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GST Council scraps arrest powers, raises prosecution to Rs 5 cr
New Delhi: The GST Council on Thursday, October 8, approved scrapping the arrest powers of GST officers and raised the threshold to launch prosecution to Rs 5 crore from Rs 1 crore.…
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Umar Khalid wins 2026 Human Rights Defenders at Risk award
Incarcerated for six years and counting, activist and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) PhD student Umar Khalid has won the 2026 Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk. The award was presented by…
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Drought forces farmers in Karnataka to sell cattle at low prices
Bengaluru: The severe drought prevailing across Karnataka has pushed farmers in Dharwad district into a difficult situation, with many being forced to sell cattle they had raised for years because of an…
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PM Modi to attend summit on women safety, child protection
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the valedictory session of the Departmental Summit on Women and Child Development on Friday, October 9. The event will focus on women safety and…
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A writer, a cricketer and a friendship that lasted nearly 50 years
Hyderabad: The friendship between the well-known writer Jeffrey Archer and former India captain, Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, was one of those unusual relationships that began in the privileged surroundings of Oxford and…
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Retired judges defend Election Commission, back SIR amid criticism
New Delhi: A group of 42 retired judges have defended the Election Commission against the opposition onslaught and backed the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, describing it as a lawful…
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No plan to send volunteers at Jantar Mantar on Oct 10: Bajrang Dal
New Delhi: Bajrang Dal on Thursday, October 8, denied having any plan to assemble its volunteers at Jantar Mantar on October 10 during the proposed protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar,…
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Why no FIR against ACP Vivek Bhagat yet? Ask press bodies
New Delhi: It has been four days since an independent woman journalist alleged sexual harassment by a Delhi IPS officer during the Jantar Mantar protest; there is no first information report (FIR)…
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Delhi Police asks locals to skip CJP protest at Jantar Mantar
New Delhi: The Delhi Police are reportedly appealing to residents not to join the October 10 protests at Jantar Mantar organised by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and backed by left student…
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Penguin India launches pocket-sized books priced at Rs 125
New Delhi: Penguin Random House India has announced the launch of ‘Penguin Pockets’, a new series of compact-size books aimed at making timeless literature more accessible and affordable to a wider generation…
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Nobody divided us into alpha, beta, gamma as youth: Nitin Nabin
Varanasi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Nitin Nabin on Thursday, October 8, said politics should not divide the country’s youth, asserting that young people should be identified by their ideas, abilities…
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Free bus travel benefits 5.9 cr women, men gain from lower fares
Chennai: The expanded ‘Vettri Payanam’ — free bus travel for women — benefited approximately 5.9 crore passengers in availing individual journeys since its roll-out on October 2, with about 88 lakh women…
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INDIA bloc in Bihar hits streets, demands CEC’s resignation
Patna: The opposition INDIA bloc in Bihar, led by RJD working president Tejashwi Yadav, hit the streets on Thursday to press the demand for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over alleged…
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Delhi Police to probe ‘premeditated’ angle in CJP’s July protest
New Delhi: The Delhi Police Crime Branch has started investigating the violence that broke out during the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) protest in the national capital in July and has registered a…
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Who are they to take away our votes? Bglr CJP protests come alive
Bengaluru: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) national convenor Abhijit Dipke on Thursday, October 8, accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “murdering democracy and vote theft,” and said protests will go on till…
