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Plea in Supreme Court on Hathras stampede

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The petition urged the court to direct the Uttar Pradesh government to submit a status report and initiate legal action against those who had acted negligently about the safety and crowd control measures

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Euro 2024: Cristiano Ronaldo confirms current edition is his last

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Ronaldo is playing at the Euros for a record sixth time, and his country has reached the quarterfinals — where Kylian Mbappé and France await

Delhi excise policy case: Court extends judicial custody of Sisodia, K. Kavitha

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Special Judge Kaveri Baweja extended their custody after they were produced before the court through video conference on the expiry of their judicial custody granted earlier.

Hurricane Beryl: Where is it going and what is a Category 5 storm?

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Record-breaking sea temperatures are making tropical storms stronger and faster, driven by human-caused climate change and cyclical weather patterns

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Joe Biden says he 'nearly fell asleep' during U.S. presidential debate after world travel

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The U.S. President travelled to France and Italy over two weeks in June, followed by a fundraiser in Los Angeles, but he then spent six days at Camp David preparing for the June 27 debate

Madras High Court sets aside former T.N. Minister Balakrishna Reddy’s conviction, three year sentence in rioting case

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His conviction in 2019 had created ripples in political circles since he suffered disqualification and had to resign from the Cabinet

U.P. Hathras stampede LIVE updates: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath meets injured in hospitals

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A plea was filed in the Supreme Court on July 3, 2024 seeking appointment of a five-member expert committee under the supervision of a retired apex court judge to probe the Hathras stampede incident which claimed 121 lives.

Google’s total greenhouse gas emissions have surged by 48% since 2019: Report

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Google admitted to a rise in total greenhouse gas emissions in the past five years, and said AI integration in products could make reduction “challenging”

Robert Towne, Oscar-winning writer of ‘Chinatown,’ dies at 89

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Robert Towne, the Oscar-winning screenplay writer of ‘Shampoo’, ‘The Last Detail’ and other films and whose script for ‘Chinatown’ became a model of the art form and helped define the jaded allure of his native Los Angeles, has died

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BJP, Congress cadres clash in Bhubaneswar over Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Hindu’ remark in Lok Sabha

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Two BJP leaders had sustained injuries after some Congress cadres pelted stones on them.

Mumbai terror accused Rana extraditable to India under provisions of extradition treaty: U.S. attorney

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Rana, currently lodged in a jail in Los Angeles, faces charges for his role in the Mumbai attacks

Defective number plates: ₹2.57 crore fine imposed on violators till May this year, Greater Chennai police tells Madras High Court

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Additional Commissioner of Police says, ₹89.09 lakh of the fine amount had already been collected after 17,818 out of the 51,414 cases ended up in conviction

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Critics of Burkina Faso junta recall days of torture by military after conscription

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Rights group have accused the junta in the West African country of kidnapping and conscripting some of its critics; an anaesthesiologist who was relieved from duty after a month of forced service in September is missing since the start of…

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Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu likely to meet PM Modi, Nirmala Sitharaman in Delhi today

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The Chief Minister to meet his Telangana counterpart in Hyderabad on July 6

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Rajya Sabha proceedings LIVE: Opposition says LoP Mallikarjun Kharge not allowed to speak, walks out during PM Modi’s speech

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PM Modi addresses the Upper House, a day after he spoke in Lok Sabha on a debate on Motion of Thanks on President’s address

People of India taught PM Modi a lesson in general election, says Congress hitting back at his LS speech

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Party chief Mallikarjun Kharge says electorate reasoned that Mr. Modi and the BJP were not up to the task and hence it reflected in the results

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12 candidates in fray for 11 seats in Maharashtra Legislative Council election

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Results on these 11 seats will be announced on the polling day itself

HC raps Maharashtra policy on premature release of prisoners

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As per the guidelines of Maharashtra, for a life imprisoned convict to become eligible for premature release, their life imprisonment is counted as per the number of years prescribed in the said categories of the policy

2006 train blast convicts’ appeals are still pending

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The matter came to light after one of the convicts who has been on death row for the last 9 years moved the court calling for an early hearing

Five children die at children’s home; food poisoning suspected in four cases

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The children’s home which houses more than 200 orphans and children dealing with mental illness, wrote to the district Child Welfare Committee, claiming that 10 children have been diagnosed with an infection in their blood

Indian envoy highlights Indo-Bangla energy connectivity as Dhaka prepares to receive Chinese team for trade talks

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Cross-border electricity trade in southern Asia depends on robustness of Indian grid, power trading platforms; if Bangladesh clinches its FTA with China, it will be able to do business with China in yuan

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The two vaccines that brought us to the brink of eradicating polio | Explained

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The wild poliovirus is restricted to pockets of Afghanistan and Pakistan, and is beginning to reappear from here in big cities in these two countries

Boris Johnson issues surprise last-ditch UK election rallying cry

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In a speech listing many of his own achievements, Johnson gave little personal endorsement to Sunak but focused on what he said were the dangers of the opposition Labour Party winning power.

Tuesday, Jul 2

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Judge delays Trump’s hush money sentencing until at least September after high court immunity ruling

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case has been postponed until at least Sept. 18

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Five Naxals killed in encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh

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With this, 138 Naxalites have been killed in the State so far this year

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Bihar woman cuts off man’s genitals for refusing to marry her

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The 26-year-old woman was said to be in a relationship with the 30-year-old victim for the past five years.

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Delhi L-G seeks probe into ‘cost overruns’ in Lok Nayak Hospital project

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Saxena blames Atishi, Bharadwaj for ₹670 crore ‘cost escalation’ in the Delhi govt. hospital project; welcome any inquiry, says AAP govt. official

No topic off-limits for Modi’s upcoming talks with Putin: Kremlin

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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin and PM Modi will discuss regional and global security, trade and all other topics on the agenda during their meeting,

Ensure conduct of elections to all bar associations in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Madras HC directs Bar Council

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It also directs the Directors General of Police in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry to deploy police personnel in all court complexes in the State as well as the Union Territory

High Court quashes appointment at Pondicherry University pollution study centre; order serves a damning indictment on irregularities in the appointment

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The court was adjudicating separate writ petitions challenging the appointment to, and continuance in, the post by Tasneem Abbasi at the Centre for Pollution Control even after it was established that an OBC certificate produced for the…