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It reveals a worrying surge in crush injuries among women, with cases increasing from 19 in 2019 to 321 in 2024

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Leaders of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) met here at BJP president J P Nadda's residence on Wednesday on the birth centenary of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, JD-U leader and Union minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Apna Dal (S) president and Union minister Anupriya Patel, as well as JD (S) leader and Union minister H D Kumaraswamy, were present at the meeting.
Bihar's Hindustani Awam Morcha (S) leader Jitan Ram Manjhi, also a minister in the Modi government, Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) president Upendra Kushwaha, a Rajya Sabha MP, and Thushar Vellappally, president of Bharath Dharma Jana Sena, were also present at the meeting.
Though there was no official word on the agenda of the meeting, sources said good governance and political issues were discussed.
Good governance was a key theme of the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government.
It was decided to hold 

Union Minister and BJP National President J.P. Nadda with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP President N Chandrababu Naidu during a meeting of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) at his residence, in New Delhi. (PT

The champion OEMs include Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra, Ola Electric Technologies, Eicher Motors, TVS Motor Company, and Bajaj Auto

Only 12 of 82 approved applicants, or nearly 15 per cent, under the production-linked incentive scheme for the automobile and auto component industry (PLI-Auto) have achieved the mandated 50 per cent domestic value addition (DVA) target, according to

The decision is aimed at addressing longstanding issues, including the underutilisation of the fund and significant delays in disbursing compensation to victims of industrial accidents

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The plane was en route from Baku to Grozny in Russia's Chechnya. However, it was rerouted due to heavy fog in Grozny

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Delhi's women welfare and health departments issued public notices warning against registrations for the proposed 'Mukhyamantri Mahila Samman Yojana' and 'Sanjeevani Yojana'

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The Himachal Pradesh government raised milk procurement prices from Rs 38 to Rs 45 and that of buffalo milk from Rs 38 to Rs 55 per litre this April

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The National Commission condemned the builder for creating third-party rights during litigation, thereby depriving the buyer of a permanent roof over his head

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From a technical standpoint, as Nifty slipped below the pivotal zone of 200 SMA, the next potential support could be seen around the recent swing low around 23200-23100

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Airtel adds 1.9 million users after 3 months, BSNL grows base

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Nissan Motor India declined to comment on the matter. Honda Cars India too did not comment

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Refiners in India have been gorging on cheaper Russian oil despite problems posed by sanctions aimed at reducing Moscow's oil revenue

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The IT hub of India faces a strange kind of predicament. Despite increasing cybercrimes in Bengaluru, almost all the hotlines meant for reporting them are either switched off or just keep ringing.
Incidentally, according to the Bengaluru City Police website, India's first Cyber Crime Police Station was started in CID, Bengaluru way back in 2001.
Then in 2017, according to the information provided in its website, to tackle the growing number of cybercrimes, another cybercrime police station came up in the premises of the Police Commissioner's office in Bengaluru.
Eventually, the city got eight such police stations  nine, if we include the Bengaluru Rural as well  to register and investigate cases related to not only cybercrimes, but also economic and narcotic offences. They are called CEN (Cybercrimes, Economic and Narcotics Offences) Police Stations.
All these police stations, in theory, can be accessed round the clock via their hotline.
But when PTI called at different times, ove

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