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Friday, November 22, 2019

Sena, NCP, Cong alliance opportunistic: Gadkari

"Opportunism is the base of their alliance. The three parties have become united with the only motto to keep the BJP out of power. I have doubts whether this government will be formed... Even if it is formed, it will not last beyond six to eight months,” Nitin Gadkari said.

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34,000 Indians died in Gulf in five years

On an average, 15 Indian immigrants die every day in six countries — Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) — in the Gulf. According to a data of the ministry of external affairs (MEA), 33,988 Indians have died in the Gulf since 2014, including 4,823 this year.

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Former PM's kin won't be guarded by SPG: Sources

The family members of former prime ministers will not be guarded by the elite Special Protection Group commandos, as per the amendments approved by the Union cabinet to the SPG Act, official sources said. MoS for parliamentary affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal said that the SPG Act (Amendment) Bill had been listed in the government's business for next week.

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Thursday, November 21, 2019

Pawar outwitted Chanakya politics: NCP leader

NCP chief Sharad Pawar has finally "outwitted" the "so-called Chanakya of the Indian politics", the party said on Friday, as it inches closer to forming a government with Shiv Sena and Congress in Maharashtra. The NCP's chief spokesperson Nawab Malik also reiterated that the throne of Delhi could not make Maharashtra bow before it.

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India's first ever D/N Test live: Bangladesh win toss, opt to bat

Check live score, ball-by-ball commentary, cricket scorecard of Pink-Ball Test match between India and Bangladesh on Times of India

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Pink Ball Test: Full list of activities planned

India may be the last major Test playing nation to embrace pink-ball cricket but the BCCI, under new President Sourav Ganguly have left no stone unturned to make the historic first day-night Test a memorable affair. Here’s a look at the full list of activities to mark the historic occasion.

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K'taka: On Mission 7+, BJP throws out 3 rebels

The BJP, which is aggressively working towards ‘Mission 7 Plus’ in a bid to save its four-month-old minority government, on Thursday expelled three rebels who refused to withdraw from the fray of the December 5 bypolls to 15 assembly seats in Karnataka.

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India's Pink-Ball Test: All you need to know

The iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata will host India's first Day-Night Test, between the home team and Bangladesh, from today. Apart from the pink ball, there are many things that will be new about the game. TOI gives you the lowdown.

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Judge applies wrong law, HC summons successor

A division bench of Allahabad HC had to grapple with this case where the Muslim couple’s matrimonial dispute was decided under the Hindu Marriage Act and maintenance fixed. In its order passed on Monday, the HC bench reported the “misdemeanour” to the chief justice, adding that the judge concerned is “in this case, most astonishingly of the rank of district judge.”

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'Won't side with BJP even if offered Indra's throne'

Talking to reporters, Raut reiterated that his party will get the Maharashtra CM's post when the three-party alliance with Congress and NCP assumes power. "The time for offers has ended," Raut said, when asked about reports that the BJP had agreed to share the CM's post with the Sena.

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Use quota policy in faculty hiring: Govt to IITs

According to provisions in the Constitution, all government institutions in the country are mandated to provide 15% reservation for scheduled castes, 7.5% for scheduled tribes and 27% for other backward castes (OBCs). The IITs and IIMs have not been implementing reservations in entirety.

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Courts clogged with booze ban cases: Patna HC

The Patna HC pulled up the Bihar government for leaving an already burdened judiciary saddled with more than 2 lakh prohibition-related cases. The court wanted the state government to file a reply with details of infrastructure and mechanism it plans to develop to deal with the growing number of such cases.

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US set to tighten work norms for foreign students

The Trump administration is set to tighten norms from next year for optional practical training (OPT). This programme is used by international students to work in the US for one year after completing their degree course.

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US plans to tighten norms for employee transfers

The Trump administration seems to have trained its guns on intra-company transfers of employees from overseas offices (say in India) to US offices. After the H1B visa they now plan to target the L-1B visa which tech companies in India rely upon for transferring employees to their US offices.

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Nithyananda has fled the country: Gujarat cops

Self-styled godman Swami Nithyananda, booked in a criminal case related to his ashram here, has fled the country, with the Gujarat police working to gather concrete evidence against him after taking two of his disciples in remand, officials said on Thursday. An FIR was registered on Wednesday against the controversial guru on the charges of kidnapping and wrongful confinement of children to make them collect donations from followers to run his ashram here, Yogini Sarvagyapeetham.

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