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Former Bengaluru police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao to join BJP on Wednesday, quitting AAP

Former Bengaluru police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao to join BJP on Wednesday, quitting AAP

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BENGALURU: Former Bengaluru Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao, who is the Chairman of Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Manifesto Committee, is...
BBMP and High Court

HC notice to Karnataka govt on PIL against sections of BBMP Act

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BENGALURU: The High Court of Karnataka has issued notice to the state government on a public interest litigation challenging...
Amit Shah

Amit Shah to flag-off two-day ‘Vijay Sankalp Rath Yatra’ in Karnataka on Mar 3

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NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will undertake a day-long visit to Karnataka on March 3 during which...
Karnataka State Government Employees’ Association President C S Shadakshari

Govt employees set to go on strike in Karnataka, CM attempts to assuage concerns

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BENGALURU: With the government employees in Karnataka set to go on an indefinite strike from March 1, seeking fulfilment...
JDS Leader HD Kumaraswamy at a political rally

2028 poll will be my last election to Karnataka Assembly: Kumaraswamy

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BENGALURU: JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Tuesday said the 2028 poll will be his last Assembly election, but...
BJP Rath Yatra

BJP set to launch mega Yatra, cover 8,000 km as campaign heat picks up...

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BENGALURU: Seeking to give a boost to its campaign for the Assembly polls round the corner in Karnataka, the...
Coronavirus was not natural, it was biological warfare conspiracy: Sri Sri Ravishankar

Coronavirus was not natural, it was biological warfare conspiracy: Sri Sri Ravishankar

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AKOLA: Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravishankar has said coronavirus was not natural and that the pandemic was a conspiracy...

U.S. Supreme Court to hear fight over consumer watchdog agency’s funding

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding structure established by Congress violates the...

US, Ukraine to cooperate on telecommunications issues

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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission and Ukraine's telecom regulator on Monday said they have signed a new memorandum of understanding to cooperate...

Tennis-Kyrgios withdraws from Indian Wells and Miami with knee issue

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Nick Kyrgios has withdrawn from next month's Masters 1000 tournaments in Indian Wells and Miami as he continues to recover from surgery...

French court to rule on landmark TotalEnergies Uganda case

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A French court on Tuesday could order oil major TotalEnergies to halt the development of an east Africa pipeline in a landmark...

Ultra-conservative Israeli minister quits, will back Netanyahu in parliament

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An ultra-conservative Jewish politician on Monday said he was resigning from his role in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government after failing to...

Fire breaks out at Apple supplier Foxlink’s Andhra Pradesh facility, production halted

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Foxlink, cable supplier to global tech giant Apple, halted production after a massive fire broke out at one of its manufacturing facilities...

UK salad crisis: Govt tells grocers look again at farmer relationships

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As Britain entered a third week of shortages of salad items, the government told big supermarket groups to re-examine their relationships with...

Ohio residents ask judge to block railroad from destroying crash evidence

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Ohio residents suing Norfolk Southern Corp over a train derailment that spilled toxic chemicals urged a U.S. judge on Monday to block...

US to crack down on child labor amid massive uptick

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The Biden administration announced measures to crack down on child labor on Monday, amid a major uptick in violations and investigative reports...

Macron says French bases in Africa to be co-run with host nations

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President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that France's military bases in Africa will gradually be co-run with their host nations, after Paris...

Witness Umesh Pal killing: One accused gunned down in encounter by UP Police

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Uttar Pradesh Police on Monday gunned down one of the accused in the sensational February 24 killing of a prime witness in...

Jharkhand rural development dept chief engineer suspended following arrest by ED

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The Jharkhand government Monday said it has suspended its Rural Development Department's Chief Engineer Virendra Kumar Ram, who has been arrested by...

FACTBOX-Britain’s new Brexit trade deal – what has been agreed?

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Britain and the European Union announced a new deal for post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland on Monday in a bid to...

NASA to name solar scientist as agency’s science chief

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NASA has picked a longtime solar scientist who heads its heliophysics division to become the U.S. space agency's science chief. Nicola Fox,...

GLOBAL MARKETS-Wall Street gets respite from positive data, pause in dollar rally

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Wall Street and global shares rebounded on Monday on positive economic data and bargain hunting, but remained within sight of recent six-week...

Spain’s Melia Hotels returns to profit in 2022, expects further travel rebound

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Spanish chain Melia Hotels International returned to profit in 2022 after two years of losses, it said on Monday, as tourism rebounded...

Ice wall climbing competition begins at Gangles in Ladakh

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The three-day ice wall climbing competition commenced Monday at Gangles in the Union Territory of Ladakh in which 100 participants from different...

Canada blocks TikTok from government devices citing security risks

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(Adds TikTok statement in paragraphs 1, 5) OTTAWA, Feb 27 (Reuters) -

FACTBOX-Tech firms, Wall Street lead job cuts in corporate America

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Big Tech firms and Wall Street titans are leading a string of layoffs across corporate America as companies look to rein in...

Macron says France’s Africa military bases to be co-run with Africans

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President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that France will end its practice of hosting regular military bases in Africa, during a speech...

US STOCKS-Wall Street edges higher after last week’s rout

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U.S. stocks rose on Monday as investors hunted for bargains after the main benchmarks logged their biggest percentage declines of the year...

Coronavirus was not natural, it was biological warfare conspiracy: Sri Sri Ravishankar

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Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravishankar on Monday said coronavirus was not natural and the pandemic was a conspiracy by some countries which...

Haryana govt’s meeting with sarpanches protesting e-tender fails to make headway

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A meeting was held here on Monday between the Haryana government and the village heads over issues related to the introduction of...

U.S. Labor Department probes Hearthside Food Solutions for possible child labor violations -sources

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The U.S. Department of Labor has opened an investigation against Hearthside Food Solutions, a U.S. food contractor that makes and packages products...

ANALYSIS-Netanyahu’s balancing act got harder after post-summit violence

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The U.S.-brokered summit has barely ended with pledges to calm violence and slow Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank when Palestinian...

Prime Video unveils Richard Madden, Priyanka Chopra’s look from ‘Citadel’, sets April premiere

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Prime Video on Monday released the first look of actors Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas from the much-anticipated global series “Citadel”.

SC members treated like ‘slaves’ by parties, lose election tickets if they speak freely:...

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BJP MLA Kailash Meghwal has claimed that political parties treat Scheduled Caste members like ''slaves'' and if they speak freely, then they...

Northern Ireland’s DUP leader: Key question in new Brexit deal is EU law

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The leader of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) said on Monday the key question when it assesses a new Brexit deal...

Bengal BJP launches mass outreach programme ahead of rural polls

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The BJP on Monday launched a mass outreach programme aimed at the rural population months ahead of the panchayat elections in the...

PM Modi transfers 13th installment of about Rs 16,800 crore under PM-KISAN

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Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today transferred the 13th installment of about Rs 16,800 crore under the ambitious Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi...

Egypt’s top diplomat in Damascus, meets with Syria’s Assad

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Egypt's foreign minister Monday met with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus and promised to deliver more aid to the quake-hit country.

UK says ‘Stormont Brake’ gives UK unequivocal veto over some EU laws

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A newly-agreed 'Stormont brake' gives the British government an unequivocal veto on European Union rules to which Northern Ireland's devolved government objects,...

Weather forecasting has become an essential part of common citizen’s life: Dr Jitendra Singh

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Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions,...

Return on capital very low, expects tariff hike by mid of 2023: Bharti Airtel...

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The Return on capital in the telecom business is very low and a tariff hike is likely to be the mid of...

‘New chapter’: UK PM Sunak strikes Northern Ireland deal with EU

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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak struck a new deal with the European Union on post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland on Monday...

Seven year service eligibility for entitlement of pension/family pension done away with: Dr Jitendra...

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Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions,...

Improving performance in construction sector key to unlocking SA’s development

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Improving government’s performance as a contributor to the construction sector is key to unlocking the country’s economic and social development, says the...

Nitish Rana joins Kolkata Knight Riders preparatory camp ahead of IPL 2023

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Ace cricketer Nitish Rana joined the Kolkata Knight Riders camp for preparations ahead of the 2023 edition of the Indian Premier League...

KZN government to intensify crime fighting efforts, Premier reassures

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KwaZulu-Natal Premier, Nomusa Dube-Ncube, has given her reassurance that the provincial government will intensify crime fighting efforts, including curbing the scourge of...

PM Modi dedicates redeveloped Belagavi Railway Station building to nation

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The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone and inaugurated multiple development projects worth more than Rs 2,700 crore in...

Two years into ceasefire agreement, border people express happiness

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Upon completing two years of the ceasefire agreement, which India and Pakistani officials renewed on February 25, 2021, local residents expressed happiness...

Exit polls: Hung house in Meghalaya, win for NDPP-BJP in Nagaland and undecided for...

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Exit polls by various channels predicted a hung house in Meghalaya, a win for NDPP, backed by the BJP in Nagaland, the...

Russian banks play down impact of latest Western sanctions

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Russian banks and politicians have played down the latest foreign sanctions on Russian lenders, promising speedy solutions to any problems with clients'...

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