I’m a celebrity now, won’t have to sell peanuts: 'Kacha badam’ singer

‘Kacha badam’ singer Bhuban Badyakar signs a 3-lakh contract with Godhulibela Music.

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Sunday lunch for KCR and Thackeray, fight BJP on menu

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Amid student anxiety in tense Ukraine, talks on for more flights

While scheduled international flights remain suspended in India since March 2020, Ukraine is among the 35 countries that have an air bubble agreement with India. No India carrier flies to Kyiv. Ukraine International Airlines currently has a once-a-week nonstop to Delhi and will double the frequency next month.

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'If wearing of other religious symbols allowed, why not hijab'

Ravivarma Kumar argued that when wearing of other religious symbols, like bangles, bindi and crucifix pendants, among others, is being allowed, why is only the hijab being disallowed. Article 15 of the Constitution forbids discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex, or place of birth.

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Interest rates are unlikely to go any lower, signals RBI

The RBI’s statement that the pass-through of rates is complete means that banks have used all headroom for lowering interest rates. As the next interest rate revision by the central bank is expected to be a rate hike, it means this is as good as it gets for borrowers.

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Bappi Lahiri's funeral tomorrow at 9 am

According to the latest reports, the singer's last rites rituals will begin at 9 am. His mortal remains will be taken from his home to the Vile Parle cremation ground for friends and family to bid their final goodbye.

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10 drown in well during wedding ritual in UP

As many as nine people died after they accidentally fell into a well during a 'haldi' ceremony in Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday.

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I-T searches at Huawei offices across 3 cities

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Hijab protests flare up across Karnataka

High schools reopened across the Karnataka on Monday and there were few protests on the first day. The state government has stepped up police security as pre-university colleges, shut due to violent protests last week over wearing of hijab inside classrooms, will open on Wednesday.

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SAD-BSP vows lakhs of jobs & 75% local quota

The manifesto, ‘Gall Raj Di Nahi, Gall Punjab Di’, released by SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal and BSP’s Punjab affairs in charge Randhir Singh Beniwal also spoke of two deputy CMs — one each from Hindus and Dalits.

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NMC may make family adoption part of MBBS training

The initial proposal suggests that an MBBS student will be assigned around five families for which they will be responsible for monitoring their general health conditions and provide advice to all these members for three consecutive years, a source said.

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‘Space for dissent in Cong shrinking due to Gandhis’ hold'

Kumar said the move came after his “agonizing reflections” over the party’s decline, absence of inner-party democracy and scope for conscientious dissent because of the hold of the Gandhis and the “Punjab spectacle” leading to the ouster of Captain Amarinder Singh as chief minister.

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SC: Interest of homebuyers gets priority over banks'

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ABG case: FM slams opposition, says account turned NPA in 2013

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Votes cast, Cong big dreams depend on two small states

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Gujarat police rescue 15 abducted by travel agents

Gandhinagar police have freed 15 people by dismantling an operation in which travel agents abducted vulnerable targets and tortured them for money.

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'Jingoism to spite India': Taliban raise ‘Panipat’ military unit

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Consortium led by Adani-backed firm assembled Isro's latest satellite

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Uttarakhand tribe of 600 finds voting an uphill task

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Uttarakhand forest tribe feels let down by parties

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'No non-veg' clause to run Rajasthan district toll plazas raises a stink

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Make police plaints authority free from cops: House panel

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Sonam's husband evaded tax & duties, international e-com site alleges

Back in January 2022, Sonam Kapoor’s husband Anand Ahuja had tweeted against an international shipping company. Now buzz is that the shipping company has ousted Anand for allegedly using a doctored invoice, a bid which is apparently used to avoid paying taxes and custom duty.

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Daily Covid cases below 50k, fall rate 2 times of 2nd wave

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Biden warns Putin again of severe sanctions if Russia invades Ukraine

United States President Joe Biden spoke over telephone with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for more than an hour on Saturday, urging him to de-escalate the situation with Ukraine and engage in diplomacy, the White House said.

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Uttarakhand CM vows uniform civil code if BJP returns to office

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NDA for 75% local quota in Punjab govt jobs, 'zero tolerance' for sacrilege

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Shilpa, Shamita and mother Sunanda summoned by Mumbai court

Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, her mother Sunanda Shetty, and sister Shamita Shetty have been dragged to court by a businessman over a Rs 21 lakh loan.

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CRPF assistant commandant dies in Bastar Maoist ambush

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Pan-India raid shuts 3 drug markets on darknet

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Chandrasekaran gets 2nd term as Tata Sons chairman

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Allahabad HC: Exhume Kasganj body for 2nd autopsy

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Kashmiri fugitive Hurriyat member held in Pak for Rs 140 cr scam

Pakistani authorities arrested on Wednesday Karachi-based fugitive Hurriyat member Altaf Ahmad Bhat of J&K and 16 of his business associates for allegedly embezzling more than Rs 140 crore from funds for a cooperative housing project in Rawalpindi.

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J&K SPO killed, BSF ASI among 4 cops wounded in grenade attack

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India doesn’t follow national sanctions: Jaishankar on Myanmar

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Sebi bars Reliance Home Finance, Anil Ambani, 3 others from securities market

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Watch out for anti-India acts, Delhi tells London

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Want to turn approver against Deshmukh, kin: Dismissed cop Waze to ED

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Transport ministry to challenge HC order on maximum speed limit on NHs

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Gehraiyaan: An intimate portrayal of complex relations

Can you be emotionally naked in front of those you love? Resembling Woody Allen’s psychological thriller ‘Match Point’ (2005), Shakun Batra’s take on intimacy goes far deeper than physical.

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Ananya Panday's ideal husband

Ananya Panday's father Chunky Pandey and mother Bhavana Pandey during an interview with Pinkvilla talked about the kind of man they want for their daughters.

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Ghastly nature of crime not sole criterion for giving death: SC

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Govt eyes over ₹14L cr valuation for LIC in IPO

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Twin towers in Noida may be razed on May 22

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CBSE to conduct offline board exams from Apr 26

The Central Board of Secondary Education has said that the Term 2 exams for Classes 10 and 12 will begin from April 26. The exams will be held in offline mode and students will be allotted exam centres like earlier.

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Zeba Bakhtiar: I have never seen another singer like Lata Mangeshkar

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Beauty queen who went from skinny to plus-size on body positivity

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PM Modi attacks Congress again: ‘In grip of urban Naxals’

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7 Elgar accused’s phones to be given to SC Pegasus panel

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India struggles to contain vegoil prices as Indonesia restricts exports

India's attempts to lower edible oil prices ahead of important state elections have been ruined by a spike in global palm oil prices to record highs after Indonesia, the world's biggest supplier, moved restrict exports. Mindful of an electorate that is highly sensitive to food price inflation, government tried to rein in domestic prices by reducing import taxes, imposing stockpile limits and suspending futures trading in edible oils and oilseeds.

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5 crore teens administered at least 1 dose of Covid vaccine

The coverage of the first dose of Covid vaccination among youngsters crossed five crore in around five weeks from its commencement on January 3, indicating that over 67.5% adolescents of 15-17 years have been partially immunised. The feat assumes significance as most states are resuming offline classes in schools and other educational institutions, while adolescents of 15-17 years age are most vulnerable to risk of severe disease.

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Indian Oil raises Iraq oil supplies to offset Mexico cuts: Report

Indian Oil Corp (IOC), the country's top refiner, will increase crude purchases from Iraq by 11.5% in 2022 to 390,000 barrels per day (bpd), partly to make up for a shortfall from Mexico and a possible supply cut from Kuwait, two sources familiar with the matter said.

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Cong govt bled BSNL to 'death almost'; we are reviving it: FM

Accusing the earlier Congress government of bleeding the state-owned BSNL to "death almost", finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said PM Modi government is giving money to the company to buy 4G spectrum and become competitive.

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Avalanche hits Army patrol in Arunachal, 7 soldiers missing

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CBI gave SC false info on Atal-era HZL sale: Centre

The Centre on Monday accused the CBI of presenting fundamentally wrong facts regarding PSU Hindustan Zinc’s disinvestment during the Vajpayee government’s tenure and said it had misled the Supreme Court to direct registration of a fresh FIR for probe into alleged irregularities. A bench of Justices Chandrachud and Surya Kant said the SC had carefully considered the documents and investigation reports submitted by the CBI came to the conclusion that the issue required a thorough investigation.

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Lata Mangeshkar refused Pahlaj Nihalani's song as 'objectionable'

We’ve heard Asha Bhosle's voice in the 'Kambal Na Hatao, Lagta Hai Mujhko Darr' song from 'Love Letter'. But we bet, you didn't know that Lata Mangeshkar was first offered to lend her voice to this song. Well, Lata ji even reached for the recording but yet didn't sing it.

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Global brands face heat over ‘Kashmir Day’ posts

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No plans to quit Europe amid data spat: Facebook's Meta

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‘Railways eyeing high-speed trains on elevated tracks’

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Live: Weekly Covid cases dip by record 45%, toll rises 16%

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Lata Mangeshkar will live forever through her unforgettable songs

Lata Mangeshkar, India's nightingale whose countless melodies are fused with the country’s post-independence narrative, died following prolonged illness on Sunday morning. She was 92. Mangeshkar was admitted to Breach Candy hospital on January 8 and spent nearly a month in the ICU, battling Covid-19, pneumonia and age-related problems.

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After Xi-Imran meet, China and Pak rake up J&K issue

China and Pakistan upped the ante on Jammu and Kashmir again as they brought up the issue in a joint statement, following President Xi Jinping’s meeting Sunday with PM Imran Khan in Beijing, with China saying it opposed any “unilateral actions” that complicates the situation.

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Full attendance in government offices from today

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Sidhu’s hopes crushed, Channi Cong’s CM face

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We are fully confident of achieving this year's asset monetisation target and surpassing it: Amitabh Kant

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Rahul trusts China more than our Army: Rajnath

Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday accused Rahul Gandhi of “relying on Chinese media rather than trusting the valour of Indian soldiers over the death toll from the clashes in Galwan valley.” Singh made the remarks while addressing a public meeting in Mathura.

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Election Commission may further ease curbs today

the Election Commission is planning further relaxations of its curbs on physical campaigning, including allowing rallies with better attendance, ahead of the start of polling on February 10. The options being considered by the EC, according to sources, include doing away with the existing cap of 1,000 participants and instead allowing people up to a certain percentage of the capacity of the open ground on which physical rally is to be held.

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24% of Indians vulnerable to cold waves: IMD

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India says fight violence against all religions

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Rahul backs hijab, BJP says he is communalising education

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Govt orders 5 crore Corbevax doses, expected to arrive by end of January

The government has placed a purchase order with Biological E for five crore doses of its Covid vaccine Corbevax, which are expected to arrive by the end of February and boost the availability of jabs under its corona-immunisation programme. The government may also use the vaccine to expand its vaccination drive to cover adolescents below 15 years since most states are reopening schools, sources have said.

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Ambani, Adani richer than Zuckerberg: Report

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Hrithik and rumoured ladylove Saba get clicked yet again!

Hrithik Roshan and his rumoured ladylove Saba Azad were snapped by the paparazzi at a cafe on Friday night. The actress tried to hide her face as the shutterbugs clicked her pictures. For the occasion, Hrithik wore a checkered shirt over a white t-shirt and beige coloured pants and shoes.

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Amazon surges, eyes Wall Street record gain in value

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People at top want a weak CM: Navjot Singh Sidhu

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Amazon surges, eyes Wall Street record gain in value

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Karnataka hijab row grows, High Court to hear pleas

The hijab row raging in a college in Udupi in southern Karnataka since last month enveloped another institution in the same district on Thursday as 28 students in headscarves were prevented from entering. The Karnataka high court is set to hear on Tuesday two petitions seeking a directive to permit Muslim students wearing headscarves to attend classes.

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It was in Nehru era: Rajnath Singh slams Rahul for Parl remark

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First entrance test for all central universities admissions in June-July

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'State can’t be party to harassment of woman'

The Supreme Court on Thursday accused the Punjab government of being complicit in harassment of a woman, who had lodged a sexual assault complaint against MLA Simarjeet Singh Bains, by registering multiple cases against her allegedly after she levelled rape charges against the Lok Insaf Party legislator.

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10% who died of Omicron were vaccinated: Study

Only 10% deaths were recorded among fully vaccinated people who were hospitalised with Omicron infection, compared with nearly 22% fatalities among the unvaccinated or partially-vaccinated, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) director general Balram Bhargava said on Thursday, citing a study based on data from the national clinical registry of Covid-19, to stress that increase in vaccination has significantly helped reduce deaths during the present surge.

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58% of 683 crore spent from Beti Bachao was on media advocacy

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Railways gets nine bids for manufacture of 58 new Vande Bharat trains

Nine players including Bombardier, Siemens, BHEL, Titagarh Wagons and Medha Engineering have bid for manufacturing of 58 new Vande Bharat trains, TOI has learnt. Currently, 44 such trains are being manufactured by Medha Engineering at three production units of Indian Railways.

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Prez debate: BJP fields UP MPs; oppn attacks govt on jobs, inflation

With an eye on the upcoming polls in UP, BJP on Wednesday fielded two of its MPs from the state to initiate the debate in Lok Sabha on the Motion of Thanks to the President's Address while in Rajya Sabha, opposition parties took on the government on a range of issues, including unemployment and inflation, after BJP member Geeta said the Modi government had got a repeat mandate in 2019 based on its performance in the preceding five years.

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U19 WC: India outclass Australia to set up final with England

Dishing out a clinical, all-round show, a relentless India scored a comprehensive 96-run win over Australia in the semis to storm into the final of the Under-19 World Cup — for the fourth consecutive time — on Wednesday at Coolidge in Antigua. They will now take on England, who beat Afghanistan by 15 runs in the first semifinal, in the summit clash at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Saturday.

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Exclusive! Ashok Saraf on the demise of Ramesh Deo: I started my career with him, lost my elder brother today

Veteran star Ramesh Deo who had made a mark in Bollywood and Marathi cinema with his sheer hard work and choices of films, breathed his last today, February 2, 2022.

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Unemployment rate falls sharply to 6.57%, lowest since Mar 2021

India's unemployment rate witnessed a sharp decline to 6.57 per cent in January, the lowest since March 2021, as the country gradually recovers with easing of restrictions following a decline in Omicron cases, according to CMIE.

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From roads & rail to ropeways, FM gives thrust to rational integration in budget

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Lt Gen Pande takes over as Army vice-chief

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Pfizer asks FDA to allow Covid-19 vaccine for kids under 5

Pfizer on Wednesday asked the US to authorize extra-low doses of its Covid-19 vaccine for children under 5, potentially opening the way for the very youngest Americans to start receiving shots as early as March. In an extraordinary move, the Food and Drug Administration had urged Pfizer and its partner BioNTech to apply earlier than the companies had planned.

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'It's a conservative Budget, but estimates realistic'

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'Women fighter pilots in IAF permanent scheme now'

The government has decided to convert the “experimental” scheme for induction of women as fighter pilots in the IAF into a “permanent” one now, defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday. “It is a testimony to the capability of India’s ‘Nari Shakti’ and our PM Modi’s commitment to women empowerment,” said Singh.

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Investors richer by about Rs 3 lakh crore on Budget Day

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Union Budget 2022: Explained in charts

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Taliban keeps ex-Afghan president Karzai, former chief executive Abdullah under virtual house arrest

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SP promotes fake socialism, says PM at virtual rally

PM Narendra Modi lashed out at the Samajwadi Party in his first virtual rally for poll-bound UP on Monday, addressing 21 constituencies in the western part of the state that vote in the initial phase on February 10, and said that the SP has been promoting “nakli samajwad (fake socialism)".

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Follow law or leave, Andhra HC tells Twitter

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EC rally curbs, raises cap for outdoor meetings

Allowing a physical poll campaign to begin across the five poll-bound states from Tuesday in view of the flattening curve of Covid infections, the Election Commission on Monday allowed in-person public meetings in open spaces subject to a cap of 1,000 participants, up from 500 earlier, while also raising the attendance ceiling for indoor meetings to 500 persons from 300. The relaxations will apply uniformly to all the seven phases.

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Economic Survey leaves no escape from fuel price hike after polls

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75% of adults in India are now fully vaccinated

Over 75% of adults in the country are now fully vaccinated against Covid-19 with two doses of the jabs, heralding a major achievement in the mass immunisation drive that played a crucial role in keeping disease severity, hospitalisation and deaths low during the present surge powered by Omicron variant of SARS-CoV2.

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