Oust Hindutvawadis, bring rule of Hindus: Rahul Gandhi

Remove "Hindutvawadis" from power and "bring the rule of Hindus", Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said at a party rally in Jaipur on Sunday, stressing that the two are separate sets-a supporter of Hindutva chooses "satta-graha" to grab authority, while the Hindu searches for truth through satyagraha.

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Tigress saved from burning forest turns into 'friendly pet'

Five-month-old tigress Shikha was scared, weak and dehydrated when she was rescued by the forest department from a burning forest in Terai East, Nainital, in 2019. Now, the two-and-a-half-year-old tigress has become friendly at the Rani Bagh rescue centre in Nainital and is like a pet for the staff who raised her lovingly and with immense care. Shikha loves spending time with her caretakers.

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'Manmohan feels Anna stir manipulated CAG reports'

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Omicron now has three sub-variants

According to Phylogenetic Assignment of Named Global Outbreak Lineages (Pangolin) that assigns lineages under 'Pango lineage' system to various viruses, including the novel coronavirus that causes Covid-19, the third outlier of Omicron was found from a sample collected from England on December 3. The new outlier of Omicron variant has been temporarily named 'England/MILK-2D24AC9/2021'.

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Will India win the coveted crown of Miss Universe?

What’s more exciting and the whole country is looking forward to is the fact that Chandigarh based model and actress Harnaaz Sandhu, will be representing India at this international beauty pageant. The event will live stream on 13th December 2021 LIVE on Voot Select at 5:30 am.

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Here's what Ankita Lokhande, Katrina Kaif wore for their Mehendi

And both the beauties stunned on their Mehendi day. We bring you the gorgeous Mehendi looks of both the beauties.

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Gaganyaan to be launched in 2023: Jitendra Singh

Clearing the air on the launch year of India's much-delayed maiden human spaceflight mission to space, Union space minister Jitendra Singh said the final crewed Gaganyaan mission will be launched in 2023. He said the Venus mission is planned for launch in 2023, L-1 Aditya solar and Chandrayaan-3 missions due for launch in 2022-23 and the country's first space station is likely to come up by 2030.

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ED searches reveal PFI's laundering via assets in India, UAE

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IMA shuns ceremonies in subdued passing-out parade

A total of 387 gentlemen cadets - 319 Indian and 68 from friendly foreign countries - passed out from the Indian Military academy in a subdued ceremony in light of the death of CDS General Bipin Rawat and 12 others in a chopper crash on Wednesday. President Ram Nath Kovind condoled the death of the CDS and 12 others and underscored the need for the Army to embrace modern-day technology.

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SpiceJet 737 Max to fly under close DGCA watch after CFM engine snag

India has decided to mount strict surveillance on the Boeing 737 Max that fly in the country following a snag in an engine of one of these planes on December 9. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has given SpiceJet — the only Indian airline operating the Max — an elaborate list of preventive measures that involve monitoring aircraft and engine performance data.

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'Enrolment in schools dipped by 3.3mn in 10 years'

The last decade saw the highest enrolment in 2015-16, when it touched 260.6 million, and the lowest in 2018-19, when it dropped to 248.3 million. The government has focused on how total enrolment increased by 2.6 million in 2019-20 compared to 2018-19. In reality, enrolment in grades I to XII in 2019-20 was less than that in all other years since 2012-13, barring 2018-19.

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Centre prepares plan to check out of Ashok Hotel

As part of the Centre’s ambitious asset monetisation programme, the government is all set to transfer the iconic Ashok Hotel in the Capital to the private sector on a 60-year contract. It will also offer land parcels in the 21.5-acre complex for the setting up of a hotel or serviced apartments and other development works.

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Want to be IAF pilot, says Wing Commander Chauhan's daughter

As the family and the nation bid a final goodbye to Wing Commander Prithvi Singh Chauhan on Saturday, his 12-year-old daughter, Aaradhya, a class VII student, said,"I am committed to follow my father's footsteps. I will become an IAF pilot." The young girl said this minutes after her 7-year-old brother lit their father's pyre at the Tajganj crematorium in Agra.

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Punjab moves SC over BSF jurisdiction

Raising a Centre-state dispute over extension of the BSF’s jurisdiction in border areas to 50km, the Punjab government has moved the Supreme Court with an Article 131 original suit accusing the central government of attempting to rule state territory by proxy and deal a blow to the constitutionally mandated federal structure of governance.

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India in pain, but will move forward: PM salutes Rawat

Hailing the late General Bipin Rawat as "a brave warrior" who put the armed forces on the path to being "atma nirbhar", PM Narendra Modi said the nation's pain at his passing would translate into a renewed resolve to continue the journey he so passionately believed in. In the coming days, Gen Rawat will see his India moving forward," the PM said while inaugurating the Saryu Canal project in UP.

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'Do away with discretionary quota for allotment of public property'

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Factory output growth slows in Oct as mfg moderates

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HC admits NIA plea against Gaur bail order in Antilia case

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SC: Not just crime, look at criminal’s mental state too

Holding that the court should not take into consideration only the crime but also the criminal, his state of mind and his socio-economic conditions while awarding the sentence, the Supreme Court has commuted the death sentence of a first time offender who killed his two siblings and a nephew over a property dispute.

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Centre refused nod to Didi’s Nepal visit at 11th hr: WB govt

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Indian sisters pay Rs 1.5cr to help 92 people, pets flee Af

In an evacuation dubbed "Operation Magic Carpet", the 92 evacuees — including 30 women, 32 children and six pets — were transported across land from Kabul to Islamabad using the services of American-Israeli rescue specialist Moti Kahana. They stayed in safe houses for different periods of time until it was safe to cross the border at different times and places.

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Ms Universe prelim: Swimwear and evening gown round

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BMW iX scores 5-Star safety rating in Euro NCAP: India launch next week

BMW’s upcoming electric SUV for the Indian market, BMW iX, has scored an impressive 5-Star safety rating in the Euro NCAP. The all-new BMW iX electric SUV will be launched in India on December 13, 2021.

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Wall Street closes lower ahead of inflation data, Fed meeting

Investors were in a waiting game ahead of US consumer prices index (CPI) inflation data due Friday morning. A higher-than-expected reading would strengthen the case for a policy tightening decision at the US central bank's meeting.

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Flexi sop, safety net for staff, gig workers: HUL

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Blundered in execution: Better's Garg

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Can't tax 'Essar brand' gift to Ruia family trust: ITAT

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Ikea more than doubles online sales in 2 years

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Rupee faces year-end pressure, ends at 75.52

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Govt shouldn't rush to rein in fiscal deficit: Niti Aayog

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Grounded earlier, 737 MAX faces mid-air emergency

A Boeing 737 MAX aircraft operating a SpiceJet flight from Mumbai to Kolkata on Thursday had a mid-air emergency around 15 minutes after departure. The pilots had to shut down an engine and divert the flight to Mumbai where the aircraft landed safely, said a source. The incident is most likely the first-ever mid-air emergency involving a SpiceJet Boeing 737 MAX aircraft after the fleet returned to service on November 23.

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Chopper crash: Sulur Base says 2 copters sent but Madras Regimental Centre denies it

Conflicting reports have emerged on whether the IAF did a recce flight of the route before the Mi-17 V 5 carrying CDS Gen Bipin Rawat took off from Sulur air base for the helipad at Wellington on Wednesday and crashed at Nanjappachathiram, killing 13 of the 14 people on board.

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Farmers call off year-long stir, to leave city borders from Sat

Hours after receiving a ‘signed’ letter from the Centre accepting most of their demands, farmer Unions on Thursday ended their year-long agitation and decided to leave the sites they had occupied on national highways on Delhi borders with tents at Singhu, a key protest venue, being wound up and similar action expected at other places including several toll plazas in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan.

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Tripura ‘violence’ case: SC relief for journos, media firm

The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed criminal proceedings against a media house and its two women journalists who were booked by Tripura Police for reporting on alleged communal violence in the state.

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'Govt claims of India’s economic recovery hollow'

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday accused the government of being in denial on price rise and “impervious to the suffering of the people”, as she said claims of economic recovery were hollow and the mere fact that stock markets have risen or profit to select big companies could not be its indicator.

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'China poses challenge to strategic goals'

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Stopped man from disrupting Ayodhya case: Ranjan Gogoi

Had an unnamed person not been denied entry into the courtroom on October 16, 2019, the day on which the Supreme Court reserved its verdict in the fiercely-contested Ayodhya land dispute case, the hearing may have been disrupted and the unanimous 5-0 historic verdict in favour of the Ram Temple might not have been delivered on November 9, 2019.

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IAF man battling for life cheated death last year

The lone survivor among the 14 on board the Mi-17 V5 chopper that crashed on Wednesday, Group Captain Varun Singh has dodged death a second time while on duty. Now battling for life in the military hospital at Wellington in Tamil Nadu, the IAF officer had survived a life-threatening emergency while flying the indigenous Tejas light combat aircraft in October last year.

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Weather, hills may have proved deadly this time for Gen Rawat

General Bipin Rawat had emerged virtually unscathed as a Lt-General when his single-engine Cheetah helicopter had crashed immediately after taking off from a helipad in Nagaland in February 2015. This time, fate decided otherwise in the far sturdier twin-engine Mi-17 V5 helicopter.

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'Not enough orders, may cut Covishield output by 50%'

With not enough orders for Covishield from the Centre, Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla on Tuesday said the company is looking at slashing monthly production of vaccines by at least 50% %. SII has written to the government to seek clarity on its requirement, if any, for normal two doses for eligible people and also on booster doses.

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BRO to collect toll from civilian traffic on 4 key Ladakh routes

For the first time, the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) plans to collect toll from civilian traffic plying on the roads it builds, especially in the Himalayan states bordering China and Pakistan. The agency — under the defence ministry — plans to start with four routes covering a distance of 941 kms in Ladakh, including the Leh-Srinagar highway, and Leh’s link to Chalunka in the Nubra valley that is flanked by Chorbat area of Pakistan in the west and Siachen in the north.

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Nasa selects PIO Anil Menon and 9 other candidates from 12,000 aspirants for Moon mission

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HC notice to Malik on ‘wilful breach’ of his undertaking

The Bombay high court on Tuesday directed state minister Nawab Malik to file an affidavit, explaining why action not be taken against him for wilful breach of his undertaking not to post or make statements against Dnyandev Wankhede and his son — Narcotics Control Bureau officer Sameer Wankhede — and their family.

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2-mth-old’s dad, man married for 9 days among Oting’s 13

Thirteen is more than dead statistics for Oting in Nagaland’s Mon district — for a village that lost as many of its sons to a botched Army ambush and subsequent violence on Saturday, the number will remain wrapped in a range of emotions for years to come. It will be remembered by a baby when she grows up as her father was among the dead that day. Or by the wife of a man who got married just nine days before the tragedy.

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Omicron-related rules cause setbacks for international air travel

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Rising costs of inputs to push up truck, bus rates

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IndiGo promoters may end long-running feud

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High frequency indicators point to robust eco recovery, says govt

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Sensex dives 949 pts over inflation, Omicron worries

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WHO advises against blood plasma treatment for Covid-19

Covid treatments using plasma taken from the blood of recovered coronavirus patients should not be given to people with mild or moderate illness, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. Convalescent plasma showed some early promise when given intravenously to people sick with Covid-19.

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Courier, postal cargo favourite modes of drug trafficking: DRI

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Supreme Court sees chances of bias, restrains Mumbai police from filing charges against PBS

Pointing out “likelihood of bias” in the ongoing investigation by the Maarashtra police in criminal cases it has registered against Param Bir Singh, the Supreme Court on Monday said that it is prima facie of the view that the investigation against the former Mumbai police commissioner should be done by another agency and restrained the state police from filing chargesheet in cases against the senior IPS officer.

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Opposition blocks price rise talks, ministers slam it for hypocrisy

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Intention was to murder, injure: Nagaland cops’ FIR

Nagaland police registered a suo motu FIR on Sunday against the Army’s 21st Para-Special Forces unit, alleging they didn’t give prior intimation about the operation in Mon that led to 14 civilian deaths because the “intention” was “to murder and injure civilians”.

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'38 inducted through lateral entry since 2018'

Stating that 38 candidates had been inducted on lateral entry basis into the central government since 2018, minister of state for PMO and personnel Jitendra Singh on Monday said the lateral recruitment process achieves the twin objectives of bringing fresh talent and augmenting the manpower at certain levels.

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Flyers deferring leisure trips but cancellations not high

The Delta variant of Covid-19 delayed the wedding of Mayank and Khushi Bansal (names changed on request) from March to last week. And now Omicron has forced this Delhi-based couple to defer their dream honeymoon in Switzerland indefinitely. “Several Schengen states are witnessing an upsurge in cases. Also, we don’t want to fly back to IGIA and spend hours there with thousands of other passengers for our on-arrival RT-PCR test,” Mayank said on Monday

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'Cardinal rule for courts is not to interfere in govt policies'

Less than a week after the President and the Prime Minister expressed anguish over frequent interference in policy decisions by the judiciary, the Supreme Court on Monday said the cardinal rule for the courts is not to interfere with the government's economic and regulatory policies.

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2 more test +ve for Omicron in Mumbai; Maha count hits 10

Two Mumbaikars have tested positive for Omicron, taking the tally of the new Covid variant in Maharashtra to 10, according to the state health update on Monday.

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Russia hails India for ‘refusing to obey’ US on S400

The 21st India-Russia annual summit featuring PM Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin saw the 2 countries, while reaffirming commitment to the S-400 deal despite the threat of US sanctions, strongly take up the issue of cross-border terrorism with focus on ensuring Afghanistan wasn’t used for terrorist activities by UNSC proscribed groups, including Pakistan-based LeT.

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2 NE CMs say AFSPA must go as Shah regrets Nagaland deaths

The outrage over the mistaken killing of villagers in Nagaland in an Army ambush and the subsequent violence grew on Monday, with the chief ministers of Nagaland and Meghalaya Neiphiu Rio and Conrad Sangma calling for the repeal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) while home minister Amit Shah expressed regret over the incident in Parliament.

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Expert panel split, call on additional Covid vaccine dose put off

The scientific advisory group on Covid immunisation has deferred “any decision on additional dose” in the absence of consensus on whether there is a need to administer a ‘booster’ to those at high risk of infection or severe illness caused by the coronavirus. “No recommendation has been made by the NTAGI yet,” a senior official told TOI.

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SC grants PC to 12 women SSC officers released from service

The Supreme Court on Monday took the unprecedented step of granting permanent commission to 14 women short service commission (SSC) officers, 12 of whom had already been released from service without grant of PC, and heaped praise on the armed forces for displaying a complete change in mindset and supporting equal status for female officers.

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India and Russia ink 10-yr pact on defence tech, deal on AK rifles

India and Russia on Monday inked a new expansive 10-year pact on military-technical cooperation as well as the deal for AK-203 Kalashnikov rifles, even as defence minister Rajnath Singh raised China’s “completely unprovoked aggression” in eastern Ladakh while seeking greater partnership with Moscow across all domains.

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Political compulsions can’t undo verdict: SC to Maharashtra

In a setback to the Maharashtra government just a day before the last date of filing nomination papers for elections to local bodies, the Supreme Court on Monday stayed the ordinance brought by the state to reserve 27% seats for OBCs in these bodies and directed the Election Commission to stay the polls.

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Live: Vicky Kaushak & Katrina Kaif arrive at their wedding venue

ETimes was the first to confirm Katrina and Vicky's winter wedding! Follow this blog for all live updates on this big fat Bollywood shaadi.

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Right-wing organisations create ruckus in school over 'religious conversion'

Activists of right-wing organisations allegedly created a ruckus and indulged in vandalism at a missionary school in a town in Madhya Pradesh's Vidisha district. They claimed religious conversion of eight students, a charge denied by the educational institute, police said.

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Goldman, Morgan Stanley bid to buy into MapmyIndia’s IPO

Goldman Sachs Group and Morgan Stanley are among institutional investors bidding to participate in the initial public offering (IPO) of digital-map provider MapmyIndia, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Top10: Nagaland shooting puts AFSPA back in focus

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Cyclone Jawad live: Heavy rain lashes Odisha, Bengal

Kolkata and the coastal districts of Bengal could be lashed by intense showers today even as a low-pressure area — a ‘remnant’ of Cyclone Jawad that moved towards the state along the Odisha coast on Sunday evening — nears the Bengal coast at midnight on Sunday. The showers in Kolkata, though, could lose intensity by the second half of Monday and cease completely by Tuesday morning, said the Met office. The India Meteorological Department has issued an orange warning for heavy to very heavy rainfall at one or two places over coastal and northern districts of Puri, Khurda, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Balasore and Mayurbhanj districts for today. Stay with TOI for all the latest updates:

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Adopt blockchain tech for e-governance: Meity report

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As COO Rao retires, Infy drops role & splits tasks

With a week to go for Infosys COO Pravin Rao to retire, the company has decided to do away with the role, and has split his responsibilities between the two presidents, CHRO, CTO, EVPs and SVPs.

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Sale bids start for MTNL’s Mumbai, Delhi properties

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Family beats salary in pandemic times

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RBI expected to hold repo, may hike reverse repo rate

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Covid hit airline sector, but not pilot dreams

India will issue its highest ever number of commercial pilot licences (CPL) in a calendar year in 2021. Till November 23, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had issued 756 CPLs and with over a month to go, the year will end at a higher number. The previous high, 744, was seen in pre-pandemic 2019, with the figure falling to 578 last year due to lockdowns.

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Param Bir Singh not whistleblower, says Maha govt affidavit

The Maharashtra government has filed a counter-affidavit before the Supreme Court seeking dismissal of the special leave petition (SLP) submitted by former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh. The state said it had “no knowledge of any conversation having taken place” between him and incumbent director general of police Sanjay Pandey, and only learnt of the alleged exchange when Singh filed the petition.

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In 1st week, Rajya Sabha lost over 50% of sitting time

The Rajya Sabha lost more than half of its scheduled sitting time in the first week of the winter session of Parliament owing to disruptions and forced adjournments on the back of the suspension of 12 opposition MPs on the first day.

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Half-baked intel may’ve led to botched Army operation in Nagaland

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Vicky Kaushal's father arranges food for the paparazzi

Vicky Kaushal and Karina Kaif would be jetting off to Rajasthan anytime soon to kick start their wedding festivities.

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To test vaccine efficacy, ICMR isolating Omicron strain

Scientists at the Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology (ICMR-NIV) have initiated efforts to isolate and grow the Omicron strain of the novel coronavirus from the Dombivali man’s throat/nasal swab sample inside its high-end biosafety laboratory in Pune.

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'Indo-Pacific, Af show we are entering a world of plurilateralism'

The current global situation has opened up spaces for middle powers and plurilateral arrangements to flourish, said foreign minister S Jaishankar. Addressing an Indian Ocean conference in Abu Dhabi, Jaishankar said, “A world of more decentralised globalisation obviously offers greater opportunities to many more nations. These would be accentuated by a stronger desire to foster localisation and promote regionalism.”

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Current Cong brass sees advice as rebellion: Azad

The present generation of Congress is not open to suggestions, veteran Congress leader and member of the G-23 faction Ghulam Nabi Azad has said, lamenting that advice, even when it came from Congress veterans, is “seen as a crime or rebellion”.

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After killing of civilians, chorus against ‘draconian’ armed forces law gets louder

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'Won’t ever topple Rajasthan government, will bag 2/3rd seats'

Home minister Amit Shah on Sunday dismissed accusations that BJP tried to topple the Congress government in Rajasthan and dared the ruling party to call early polls if it thinks people support it.

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'Senior BJP neta offered money, asked me to join party'

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Omicron surges 5x to 21; 1 new case in Delhi, 9 in Rajasthan, 7 in Maharashtra

India’s tally of confirmed Covid-19 cases linked to the newly discovered Omicron variant shot up five times overnight as nine people in Rajasthan, including a four-member NRI family from South Africa, seven in Maharashtra’s Pune and one in Delhi tested positive for that strain of the virus. The total count currently stands at 21.

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14 Nagaland civilians killed in botched Army operation, aftermath

In a botched operation, Army para commandos lying in wait for militants in Nagaland’s Mon district late on Saturday shot and killed six villagers instead, all of them coal mine workers returning home in a van singing songs. Soon after, a village search party found the bodies and attacked soldiers, leading to firing in which seven more civilians died. A soldier was also killed.

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Over 50% of adult population in India now fully vaccinated

India has vaccinated more than 50% of its adults with two jabs within 11 months of the launch of its anti-Covid programme. A total of 127.93 crore doses have been administered across the country till Sunday, with over 85% of the 18+ population covered with at least one dose.

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India hosts Pakistan delegation for SCO meet

While bilateral ties with Pakistan remain in a deep freeze, India and Pakistan continue to engage under the banner of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), a Eurasian political and security grouping that is seen as playing an increasingly important role in Afghanistan after the US departure.

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Live: Weekly cases fall in India, but up in 9 states

India’s weekly Covid cases continue to fall but the dip slowed to 3% in the week ending Sunday, even as nine states and UTs registered a rise in infections. Stay with TOI for all updates

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Nagaland firing live: 11 civilians killed during security ops, Army orders Court of Inquiry

At least 11 civilians have been gunned down by security forces in Nagaland's Mon district, police said on Sunday, adding that it is investigating whether the incident was a case of mistaken identity. Stay here for real-time updates on breaking news from India and across the world that you can't miss:

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Man City take top spot after comfortable win at Watford

Reigning champions Manchester City claimed top spot in the Premier League for the first time this season as Bernardo Silva scored twice in a 3-1 victory at Watford on Saturday.

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Reliance Jio’s new prices, new Android SoC & more

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2nd Test Live: India aim to bat NZ out of the game

New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel claimed the rare honour of bagging all 10 wickets in an innings before India demonstrated their own bowling might to take control of the second and final Test at the Wankhede Stadium. Ajaz became only the third player in international cricket to take all wickets in an innings, but New Zealand could not stop the hosts from getting to 325. In reply, New Zealand could bat only a little over two hours before being bundled out for 62 to concede a first-innings lead of 263. Get live cricket score updates of 2nd Test match between India vs New Zealand. Check live scorecard, ball by ball commentary, cricket score online on Times of India

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13 hidden iPhone hacks you should know

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Live Score, India vs New Zealand 2nd Test Day 3

Stay updated with Times of India to get all the live cricket score updates, scorecard, and ball by ball commentary of 2nd test match between India and New Zealand

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'Katrina and Vicky to tie the knot in a royal mandap'

Lovebirds Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal are all set to tie the sacred knot in Six Senses Fort Barwara, in Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan this week. Amid several speculations about their hush-hush ceremony, new reports suggest that preparations at the wedding venue are currently going on in full swing.

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Will India see Omicron wave? ‘It’ll be clear in a month or two’

Experts said it would take another six to eight weeks for an “Omicron wave”, if at all, to become apparent. While Maharashtra’s first Omicron case has been detected in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the state’s additional chief secretary (health) Dr Pradeep Vyas said,“We will focus on quickly completing the vaccination process and ensuring that people follow Covid-appropriate behavior, particularly proper wearing of face mask.’’

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2 more detections in Mah, Guj take India’s Omicron tally to 4

Maharashtra and Gujarat reported a case each of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 on Saturday, one a 33-year-old man from Mumbai's Dombivli who had travelled to South Africa last month and the other a 72-year-old Zimbabwe resident visiting his native Jamnagar. This takes India's tally of confirmed Omicron cases so far to four.

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Cyclone Jawad fizzles out, spares Odisha, AP any major damage

In the end, Jawad proved true to its name, generous, sparing Odisha and Andhra Pradesh major damage as it dissipated into the Bay of Bengal on Saturday evening, weakening into a deep depression. However, under the cyclone’s influence, many coastal districts received moderate rainfall and may get heavy showers on Sunday, IMD said.

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