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The anti-terror agency sleuths raided these locations in close coordination with the police forces of Maharashtra and Karnataka, sources said

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Earlier, the Maharashtra Chief Minister on Thursday inspected the paddy crop damaged due to unseasonal rain at Tarsa in Nagpur district

Maharashtra CM, Eknath Shinde

The Assam government said it will conduct a socio-economic assessment of indigenous Assamese Muslims of the state.
The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma here on Friday.
"A socio-economic assessment of indigenous Assamese Muslims will be conducted through the Directorate of Minority Affairs and Char Areas," Sarma posted on X.
The meeting decided that the Directorate of Char Areas Development, Assam, will be renamed as the Directorate of Minority Affairs and Char Areas, Assam.
The cabinet also gave in-principle approval to the issue of detailed procedure/standard operating procedure (SOP) for permitting traditional buffalo and bullfights that are organised during Magh Bihu.
The SOP aims to ensure that no deliberate torture or cruelty is carried out on the animals and their well-being is provided for by the organisers during the annual buffalo fights, an integral part of the centuries-old Assamese cultural tradition.
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Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma speaks during a press conference organised to commemorate the completion of 8 years of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP-led government at the centre, at BJP state office in Guwahati, Wednesday, Jun

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RBI monetary policy: Central bank raised the UPI payment limits for hospitals and educational institutions to Rs 5 lakh from Rs 1 lakh per transaction

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The industry's overall AUM rose 5 per cent to Rs 49 trillion, largely owing to the value appreciation of equity holdings

Between December 2020 and February 2021, traders were supposed to maintain at least 25 per cent of the peak margin

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Max Healthcare Institute Ltd on Friday said it will fully acquire Starlit Medical Centre Pvt Ltd for an enterprise value of Rs 940 crore thereby giving it the ownership of 550-bedded Sahara Hospital in Lucknow.
The company has executed a binding share purchase agreement (SPA) for the acquisition of 100 per cent stake of Starlit Medical Centre Pvt Ltd, which had entered into a business transfer agreement with Sahara India Medical Institute Ltd for purchase of healthcare undertaking consisting of 550-bedded Sahara Hospital, Lucknow, on a slump sale basis, Max Healthcare Institute said in a statement.
The SPA was executed for an enterprise value of Rs 940 crore through one of the company's wholly-owned subsidiaries, Crosslay Remedies Ltd (CRL), it added.
This acquisition marks Max Healthcare's entry into Lucknow, one of the fastest growing cities of Uttar Pradesh, it said, adding Sahara Hospital is a tertiary care hospital, providing integrated healthcare services with availability of 

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The stock made its debut on November 29. During the past three decades, IREDA has been supporting all forms of RE -- solar, wind, hydro -- and even newer technologies.

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Condemning the death of the national president of Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena, Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi in Jaipur, BJP leader Rajendra Rathore said that it was 'unfortunate'

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The stock rallied 5% to Rs 750.55 on the BSE in the intraday trade, quoting close to its 52-week high level of Rs 754.40 touched on December 20, 2022

The Taliban's abusive educational policies are harming boys as well as girls in Afghanistan, according to a Human Rights Watch report published Wednesday.
The Taliban have been globally condemned for banning girls and women from secondary school and university, but the rights group says there has been less attention to the deep harm inflicted on boys' education.
The departure of qualified teachers including women, regressive curriculum changes and the increase in corporal punishment have led to greater fear of going to school and falling attendance.
Because the Taliban have dismissed all female teachers from boys' schools, many boys are taught by unqualified people or sit in classrooms with no teachers at all.
Boys and parents told the rights group about a spike in the use of corporal punishment, including officials beating boys before the whole school for haircut or clothing infractions or for having a mobile phone. The group interviewed 22 boys along with five parents in Kabul, .

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The Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government was dethroned by the BJP in Rajasthan as the assembly election results, declared on December 3, established a clear majority for the BJP in the state

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As rescue boats retreat from the flooded streets and crocodiles return to their habitat, a pressing question remains: What about our focus on urban planning?

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Shares of Adani Total Gas zoomed 20 per cent to Rs 1,053.80 in intraday trade today on the back of heavy volumes

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