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Sunday, April 30, 2023

Karnataka: Mobile phone thrown towards PM Modi during Mysuru roadshow, cop says 'no ill intention'

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Following the security breach during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's roadshow in the poll-bound Karnataka's Mysuru, police said that they have located the person who threw the phone on the vehicle and stated that the person had "no ill intentions" behind it. ADGP, law and Order, Alok Kumar said "The person who threw the phone on the vehicle of PM had no ill intention and was thrown in excitement. The phone belongs to a BJP worker. We have traced the person."

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Filled a void, gave people connect: PM Narendra Modi on episode 100 of 'Mann Ki Baat'

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Addressing the 100th edition of ‘Mann Ki Baat’ on Sunday, an emotional PM Modi said the radio broadcast had allowed him to worship the positives in people he had met with or spoken to. He also said it filled the “emptiness” that he felt when he first moved to the capital from Gujarat in 2014. He described ‘Mann Ki Baat' as a great medium to learn from the qualities of others, adding that it allowed him to connect with the people of India like he used to when he was Gujarat CM.

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Saturday, April 29, 2023

Cut-off for JEE(Advanced) at four-year high in general category, five-year high for reserved

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The qualifying percentile in JEE (Main) to be eligible for JEE (Advanced), the gateway to 23 Indian Institutes of technology (IITs), registered a five-year high for the reserved category and a four-year-high for the general category candidates this year. The minimum cutoff for the general category this year is 90.7 percentile, up from 88.4 in 2022. The cutoff for the OBC category rose to 73.6 percentile this year from 67 in 2022 and 68 in 2021.

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Jailed ganglord Mukhtar Ansari gets 10-year jail for BJP MLA’s murder

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Ghazipur court on Saturday sentenced jailed ganglord Mukhtar Ansari to 10 years’ imprisonment and his BSP MP brother, Afzal Ansari, to four years following their conviction in separate cases registered under the UP Gangsters Act in 2007. Additional sessions judge-I (MP-MLA court) Durgesh also fined Mukhtar Rs 5 lakh and Afzal Rs 1 lakh. The sentencing of Afzal paves the way for his automatic disqualification from the Lok Sabha. He represents Ghazipur in Parliament.

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Friday, April 28, 2023

Sexual harassment complaints: 2 FIRs registered against Wrestling Federation of India chief, 1 of them under Pocso

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Delhi Police on Friday registered two separate FIRs against Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on complaints of sexual harassment levelled by some female wrestlers. The first FIR pertains to allegations levelled by a minor victim which is registered under the Pocso Act. The second FIR was registered to carry out a comprehensive investigation into the allegations by the adult complainants.

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Act swiftly against hate speech or face contempt, Supreme Court tells states

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Terming hate speech as a “serious offence” which could affect the secular fabric of the country, the Supreme Court on Friday directed police in all states and UTs to take suo motu action and register cases against those making such speeches irrespective of their religion without waiting for a formal complaint.

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Thursday, April 27, 2023

Supreme Court: If not marriage, how can lives of same-­sex couples be bettered?

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With the Union government driving home the judicial impossibility of disentangling the Special Marriage Act from the web of personal laws for legalising same-sex marriages, the Supreme Court asked the Centre what administrative measures could be taken to improve the day-to-day lives of same-sex couples. “Short of marriage rights... what can the government do for long cohabiting couples? They need some recognition for creating conditions for their social security and welfare," the SC said.

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Wednesday, April 26, 2023

With security focus on ‘core’ areas, Dantewada was Maoist soft target

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Maoists on Wednesday blew up a vehicle carrying 10 personnel of the District Reserve Guard in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada, which is not quite their ‘core’ area and has seen few attacks since the ambush of 2010 that killed 75 CRPF jawans. They avoided strongholds like Sukma or Bijapur, where CRPF has been making deep inroads and setting up forward operating bases (FOBs).

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10 DRG jawans, driver killed in Maoist IED blast in Dantewada; police say 50kg of explosives used

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At least 10 personnel of the District Reserve Guards (DRG) and their civilian driver were killed when Maoists detonated a powerful IED on a kuchha road and fired on the wounded jawans near Aranpur in Dantewada district of Bastar, about 400km south of Raipur, on Wednesday. Around 200 jawans were returning in a convoy when the blast was triggered around 1.30pm. Police believe 50kg of explosives was used.

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Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Monday, April 24, 2023

No breakthrough in India-China military talks, all eyes now on defence ministers' meet

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There was no concrete breakthrough yet again in defusing the three-year-long troop confrontation with China in eastern Ladakh despite the top-level military talks being held after a gap of over four months, though the two sides agreed to continue dialogue and maintain “security and stability” along the frontier.

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In last month of FY 22-23, highways min appraised projects worth Rs 85,033 crore

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Racing against time to approve National Highway (NH) projects, the road transport and highways ministry appraised projects for approval with a total capital cost of Rs 85,033 crore only in March, the last month of the financial year. This was nearly 74% more than the cost of the projects appraised for approval during March 2022.

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Sunday, April 23, 2023

India, China hold another round of top-level military talks on border standoff

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India and China on Sunday held another round of top-level military talks in a bid to defuse the three-year-long troop confrontation in eastern Ladakh, ahead of Chinese defence minister general Li Shangfu’s visit to Delhi for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting this week.

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Saturday, April 22, 2023

US President Joe Biden to visit in September, ’24 to be big year for India ties: US

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US President Joe Biden is looking forward to travelling to India in September, his administration’s point person for South and Central Asia has said, observing that 2024 is going to be a “big year” for the India-US relationship. India’s leadership in the G20 further broadens its capacity to stand as a force for good in the world, the official said.

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Chinese, Russian defence ministers to come for SCO meet in Delhi next week

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Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu will also attend the SCO defence ministers’ meet on April 27-28, at a time when there are growing concerns in India over the tightening Moscow-Beijing strategic embrace and the fallout of the ongoing war in Ukraine. Pakistan defence minister Khawaja Asif will, however, participate virtually in the meet.

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