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Republic Day 2020: Sample speech and tips for kids

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This year, India celebrates its 71st Republic Day — commemorating the historic moment when India became an independent republic country and the constitution of India came into effect...

Start-up club inaugurated at Deccan Education Society

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A start-up club of Deccan Education Society's (DES) Incubation, Start-up, Training and Placement Cell was inaugurated on Thursday at the Amphitheater of Fergusson College...

Will invite Cong, NCP to join Thackeray on Ayodhya visit: Sanjay Raut

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He said offering prayers to Lord Ram has got nothing to do with the common minimum programme, on the basis of which the three ideologically different parties came together to form government in Maharashtra. It will be the first visit of Sena chief Thackeray to Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh since his party severed ties with the BJP over sharing of power after results of the Maharashtra Assembly elections were declared in October last year...

UPSC EPFO Syllabus 2020: Check detailed syllabus, exam scheme & weightage here

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News / Times Of India/ Education

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will conduct recruitment test (RT) for the post of Enforcement Officer/Accounts Officer, Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation on October 4, 2020...

Why Saudi crown prince may have hacked Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's phone

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The crown prince — better known by acronym MBS — and Bezos were exchanging regular messages via WhatsApp on May 1, 2018, when an "unsolicited file" was sent...

Security tightened in J&K ahead of Republic Day

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During Maharashtra polls, Muslims didn't vote for BJP: Sharad Pawar

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Sharad Pawar, along with Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, addressed a meeting of the party's minority cell on Thursday at their party office...

Movie Review: Shylock - 3/5

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Boss is a money lender and Prathapa Varma has cheated him by not returning the money he owes. Despite warnings from Boss and his assistants, Prathapa Varma, with the help of his police commissioner friend, continues to mess with Boss. And the battle begins...

Railway commissions govt's first waste to energy plant; to turn e waste, plastic into light diesel oil

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Sessions judge hearing Nirbhaya case transferred

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News / Times Of India/ Delhi

The sessions judge who recently issued death warrants against the four death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case has been transferred...

Tezpur University celebrates 27th foundation day

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News / Times Of India/ Guwahati

Tezpur University (TU) on Tuesday celebrated its 27th foundation day on Tuesday. The event started with a flag-hoisting ceremony by TU vice-chancellor Vinod Kumar Jain...

Sam Stafford pierced by two bullets: Post-mortem

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News / Times Of India/ Guwahati

Sam Stafford, a 17-year-old student who died in police firing during the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) protests last month, was shot twice, through his chin and from behind by police, a post-mortem report has revealed...

Trichy to host chess tournament for children

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News / Times Of India/ Chennai

A district level chess tournament for children aged below 15 years will held in Trichy on January 25 and 26...

Netaji opposed Hindu Mahasabha's divisive politics, fought for secular India: Mamata

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Demanding that his birth anniversary be declared a national holiday, Banerjee said Bose through his struggle has sent the message of respecting all faiths and the best tribute to him would be to fight for a united India. "Netaji had opposed the Hindu Mahasabha's divisive politics...

GoM headed by Amit Shah to monitor disposal of over 9,400 enemy properties

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Women mistaken for NRC surveyors attacked in Rajasthan, Bengal

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Women mistaken for NRC surveyors attacked in Rajasthan, Bengal..

Resolutions against CAA 'political gesture', states hardly have any role: Shashi Tharoor

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Punished with 450 sit-ups, student takes ill

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Leadership can't be determined by results: Kohli backs Williamson

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Questions will certainly crop up when a team will struggle but the leadership can't always be judged by results says India skipper Virat Kohli, putting up a stout defense of his under fire New Zealand counterpart Kane Williamson...

Chotila to soon become permanent habitat of Gir lions

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News / Times Of India/ Rajkot

Two Asiatic lions returning to Chotila in Surendranagar after preying on a pig near Aji dam about 20km from Rajkot city, has left the forest officials scratching their head as to why the lions that travelled all the way to Gondal and Rajkot were returning back...

DRDO MTS Recruitment 2020: Registration ends today, apply @drdo.gov.in

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The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will close the online application process for the recruitment to the Multi Tasking Staff (MTS), General Central Service Group 'C', Non- Gazetted, Ministerial post today i.e. January 23, 2020...

Jaishankar meets his Tunisian counterpart, discusses 'shared interest and challenges'

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"Began my #Tunisia visit with a meeting with FM Sabri Bachtobji. As two vibrant democracies in different regions, discussed shared interests and challenges," he tweeted. Both the leaders agreed to work closely in multilateral forums especially the United Nations. In another tweet, Jaishankar informed, "Agreed to work closely in multilateral forums especially the UN...

TCS fastest growing brand of the decade

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TCS’s brand value increased nearly sixfold since 2010 to $13.5 billion in 2019. This has made it the fastest growing brand of the decade and positions it among the top three brands in IT services globally, according to brand valuation firm Brand Finance in its 2020 Global 500 report...

UPSC Civil Services Mains 2019 Interview schedule released, check here

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'AdWise': 'How to ensure work-life balance?'

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Are you dealing with a tough boss? Are your colleagues being mean to you? Is your workplace culture hindering your growth?Talk to us. Our panel of experts will assist you in resolving your workplace related matters. ‘AdWise’ will appear every Thursday to help you with your workplace matters. Write to us at adwise@timesgroup.com..

Biden, Sanders trade barbs as US Democratic primary race tightens

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News / Times Of India/ US

Results from another survey Wednesday by Morning Consult were virtually the inverse: Barack Obama's former vice president scored 29 percent to 24 percent for the US senator from Vermont. As the race has narrowed, the two septuagenarians -- Biden the moderate, Sanders a self-described "Democratic socialist" -- have grown testy, accusing each other of dishonesty...

Aus Open: Medvedev masters Martinez, bleeding nose to enter third round

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Fourth seed Daniil Medvedev of Russia dealt with spells of resistance from Spanish qualifier Pedro Martinez and a bleeding nose on his way to a 7-5, 6-1, 6-3 win on Thursday to reach the third round of the Australian Open...

JAC 10th admit card 2020 to be available today at jac.jharkhand.gov.in, check updates

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Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) will release the admit cards for the annual board exams of the class 10th or Matric Board Exams 2020 today on its official website - jac.jharkhand.gov.in...

World leaders gather in Jerusalem for Auschwitz forum, without Poland

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News / Times Of India/ Middle East

Israel has hailed the World Holocaust Forum at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial centre as the biggest international gathering in its history, and Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence are among the attendees...

Piramal Group to inject Rs 500cr in Telangana

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Man, 3 juveniles arrested for stripping foreigner

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News / Times Of India/ Bangalore

(This story originally appeared in BangaloreMirror on January 23, 2020)..

CBSE allows ‘special’ pupils to use calculators in exam

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News / Times Of India/ Nagpur

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will provide students suffering from dyscalculia with calculators for use during the board exams from this year...

Another IndiGo Neo suffers Pratt engine stall

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News / Times Of India/ Business

The snag-prone Pratt and Whitney engine (PW) of an IndiGo A320 Neo stalled yet again soon after taking off from Mumbai for Hyderabad as 6E-5384 in the early hours of Thursday...

CBSE 12th exam tips from 2019 toppers

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Lakhs of aspiring students would be appearing for the class 12th board exam 2020 in the month of February-March conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)...

Anil Vij briefed for first time by CID after taking over as Haryana home minister

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News / Times Of India/ Gurgaon

Call it an after effect of meeting in New Delhi, an officer of the rank of a superintendent of police (SP) of the crime investigation department (CID) gave input to Haryana home minister Anil Vij at his residence in Ambala on Tuesday evening. Sources said it happened for the first time after Vij took over as the Haryana home minister...

Antoine Griezmann double ends Ibiza party in Copa del Rey

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Barcelona's Antoine Griezmann struck a late double to help them come from behind to beat Spanish third-tier side UD Ibiza 2-1 and avoid an embarrassing Copa del Rey last-32 exit on Wednesday...

BJP chief tells partymen to keep mum, but MLA continues rant

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News / Times Of India/ Mangalore

A day after two senior functionaries of the BJP — a deputy chief minister and a political secretary to the chief minister — made provocative speeches against a minority community, Nalin Kumar Kateel, state president of the saffron party, on Wednesday issued a gag order, banning functionaries from talking on issues without the party’s approval...

What we know about the new coronavirus spreading in China and beyond

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Now, learn Japanese in Goa as Goa University set to offer certificate course from February

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News / Times Of India/ Goa

For the first time, Goa University is set to offer Japanese language courses to its students and others...

NEET 2020: Number of applicants in Tamil Nadu dips by 17%

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The number of students applying for Neet-2020 from Tamil Nadu has dropped by nearly 17% over 2018-19, against an increase of 74,000 nationwide, as per National Testing Agency data...

Coronavirus: China locks down epicentre of virus outbreak; nearly 600 infected

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The previously unknown coronavirus strain is believed to have emerged late last year from illegally traded wildlife at an animal market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Cases have been detected as far away as the United States, stoking fears the virus is already spreading worldwide...

Manchester United hit new low in dismal Burnley loss

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Troubled Manchester United crashed to a third defeat in their last four Premier League games as Burnley powered to a surprise 2-0 win at Old Trafford on Wednesday...

TNPSC Group I exams date announced, check here

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Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) has announced date for group I exams.Preliminary written test for 69 posts in various state government departments will be held on April 5...

TN: Driver held for kidnapping Class X student

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Police arrested a driver on Wednesday from Villivakkam for kidnapping a Class X student...

Karnataka: Belagavi to get India's first miniature airport

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The border town of Belagavi is set to host India's first miniature airport on the lines of Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, Germany. The Rs 6-crore project under the Smart City programme is expected to make the district a major tourist attraction in the country. "The decision on the miniature airport was taken a fortnight ago. The deputy commissioner will head the planning committee, which will have a member from the Indian Air Force," said Shashidhar Kurer, managing director of Belagavi Smart City...

Choke points outside Gurgaon’s Metro stations to be cleared of squatters

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Haryana yet to challenge dropping of sedition charges against Honeypreet

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News / Times Of India/ Gurgaon

Even after two-and-a-half months of discharge of Honeypreet — socially-adopted daughter of rape and murder convict and Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim — by Panchkula court from the sedition charges in relation to August 2017 violence, the Haryana government is yet to challenge the lower court’s verdict. ..

Act against 24 shopkeepers: MC chief to top cop

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Saudi crown prince ‘tied to’ Bezos phone hack

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At 450 per 1,000 people, Gujarat has highest vehicle ownership rate

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If the roads have started appearing chock-ablock with vehicles over the years, it’s for a reason. Gujarat has the highest vehicle ownership of 450 vehicles per 1,000 people in India!..

A #MeToo moment: Harvey Weinstein trial opens

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New York prosecutors began making their rape case against on Wednesday, describing the former movie producer as a Hollywood power broker who was "no match" for his female accusers...

Noida: Delhi responsible for polluting drains in city

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Cameras lying defunct to be revived: Ghaziabad SSP

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2 Metro lines, RRTS to meet in Sahibabad

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In last 8 years, black buck count doubles in Gautam Budh Nagar

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Jharkhand: Bodies of seven 'anti-Pathalgarhi' tribals found in Saranda forest

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News / Times Of India/ Ranchi

Tribals, allegedly supporters of the Pathalgarhi movement, armed with lathis and axes, kidnapped seven villagers and killed and decapitated them in West Singhbhum district for opposing their campaign at a village meeting on Sunday evening, sources, including some senior police officers, said on Wednesday...

Cops cane-charge women in Etawah, over 700 booked

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News / Times Of India/ Lucknow

Scores of protesters, including women, staging a dharna against the citizenship law were allegedly lathi-charged in Etawah late Tuesday night...

Lucknow: Man comes under saw machine, dies

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News / Times Of India/ Lucknow

In a chilling incident, a 55-year-old man died after coming under a saw machine in Naka on Wednesday afternoon...

Blanket of fog may lift today, but cold to stay

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News / Times Of India/ Delhi

Delhiites woke up to a thick layer of fog surrounding the capital, which threw traffic, flight and train operations out of gear in the early hours...

Year's first swine flu case reported in Lucknow

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News / Times Of India/ Lucknow

The city registered its first swine flu case this year with a pregnant woman being diagnosed with the H1N1 virus at Queen Mary's Hospital of King George's Medical University (KGMU) on Wednesday...

At 87, he’s oldest from Kol to have angioplasty

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News / Times Of India/ Kolkata

An 87-year-old man underwent a successful angioplasty at a city hospital last week, making him probably the oldest Kolkata resident to go through the procedure that involved a fair amount of risk because of his age and vulnerable cardiac condition...

Gurugram: Man who gave rape threats over phone held in Agra

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News / Times Of India/ Gurgaon

An investigation that began only after a TOI report last July about a woman being harassed and threatened with rape for months has led police to her stalker six months later...

Sikh neta in Pak flees country after threats

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Pakistani Sikh politician Radesh Singh Tony, who had contested the 2018 general polls as an Independent candidate but lost, has fled the country along with his wife and three sons due to threats from fundamentalists...

Any time, any place, opposition tells Amit Shah on CAA debate

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Security at commercial complexes in twin cities under police scanner

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If not answered, NPR query will be considered dropped: Javadekar

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News / Times Of India/ India

Information and broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday said questions pertaining to date and place of birth of parents in the National Population Register (NPR) could remain while furnishing such details — as made clear previously — will be optional. He said if a person doesn’t share details the questions will be “considered as dropped”..

Ahmedabad: Techie clicks link, loses Rs 2 lakh

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News / Times Of India/ Ahemdabad

An employee of an IT company in Gandhinagar on Tuesday filed a complaint of cheating with Infocity police, stating that she lost Rs 2 lakh to cyber cheats after she clicked on a link sent to her from an unknown number...

Udaipur man names son ‘Congress’ Jain

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News / Times Of India/ Jaipur

His family opposed the idea and relatives and friends ridiculed him. But nothing deterred this 46-year-old man to name his only son ‘Congress’ who was born after 22 years of marriage. ..

Madras high court upholds election of V Saroja

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News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Trashing poll-time malpractice complaints against Tamil Nadu social welfare minister V Saroja, who was elected MLA from Rasipuram constituency in 2016, the Madras high court on Wednesday upheld her election...

Maoist’s AK-47 looted from CRPF after ’14 Sukma ambush

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Jaipur cops to launch Golden Hour app for smooth ambulance operations

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News / Times Of India/ Jaipur

Golden Hour app will be launched by the city traffic police which will help ambulances get clear passages even in heavy traffic hours...

Overbridge, underpass at Guirim opens for traffic

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News / Times Of India/ Goa

Both lanes of the approximately 250-metre-long overbridge-cum-underpass at Guirim were thrown open for use recently. Thirty-five coconut saplings have also been planted in the structure’s median by the road works contractor to replace the trees that perished while construction was on...

Abandoned for lack of stomach wall, Ahmedabad girl gets new lease of life

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News / Times Of India/ Ahemdabad

A farmer in Kuvana village in Banaskantha district found a newly-born girl on January 9. The girl was in pain and was crying profusely - her intestines were out of her body and there was imminent danger of contacting infection. She was first taken to a community health centre (CHC) nearby and then was sent to Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad in hope to save her life...

To decongest KIA, govt moots second airport

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News / Times Of India/ Bangalore

In a bid to “decongest” air traffic in Bengaluru, the government has proposed to construct a greenfield airport in either Tumakuru or Kolar. With the chances of HAL airport, in the heart of the city, opening up to civil aviation looking “bleak”, the government is scouting for alternatives that are relatively close to Bengaluru...

6kg manja collected

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Jaipur Literature Festival begins today, four lakh footfall expected in five days

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News / Times Of India/ Jaipur

Organisers of Jaipur Literature Festival, which commences on Thursday, said they had allowed fewer registrations this year keeping in mind space crunch at the venue...

Rajasthan alert on China coronavirus

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News / Times Of India/ Jaipur

An alert has been sounded across the state on novel coronavirus, a virus that has infected over 400 people and caused nine deaths in China...

FM has lost Modi’s faith, must quit: Chavan

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News / Times Of India/ Pune

Former chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Wednesday demanded the resignation of Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman...

Judge hearing Nirbhaya case gets transferred

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Pakistan court sends Hindu girl to protection centre

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Her father Vijay Kumar filed an FIR, claiming that Solangi had abducted and married her forcibly. He also said that her daughter was 15-year-old when she was abducted. Kumari and Solangi were produced before a court on Tuesday from where she was sent to the women police protection centre, according to court officials...

Dry weather warning issued for Himachal, J&K

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, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim on January 25 and 26...

Nagpur: Chinese national among two dead as mine roof caves in

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News / Times Of India/ Nagpur

A Chinese national was among two who died as mine roof caves in at Gumgaon near Nagpur on Wednesday. Two, including a Chinese, were injured in the incident. The mine is around 145ft deep...

Balasaheb Thackeray never compromised with his ideals: Amit Shah

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Balasaheb Thackeray never compromised with his ideals: Amit Shah..

Remember us in your prayers: B'desh player tweets ahead of Pak tour

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Left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman, part of the Bangladesh squad travelling to Pakistan, took to Twitter to post a selfie along with his teammates and asked his followers to pray for them, writing: "Heading to Pakistan. Remember us in your prayers." Bangladesh were earlier reluctant to travel to Pakistan, however, the officials met and agreed to play a series...

Bodos' demands will be met: Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal in Udalguri

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News / Times Of India/ Guwahati

The perception of Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD) being an under-developed and disturbed area has completely changed and long-pending demands of the Bodos would soon be fulfilled, said chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal...

Abrogation of Article 370 irreversible, Centre tells SC

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Bengal: Primary schools to focus more on handwriting

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seven books in class 3 and eight books in classes 4 and 5...

Punjabi University agrees to cut secretariat allowance of staff

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News / Times Of India/ Ludhiana

Punjabi University, Patiala, on Wednesday gave its consent to government instructions over pay-cut policy on its non-teaching employees, who were being given secretariat allowance since 1970...

We failed ourselves by continuing to procrastinate on concluding CCIT: India

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1 killed, 3 hurt in blast at MIDC chemical plant

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News / Times Of India/ Thane

A 60-year-old staffer died and three were injured when the dryer of a chemical plant exploded in Badlapur MIDC on Wednesday morning. The fire brigade controlled the fire which followed the explosion within 30 minutes. This is the second such industrial mishap in the Mumbai region this month. A blast had claimed eight lives and injured seven at ANK Pharma in Tarapur MIDC on January 11 and nine employees had suffered burn injuries in a fire at Omkar Speciality Chemicals on November 26, 2019...

Sania Mirza exits Australian Open with calf injury

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News / Times Of India/ Sports

Indian tennis star Sania Mirza's campaign at the Australian Open came to an abrupt end on Thursday after she retired mid-way into her women's doubles first-round match with an injury...