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Delhi remains ‘most polluted city in India’, air quality in ‘severe’ category

Fri, 12/20/2024 - 04:09
The air pollution in Delhi is — over 17 times — the limit prescribed by the World Health Organisation (WHO), according to official data
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Parliamentary panel on simultaneous polls to have 39 members

Fri, 12/20/2024 - 03:54
The list of Lok Sabha MPs proposed by the government now includes one member each from the Shiv Sena (UBT), CPI(M) and the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), besides two more members of the BJP and one more of the Samajwadi party
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BJP leader C.T. Ravi likely to be taken to Bengaluru

Fri, 12/20/2024 - 03:22
MLC alleges police conspiracy to murder him, files counter-complaint against Laxmi Hebbalkar’s supporters but FIR not registered
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Delhi school gets bomb-threat mail, search underway

Fri, 12/20/2024 - 03:03
Police, fire department, bomb detection teams and the dog squad are participating in the search operation
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Strict provisions of law for women's welfare; marriage not commercial venture: SC

Fri, 12/20/2024 - 03:02
The bench commented on cases, where the wife and her family tended to use a criminal complaint with serious offences as a tool to get the husband and his family to comply with their demands
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5 dead, 37 injured in fire after truck carrying chemical collides with other vehicles in Jaipur

Fri, 12/20/2024 - 02:50
Around 30 trucks and other vehicles were gutted in the fire
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Protests and counter protests in Chikkamagaluru following BJP leader's arrest in Belagavi

Fri, 12/20/2024 - 02:49
While supporters of the Congress party staged protests against Mr. Ravi for his alleged remarks, BJP workers hit the streets condemning the arrest of their leader.
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One dies in boiler blast in Bhadravathi

Fri, 12/20/2024 - 02:46
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When Tamil Nadu police rescued over 900 victims of forced prostitution in Bombay and brought them back home

Fri, 12/20/2024 - 02:33
A representation by a non-governmental organisation in 1989 led the Tamil Nadu Crime Branch-CID to undertake a rescue operation in the summer of 1990, which, to this day, remains the largest of its kind that the branch has conducted outside the State. The police found that many of the women were lured by promises of attractive jobs and held captive for several months
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Symphony Orchestra of India gets back to Bengaluru with A Classical Christmas 

Fri, 12/20/2024 - 02:30
The evening will feature many festive sets, beginning with Corelli’s Christmas Concerto, followed by Tchaikovsky’s enchanting The Nutcracker Suite and December from The Seasons
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The golden seat of Karnataka’s winter session

Fri, 12/20/2024 - 02:30
As this year’s winter session of the Karnataka legislature concluded at Suvarna Soudha in Belagavi on Thursday, here are vignettes of the iconic structure where it was hosted
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FIR against Rahul Gandhi is diversionary tactic in response to his protest against Amit Shah: Congress

Fri, 12/20/2024 - 02:28
Why has the Delhi Police not acted on the FIRs filed by women MPs of INC against the BJP leaders who physically assaulted them? questions Congress leader K.C. Venugopal
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Habitat contiguity, the next course of action to protect the Nilgiri tahr

Fri, 12/20/2024 - 02:03
Wildlife biologists and experts state that this will promote interbreeding among disparate populations across their geographical range, ensuring genetic diversity. However, others are concerned that this may increase the risk of communicable diseases
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Caste politics in Shivaji’s time that played out in Maharashtra poll and Tamil Nadu

Fri, 12/20/2024 - 01:33
The caste equations in Maharashtra and how Shivaji sought and obtained Brahmin approval for his coronation were the subjects of Shivaji Kanda Hindu Rajyam, a Tamil play by DMK founder C.N. Annadurai that was staged two years before Independence
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Daily battles of Bengaluru’s waste collectors

Fri, 12/20/2024 - 01:30
The silent suffering of thousands of waste collectors in Bengaluru remains ignored, their struggles hidden from the world around them. Left in the lurch by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike and at the mercy of contractors, the civic workers’ pleas have remained unaddressed for decades
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Visakha Camera Club celebrates 25 years with a photography exhibition from December 20

Fri, 12/20/2024 - 01:27
Hawa Mahal is set to host a three-day photography exhibition by of Visakha Camera Club, is set to will begin from December 20 at Hawa Mahal, featuring over 600 works in different genres
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Doctors of a lesser State: A long wait for permanent registrations in Andhra Pradesh

Fri, 12/20/2024 - 01:17
While their counterparts from States like Telangana and Rajasthan have begun practising or joined PG courses in India after receiving permanent registrations (PRs), the FMGs belonging to the COVID-19 batches in Andhra Pradesh continue to wait for their PRs even after six months. The foreign medicos‘ patience wears thin with the State officials insisting on a certificate verification process to rule out fake candidates as per the latest NMC advisory. Worried that they might not be eligible for the soon-approaching NEET-PG counselling, the FMGs seek government intervention in ensuring that their PRs are issued and that they don’t lose an academic year over rules that seem to vary from State to State, writes Nellore Sravani
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Pushpa 2 stampede: The hidden toll of cinematic fandom

Fri, 12/20/2024 - 01:11
As Indian movie-makers pump in more money to mount their fantasies on screen, the stakes at the turnstile are higher than ever. The actor is a brand; the movie is a collective experience. Fans are not watching a film, they are participating in it. A death inside a cinema hall is a statistical blip, write Serish Nanisetti & Lavpreet Kaur
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