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Op Sindoor proved there is no safe haven for terrorists, enemies of India: PM Modi Gangaikonda Cholapuram: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said Operation Sindoor showed the world the way India would respond if its sovereignty was attacked and that the cross-border military offensive has created a new self-confidence across the country.

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Draft Bihar poll roll not final list: EC questions narrative New Delhi: The Election Commission on Sunday hit out at those who, it claimed, were creating an impression that the draft voters' list to be published in Bihar will be the final roll.

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INDIA bloc parties trying to harm democracy through foreign infiltrators: BJP Chandigarh: The BJP on Sunday accused the INDIA bloc, a strident critic of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, of trying to "rob" Indian democracy on the back of foreign infiltrators.

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Uttarakhand stampede: Narrow passage, excess Sunday rush, rumour of current leak cause deadly crush Haridwar: As the ambulances drove in with sirens blaring outside the Mansa Devi temple, where a stampede sparked by a rumour killed at least six people, several injured persons were lying at the entrance unattended.

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Closure of route 30 mins before stampede prevented bigger tragedy: Officer Haridwar: If the staircase route leading to the Mansa Devi temple was not closed half an hour before the stampede on Sunday, the scale of the tragedy would have been even bigger, a police official said.

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CAPF troops suffering permanent disability to get financial package, due pay: Home secretary New Delhi: Officers and jawans of the CAPFs who lose their limbs or suffer any permanent disability during operations will continue to remain in service and get their due pay and honour apart from a one-time basic monetary package, Home Secretary Govid Mohan said on Sunday.

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EC should not have 'institutional arrogance ', must stop SIR exercise: Abhishek Manu Singhvi New Delhi: Election Commission should not have "institutional arrogance", and stop the Special Intensive Revision exercise underway in Bihar, Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi said on Sunday.

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Ahead of discussion in Parliament, BJP accuses Rahul of echoing Pak's narrative New Delhi: The BJP on Sunday accused Rahul Gandhi of peddling Pakistan's narrative with his charge that no country supported India in its action following the Pahalgam attack, asserting that the civilised world stood by India after the terror strike on April 22.

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'Insensitivity towards poor, arrogance of power': Rahul slams BJP over demolitions in Delhi New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said hundreds of slum dwellers in Delhi are going through the pain of being rendered homeless with their houses being destroyed by the BJP government, as he claimed that this "atrocity" exposes the ruling party's "insensitivity" towards the poor and its "arrogance of power".

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Up to three years jail term for those involved in film piracy: Government New Delhi: In a bid to curb digital piracy, the government has amended laws to include jail term and strict fines of up to five per cent of the production cost for those involved in illegal recording and transmission of films.

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'Bharat' should not be translated, else it will lose its identity, respect: RSS chief Bhagwat Kochi: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said that 'Bharat' should not be translated as otherwise it would lose its identity and along with it the respect it enjoys in the world.

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Pune 'drug party' raid: Seven accused remanded in police custody till Jul 29 Pune: Seven persons arrested following a raid on a "drug party" in Maharashtra's Pune city in the early hours of Sunday were remanded in police custody till July 29 by a local court.

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TCS to lay off over 12,000 employees this year New Delhi: India's largest IT services firm, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), is set to lay off about 2 per cent, or 12,261 employees, of its global workforce this year, with the majority of those impacted belonging to middle and senior grades.

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Management committee of Banke Bihari temple moves SC against UP govt ordinance on administration New Delhi:The management committee of the Thakur Shree Banke Bihari Ji Maharaj temple in Mathura has moved the Supreme Court against a Uttar Pradesh government ordinance that vests the control of the shrine's administration with the state.

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Teach Telugu in Singapore schools, says Andhra Pradesh CM Naidu Singapore: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday called for Telugu to be taught as a second language in Singapore schools. By Gurdip Singh

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Film piracy law now prescribes jail terms and fines for illegal recording and transmission of films, strengthening enforcement. Amendment to anti-piracy law prescribes jail terms and fines for illegal recording and transmission of films, expanding penal liability. The Election Commission stresses that a draft Bihar voters' list is not the final roll and defends the Special Intensive Revision process. Government policy provides CAPF personnel who suffer limb loss or permanent disability continued service, due pay and a one-time monetary package. The Banke Bihari temple management committee has moved the Supreme Court challenging a state ordinance vesting administrative control of the shrine in the government.