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Tough road ahead for Kharge as challenges galore for Congress
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Tough road ahead for Kharge as challenges galore for Congress

New Delhi, Oct 20: Tough tests await newly elected Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, the party's first non-Gandhi chief in more than 24 years, as challenges galore for the grand old party on the road to the 2024 general elections. Kharge has many things favourable going for him as he assumed...
Satya Nadella receives Padma Bhushan in US; plans to visit India in January
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Satya Nadella receives Padma Bhushan in US; plans to visit India in January

Washington, Oct 20: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has said it is an honour for him to receive the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award and he looks forward to continuing to work with people across India to help them use technology to achieve more. Nadella, who plans to visit India next...
India logs over 2,000 fresh COVID-19 cases in 24 hours
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India logs over 2,000 fresh COVID-19 cases in 24 hours

New Delhi, Oct 20: India saw a single day rise of 2,141 coronavirus infections, taking the tally of COVID-19 cases 4,46,36,517, while the active cases declined to 25,510, according to the government data updated on Thursday. The death toll climbed to 5,28,943 with 20 fatalities, which include...
Netaji kin plan PIL to stop
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Netaji kin plan PIL to stop 'misuse' of his name in movies on his `afterlife'

Kolkata, Oct 19: Days before the release of a movie on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's "after-life" of what he may have done after the 1945 Taipei air crash, the freedom fighter's kin said they are mulling a PIL to stop "misuse of his name for financial gains". A film based on a...
SC to hear plea against Bollywood movie
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SC to hear plea against Bollywood movie 'Thank God' on Nov 1

New Delhi, Oct 19: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to list for urgent hearing a plea seeking a stay on the October 25 release of Ajay Devgn-starrer movie 'Thank God' over alleged derogatory references to Lord Chitragupta. A bench comprising Chief Justice Uday Umesh Lalit and Justice Bela...
Kharge elected new Congress President
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Kharge elected new Congress President

New Delhi, Oct 19: Mallikarjun Kharge was on Wednesday elected as the new Congress President after he received 7,897 votes, while his rival Shashi Tharoor managed to secure only 1,072. Although the counting of votes has ended, official results are yet to be announced. A total of 416 votes were...
In Bengal, Sourav Ganguly-BCCI issue takes political turn
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In Bengal, Sourav Ganguly-BCCI issue takes political turn

Kolkata, Oct 19: Sourav Ganguly's exit as BCCI president has become a subject of political spat rather than a sports administration affair. The matter has taken such a political turn that even the most prominent faces of the ruling and the opposition parties in the state, namely Chief Minister...
Another Nirbhaya case? Woman gang-raped, rod inserted in her pvt part in Ghaziabad
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Another Nirbhaya case? Woman gang-raped, rod inserted in her pvt part in...

New Delhi, Oct 19: The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has issued a notice to Ghaziabad police in connection with the brutal gang-rape of a 38-year-old woman recently, with the panel chief saying the attack reminded her of the Nirbhaya case. The woman, a resident of Delhi, was found "wrapped...
COVID-19: India reports 1,946 new infections
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COVID-19: India reports 1,946 new infections

New Delhi, Oct 19: India saw a single day rise of 1,946 coronavirus infections, taking the tally of cases to 4,46,34,376, while the active cases declined to 25,968, according to government data updated on Wednesday. The death toll climbed to 5,28,923 with 10 fatalities, which include six deaths...
India wont travel to Pakistan for Asia Cup
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India won't travel to Pakistan for Asia Cup

Mumbai, Oct 18: BCCI secretary Jay Shah on Tuesday made it clear that India won't travel to Pakistan for the Asia Cup next year and will instead push for a neutral venue. The 2023 edition, which will be played in the 50 over format ahead of the ODI World Cup in India, has been allotted to...
Delhi Riots 2020: HC denies bail to Umar Khalid in UAPA case
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Delhi Riots 2020: HC denies bail to Umar Khalid in UAPA case

New Delhi, Oct 18: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to grant bail to former JNU student Umar Khalid in a UAPA case related to alleged conspiracy behind the riots here in February 2020. "There is no merit in the bail appeal. Bail appeal is dismissed," said a bench of Justices Siddharth...
IMD forecasts cyclone over Bay of Bengal this weekend
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IMD forecasts cyclone over Bay of Bengal this weekend

Bhubaneswar, Oct 18: A likely low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal may intensify into a cyclone by the weekend, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Tuesday. A low-pressure area is likely to form over the southeast and adjoining the eastcentral Bay of Bengal over the next 48...
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