in prison, legal officials said on Saturday. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2Y6Zgpj via IFTTT