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Times of India

At present, EPFO subscribers with less than six months of service left are allowed to withdraw the accumulations in their employees’ provident fund account only. EPFO’s highest decision making body, the Central Board of Trustees (CBT), recommended the amendments to the EPS-95 scheme to the government. from Times of India https://ift.tt/burQS7t https://ift.tt/rXFPvIL

Times of India

On Monday, two youths drowned in Bihpur. Five people drowned in Saharsa district, while three drowned in Muzaffarpur and one in Madhubani. Two minor boys drowned and one went missing in Supaul district. from Times of India https://ift.tt/zfNWOpD https://ift.tt/rXFPvIL

Times of India

The Z+ cover of Shinde, Fadnavis and governor B S Koshyari has also been been retained. There is no change in the Y+ cover of MNS chief Raj Thackeray, Uddhav’s wife Rashmi and son Tejas, and Shinde’s MLA son Shrikant. The security of Fadnavis’s wife Amruta has been increased to Y+ from X. from Times of India https://ift.tt/7wWgsdN https://ift.tt/Y0TJpDQ

Times of India

There have also been cases when online classified companies, many of whom even provide details about massage parlours, have given out details of a woman illegally. Someone may illegally post the numbers of a woman without her knowledge. from Times of India https://ift.tt/jGtlwaf https://ift.tt/Y0TJpDQ

Times of India

Kim Mi Sung, an official at a nonprofit organization that promotes tourism in Itaewon, said she performed CPR on 10 people who were unconscious, mostly women wearing witch outfits and other Halloween costumes. Nine of them were declared dead on the spot. from Times of India https://ift.tt/gy7R4IO https://ift.tt/Y0TJpDQ

Times of India

MacCarthaigh recalled growing up in Ireland when Protestants and Catholics were at each other’s throats and his homeland was badly off on many fronts. “I got no love… I was one of 11 children. We were quite poor. My family would have been better off with two or three children. As with most people, one’s childhood becomes the primary source of one’s inspiration to become the person they are going to be.” from Times of India https://ift.tt/G5Jjvaf https://ift.tt/iynRvzh

Times of India

The possibility of Trump’s return to Twitter — he was banned after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol — has been the subject of much speculation since Musk announced his intentions to buy the company and take a less heavy-handed approach with users who post objectionable and provocative content. from Times of India https://ift.tt/17ItPbD https://ift.tt/5MntzhW

Times of India

The 2-day CTC meeting started in Mumbai with all UNSC member-states participating in a wreath-laying ceremony at the 26/11 Memorial at the Taj hotel, one of the main targets of the Mumbai attacks. from Times of India https://ift.tt/dg4li7K https://ift.tt/5MntzhW

Times of India

In a statement, a defence spokesperson said, "These 75 projects — 45 bridges, 27 roads, two helipads and one carbon neutral habitat — are spread across six states and two Union Territories (UTs). Twenty of these projects are in Jammu & Kashmir; 18 each in Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh; five in Uttarakhand and 14 in other border states of Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan.” from Times of India https://ift.tt/FJ9PtnD https://ift.tt/5MntzhW

Times of India

While the project, which promises thousands of jobs, comes as a boost for Gujarat ahead of the assembly polls there, for the four-month-old Balasahebanchi Sena-BJP government in Maharashtra, it is yet another blow, that too after industries minister Uday Samant of the Shinde Sena said on September 15 that though the state had lost the Vedanta project, it would secure the Tata-Airbus project to produce military aircraft in Nagpur. from Times of India https://ift.tt/7wHO5RN https://ift.tt/x09NKBC

Times of India

Narayana Murthy is the billionaire founder of Infosys who has now devoted his life to philanthropy. Sunak worked for Goldman Sachs, gained an MBA from Stanford and then worked for a hedge fund before becoming an MP. Many wonder why he left such a well-paid career to enter the sparring world of politics. from Times of India https://ift.tt/1RaPMkv https://ift.tt/x09NKBC

Times of India

Suella Braverman was sacked from Truss’s government on October 19, saying in her resignation letter she had sent a draft ministerial statement regarding the government policy on migration from her personal email, which she said was due for imminent publication but accepted was “a technical infringement of the rules”. from Times of India https://ift.tt/zlCgJmH https://ift.tt/x09NKBC

Times of India

Warships, submarines, fighters, aircraft and helicopters will be deployed by India, the US, Japan and Australia off Yokosuka in Japan from November 8 to 18 for the top-notch Malabar exercise, with the four 'Quad' countries having firmly declared their intent to deter any "coercion" in the Indo-Pacific with an eye on China's aggressive expansionist policies. from Times of India https://ift.tt/OUrLSGf https://ift.tt/bjaYskz

Times of India

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf's Asad Umar, a former minister, said Imran and his supporters would cover nearly 400km in a week.Former PM and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif alleged that the proposed long march was meant to create a situation where the next army chief would be of Imran's choosing rather than any noble goal. from Times of India https://ift.tt/0c1n2Xi https://ift.tt/bjaYskz

Times of India

This meant the Conservative leadership race was over, and Sunak, the youngest UK PM since 1812 at 42, automatically became the Conservative leader. Although Mordaunt thought many of former PM Boris Johnson’s supporters would switch to her after he bailed out, in fact many of them, including Priti Patel, on Monday morning switched to backing Sunak. from Times of India https://ift.tt/E6GagP1 https://ift.tt/bcriZYF

Times of India

Many of the faces he appointed were well-known MPs who had previously held Cabinet posts — an indication that he wants to have people with experience at the helm to steady the ship during turbulent times in the UK, unlike his predecessors who appointed loyalists regardless of competence. There is speculation Sunak has done this to ensure that he does not inadvertently create a group of disgruntled rebel MPs denied cabinet posts who subsequently plot to oust him, as has happened in the past. from Times of India https://ift.tt/jVS3qD8 https://ift.tt/tZhdHNW

Times of India

The banks that committed to fund Musk's buyout of Twitter have finished putting together the final debt financing agreement and are in the process of signing the necessary documents, according to a Bloomberg News report. from Times of India https://ift.tt/v7PqYZy https://ift.tt/tZhdHNW

Times of India

Former prime minister Boris Johnson pulled out of the contest to become Britain's next leader on Sunday, saying he had the support of enough lawmakers to progress to the next stage but well behind front-runner former finance minister Rishi Sunak. Stay with TOI for the latest updates. from Times of India https://ift.tt/Cgiz1vb https://ift.tt/hDTIz7y

Times of India

Five persons of a family were killed when the car they were travelling in rammed into a stranded container truck near Khajhaula police outpost in Munderwa area of Basti district on late Sunday evening. from Times of India https://ift.tt/b9T8BjN https://ift.tt/hDTIz7y

Times of India

Fifteen migrant workers died while 40 others were injured, many of them critically, when the bus they were travelling in crashed into a truck on a ghat road in MP's Rewa district late Friday. From Hyderabad, the workers were heading home to UP's Gorakhpur - a 1,500km journey - for Diwali. from Times of India https://ift.tt/xBY9O1L https://ift.tt/4JQfpXz

Times of India

In the first cyberterrorism conviction in Maharashtra, computer engineer Anees Ansari was sentenced to life imprisonment on Friday for conspiring to kill children at the American school in Bandra Kurla Complex in 2014. from Times of India https://ift.tt/vGd4ylc https://ift.tt/yTXIckV

Times of India

Ten members of a gang allegedly selling fake platelets to patients were arrested here on Friday, police said. Senior Superintendent of Police Shailesh Kumar Pandey said the accused used to take plasma from different blood banks and then put it in pouches and sell the plasma as platelet. from Times of India https://ift.tt/DYwQaTJ https://ift.tt/yTXIckV

Times of India

Irregularities and lapses have been found against seven to eight Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officials, including a senior officer, and action recommended by the NCB vigilance committee, which started its probe after allegations of illegal arrests and extortion in the drugs bust case in which Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan was arrested last year. from Times of India https://ift.tt/VcNx8Pb https://ift.tt/m5Jg2wS

Times of India

Gujarat has become the first state in the country to roll out a rapid test that can confirm within an hour if meat seized on suspicion of being beef is from a cow. the Lamp DNA method - introduced in limited capacity in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar - is a better alternative to conventional methods like serological analysis and DNA analysis that take more than a day. from Times of India https://ift.tt/TKMoU76 https://ift.tt/qdmykQD

Times of India

With Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot issuing a video appeal in favour of Mallikarjun Kharge in the upcoming Congress presidential election, underdog Shashi Tharoor has alleged violation of code of conduct and shot off a complaint to the party's poll authority. AICC poll authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry had issued detailed 'do's and don'ts', barring organisational post holders from campaigning for any of the candidates. from Times of India https://ift.tt/bs9gjdM https://ift.tt/uPhVsec

Times of India

A convict in rape and murder cases, Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim was on Saturday released on parole by the Haryana government. Coincidentally, or deliberately, the controversial preacher is being released just before any important election in the state or region. He has been granted parole for 40 days by the Manohar Lal Khattar-led state government this time. from Times of India https://ift.tt/1Y8VwoA https://ift.tt/uPhVsec

Times of India

The Indian economy will stay on course and is projected to grow at 7% in fiscal 2022-23 despite the global headwinds and this has been possible due to the conducive domestic policy environment and the government's focus on key structural reforms to boost growth, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said. from Times of India https://ift.tt/L5zytXr https://ift.tt/uPhVsec

Times of India

A day after the Election Commission announced the poll schedule for Himachal Pradesh, home minister Amit Shah on Saturday, while addressing a rally in Sirmaur in the state, said PM Narendra Modi believes in development whereas Congress incites and divides people. Shah said, "Himachal Pradesh is going to set a new custom that is 'ek baar BJP, baar baar BJP'. from Times of India https://ift.tt/n50KC1M https://ift.tt/uPhVsec

Times of India

Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, which markets milk under the Amul brand, has hiked the prices of Amul Gold (full cream) and buffalo milk by Rs 2 per litre each across all markets except for Gujarat. Mother Dairy also announced an increase in prices of full-cream milk and cow milk by Rs 2 per litre in Delhi-NCR and some other markets in North India with effect from October 16. from Times of India https://ift.tt/rSu10eA https://ift.tt/uPhVsec

Times of India

A terrorist shot dead 43-year-old Kashmiri Pandit farmer Puran Krishan Bhat outside his home in Choudharygund village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district Saturday morning, triggering protests in Jammu against the latest targeted attack on the community. DIG Sujit Kumar said Kashmir Freedom Fighter (KFF), the proxy name of a terrorist outfit, claimed responsibility for the attack on Bhat. from Times of India https://ift.tt/EUdXGac https://ift.tt/uPhVsec

Times of India

Assembly polls in Gujarat will be announced soon, with voting likely to be held in one or two phases and completed by December 4, followed by counting alongside Himachal, Election Commission sources indicated. Though the term of the current Gujarat assembly expires on February 18, 2023, polls in the state will be held earlier to avoid any impact of Himachal results on level-playing field, they said. from Times of India https://ift.tt/PYRwWgq https://ift.tt/BEINP0v

Times of India

India on Friday successfully tested a nuclear-capable ballistic missile from its solitary nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant, and promptly declared that having an `assured retaliatory capability’ was in tune with the country’s `credible minimum deterrence’ against the first-use of nuclear weapons by an adversary. from Times of India https://ift.tt/qzeO8BK https://ift.tt/BEINP0v

Times of India

Military canine soldier Zoom died in the line of duty at the Army’s veterinary hospital in Srinagar at noon Thursday, unable to survive gunshots he took in his face and rear right leg while pursuing two heavily armed Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists hiding in a house at Tangpawas in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on October 10. from Times of India https://ift.tt/nVymM7k https://ift.tt/MON0z8b

Times of India

Buckingham Palace has not taken a decision on whether Camilla, queen consort, will wear the consort crown, which holds the priceless Kohinoor diamond, at her coronation next May. The diamond was taken as war booty after the defeat of the Sikhs in the Second Anglo Sikh war in 1849 and was presented to Queen Victoria by Lord Dalhousie. from Times of India https://ift.tt/ne2SWGh https://ift.tt/MON0z8b

Times of India

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday arrested Chhattisgarh IAS officer Sameer Vishnoi and three others following searches at 40 locations in the state over the past three days. CM Bhupesh Baghel called it 'intimidation tactics' and accused BJP of misusing central agencies. from Times of India https://ift.tt/zshcZ2m https://ift.tt/MON0z8b

Times of India

The annual Army Day parade on January 15 next year will be held in Bengaluru, in keeping with the Modi government's directive to take major events out of the national capital region to different parts of the country. The parade is likely to be shifted to some other location in 2024. The annual IAF Day parade and flypast on October 8 was also shifted to Chandigarh this year. from Times of India https://ift.tt/ouMT6j2 https://ift.tt/Xvtgb21

Times of India

Military combat dog Zoom, a sprightly Belgian Malinois with a black-and-tan coat, was gravely wounded as he took two bullets while pursuing and flushing out two heavily armed Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists hiding in a house at Tangpawas in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district early Monday. Two-and-a-half-year-old Zoom was attached to the assault unit of the Army’s 15 Corps for around 10 months. from Times of India https://ift.tt/XMdViTe https://ift.tt/Xvtgb21

Times of India

The number of foreign nationals acquiring citizenship in Oecd-member countries in 2021 is the highest ever recorded at 23 lakh, based on preliminary and partial data, according to the International Migration Outlook – 2022 Report, which was released in Paris today. from Times of India https://ift.tt/vhtD0Bz https://ift.tt/bK013zJ

Times of India

The 67 th Parle Filmfare Awards South 2022 with Kamar Film Factory took place in Bengaluru on October 9 to celebrate the finest of Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam film industries. Stars from across south India came dressed in their best to take him the coveted black lady in the best movies, actors and technical categories. Best of the films which hit screens in 2020 and 2021 were celebrated with the awards night hosted in Bengaluru for the very first time. from Times of India https://ift.tt/MlHK7xe https://ift.tt/PEKIjtS

Times of India

Happy Valmiki Jayanti is celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of the sage Maharishi Valmiki. This day is also popularly known as Pargat Diwas. Valmiki Jayanti is celebrated every year on the full moon day during the Ashwin month. Maharishi Valmiki has great importance as he was the first poet of Sanskrit literature. from Times of India https://ift.tt/zVSYvxJ https://ift.tt/7s1um3g

Times of India

The government and Life Insurance Corporation of India on Friday finally moved to sell nearly 61% stake in IDBI Bank, along with management control, seeing off the process that has been delayed by several months. Given the complexities, the department of investment and public asset management, which is driving the process, has proposed a two-stage step. from Times of India https://ift.tt/9WlFiyD https://ift.tt/ZTUYlNv

Times of India

A former police officer facing a drug charge burst into a day care centre in Thailand on Thursday, killing dozens of preschoolers and teachers and then shooting more people as he fled. At least 38 people were slain in the deadliest rampage in the nation’s history. from Times of India https://ift.tt/VQWgCHb https://ift.tt/Z5v8sAG

Times of India

Concerned over reports of potholes on National Highways (NHs), the road transport ministry has directed its officers across regions to make the entire NH network “pothole-free” in a month. Sources said that at a meeting earlier this week, road transport secretary Giridhar Aramane directed all officials concerned to put special focus on potholes as part of the ongoing special campaign to address public grievances and VIP references. from Times of India https://ift.tt/FlzJGo4 https://ift.tt/Z5v8sAG

Times of India

Making her first public appearance after a long break, Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday walked alongside son Rahul Gandhi as he led the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ for the 27th day in the rice-and-sugar bowl district of Mandya in Karnataka. from Times of India https://ift.tt/MlXjS6a https://ift.tt/Z5v8sAG

Times of India

National award-winning director Vetrimaran’s remark that there were attempts to appropriate Tamil icons like saint-poet Thiruvalluvar and emperor Raja Raja Chola and give them a Hindu religious identity has sparked a fierce debate over the mighty Chola’s religious identity. from Times of India https://ift.tt/7cEMAb9 https://ift.tt/Z5v8sAG

Times of India

The Eknath Shinde faction has filed an application before the Election Commission (EC) saying Shiv Sena’s bow and arrow symbol may be “misused” by the Uddhav Thackeray group and requested EC to take an immediate decision on the symbol issue in view of the November 3 Andheri (East) assembly byelection. from Times of India https://ift.tt/h29il36 https://ift.tt/Z5v8sAG

Times of India

Rejecting former chief minister and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti’s claim that she was “under house arrest”, J&K police on Wednesday said she was free to visit the Pattan area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Mehbooba had accused police of preventing her from visiting Pattan for a worker’s wedding as Union home minister Amit Shah was visiting the state. from Times of India https://ift.tt/RKEHpOV https://ift.tt/jUYdPMa

Times of India

The WHO on Wednesday issued a medical product alert on four ‘cough & cold’ syrups made by an Indian pharmaceutical firm — Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Sonipat, Haryana — warning they could be potentially linked with acute kidney injuries and the death of 66 children in Gambia. from Times of India https://ift.tt/SZzR6oH https://ift.tt/jUYdPMa

Times of India

A bench of Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Bela M Trivedi said provision for maintenance under CrPC Sec 125 is a measure of social justice that was specially enacted to protect women and children and refused to accept plea of a husband who submitted he had no source of income as his party business has now been closed. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3dicZsx https://ift.tt/jUYdPMa

Times of India

A genetic region previously known to increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease in African Americans, has been linked to an increased risk of stroke. Also, a new study published in the journal Nature suggests, the frequency of this genetic region called COBL is higher in persons suffering from the neurological disease in south Asians, including Indian patients. from Times of India https://ift.tt/fgze2h0 https://ift.tt/N3n8P1s

Times of India

India, which had the ignominious reputation of being the only country in the world where a larger proportion of girls below the age of one died than boys, finally saw its male and female infant mortality rate (IMR) equalise in 2020. In 16 states, IMR remained higher for female babies than males, but the gap had reduced since 2011. from Times of India https://ift.tt/e5lT6pI https://ift.tt/N3n8P1s

Times of India

In a shocking turn of events filmmaker Kamaleshwar Mukhopadhyay and several other CPI(M) workers were detained by Kolkata Police while they were staging a protest near the Rashbehari crossing. It all started after an alleged attack on a Left party bookstall. The critically acclaimed filmmaker and the others were first taken to Lalbazar, but later in the evening they were released. from Times of India https://ift.tt/ODRxQd7 https://ift.tt/N3n8P1s

Times of India

As his underdog rival in the Congress presidential poll Shashi Tharoor sought a public debate on their visions, Mallikarjun Kharge, the frontrunner and putative successor to Sonia Gandhi, steered clear of the demand, saying the need of the hour is to fight RSS-BJP, and not each other. from Times of India https://ift.tt/0DNs6fY https://ift.tt/z2sRjGu

Times of India

At least 125 people were killed and more than 320 injured in a stampede at a football stadium in Indonesia on Saturday as police sought to quell violence on the pitch with tear gas, making it one of the world’s worst stadium disasters. Fans of the losing home side invaded the pitch after the final whistle and clashed with police, until the tear gas sparked a chaotic scramble for the exits. from Times of India https://ift.tt/TJqZFNw https://ift.tt/z2sRjGu

Times of India

Indian batters were at their ruthless best with Suryakumar and opener Rahul leading the charge as they defeated South Africa by 16 runs despite David Miller's unbeaten century in the second T20I to clinch the 3-match series. Rahul (57 off 28) and Surya toyed (61 off 22) the Proteas attack with sensational fifties as the Indian top-four batters once again put up a superlative display to post 237/3. Chasing a massive target, the South Africans finished at 237 for 3 in their 20 overs. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3OJnVPB https://ift.tt/z2sRjGu

Times of India

Buoyed by the continued surge in personal mobility and the rush for new cars and SUVs, the car industry recorded its highest-ever wholesales deliveries in a month, indicating the strong consumer sentiment for new purchases despite rising interest rates and inflationary pressures. from Times of India https://ift.tt/EF9ePQw https://ift.tt/zV8r1cQ

Times of India

Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan-I released yesterday and has recorded the biggest ever opening day for Tamil cinema worldwide. The film collected 80 crore at the ticket window. Interestingly, the first-day global gross collection of the film is also higher than Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt’s Brahmastra: Part One - Shiva. The Ayan Mukerji’s directorial had collected Rs 75 crore gross worldwide on Day 1. from Times of India https://ift.tt/QnW1aLi https://ift.tt/zV8r1cQ