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The multi-sport event’s general assembly will take the final decision in November.

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Orders barring gatherings were imposed near the prison in Baksa and mobile internet was snapped in the district after demonstrators clashed with the police.

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On Wednesday, the petitioner, advocate Rishi Malhotra, told the court that prisoners should be given the option to choose between hanging or a lethal injection.

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Ghazala Shafique, a Karachi activist believes there is a need for separate shelter homes for minor girls where they can be supported emotionally and physically.

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Mahi G, Dule Rocker, and Aman Kachhap are using rap to tell stories that mainstream Indian pop has long ignored – of caste injustice, climate catastrophe, displacement and other resonant social themes.

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Meenakshi Narayanan & Tanya Mittal write

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As Parsiana wound down operations, its longtime editor, Jehangir Patel, contemplated the changes he witnessed.

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Remembering times when his editorials would draw readers to his office to engage in furious debate, he now senses an atmosphere of indifference.

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Those who surrendered received a total reward amount of Rs 5.24 crore and copies of the Constitution “to strengthen faith in democratic values”, #Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis said.

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Advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for his wife, Gitanjali Angmo, then sought the Supreme Court’s permission to amend her petition challenging #SonamWangchuk’s arrest to include the grounds of detention.

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The decision was taken by the party for its ‘greater good’, said the former political strategist.

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#Delhi | A bench of Chief Justice BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran allowed sales of #greencrackers between October 18 and 21. It also restricted sales to designated locations and limited the use between 6 am-7 am and 8 pm-10 pm.

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#Bihar | Party wise, 53 out of 83 MLAs from the BJP – which is part of the ruling alliance in the state – have declared criminal cases against them. scroll.in/latest/10876...

Among the Opposition parties, 53 of 72 MLAs from the RJD have criminal cases against them.
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The assistant sub-inspector, in a video, also accused the IPS officer of using the position of Puran Kumar’s wife, who is an Indian Administrative Officer, and brother-in-law, an MLA, to “cover up corruption through political influence”.

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"We bowed our heads, chanting, “Guruji, Guruji!” over and over, our voices blending into a chorus of devotion. Inside the car, a storm of emotions overtook us."

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An excerpt by Priyamvada Mehra

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For the past two years, Reliance’s Campa has eaten into market share of Coca-Cola & Pepsi as calls for boycotting the US giants grow.

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Do Reliance’s close ties with a Hindutva government cause any discomfort among the boycotters, primarily Muslims?

Anant Gupta finds out
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi also expressed grief over the loss of lives in the fire and announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh each to the next of kin of the dead. He also announced Rs 50,000 each to those injured.

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“The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans,” the State Department said. scroll.in/latest/10876...

Those whose visas were revoked are nationals of Argentina, South Africa, Mexico, Brazil, Germany and Paraguay.

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- How the Palestine conflict is powering Ambani’s cola dreams in India

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#AshleyTellis, who serves as a consultant with the US State Department, was taken into custody after investigators found more than a thousand documents with classified markings at his home in Virginia.

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An alert was issued against specific batches of Coldrif from Sresan Pharmaceutical, Rednex Pharmaceuticals’ Respifresh TR and ReLife made by Shape Pharma.

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The practical promise of this Nobel is blunt: scale is an advantage only when coupled with institutions that generate and diffuse useful knowledge, and with markets that reward but do not entrench innovation.

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This is the second time in six months that the court has questioned the ED’s actions in the matter. The ED has alleged that Tasmac is at the centre of a Rs 1,000-crore corruption network involving state officials, liquor distilleries and bottling companies.

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#SharjeelImam’s lawyer Ahmad Ibrahim said that his regular bail plea is pending before the Supreme Court, reported Bar and Bench. Ibrahim added that the top court would have been the appropriate forum for the interim bail application.

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Two years since the siege of #Gaza began, the line separating distant geopolitics and domestic bigotry has nearly vanished.

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What unfolds in Rafah reverberates in Aligarh’s campuses. Normalisation of genocide abroad feeds normalisation of hatred at home.

✍️Mohammad Aaquib