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Lilavati hospital's former trustee arrested in foreign exchange violation case

Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday arrested a former trustee of Lilavati hospital in connection with a foreign exchange violation case.




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NCP attacks Maharashtra CM for not paying visit to 26/11 memorial

NCP today slammed chief minister Devendra Fadnavis for not paying homage to the martyrs of 26/11 terror attacks by visiting the memorial built for them.




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Top10: India world's 3rd-largest military spender




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India keeping close eye on Bangladesh polls




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Chinks in security, heroin recovered from goods train form Pak

Despite claims of strict safety measures taken post November 2nd Wagah , Pakistan, suicide bomb blast, the security officials here recovered 7.480 kilogram heroin from goods train that arrived from Pakistan on Wednesday.




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Green court bans vehicles older than 15 years in Delhi

On the day TOI highlighted the worsening state of Delhi’s air, the National Green Tribunal cited the report and issued a slew of directions to immediately address the problem.




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Extradition letter sets clock ticking for Mehul Choksi




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Taxiway take off: Licences of 2 Jet pilots suspended

Jet had last Friday said that the incident happened when their plane was trying to take off from the runway. But the preliminary probe by Saudi authorities has found that the lane was trying to take off from a taxiway parallel to the take off-designated runway at full power.




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Suggestions invited for amendment to PDPP Act

The ministry of Home Affairs has invited suggestions for proposed amendments in the Prevention of Damage to Public Property (PDPP) Act, 1984. The proposed amendments seek to deter the prospective violators from vandalizing and destroying public/private property during agitations and other forms of protests.




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Sensex surges over 200 points on global cues

Above-normal monsoon so far and narrowing of the country's trade deficit perked up mood, brokers said.




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472 Maoist surrendered this year, highest in 3 years: Govt

Maoist surrenders have seen a quantum jump this year, with 472 surrenders being reported until October 31 against 283 for the whole of 2013.




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Pragya Thakur on 'temple run' after EC curbs on campaigning

Malegaon blast accused and BJP's Lok Sabha candidate Pragya Singh Thakur went on a temple run on Thursday, a day after the Election Commission imposed a 72-hour campaigning ban on her. The EC ban followed complaints against Thakur for her offensive remark against 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks martyr Hemant Karkare




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‘Shift wholesale goat market out of Wathoda’




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Collaborative videos, games keep people together in times of social distancing




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‘Different vaccines being tried out, will take at least 6 months’




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Parents not ready to send kids to school ‘too soon’




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Amid chants of Jai Maharashtra, Shramik Express chugs off




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Motherhood more challenging now




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Celebrating Mother’s Day with lots of love & warmth




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Being a mother and, DM & Collector is a twin honour




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‘To avoid stress and fear, expecting moms must stop following corona news’




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SARI patient from Jawahar Nagar among 13 to test +ve




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Aapli buses working 24X7 to move corona suspects




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Rebel leader was spreading Covid-19 awareness when killed: Maoists




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State board principals’ association leading a ‘tech revolution’




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Maharashtra: No promotion for medical students without exams

Unlike conventional universities in the state, students of Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) will not be promoted to the next level without examinations.




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Chanda couple returns home, meets children after 107 days




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NMC-OCW plugs 730 leakages without affecting water supply




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CBSE board examination evaluation to start today




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Panel recommends online teaching, learning for univs




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Despite long & tiring travel, migrants won’t give up till they reach home




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First Covid-19 death during treatment in Amravati




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Market goes from pyramid to pot-bellied

When an advertising professional starts to tell the India Story, expect an interesting take. Chief strategy officer at Bates 141 India, Dheeraj Sinha, says in the introduction to "Consumer India" that his account is "from the playing field, not the sidelines."




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Quick takes on new titles

Tim Weaver took 10 years to write his debut novel "Chasing the Dead" but less than six months to shoot off his latest "The Dead Tracks" .




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Obsessive love in the time of email

The epistolary novel, which consists of letters exchanged between two or more people, is one of the earliest novel forms and is successful for two main reasons.




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Chasing Osama

Tom Clancy rode the wave for nearly two decades with stunning success because he mastered the balancing act between the believable and the outlandish.




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WW-I comes alive

Famous fictitious characters have been made and marketed by thrillers.




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Portrait of an actress as a sensitive woman

Enthralling , engrossing, enticing . Unsurprising for a book whose subject is the supremely beautiful Madhubala. This biography is a good read for those who know little about this gifted actress. Written in an easy, fluid style, with captivating black and white photographs, "I Want to Live" is almost plaintive in its title.




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Will twihards bite into vampire fare?

This is probably the book that twihards have been waiting for.




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Quick takes on new titles

Pellerin was head of astrophysics at NASA for a decade. He was held responsible for launching the $1.7 billion Hubble telescope with a flawed mirror.




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Wilde imagination: Oscar as Holmes

Imagine Oscar Wilde, the famed playwright and poet, in the mold of a Sherlock Holmes or a Hercules Poirot. That’s precisely what author Gyles Brandreth does - make a convincing detective out of Wilde even as he remains faithful in his portrayal of him as an aesthete and a bohemian with his flamboyant style and acerbic wit.




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The mystery behind art of the matter

Why is it that in the historical art galleries of painting - or of sculpture, for that matter - only a very few women are represented?




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Trains, Towers & Temptations...

Masterji followed the men through glass doors on to a rectangular balustrade terrace, where the sea breeze blew into his hair.




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'They mocked me because I didn’t know who Lionel Richie was'

Biting — yet sensitive. He’s a study in contrasts. Just like his books. Writer Aravind Adiga won the Man Booker Prize in 2008 with his novel “White Tiger”. In the first interview given globally over his new book “Last Man in Tower”, Adiga now tells Srijana Mitra Das about being a small-town boy, falling in love with Mumbai, capturing the people and philosophies rich India overlooks, writing being his fate, generating controversy — and why he might just step away now.




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Tudor queen who was a kingmaker

Overshadowing a large chunk of the 15th century, The War of the Roses raged in England for a shade over 30 years as the descendants of Edward III divided themselves into Yorkists (white rose) who traced their line back to Edward's youngest son, Edmund Duke of York, and Lancastrians (red rose) who traced their line back to Edward's second son, John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster.




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Opium of the Empire

Amitav Ghosh digs out a hidden part of the Raj history in a compelling story




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Having job blues? Engage your boss

Low-performers usually look for a boss who will treat every employee equally. A boss who doesn’t know who is doing what, where, why, when or how, a boss who doesn’t keep track and ignores performance problems.




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Quickies catch on

When an IIT graduate wrote a bestseller that also became an award-winning movie, he inspired a legion of young authors. The result?




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'I think of myself as Indian in a sense that includes Pakistan'

He's one of the subcontinent's most exciting literary talents. His new book 'Noon' explores violence in South Asia. Son of Pakistani politician Salman Taseer, assassinated after defying Islamist groups, Aatish Taseer speaks with Srijana Mitra Das about nations, truth, lies and ties that bind - or break - people.




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Workers protest for wages in coal town