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PM to visit Manipur on Sep 13, unveil projects worth Rs 8,500 cr, interact with displaced people Imphal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Manipur on September 13 and interact with internally displaced people in Churachandpur and Imphal, Chief Secretary Puneet Kumar Goel said on Friday, in the first official confirmation of the PM's trip to the strife-torn state.

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C P Radhakrishnan takes oath as 15th vice president of India New Delhi: Chandrapuram Ponnusamy Radhakrishnan was on Friday sworn in as the 15th vice president of India. He later assumed charge as the chairman of the Rajya Sabha in his office in Parliament.

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51 people, including Indian, died in recent anti-government protest in Nepal: Police Kathmandu: At least 51 people, including an Indian national, have died in the recent 'Gen Z' protest that erupted across Nepal against corruption and a ban on social media sites, police said on Friday. By Shirish B Pradhan

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Bomb scare in Delhi High Court turns out hoax New Delhi: After high drama enveloped the Delhi High Court on Friday, prompting evacuation of judges and litigants from courtrooms as a result of a bomb threat e-mail, Delhi Police declared it a hoax.

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Bombay HC gets bomb threat email, turns out to be hoax Mumbai: The Bombay High Court administration received a bomb threat email on Friday afternoon, which led to suspension of hearings for nearly two hours, but it turned out to be a hoax as nothing suspicious was found, police said.

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'Vote chori' main issue before country today, PM's Manipur visit now no 'big deal': Rahul Junagadh: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said Manipur has been in trouble for a long time and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the strife-torn state now is not a "big deal" as he insisted "vote chori" (vote theft) remains the main issue before the country currently.

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39 alleged Bangladeshi infiltrators 'pushed back': Himanta Guwahati: Assam Police has sent back 39 alleged Bangladeshi infiltrators to their home country from Sribhumi district, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday.

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NIA court notifies proclamation asking Pakistani official Siddiqui to appear in terror case Chennai: A special NIA court here has issued a proclamation asking Amir Zubair Siddiqui, a Pakistani intelligence official who was working years ago in the Pakistan High Commission in Colombo as a visa counsellor to appear before it on October 15 to answer charges in a terror-conspiracy case.

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Monsoon withdrawal likely to begin around September 15: IMD New Delhi: The southwest monsoon is likely to start withdrawing from northwest India around September 15, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday.

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Mauritius PM offers prayers at Ram temple in Ayodhya Ayodhya (UP): Mauritius Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam on Friday offered prayers at the Ram temple here.

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President Trump''s certain economic policies ''self-destrucitve'' for USA too: Ex RBI Guv Rangarajan Hyderabad: Former Reserve Bank Governor C Rangarajan on Friday said that certain economic policies of US President Donald Trump not only brought global economic trends to a standstill but were also self-destructive for the North American nation.

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SC asks why firecracker ban limited to Delhi-NCR, seeks pan-India policy New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday raised pointed questions over the selective imposition of the firecracker ban in the Delhi-NCR region, saying if clean air was a right for "elite" residents of the national capital, the same must extend to citizens across the country.

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Markets extend gains; Sensex jumps 355 points amid global rally on US Fed rate cut hopes Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty surged on Friday in line with a global market rally amid rising hopes that the US Federal Reserve will cut interest rates next week.

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Retail inflation rises marginally to 2.07 pc in Aug: Govt data New Delhi: Retail inflation in August rose slightly to 2.07 per cent from 1.61 per cent in the preceding month, mainly due to increase in prices of vegetables, meat and fish, according to a government data released on Friday.

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British Parliament panel opens inquiry into impact of India-UK FTA London: The House of Lords International Agreements Committee has opened an inquiry this week into the impacts and implications of the UK-India Free Trade Agreement (FTA), concluded during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Britain in July. By Aditi Khanna

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