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Pressure on PM Modi mounts as another BJP leader supports caste census

The pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a caste-based census has mounted with another BJP leader demanding the exercise. Former BJP Rajya Sabha MP Ananda Bhaskar Rapolu, in a letter to PM Modi, has demanded the caste-based census and said it would be helpful in framing public policy.
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India administers over 1.25 crore vaccine doses, highest in a day

​​India on Tuesday administered over 1.25 crore vaccine doses, taking the cumulative doses administered in the country to over 65 crore, the Union health ministry said. This is the second time in five days that the daily Covid-19 vaccinations in the country.​​
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Tripura CM Biplab Deb expands cabinet, seeks to stem dissent by inducting rivals

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Stampede at Covid vaccination centre in Bengal, 25 injured

At least 25 people were injured in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on Tuesday after hundreds of local residents tried to enter a vaccination centre together, leading to a stampede, police said. Six of them were critically injured in the incident, and they are undergoing treatment at Jalpaiguri Sadar Hospital, a senior officer said.
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Pranab Mukherjee a pathfinder in troubled situations, says Venkaiah Naidu

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Farmers to call Bharat Bandh on September 25, declare 'Mission UP' at Muzaffarnagar Mahapanchayat

Farmers protesting at the borders of Delhi have planned to call for a Bharat Bandh on September 25. Their protest movement against the three contentious farm laws that has completed nine months at the Delhi borders ​​will get into campaign mode for UP assembly polls from September 5, when farmer leaders plan to officially declare their “Mission Uttar Pradesh,” “Mission Uttarakhand” and “Mission Punjab”, at a grand “Maha Panchayat” at Muzaffarnagar.
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Kalyan was an amalgamation of RSS values, good governance, says Rajnath

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People no longer fear of being branded communal if they talk of Ram & Krishna, says Yogi Adityanath

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Assam flood situation deteriorates; two dead, 3.63 lakh people affected

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Afghan Hindus, Sikhs can travel to India with valid documents: Taliban

Afghan Hindus and Sikhs will be allowed to travel to India if they possess valid documents, a Taliban spokesperson has said. It was earlier reported that the Taliban had stopped some Hindus and Sikhs, who were Afghan nationals, from boarding an evacuation flight to India last week. He also assured of cooperation with those willing to travel to India.
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Congress ends alliance with BPF, Ajmal's AIUDF in Assam

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Caste-wise data will give an impetus to the development of all, says Nitish Kumar while reiterating demand for a caste-wise census

Re-emphasizing the demand for a countrywide caste-based census, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar Sunday said that if the country gets caste-wise data on population, it will give an impetus to the development of all. Addressing the national council meeting of JD(U) at its state office here, Nitish said the caste-wise data is beneficial. “The caste-wise enumeration of the population during census-2021 is very necessary. The caste-wise data will be beneficial for all people. If we get a caste-wise break-up of population, it will give an impetus to the development of all castes.”
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'Sarkari Talibani' has occupied country: BKU leader Rakesh Tikait on Karnal lathi charge

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Govt target to roll out 100 Vande Bharat trains by next general polls

Racing against the target to introduce 73 Vande Bharat trains by August 15, 2023, the railway ministry has floated a fresh tender to procure 58 more such trains. The delivery of these news trains will take the total tally to 102 by March 2024, barely two months before the next general election.
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Nothing to worry about fallout of Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan in Kashmir: Army

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ED summons Maharashtra minister Anil Parab in Anil Deshmukh money laundering case

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Rahul thought my black cap was linked to RSS: Maharashtra governor

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India must keep its guard up in view of uncertainties, upheavals of current times: Defence minister Rajnath Singh

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Will bring all MSY loyalists together, says Akhilesh Yadav

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Samyukt Kisan Morcha calls for 'Bharat Bandh' on September 25

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Recent IPCC report 'may be last signal' for taking concrete actions against climate change: India

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Mamata Banerjee becoming country's PM as distant as Konkan and Kashmir: Narayan Rane

Union micro, small and medium enterprises minister Narayan Rane resumed his ‘Jan Ashirwad Yatra’ in Maharashtra on Friday with a blistering attack on both the ruling Shiv Sena in the state and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee saying the distance between Konkan and Kashmir represented the difference between her becoming the country's prime minister.
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Tech advancement can make India a superpower: Defence minister Rajnath Singh

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India to wait and watch until there is clarity on government formation in Afghanistan

When asked whether India will be recognizing the Taliban, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said: "The situation on the ground is uncertain. The prime concern is the safety and security of people. Currently, there is a lack of clarity about any entity forming the government in Kabul. So I think we are jumping the gun on recognition."
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India records highest-ever single day Covid-19 vaccination coverage with over 93 lakh doses administered

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No plan to name successor as long as I am healthy: Mayawati

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When President Ram Nath Kovind spoke his ‘Mann ki Baat’ on aborted Kargil visits

After failing to visit Kargil even once in the last three years, President Ram Nath Kovind has been assured by none other than Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat that his wishes would come true this Dussehra. President Kovind revealed this at a function to mark the diamond jubilee celebration of Manoj Kumar Pandey Uttar Pradesh Sainik School at Lucknow on Friday.
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Maharashtra Congress now has 18 VPs, 65 general secretaries, 104 secretaries

Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday reconstituted the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) and appointed a large number of vice-presidents, general secretaries and secretaries.
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Zydus Cadila's Covid-19 vaccine can be available from first week of October

The Union government is expecting Zydus Cadila's needle-free Covid-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D to be available from the first week of October. Further, a decision on whether all children or only those with co-morbidities will be administered the COVID-19 vaccine on priority has not yet been taken, the government said on Thursday.
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Congress vs Congress: Cabinet reshuffle likely in Chhattisgarh

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If we keep fighting among ourselves how will we fight RSS, BJP: Salman Khurshid to Congress leaders

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Maldives signs contract for rolling out of India-funded mega infra project

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Nine new judges to be sworn-in on August 31, says Supreme Court sources

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Annual income cannot be sole basis for determining creamy layer: SC

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Chorus grows against centre’s National Monetisation Pipeline; TMC, Congress oppose scheme

Besides the Congress, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) has also opposed the Modi government’s National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP), saying it was akin to a sell-off.
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Saudi allows Indians who got fully vaccinated there to return to the kingdom

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Covid in India maybe entering some kind of stage of endemicity: WHO's Soumya Swaminathan

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SC issues notice to NHAI on construction of Dwarka Expressway flyover

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Row over BJP flag over tricolor at Kalyan Singh's prayer meet; experts divided on issue

A row has erupted over the BJP flag covering a portion of the national flag draped over former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh's mortal remains. However, experts are divided on the matter. Talking to TOI, Union minority affairs minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi lashed out at the opposition and said spreading negativity was the USP (Unique Selling Proposition) of these people.
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Caste census must be done at least once in whole country, says Nitish Kumar ahead of his meeting with PM Narendra Modi

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BJP seeks Mehbooba's apology for 'Taliban' remarks

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'Stick to giving advice': Amarinder slams two of Sidhu's advisors over 'atrocious' comments

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Afghan Sikhs, Hindus angered after MPs 'sneak out to India,' call for evacuation

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Congress' call for opposition unity 'publicity stunt', says Narendra Singh Tomar

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Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar to head 11-member delegation at meeting with PM on caste census

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Former UP CM Kalyan Singh passes away at 89

Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Rajasthan governor Kalyan Singh passed on Saturday evening due to sepsis and multi-organ failure. He was 89. Singh, who was admitted at the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI) in Lucknow, had been placed on dialysis after his condition deteriorated.
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Afghan Hindus, Sikhs sent back from airport by Taliban

A group of 66 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus, including members of Afghanistan Parliament Anarkali Kaur Honaryar and Narender Singh Khalsa, were not allowed by the Taliban to enter Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul for flying out of the war-torn country with some Indians, even as they waited for nearly 43 hours, people from both the communities confirmed. They have safely returned either to their homes in Kabul city or Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Karta-e-Parwan, along with a Sikh sangat from Jalalabad, local sources said.
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Mehbooba living in fool’s paradise: Ex deputy CM Kavinder

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ZyCov-D vaccine will hit markets soon: Union health minister

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Central government must install anti-drone technologies in border areas: Congress leader Manish Tewari

Addressing the media here, Tewari expressed concerns over the current situation in Afghanistan and said the Taliban takeover has given strength to the divisive forces working in neighbouring Pakistan and that it could be harmful for the interests of Indian border states, particularly Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir.
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India allowed to operate two flights daily to evacuate citizens from Kabul

India has been allowed to operate two flights per day from Kabul to evacuate its nationals stranded in Afghanistan, government sources told ANI. The permission has been granted by the American and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces which have been controlling operations of the Hamid Karzai International Airport after the Afghan capital fell to the Taliban on August 15.
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Over 58 crore Covid vaccine doses administered in India: Govt

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