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Gauhati HC CJ Dhulia, Justice Pardiwala of Guj HC take oath as SC judges
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Gauhati HC CJ Dhulia, Justice Pardiwala of Guj HC take oath as SC judges

New Delhi, May 9: Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Gujarat High Court judge Justice Jamshed B Pardiwala on Monday took oath as Supreme Court judges here. Chief Justice of India (CJI) N V Ramana administered the oath of office to justices Dhulia and Pardiwala...
Illegal encroachment being manually removed at Shaheen Bagh in Delhi
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Illegal encroachment being manually removed at Shaheen Bagh in Delhi

New Delhi, May 9: The illegal encroachment, an iron structure in front of a building, was being manually removed by the people even as a JCB bulldozer stood by during the proposed demolition drive in the Shaheen Bagh area of the national capital on Monday. The locals said that the iron structure...
India logs 3,207 Covid cases, 29 deaths in past 24 hrs
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India logs 3,207 Covid cases, 29 deaths in past 24 hrs

New Delhi, May 9: India reported 3,207 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hrs, a marginal decline against previous day's 3,451, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. Also, 29 Covid deaths were reported taking the nationwide death toll to 5,24,093. Active caseload of the country presently...
Petition in Allahabad HC to open 20 rooms in Taj Mahal
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Petition in Allahabad HC to open 20 rooms in Taj Mahal

Lucknow, May 8: A petition has been filed in the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court seeking directives to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to open 20 rooms inside the Taj Mahal in Agra to ascertain whether the Hindu idols and inscriptions are hidden there. Bharatiya Janata Party...
RBI rate hike a surprise as it came between 2 review meetings: Sitharaman
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RBI rate hike a surprise as it came between 2 review meetings: Sitharaman

New Delhi, May 8: The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) move to raise the policy rate is part of a synchronised action by the central banks, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said, adding that it came as a surprise only because it was done between two monetary policy reviews. "It is the...
Kids held hostage in UP school over non-payment of fees, freed after parents create ruckus
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Kids held hostage in UP school over non-payment of fees, freed after parents...

Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh), May 8: The parents' association at the Heartmann school have decided to lodge a complaint against the school authorities after about 35 children were held hostage for non-payment of fees. According to reports, the school management had confined the children in a room on...
Pakistani LeT terrorist killed in Kashmir encounter
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Pakistani LeT terrorist killed in Kashmir encounter

Srinagar, May 8: A Pakistani terrorist from the proscribed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant group was killed in an encounter in Kashmir's Kulgam district, police said on Sunday. "One Pakistani terrorist (Haider) of LeT terror outfit and a local terrorist trapped in on-going encounter. Haider was...
Deep depression over SE Bay of Bengal intensifies into cyclonic storm Asani
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Deep depression over SE Bay of Bengal intensifies into cyclonic storm 'Asani'

New Delhi, May 8: A deep depression over southeast Bay of Bengal has intensified into cyclonic storm 'Asani' on Sunday after it moved west-northwestwards with a speed of 16 kmph, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. At 5.30 a.m., Asani lay centred over southeast Bay of Bengal about 450...
Khalistan posters appear at Himachal Assembly campus
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Khalistan posters appear at Himachal Assembly campus

Dharamsala, May 8: Posters of Khalistan on Sunday surfaced at the main entrance of the state legislative Assembly campus in this Himachal Pradesh town, home to Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, the police said. The posters, written in Punjabi, surfaced in the morning. Also the wall near...
Active COVID-19 cases in country rise to 20,635
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Active COVID-19 cases in country rise to 20,635

New Delhi, May 8: India logged 3,451 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,31,02,194, while the active cases rose to 20,635, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll climbed to 5,24,064 with 40 fresh fatalities, the data...
Blast at Tata Steel plant in Jamshedpur, three injured
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Blast at Tata Steel plant in Jamshedpur, three injured

Jamshedpur (Jharkhand), May 7: Three people were injured in an explosion in a gas pipeline in Tata Steel plant here on Saturday, a company official said. The blast occurred around 10.20 am, and the injured employees were admitted to Tata Main Hospital, he said. "We wish to inform you that today,...
Within 48 hours, Centre notifies appointment of two judges to Supreme Court
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Within 48 hours, Centre notifies appointment of two judges to Supreme Court

New Delhi, May 7: The Centre has notified the appointment of Gauhati High Court Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Gujarat High Court judge Justice Jamshed Burjor Pardiwala as judges to the apex court, two days after the Supreme Court Collegium recommended their appointment. The collegium is headed...
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