Ayodhya Ram temple likely to open to devotees by 2023-end

The Ram temple at Ayodhya is expected to open to devotees a few months ahead of the schedule of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, when the five mandaps (halls) on the ground will be ready along with the garbha griha (sanctum sanctorum) where the idol of Lord Ram as a child will be placed. The final cost of the temple is expected to be in the region of Rs 900-1,000 crore.

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MHA for action against ex-CBI chief Alok Verma

MHA has recommended disciplinary action against former CBI chief Alok Verma for having misused his official position and also for violating the service rules. Verma's ouster from CBI- okayed by the selection panel comprising PM Narendra Modi, then CJI nominee Justice A K Sikri and then Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge- in January 2019 was based on the recommendation of the CVC.

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1st Test: Pacers put India on top against England on Day 1

Indian pacers breathed fire in helpful conditions to dismiss a vulnerable England batting line-up for 183 and put their team in a strong position on day one of the first Test on Wednesday.

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India builds world's highest motorable road in Ladakh: Key points

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Amazon sale: 12 value for money phones you can buy

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RBI extends current a/c rules implementation deadline to Oct 31

The Reserve Bank on Wednesday allowed time to banks till October 31 to implement changes on the current account front, following reports of small businesses being hit with account freezes in the last few days.

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Voda Idea lenders fret over ‘too big to fail’ telco giant

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Nykaa files for Rs 4,000 crore IPO

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NITI unlikely to issue fresh list for selloff

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Sensex nears 54k as lockdown rules eased

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Gadkari urges car makers to follow global norms, provide six airbags

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Tearing papers in Parliament insult to legislature: PM Modi

Renewing his attack on the opposition for protests and disruption of Parliament over the Pegasus controversy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said acts such as tearing papers and making “derogatory” remarks on the way bills have been passed are an insult to the legislature and the Constitution.

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Government mulls moratorium on spectrum payment

The government is considering a lifeline for telecom companies through a moratorium on the mandated spectrum payments as part of a fresh set of measures to bolster the health of telcos. This comes at a time when Vodafone Idea, which is facing acute financial stress, has sent an SoS to the government, citing possible impact on its 27 crore subscribers.

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In no-exam year, 99.04% clear CBSE Class 10, highest ever

The Class 10 results of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) declared on Tuesday had an all-time-high pass percentage of 99.04%. It’s also, of course, higher than the years before 2018 when the Class 10 board exams were scrapped. The closest pass percentage to 2021 was in 2014, at 98.87%, when most schools had opted for continuous and comprehensive evaluation.

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Members of 15 oppn parties show up at Rahul’s breakfast meeting

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday led a breakfast meeting of over 100 opposition MPs after which the attendees rode bicycles and walked to Parliament to emphasise a “united” opposition burying differences for a bigger cause to take on BJP.

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India, China plan buffer zone at PP-17A near Gogra post

In an incremental step forward in the overall stalled troop disengagement in eastern Ladakh, India and China now plan to establish a no-patrolling or buffer zone between the rival soldiers at one of the `friction’ points in the Gogra-Hot Springs-Kongka La sector.

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Government mulls moratorium on spectrum payment

The government is considering a lifeline for telecom companies through a moratorium on the mandated spectrum payments as part of a fresh set of measures to bolster the health of telcos. This comes at a time when Vodafone Idea, which is facing acute financial stress, has sent an SoS to the government, citing possible impact on its 27 crore subscribers.

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Increasing R-number in several states a growing concern: Govt

Raising an alarm against increasing number of new cases in some states, the Centre on Tuesday highlighted specific indicators including a reproduction number of 1.2 — the number indicates how many persons a single Covid patient can infect — along with high positivity rates to warn that the pandemic is far from over.

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No DNA test if there is no proof of adultery: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that DNA tests cannot be ordered to establish the legitimacy of a child born during the subsistence of a marriage if there is no primary evidence of adultery. A bench of Justices Vineet Saran and Dinesh Maheshwari set aside the orders of a lower court and Bombay high court which had allowed a plea of a man to order DNA test of his child in a matrimonial dispute with his wife.

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Art 370 nixed, but how many Pandits have returned: Omar

National Conference leader Omar Abdullah feels the abrogation of Article 370 has not served a purpose, saying the country has moved away farther from the solution to the vexed Kashmir issue despite the Centre withdrawing the special status to the erstwhile J&K state two years ago.

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Rs 45 lakh paid for Hiran’s killing, NIA tells court

In extensive arguments seeking 30 more days to submit the chargesheet against arrested accused, including dismissed policeman Sachin Waze, the NIA told the special court on Tuesday that one of the accused had paid Rs 45 lakh to eliminate businessman Mansukh Hiran.

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Prashant Kishor seeks ‘national role’, Cong to take decision soon

Congress is close to deciding on the induction of Prashant Kishor and his position in the organization, which comes in response to the election strategist seeking a “national role” and “a part” in the decision-making of the party’s affairs.

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Can’t use sero-surveys to claim under-reporting, says govt

National sero-surveys cannot be extrapolated to conclude the actual number of infections were under-reported, the government said pointing out that over 80% of infections are asymptomatic and not reported but are detected during sero-surveys.

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'Kerala’s managed well so far, needs scientific approach to unlocking'

Even though Kerala’s high Covid numbers has prompted questions about the much-lauded Kerala model of Covid management, public health experts seem to agree that the state’s health system seems well in control of the situation. However, they also feel the state needs a more scientific approach towards opening up instead of weekend lockdowns or restricted opening of shops, which only leads to overcrowding and higher chances of Covid spreading.

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UAE to lift transit ban on passengers from India on August 5

Passengers from India will be permitted to transit through UAE from Thursday, announced UAE’s National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA) on Tuesday.

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Kabul hit by powerful explosion, gunfire, at least three dead

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Officer dead, suspect killed in violence outside Pentagon

An officer died after being stabbed Tuesday during a burst of violence at a transit station outside the Pentagon, law enforcement officials said. The Pentagon was on lockdown Tuesday morning after multiple gunshots were fired near a platform by the facility’s Metro station.

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Niti report cautions on discom delicensing, separation of content

Delicensing of discoms (distribution companies) to give consumers freedom to choose their power supplier by separating content and carriage, a key objective of the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2021, may not necessarily yield all the attributed benefits unless tariff, regulatory and market reforms are carried out simultaneously, says a report by the government’s policy think-tank Niti Ayog on Tuesday.

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Tech giants crush profit records in Q2

Amazon was the last of the big five US tech companies to report its earnings for the three months ended June 2021. And, like the other four GAFAM companies before it, Amazon reported another record-breaking quarter, despite falling just short of Wall Street expectation in terms of sales and Q3 guidance.

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Olympics Live: India vs Belgium in men's hockey SF

In what will be an hour of reckoning for Indian hockey, the men take on Belgium in the semifinal of the Tokyo Olympics. A win will not just confirm a return to the Games' podium, but it will restore belief in the sport that has given India eight Olympic gold. Also, the country's wrestling campaign begins with Sonam Malik. Stay with Times of India to get all the live updates on Olympics 2021, India Events at Tokyo Olympics, Results, Medal Table and more on Times of India

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Women's hockey team beat Australia to enter Olympic semis

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Hit-and-run deaths: 8x hike in compensation

The road transport ministry has finalised rules for an eight-fold increase in compensation for deaths in hit-and-run cases in which the vehicles involved can’t be traced. Similarly, compensation under ‘no-fault liability’ in case of death and grievous injuries in a road crashes involving insured vehicles will be increased by 10 times.

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Supreme Court ropes in HCs to nix cases under 66A

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to involve the high courts to facilitate a quick burial for hundreds of cases lodged by state police under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act even though the provision was annulled by the apex court more than six years ago to protect freedom of speech in social media.

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Birla offers Voda Idea stake to government

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Companies offer big hikes to women in hiring rush

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IT employees wooed with bonuses & bikes

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At $35.2 billion, exports hit record high in July

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Railways sees highest freight loading ever

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Manufacturing activity rebounds to a 3-month high: Survey

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EPFO’s equity investment till June 30 was Rs 7,715 crore: Govt

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Covid tests per million population: Kerala tops, Rajasthan at bottom

With the recent uptick in Covid cases, the focus is again on whether states are testing enough to detect cases well in time. Data shows that Kerala, which is in the news for reporting the highest number of cases, is also the leader in testing rates among larger states with a seven-day average of 4,587 tests per million. At the other end of the spectrum, Rajasthan is at just 378 tests per million.

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Malabar drill in August to send out Quad message to China

To further consolidate the interoperability of their navies in the face of an aggressive China in the Indo-Pacific, the Quad countries of India, US, Japan and Australia are getting all set to conduct the high-voltage ‘Malabar’ exercise off Guam in the Western Pacific towards this month-end.

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Preventive detention can’t be invoked over law & order fears: SC

In an important decision, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the provision for preventive detention cannot be invoked over apprehension of law and order problems and said a person can be detained only in cases where public order is directly affected. Differentiating between the two, the apex court said that "law and order" comprehends disorders of less gravity than those affecting "public order", which affects the larger public, leading to harm, danger or alarm or feeling of insecurity.

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Monsoon 2nd half likely to be normal in good sign for economy

Seasonal rainfall across the country as a whole during the second half (August-September) of the monsoon is most likely to be normal with a "tendency to be on the positive side of normal", the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its updated forecast on Monday.

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‘Belong to both states’: CJI offers to recuse from Krishna case

At a time when rains have cooled tempers by putting Krishna river in spate, Chief Justice of India N V Ramana Monday suggested to both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to resolve the dispute over apportioning of its water through mediation and not spend time and energy over litigation.

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If no new variant strikes, 3rd Covid wave to be mild: Study

IIT researchers who predicted a nearly accurate peak of the Covid-19 second wave believe that the third wave, if at all it comes, may not be as scary as the second one as long as no new mutant which may pass through all kinds of immunity arrives on the scene. Their mathematical model suggests a rise in cases of infection this month and a peak of over 1 lakh of daily cases in October in the worst-case scenario.

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Bill Gates, Melinda French officially divorced

The divorce between Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates was finalized on Monday, a court document showed. The couple filed for divorce on May 3 after 27 years of marriage, but pledged to continue their philanthropic work together. No details of that agreement were disclosed in the final divorce order.

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NHAI's borrowing increased 4-fold in 5 years

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I delivered my son after two miscarriages, says Geeta Basra

It doesn't get more candid than this. Geeta Basra, talking exclusively to ETimes, revealed that her second baby, whom she delivered earlier this month, has been born to her after two miscarriages. "My son Jovan is a rainbow baby," she says.

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Adani Wilmar plans to raise up to Rs 4,500 crore through IPO

Business conglomerate Adani Group's edible oil firm Adani Wilmar on Monday filed draft papers with markets regulator Sebi to launch its initial public offer (IPO) to raise up to Rs 4,500 crore for funding its expansion.

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Unemployment rate stood at 13.3% in Sept 2020 quarter: NSO

According to a periodic labour force survey (PLFS) by the National Statistical Office (NSO), unemployment rate stood at 13.3 per cent in July-September quarter last year as compared to 8.4 per cent posted in the same quarter in the year ago period.

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PNB net profit rises over three-fold to Rs 1,023 crore in Q1

State-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Monday reported over three-fold jump in its standalone net profit to Rs 1,023.46 crore for the first quarter ended June 30, mainly due to fall in operating expenses and good recovery.

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Digital payment platform Square to buy Afterpay for $29 billion

Square, founded by Twitter boss Jack Dorsey, announced on Sunday it will acquire Australia's Afterpay Limited for $29 billion. Afterpay specializes in the "buy now, pay later" model that offers users staggered payments, often without extra charge.

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Pak soldiers guard JeM chief’s twin hideouts in Bahawalpur, expose Islamabad’s lies on terror

One of India's most wanted terrorists, Masood Azhar is the mastermind of major terror attacks like the 2001 Parliament attack and the 2019 Pulwama carnage. According to details accessed by Times Now Navbharat from a dossier prepared by the national security establishment in New Delhi, the two hideouts are just four km apart.

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Times Top10: A new hotline with China

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I had a lot of emotions going through me: PV Sindhu

PV Sindhu was happy with her bronze-medal effort but said that she was overcome with emotion after her semifinal defeat to Tai Tzu Ying on Saturday.

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Olympics Live: Kamalpreet, hockey women eye history

After an emotionally charged Sunday, where PV Sindhu won a historic second individual medal (bronze) and men's hockey team entered the semifinal after a gap of 49 years, Day 11 will have its eyes on Kamalpreet Kaur who will have a chance to script athletics history in the women's discus throw final. Stay with Times of India to get all the live updates on Olympics 2021, India Events at Tokyo Olympics, Results, Medal Table and more on Times of India

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Car sales remain buoyant in July

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Live: Kerala’s daily case count stays over 20k for 6th day

India recorded just over 2.86 lakh new cases in the current week ended Sunday (July 26-August 1), a 7.5% rise from the previous week's tally of 2.66 lakh. Weekly cases in the country have registered a rise for the first time since May 3-9, when the second wave peaked. Stay with TOI for all updates:

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Stone-pelters in J&K will not get clearance for jobs, passports

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Give jobs data faster every quarter: Finance ministry to statistics ministry

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Need to revisit direct taxes, says N K Singh

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Dhoot moves NCLAT against Vedanta’s Videocon plan

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RBI expected to hold interest rate this week

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Live: Maha sees 6,479 new Covid cases, over 20k in Kerala

India reported 41,831 new cases, 541 deaths and 39,258 recoveries in the last 24 hours. Covid recovery rate is currently at 97.36%. There are a total of 410952 active cases in the country at present. Stay with TOI for all updates:

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Top auto makers post double-digit sales growth in July

This year’s July sales came after a similar scenario played out in April and May, when automakers were significantly impacted by the production halts and dealership closures amidst the brutal second wave of Covid-19.

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After 11 weeks of decline, Covid cases see 7.5% surge

Fresh Covid-19 cases in India registered a week-on-week rise for the first time in 12 weeks since the peak of the second wave in early May, in what could be an early sign of another spike in the pandemic in the country. Currently, however, the surge is mainly restricted to Kerala and, to a much lesser degree, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

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Sindhu wins 2nd Olympic medal, men’s hockey team in semis

The trailblazing PV Sindhu smashed her way into history books with a second successive Olympic medal on Sunday, while the men's hockey team raised hopes of resurrecting a glorious past by entering the semifinals for the first time in 49 years as India surpassed its performance at the 2016 Rio Games on an epoch-making day in Tokyo.

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Petrol sales top pre-virus level for 1st time in 17 months

India's petrol consumption topped the pre-virus level for the first time in 17 months and diesel sales, a key indicator for economic activities, stood just 11% short of the pandemic year in July as the country got back to business after a second Covid wave. Market data for the month shows state-run fuel retailers, who control 90% of the market, sold 3.5% more petrol than the same period of 2019. Diesel consumption also rose to 89% of the pre-pandemic level.

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India needs to give 92L shots/day to meet its vaccination target

India will need to administer an average of 92 lakh doses a day if it is to meet the year-end target of fully vaccinating all those aged 18 or more. While this may seem quite doable given that this level was breached on June 21, it means maintaining a daily average that is 1.6 times as much as in the best week so far.

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Oppn leadership issue must be put off till 2024: Singhvi

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'Onus on states to implement SC order quashing Sec 66A'

The Union government informed the Supreme Court that the onus lies with the states to implement the apex court’s 2015 judgment quashing the ‘draconian’ section 66A of Information and Technology Act and said that it has repeatedly advised the states to drop all cases registered under the provision.

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After UP, U'khand mulls law to curb population

The Uttarakhand government will set up a committee to look into the feasibility of rolling out a population control bill on the lines of other BJP-ruled states like Uttar Pradesh and Assam. The Pushkar Singh Dhami government is also looking at introducing a land bill to restrict outsiders from buying land in the Himalayan state.

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‘No plea for neutral probe into Assam-Mizoram border clash'

A ‘neutral’ probe by a central agency into the July 26 Assam-Mizoram border clash is unlikely with the Centre unwilling to escalate the issue any further and chief ministers of either state have made no such request, according to sources in the government.

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Vials need ‘smart’ labels to show heat damage: Experts

The Chinese Covid-19 vaccine has an unlikely USP over others: A tiny label that can monitor heat damage. The label, better known as vaccine vial monitor, has been a part of mass vaccination such as polio drives in India because it has a heat-sensitive chemical that tells health workers if a vial was stored correctly or damaged due to exposure to heat. It is the easiest way to find out if the cold chain to store certain vaccines was maintained or not.

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Wall to shut out dalits sparks controversy in TN

A 10-foot-tall wall blocking the path to an arunthathiyar colony at Pannimadai, on the outskirts of Coiombatore, has become a bone of contention.

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Nehru responsible for inflation: MP minister

Medical education minister Vishvas Sarang on Saturday has blamed the current inflation on the country’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

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Mumbai: Holding hand once is not harassment, says court

Ruling that holding a minor's hand once and professing love by itself does not amount to sexual harassment, a special Pocso court acquitted a 28-year-old man who had been booked and arrested after he proposed to a 17-year-old girl in the city in 2017.

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Man believed to be dead in air crash returns home

Ninetyone-year-old Fathima Beevi also, like her other family members, believed that her eldest son Sajaad Thangal (70) had died in a 1976 air crash. On Saturday evening, however, he returned to Beevi's loving hands after 45 years.

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Tokyo 2020: India gear up for tricky British challenge

The hockey rivalry between India and Great Britain is steeped in history. On August 12, 1948, almost a year after India gained independence from the British rule, the Balbir Singh Sr led-team blanked the hosts 4-0 at a packed Wembley stadium in London to claim independent India’s maiden Olympic gold. Less than two weeks from the 73rd anniversary of the landmark day, the two teams face off in the quarterfinals at the Oi stadium.

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Amazon's space internet plan: 10 things to know

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Elon Musk slams Apple, Google’s back to office plans & more

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Apple adds 3 more payment options: How to access

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Why there's a semiconductor shortage

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No. 1 tag brings more pressure than desired: Gagan Narang

London Games bronze medallist in 10m air rifle event, Gagan Narang feels the pressure of expectations from No. 1s is higher, compared to an unranked player.

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Happy Friendship Day 2021: Pics, quotes, wishes and more

Make this Friendship Day extra meaningful for you and your pals by planning a special celebration, and use these quotes to make them smile.

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Opinion | Investor warning: Unicorns can go bust too

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Olympics Live: Sindhu, men's hockey eye history

It's big day for Indian hockey and badminton, as PV Sindhu takes a crack at her second consecutive Olympic medal in the women's singles bronze-medal match and the men's hockey team looks to inch closer to end a four-decade long wait for a medal by entering the semifinals. Stay with Times of India to get all the live updates on Olympics 2021, India Events at Tokyo Olympics, Results, Medal Table and more on Times of India

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After losing cabinet berth, Babul says ‘Alvida politics’

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Parliament worked for 18 hours out of 107 in 2 weeks

As the deadlock over the Pegasus controversy continues in Parliament, the two Houses are heading towards a less productive zone in terms of business with more than 85% of working hours being wasted in the first two weeks of the session. Of the possible 107 hours in the past two weeks, Parliament has functioned merely for 18 hours, wasting 89 hours because of ongoing disruptions due to the deadlock over the opposition demand for a discussion and inquiry into the Pegasus affair.

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Districts hit by 2nd Covid wave may not see intense 3rd wave: ICMR

Districts that were severely impacted by the second Covid wave may not see an equally intense third wave, an analysis by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said. Experts from the top science body said states should conduct district-level heterogeneity assessments — that include variations in spread and population — to plan public health measures based on local data.

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Pulwama attack key conspirator, aide killed in J&K encounter

Two Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists, including Lamboo, a Pakistani commander of the outfit and a key conspirator in the 2019 fidayeen attack in Pulwama’s Lethpora that left 40 CRPF troopers dead, were killed in an anti-terror operation in Pulwama’s Dachigam area on Saturday.

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LAC row: Leh boosts oxygen infra in forward areas

Amid continued stand-off with China, the Leh administration is augmenting oxygen supply in the forward areas by adding new plants, a move that will boost the fight against Covid-19 in ‘zero-mile’ villages and far-flung settlements along northern and eastern Ladakh.

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Cases top 40k for 5th day in a row, Kerala still driving surge

Kerala reported more than 20,000 fresh Covid-19 cases for the fifth day running while the rising trend in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka continued, as India logged more than 42,000 new cases of the virus on Saturday. For the fifth straight day, India’s daily count stayed over the 40,000-mark as 42,052 were recorded on Saturday. Kerala accounted for 20,624 new cases, while Maharashtra logged 6,959.

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HC pulls up NIA judge for not hearing bail plea for 6 months, sets date

A delay of six months in hearing the bail plea of a 60-year-old man jailed under the stringent UAPA law has prompted the Delhi high court to fix a date for the special judge to hear it. A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Anup J Bhambhani took a dim view of the failure of the special NIA judge, Patiala House, to take up the bail plea filed in February this year, despite a direction by HC earlier to decide it expeditiously.

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Covid: Centre wants stricter containment in 10 states with high +vity

Concerns over dependence on home isolation and failure to impose micro-containment zones have prompted the Centre to advise that 46 districts in 10 states reporting above 10% positivity rate need to impose strict restrictions on movement of people and gathering of crowds.

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Kharif sowing hits ‘normal’ level as rainfall deficit dips

As the cumulative monsoon rainfall over the country touches almost ‘normal’ level with the deficit reduced to less than 1% on Saturday, the overall acreage of Kharif (summer-sown) crops in India crossed the ‘normal’ sown area threshold by over 8 lakh hectares.

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Court backs CBI’s clean chit to Sengar in Unnao girl’s car crash

A Delhi court on Saturday said it had “no hesitation in holding the findings” of the CBI’s final report, which said there was no case against jailed former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar to proceed against him for the offence of murder in an accident case, as correct. Currently, Sengar is serving a life sentence for raping a minor girl in Unnao in 2017.

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‘With climate change, nature will command us ’

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Tokyo 2020: Indian archery campaign ends without a medal

India's archery campaign at the Olympics ended without a medal after Atanu Das lost to home favourite Takaharu Furukawa 6-4 in an intense five-setter in the men's individual pre-quarterfinals on Saturday.

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