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To Curb Fraud, Banks May Soon Call You From Numbers Starting With These Digits
- Jan 17, 2025 20:07 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
The RBI on Friday asked banks to use only the '1600xx' phone numbering series to call customers for transactional purposes with a view to preventing financial fraud.
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AAP, BJP, Congress Offer Cash Transfers, Chase 'Women Power' In Delhi Poll
- Jan 17, 2025 20:05 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
As the clock ticks down to February 5 - date of voting for the Delhi Assembly election - the AAP, Congress, and BJP are scrambling for favour among women, a section of voters the country's political parties seems to have woken up to in recent polls.
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Navi Mumbai: 1,000 Cops To Be Deployed For Coldplay's Concert Beginning Tomorrow
- Jan 17, 2025 19:47 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Nearly 1,000 cops will be deployed to maintain law and order during the Coldplay concert in Navi Mumbai, police said on Friday.
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Robbers Loot Valuables Worth Over Rs 10 Crore From Bank In Karnataka
- Jan 17, 2025 19:07 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
A gang of armed robbers looted valuables worth an estimated Rs 10 crore to Rs 12 crore from the Sahakari Sangh Bank in Kotekar, Mangaluru on Friday, police said.
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"Child Was With Him": Auto Driver Who Rushed Saif Ali Khan To Hospital
- Jan 17, 2025 19:01 pm IST
- Reported by: Paras Harendra Dama
A woman came running shouting "rickshaw, rickshaw, rickshaw, roko, roko, roko", said the auto driver, Bhajan Singh Rana, who took Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan to hospital early on Friday.
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Defamation Case: Karnataka High Court Stays Proceedings Against Rahul Gandhi
- Jan 17, 2025 18:44 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
The Karnataka High Court on Friday stayed the proceedings against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in connection with the defamation case filed by the state unit of the BJP.
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Pollution Curbs Eased In Delhi, These Categories Of Cars Can Be Used Again
- Jan 17, 2025 18:42 pm IST
- NDTV Newsdesk
Anti-pollution curbs under Stage-III of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) were revoked in Delhi and its neighbouring areas today amid a dip in air pollution levels.
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"Was Twisted": Amitabh Kant On Row Over L&T Chair's 'Stare At Wife' Remark
- Jan 17, 2025 18:41 pm IST
- Reported by: Marya Shakil
Larsen & Toubro Chairman SN Subrahmanyan's controversial comment - "I regret not being able to make you work on Sundays... What do you do at home? How long can you stare at your wife?" - was "taken out of context", Amitabh Kant told NDTV.
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"Visa Operations In Bengaluru...": S Jaishankar On Priority For US Visit
- Jan 17, 2025 18:37 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar asserted on Friday that the opening of "long-in-waiting" US consulate in Bengaluru was the "very important milestone" in the bilateral ties.
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Ayushman Bharat Scheme India's "Biggest Scam": Arvind Kejriwal After Top Court Order
- Jan 17, 2025 17:56 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal Friday called the Ayushman Bharat health scheme the "biggest scam" in the country after the Supreme Court stayed a high court order that had asked the Delhi government to sign an agreement with the Centre to implement it.
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12 Indians Fighting For Russian Army In Ukraine Killed, 16 Missing: Centre
- Jan 17, 2025 17:50 pm IST
- Written by: Abhishek Chakraborty
Twelve Indian nationals, among a total of 126, who were misled into settling in Russia have died fighting for the Russian Army in Ukraine, and sixteen others are currently "missing", the Ministry of External Affairs has confirmed today.
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Taking Timely Decisions To Stabilise Food Prices: Centre
- Jan 17, 2025 17:49 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
The central government on Friday said it is closely monitoring the prices and availability of essential food commodities to ensure affordability to consumers and maintain a stable price regime.
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Kerala Woman Who Poisoned Boyfriend To End Relationship Found Guilty By Court
- Jan 17, 2025 17:24 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
A court in Kerala on Friday convicted the prime accused, Greeshma, in the sensational murder case of her boyfriend, Sharon Raj, a native of Parassala in the district, in 2022.
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BJP Says Delhi Welfare Schemes To Continue. AAP Asks Why Vote For You Then?
- Jan 17, 2025 17:01 pm IST
- Edited by: Chandrajit Mitra
The BJP's manifesto for the upcoming Delhi elections met with sheer criticism from the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), with Arvind Kejriwal wondering why people should choose the BJP if it continues with the AAP's welfare schemes.
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Rupee Ends 1 Paisa Down At 86.62 Against US Dollar
- Jan 17, 2025 16:46 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
The rupee traded in a tight range and settled 1 paisa lower at 86.62 (provisional) against the US dollar on Friday, as massive outflow of foreign funds and falling domestic equity markets dented investors' sentiment.
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Infrastructure Crisis Exposes Grim Reality of Anganwadi Centres In Madhya Pradesh
- Jan 17, 2025 16:32 pm IST
- Written by: Anurag Dwary
Madhya Pradesh, a state often in the spotlight for its developmental promises, continues to struggle with the basic infrastructure of its Anganwadi centres, the backbone of its child development and nutrition programmes.
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No Gang Behind Attack On Saif Ali Khan, He Did Not Seek Security: Maharashtra Minister
- Jan 17, 2025 16:30 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
No underworld gang is behind the knife attack on Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan, Maharashtra minister of state for home Yogesh Kadam said on Friday.
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Madhya Pradesh's Food Scheme, OTPs, And A Forced 'Fast' On Sundays
- Jan 17, 2025 16:25 pm IST
- Written by: Anurag Dwary
In Madhya Pradesh, the Deendayal Rasoi Yojana offers meals for just Rs 5, amounting to approximately Rs 300 a month for two meals a day. However, having a mobile phone is mandatory, which requires an average monthly recharge of Rs 200.
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Opinion | As Hindenburg Closes 'Pipeline of Ideas', Rahul Gandhi Attacks 'Indian State'
- Jan 17, 2025 16:20 pm IST
- Shubhabrata Bhattacharya
While the Congress enters the 140th year of its political journey, despite sitting in the opposition for a third consecutive term, the party can take solace in the fact that the BJP's call for a 'Congress-mukt Bharat' has failed.
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"PM Inherited Fragile Economy From UPA But...": Arvind Panagariya To NDTV
- Jan 17, 2025 15:22 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
Prime Minister Narendra Modi "inherited a very fragile economy" - from the preceding Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government - Dr Arvind Panagariya, 16th Finance Commission Chairperson, told NDTV.