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In 2017, BJP had won 35 of the 37 seats where the margin of victory was more than 40,000 votes, but out of 63 seats that had winning margins of less than 10,000 votes, it had won only 26 seats while opposition Congress won 35. The party now plans to roll out a ‘vistarak yojna’ in the next 15 days under which senior functionaries, mostly with an RSS background, will be given the responsibility of a district each to assess the situation in every ward and mandal, address grievances of party workers, and report to party leaders. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/QV2Zjy5 via IFTTT

After a string of low scores including two golden ducks, Kohli hit 58 off 53 balls to guide Bangalore to 170 for 6 against Gujarat Titans at Wankhede Stadium. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/HxLao8A via IFTTT

Malik has the pace. To be able to bowl 150 kmph consistently is an incredibly rare talent that can make a huge difference to Indian cricket going forward. Ball coming at that pace is never easy to negotiate, however good a batter is. Malik, who is in his second season with Sunrisers Hyderabad, is only expected to get better from here on. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/dljSCO0 via IFTTT

Prime Minister Shehbaz is in Saudi Arabia on a three-day visit, along with a delegation including members of his cabinet Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, Nawabzada Shahzain Bugti, Marriyum Aurangzeb and Maulana Tahir Ashrafi, among others. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/IZnEis7 via IFTTT

This is, now, what the knockout stages of the Champions League do. It has been that way for at least five years: Barcelona’s 6-1 defeat of PSG in 2017 is as viable a candidate as any for the era’s starting point. After that, the caution and the fear that had characterised this competition for most of the first decade of this century was jettisoned. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/1eHQn7d via IFTTT

"I agree with the contention of senior advocate for the petitioner and hold that this is not the case where custodial interrogation of the accused is necessary and the learned chief judicial magistrate Barpeata should not have remanded the accused to police custody even for a single day," judge Aparesh Chakraborty said while granting bail. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/Pyf7YOV via IFTTT

According to a senior BSF officer, personnel on night patrolling near the international border heard a humming sound during the early hours on Friday. "Personnel illuminated the area by firing para bombs to aim at the object and fired several shots towards it," he said. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/Ovd3FHh via IFTTT

According to highly-placed sources, the government is minutely examining the four-category formula and wants to be prepared for any backlash that the report could trigger. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/kYvuGxU via IFTTT

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The assistance package, which heads to Congress for consideration, would be more than twice as large as the initial $13.6 billion in defense and economic aid for Ukraine and Western allies enacted last month that is now almost exhausted. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/LTxAenC via IFTTT

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"The engineering firm carrying out the demolition of the twin towers has now written to Supertech for a time extension for the job, citing inputs from the foreign experts engaged for the work," a source told PTI. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/KgzTsxL via IFTTT

Ukrainian authorities reported intense Russian fire in the Donbas — the eastern industrial heartland that the Kremlin is bent on capturing — and near Kharkiv, a northeastern city outside the Donbas that is seen as key to the offensive. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/UujEYQw via IFTTT

BrahMos Aerospace, an India-Russian joint venture, produces supersonic cruise missiles that can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft, or land platforms. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/UNyHYEd via IFTTT

Gulfport police said the suspect was barricaded inside a business and officers had shut down access to the area. Officers were negotiating to get the suspect to surrender and no shots had been fired in the standoff, Officer Hannah Hendry said. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/zCfBegi via IFTTT

Hooda not only chose to retain the influential post of the Leader of the Opposition (CLP) but also succeeded in foisting his loyalist, Udai Bhan, a light-weight Dalit leader, as the new PCC president, replacing Hooda's prime target Kumari Selja, the most entrenched Dalit woman leader of the state Congress. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/IBJEXzt via IFTTT

Earlier, Jaishankar had spoken on India's position on the Ukraine war calling it steadfast and consistent. "We have expressed deep concern at the worsening situation and called for an immediate cessation of violence and end to all hostilities," he had said. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/lR45JZN via IFTTT

Earlier, invited to bat, Sunrisers posted 195 for six with Abhishek Sharma top-scoring with 65 and Aiden Markram contributed 56. Shashank Singh played a stunning cameo of 25 not out off just six balls towards the end. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/Ky2l1Lt via IFTTT

A substantial portion of the visit will be in Copenhagen where the PM will take part in the second India Nordic summit besides bilateral summit. Indo-Denmark ties have come of age in recent years. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/Po2z7VI via IFTTT

In India, 99.7% of the enterprises are in the unorganized sector, of which two-thirds do not have registration anywhere. A significant fraction of these unorganized firms falls in the “micro” category of the MSME sector comprising owner-managed firms, most of which operate with less than five workers. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/SlGcvdL via IFTTT

The Royals posted 144 for 8 after being asked to bat with Riyan Parag top-scoring with 56 not out off 31 balls while captain Sanju Samson contributed 27. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/MoOKyE8 via IFTTT

"Don't allow those who made hate speeches earlier to speak. You know preventive and corrective action needs to be taken," Justice Khanwilkar told the Uttarakhand counsel who tried to argue that it was not only at dharam sansads hate speeches were made. The 'other community' was making them too, he contended. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/4LSJh9f via IFTTT

The report was handed over by Chandiwal to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. The 1,600 page report is said to have given a clean chit to Deshmukh, said sources. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/kVYGpod via IFTTT

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The 72-year-old three-time premier, against whom several corruption cases were launched by the government of former prime minister Imran Khan, had left for London in November 2019 after the Lahore High Court granted him four-week permission allowing him to go abroad for his treatment. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/4Gv2oEx via IFTTT

Sworn in as the 48th CJI on April 24, 2021, he is credited for successfully ensuring the smooth functioning of the top court during the pandemic by resorting to extensive use of technology and judicial decisions like ensuring an independent probe into the Pegasus spyware case and the Lakhimpur Kheri violence. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/2fHudpx via IFTTT

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The team discussed about locating the remains of fallen Japanese soldiers during the Second World War (WW-II). from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/9E0dsha via IFTTT

"There is a five-fold increase in the grant of patent annually, and a four-fold increase in trademark registration every year since 2014," the ministry said. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/5y2nEol via IFTTT

The estimated $20 bn procurement for 114 multi role fighter aircraft (MRFA) was initially being processed under the Strategic Partnership (SP) model, in which an Indian company ties up with a foreign supplier to manufacture major platforms in India. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/1sNm4ZM via IFTTT

The PM e-inaugurated and laid foundations of projects worth ₹20,000 crore, which included 850 MW Ratle and 540 MW Kwar power projects, 8.45 km Qazigund-Banihal tunnel, three road packages of Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway, and also launched 'Amrit Sarvor' initiative seeking to develop and rejuvenate 75 water bodies in every district of the country. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/jWUdiLA via IFTTT

Hardik Patel rose to prominence riding the Patidar agitation in 2015 which funnelled the anger of the community against the BJP in the 2017 assembly election. Many of his colleagues were fielded by the Congress in Saurashtra and they romped home, strengthening Patel's position both as an activist and a rallying point against the BJP in Gujarat. He soon joined the Congress and was made the working president of the party, much to the chagrin of the senior leaders of the state. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/GQh7VBv via IFTTT

India has divergences with the West on approaching the crisis and has repeatedly emphasised on dialogue and diplomacy to address the conflict. India neither condemned Russia's "special military operations" in Ukraine nor did it support West-backed resolutions in the UN against Russia. The Modi government has also publicly differed with the US and Europe on being called out for its limited oil purchases from Russia while Europe continues to make volumes of energy imports from Moscow per day. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/BOxbJPT via IFTTT

The duo - former Air Vice Marshal Jasbir Singh Panesar and former deputy chief test pilot SA Kunte (both retired) - were arrayed as witnesses in the first charge sheet filed by the CBI in 2017. Their alleged involvement in the chopper deal, however, emerged during the agency's probe, because of which they have been turned as accused, people in the know said. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/YQjtPA1 via IFTTT

India's contribution to GIP will be channelised through the TDC Fund. ET has learnt that GIP will try to scale up innovations developed by Indian enterprises to select developing countries in Africa, Asia and the Indo-Pacific. It is critical to have access to the right market information, right partners and flexible funding mechanisms and GIP will help Indian enterprises to overcome these barriers by providing support in the form of grants, technical assistance, hand-holding and development capital investment, ET has learnt. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/XfS9jyE via IFTTT

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government and the IMF had signed a 39-month Extended Fund Facility (July 2019 to September 2022) with a total value of USD 6 billion. However, the previous government failed to fulfil its commitments and the program remained stalled for most of the time as USD 3 billion remained undisbursed. Before taking Pakistan's case to the IMF Board for approval, Islamabad would have to agree on the budget strategy for the next fiscal year 2022-23, the sources said. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/l8iaSbT via IFTTT

Party's supremo Mamata Banerjee appointed him as the Assam state President of TMC. Bora recently left Congress and joined TMC. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/w8T9qLS via IFTTT

Thousands of demonstrators have hit the streets since April 9, as the government ran out of money for vital imports; prices of essential commodities have skyrocketed and there are acute shortages in fuel, medicines and electricity supply. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/ZFUi5Bt via IFTTT

“UnionPay’s hesitance to enter the Russian market is the latest example of large Chinese companies growing wary of doing business in Russia, despite the fact that China has not officially joined Western leaders in piling sanctions on Russia,” according to the Fortune report. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/c96lNh3 via IFTTT

A Mediation Council of India is proposed like the Bar Council of India under the draft mediation bill, said Justice MM Kumar, member, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/kXh2m4F via IFTTT

The tweet, which was uploaded on April 21, was deleted within hours after the handle came under attack from the trolls who were apparently against the secular character of the Army, a practice followed by the force which holds 'Sarva Dharma Sthal' -- a place of worship for all religions in all its formations across the country. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/CSc8dQ6 via IFTTT

India has divergences with the West on the Ukraine conflict. India neither condemned Russia's "special military operations" in Ukraine nor did it support West-backed resolutions in the UN against Russia. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/Pn9dM6l via IFTTT

The billionaire has donated over $6 million to the American Civil Liberties Union in the last five years, making him one of its most substantial donors. But in his tweets, public remarks and policies at the businesses he runs, Musk shows little tolerance for speech that's unflattering to him or his companies, or reflects employee criticism of the workplace. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/yQ5x8wh via IFTTT

Jammu and Kashmir DGP Dilbag Singh said that a team of police, Army, CRPF and CISF launched a search operation in the Sunjwan area after receiving a tipoff regarding the presence of infiltrators near the Army camp. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/JPihxHL via IFTTT

The affidavit, filed by a deputy commissioner of Delhi Police, claimed that the meet was called only to "preserve the ethics of the community" (which organised it). No words of hate were used at the sansad targeting any community, the affidavit claimed. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/kWwgfXm via IFTTT

Whispers have started in Congress circles, questioning the electoral/organisational credentials of many leaders in the Sonia Gandhi-picked panel that was examining Kishor's proposals and giving suggestions, even as the change seekers' camp appears to be taking a dim view of the exercise and they might meet soon. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/mao5E0y via IFTTT

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Stating that transfer of management control from the government to any other government organisation or state government may continue the "inherent inefficiencies" of state-run firms, the ministry said such transfer would defeat the very purpose of the new PSE policy. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/gIuwG4U via IFTTT

India has cleared overflight request for Japanese SDF aircraft carrying humanitarian cargo for Ukraine. "This was processed and approved as per established norms," according to MEA spokesperson. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/wkyPj98 via IFTTT

Earlier, Mumbai Indians posted 155 for 7 with Tilak Varma top-scoring with 51 not out from 43 balls while Suryakumar Yadav chipped in with a 21-ball 32. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/vbNTkpz via IFTTT

The defence and roads ministries and the Border Roads Organisation have repeatedly sought expedited clearances for strategic projects. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/nPGbLep via IFTTT

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