After 9-year-long legal battle, Supertech twin towers turn to dust in 9 seconds

Noora, 28/8:The Supertech twin towers in Noida were demolished on Sunday, a year after the Supreme Court’s direction to raze the illegally built structures to the ground.   The nearly 100-metre-high structures – taller than Delhi’s iconic Qutub Minar (73 metres) – were brought to the ground in seconds literally like a house of cards…

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Chairman of PM’s Economic Advisory Council Bibek Debroy passes away at 69

New Delhi, 1/11:  Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) Chairman Bibek Debroy passed away this morning, a senior EAC-PM official said. He was admitted to AIIMS. Debroy (69) was educated in Ramakrishna Mission School, Narendrapur; Presidency College, Kolkata; Delhi School of Economics; and Trinity College, Cambridge.    

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Aviation firm slaps Rs 3 crore defamation suit on Nora Fatehi

Ahmedabad: An aviation company has filed a Rs 3-crore civil defamation suit against Bollywood actor Nora Fatehi at a Gandhinagar court, alleging her “derogatory and reckless” comments on social media calling its chartered aircraft a “Lego airplane” severely damaged its reputation.The court of senior civil judge R Agarwal will hear the matter on September 25.According…

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Collector had declared Indrayani river bridge as dangerous; locals put up warning boards: Fadnavis

Palghar, 16/6: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said the iron pedestrian bridge on the Indrayani River in Pune that collapsed, killing four persons, had been declared dangerous by the district collector, and warning boards had been put. Talking to reporters at an event in Palghar, Fadnavis said the contract for a new bridge…

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Supreme Court issues notice to Centre, Election Commission on plea against unbridled use of money power in elections

New Delhi, 26/2: The Supreme Court on Thursday decided to examine a plea against the unregulated use of money power by political parties for election purposes, contending that the unbridled use of money power in elections must be stopped. A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M…

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Ravana, Kansa failed to erase Sanatan Dharma, it can’t be harmed by power hungry parasites: Yogi Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said several attacks in the past on the Sanatan Dharma failed to inflict any damage on it, and it will not be harmed today also by any power hungry ‘parasitic creatures’. His statement comes amid a controversy that started after the DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin allegedly made…

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Junior Thackeray cousins support cause of Aarey

Mumbai, 3/7: The junior Thackeray cousins have come out with vehement opposition to the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis’ government’s plans to revive the Mumbai Metro Line-3 crashed in the Aarey Milk Colony from the Kanjur Marg proposed site. Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray’s two sons – Aaditya and Tejas, and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena President Raj Thackeray’s…

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Don’t get nervous, I’m not making any announcements: Kohli rubbishes retirement rumours

Bengaluru, 15/3: Champion batter Virat Kohli on Saturday emphatically said he is not mulling retirement at the moment as he has been enjoying the game, and the “competitive streak” inside him is very much intact. Kohli displayed the old spark while playing an important hand in India’s recent Champions Trophy victory in Dubai, after which…

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Delhi primary schools to be shut from November 5 as pollution worsens

New Delhi, 4/11: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced that primary schools will be closed from Saturday in view of spike in pollution levels in the national capital.     Speaking at a press conference, he noted that deteriorating air quality and pollution levels were a problem of the entire north India and the Centre…

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