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If depositors money not returned, people will lose trust in co-op banks: Kerala HC
The Kerala High Court has said that unless the authorities take steps to ensure depositors' request for return of their money is honoured, people's trust in the cooperative banking sector would be "seriously diminished". The observations by the court came while hearing a batch of petitions by depositors seeking return of their money in various cooperative banks in the state.
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Delhi sees rise in energy consumption due to heat wave; clocks highest ever peak power demand
On Tuesday, at 3:22 pm, Delhi clocked a peak power demand of 8647 MW, the highest ever in the history of the national capital, DISCOM officials stated.
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Delhi airport launches self-service mechanism for passengers to quick check-in with luggage
Delhi airport operator DIAL on Tuesday said it has launched a self-service mechanism, enabling passengers to drop in their luggage, collect tags and print boarding passes to complete the check-in process in less time.
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Darshan case: BJP delegation meets Renukaswamy's family, asks government to give compensation, job to his wife
A BJP Karnataka unit delegation, led by its state President B Y Vijayendra, on Tuesday met the family of Renukaswamy, in whose murder case Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa is an accused, and urged the government to provide compensation to them and a government job to his wife.
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Rahul, Kharge to meet party officials of Assembly poll-bound states in bid to capitalise on growing support
After its rejuvenating performance in the Lok Sabha elections, Congress is taking steps to consolidate its gains in Assembly poll-bound states by calling strategy meetings with senior leaders of Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir next week.
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Brad Pitt's F1 movie set for release in June 2025
The plot sees Pitt, who is 60 years old in real life, star as a former driver making a Formula One comeback alongside Damson Idris, who plays his rookie team mate, at APX.
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Vhagar the Dragon strikes New York, seen perched on Empire State Building
The 80th floor of the Empire State Building will also offer an interactive 'Game of Thrones: Legend' experience as well as a 360-degree view of the dragon display.
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Actor Vijay’s TVK not to contest any polls till 2026 assembly elections
Vijay, who is one of the highest-paid actors in the country and commands a huge fan base, will be the latest entrant into the already crowded political space in Tamil Nadu from the tinsel town.
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TMC MPs meet SEBI officials, seek probe into stock market 'manipulation'
The delegation, comprising TMC MPs Kalyan Banerjee, Sagarika Ghose and Saket Gokhale, was joined by Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Arvind Sawant and former NCP (SP) MLC Vidya Chavan.
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Opinion | China needs a Green Marshall plan for the Global South
China — like the postwar US — emerged from the global crisis looking stronger than ever, with its economy about a third larger in real terms in 2023 than in 2019.
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'It caught me completely unaware': Alka Yagnik diagnosed with rare hearing disorder
'It has been diagnosed by my docs as a rare sensory neural nerve hearing loss, due to a viral attack... This sudden, major setback has caught me completely unaware,' the 58-year-old singer wrote.
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Sharad Pawar writes to Shinde, seeks meet to address drought-like situation in Pune tehsils
Nationalist Congress Party (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar has written to Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde seeking a meeting to address the drought-like situation in Purandar, Baramati, Indapur and Daund tehsils of Pune district.
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Saddened by 'character assassination': Swati Maliwal writes letter to I.N.D.I.A. bloc leaders calling for meeting
This comes after a court on Saturday extended till June 22 the judicial custody of Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar.
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Are gyms in public parks safe?
Mid-May parks in the city that had been closed to the public, thanks to the lockdown, reopened. People gleefully returned to these spaces for their morning walks and jogging sessions. The open-air gyms and play areas for children, however, remained closed, until July.
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Joe Biden names Indian-American Vedant Patel as Assistant White House Press Secretary
President-elect Joe Biden on Friday named Indian-American Vedant Patel to be the Assistant Press Secretary as he announced the additional members of the White House Communications and Press Staff.
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Bandipora encounter: Slain terrorist was active since 2018
The terrorist killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district on Monday has been identified as Umar Lone, a category 'A' terrorist of Lashkar-e-Taiba outfit who was active since 2018.
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Indian worker dies in Maldives
An Indian worker died after he collapsed during maintenance work on a major bridge in the Maldivian capital, police said Tuesday, the second worksite accident in the country involving an Indian national since May.
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Marathas cannot be given reservation from OBC quota, says Bhujbal, demands caste census
Veteran OBC leader and Maharashtra Minister Chhagan Bhujbal has reiterated that the Marathas cannot be given reservation from the quota for the Other Backward Classes (OBC) community.
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Reliance JIO suffers massive outage across India
Reliance Jio is facing a service outage across India with users on social media complaining about having issues in both mobile connectivity and Jio Fiber.
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Rahul Gandhi slams PM Modi for 'silence' on NEET exam row
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for maintaining "silence" on the NEET exam issue and asserted that his party is committed to strongly raising the voice of the youth from the streets to the Parliament for ensuring strong policies against paper leaks.
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Sebi plans tweaks to address derivative trading risks
The new rules could include higher margins for options contracts and more detailed disclosures, and are being considered after a series of meetings with exchanges, brokers and fund houses over the past four months, the sources said.
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Six arrested for chopping off camel's leg in Pakistan; to receive prosthetic leg from Dubai
Rustum Shar and five of his servants were arrested after he proudly posted a video, holding the mutilated leg of the camel, after cutting off the animal's right leg in Mund Jamrao village of Sanghar district last weekend.
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'Mob attack' on cattle transporters in Raipur: Lone survivor succumbs to injuries
A 25-year-old man, who was critically injured in an alleged mob attack wherein two cattle transporters were killed here earlier this month, died in a hospital on Tuesday, police said.
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Opinion | Worry more about Putin’s visit than Kim’s dung balloons
Russian President Vladimir Putin is visiting North Korea Tuesday and Wednesday, his first such sojourn in 24 years. Following Kim Jong Un’s trip to Russia last September, it comes as ties between the two strongmen are growing increasingly cordial.
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Sena factions brace for foundation day fireworks
In the run-up to the Assembly elections in the state, Thackeray and Shinde will set the stage for what is to come ahead.
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Manipur police arrests three insurgents, seizes arms
Regular patrolling and area domination have been intensified in the entire riverine stretch of the Barak and Jiri rivers.
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Fitch Ratings raises India's growth estimates for FY25 to 7.2%
Fitch's estimates are in line with that of RBI which earlier this month projected Indian economy to expand 7.2 per cent in the current fiscal on the back of improving rural demand and moderating inflation.
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Curfew clamped in Odisha's Balasore town following clash between two groups
The district administration has also suspended internet service in certain sensitive areas of the town and urged people to stay in their homes and not to step out.
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Amit Shah's recipe: Hindutva, nationalism and farmers
Cultural nationalism, Hindutva politics and farmer outreach will be on full display during Home Minister Amit Shah’s two-day visit to West Bengal starting from Saturday.
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B S Yediyurappa will stay as Karnataka CM, asserts BJP
Putting all speculation at rest, the BJP top brass on Friday said B S Yediyurappa will continue as the Chief Minister and there is no question of leadership change in Karnataka.
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