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Cannot allow builders to fleece the middle-class: SC

Frame a model “model builder-buyer and agent-buyer” agreement to ensure fair play, it tells Centre

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Credit Suisse chairman Antonio Horta-Osorio resigns after internal investigation

Swiss media reported that Mr Horta-Osorio had violated quarantine rules, including traveling to Britain in December and to the Wimbledon tennis tournament over the summer

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Budget | FADA seeks GST rate cut on two-wheelers

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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is scheduled to present the Union Budget 2022-23 in Parliament on February 1.

Scooter sales were also down seven% to 5,17,239 units, from 5,56,205 units a year ago. File (representational image)

Australian Open | Nadal launches Grand Slam record bid by steamrolling Giron

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With Djokovic sent packing by Australian authorities and Roger Federer absent, the Spaniard can snatch the men's all-time Slam record outright by claiming the title at Melbourne Park.

Rafael Nadal of Spain hits the ball out of the court as he celebrates after defeating Marcos Giron of the U.S. in their first round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022.

Cannot allow builders to fleece the middle-class: SC

Credit Suisse chairman Antonio Horta-Osorio resigns after internal investigation

Budget | FADA seeks GST rate cut on two-wheelers

Australian Open | Nadal launches Grand Slam record bid by steamrolling Giron

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Cannot allow builders to fleece the middle-class: SC

Legal Correspondent Frame a model “model builder-buyer and agent-buyer” agreement to ensure fair play, it tells Centre

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Inter-State Water Disputes Act creating more disputes than resolving them: Karnataka CM

Special Correspondent Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai says many projects in Karnataka have been delayed, and bogged down by procedure

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Credit Suisse chairman Antonio Horta-Osorio resigns after internal investigation

AP Swiss media reported that Mr Horta-Osorio had violated quarantine rules, including traveling to Britain in December and to the Wimbledon tennis tournament over the summer

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A man walks past a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on January 17, 2022, after North Korea fired an unidentified projectile eastward in the country's fourth suspected weapons test this month according to the South's military.

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North Korea fires 2 suspected missiles in 4th launch this year

AP South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the North likely fired two ballistic missiles from an area in Sunan, the location of Pyongyang's international airport, but didn't immediately say how far they flew

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Ban on ritual bath on Makar Sankranti due to COVID spread

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA With a surge in COVID-19 cases in Uttarakhand, the Haridwar and Dehradun authorities have prohibited devotees from taking a dip in the Ganga in Haridwar and Rishikesh on Makar Sankranti on January 14.For the safety of devotees, in view of the recent spike in pandemic cases in the State, there will be a ban on devotees gathering at Har ki Pauri in Haridwar, Triveni ghat in Rishikesh, and other ghats for a ritual bath on Makar Sankranti, orders issued by Haridwar District Magistrate Vinay Shankar

Safety first: A health worker collects a passenger’s swab sample at Anand Vihar bus terminus in New Delhi on Monday.

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Now, only takeaways at Delhi bars and restaurants

Jatin Anand DDMA rolls out more restrictions as COVID graph rises rapidly in the Capital

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Decorated wooden car of Sri Mahalingaswamy Temple, Thiruvidaimaruthur, being drawn on Monday.

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‘Thai Poosam’ car festival held

Special Correspondent The annual ‘Thai Poosam’ car festival was celebrated with religious fervour and gaiety at Sri Mahalingaswamy Temple, Thiruvidaimaruthur on Monday.Decorated idols of Sri Mahalingaswamy, Goddess Brahath Sundarakusambigai and others would be placed on the wooden cars on the penultimate day of the 10-day festival and would be drawn along the four Mada Streets. The festival was suspended last year in view of the pandemic.This year, the idols were mounted on the five wooden cars on Monday morning and