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New Delhi, Jan 14 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 9.30 pm: NATION DEL102 DL-STUDENT-BOMB THREAT-LD PARTIES

BJP, AAP face off over hoax bomb threats to schools as Delhi Police claims NGO link New Delhi: The issue of hoax bomb threats to more than 400 schools in the capital triggered a political storm ahead of the Delhi Assembly polls on Tuesday, with the BJP raising questions about the possible links between those involved and the AAP, prompting the latter to strongly rebuke the claims.

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FIR registered against Haryana BJP chief, singer for alleged gang rape in Kasauli Shimla/Chandigarh: Haryana BJP chief Mohanlal Badoli and a singer were booked after a woman alleged that she was gang-raped by them in a hotel in Kasauli. Himachal Pradesh Police has registered an FIR against the two men, officials said on Tuesday.

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Parliamentary committee to summon Meta for Zuckerberg's election claim New Delhi: Seeking an apology from social media giant Meta for "tarnishing" India's image, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, who heads the Parliament's Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology, said on Tuesday that the panel will summon the firm following its chairman's comments that India's ruling dispensation lost the Lok Sabha election last year.

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Maha Kumbh: First 'Amrit Snan' on Makar Sankranti held, around 3.5 cr devotees take dip Mahakumbh Nagar (UP): Seers from various 'akharas' took the first 'Amrit Snan' at the Maha Kumbh on Makar Sankranti on Tuesday as an unbroken stream of people converged at the Triveni Sangam on the occasion with around 3.5 crore devotees taking a dip. By Arunav Sinha and Rajendra Gupta

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'If there is no BJP, Manipur will break': CM pans Congress MPs for not raising state's 'core issues' Imphal: Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Tuesday said that out of a "sudden emotional outburst" people voted for the Congress in the Lok Sabha elections in Manipur, but its two MPs were not raising the state's core issues in Parliament.

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Maintain decorum of home minister’s post: Pawar on Shah’s remarks Mumbai: Former Union minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday rubbished Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks that the BJP’s victory in the Maharashtra assembly polls ended the politics of betrayal and treachery started by him in 1978.

BOM28 MH-LDALL KARAD Maharashtra minister’s aide gets 14-day judicial custody, charged under MCOCA Kej: Walmik Karad, an aide to Maharashtra NCP minister Dhananjay Munde, was on Tuesday charged under the stringent MCOCA and remanded to 14 days of judicial custody in an extortion case allegedly linked to the murder of sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh.

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V Narayanan assumes charge as new ISRO chief, succeeding S Somanath Bengaluru: V Narayanan has assumed charge as the chairman of ISRO, replacing S Somanath, the Space Agency said.

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Willing to take strong steps to ensure protesting BPSC aspirants are heard: Chirag Patna: Union minister Chirag Paswan on Tuesday expressed willingness to take “strong steps” to ensure that concerns of students protesting alleged irregularities in a recent BPSC exam were squarely addressed by the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar.

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Vision-2047: India targets 100-pc severe weather detection, zero deaths New Delhi: India aims to achieve 100-per cent detection of all types of severe weather at the village and household levels by 2047 and reduce the loss of life from such events to zero, according to the India Meteorological Department's (IMD) Vision-2047 document released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday.

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Wholesale price inflation rises to 2.37 pc in Dec; all eyes on RBI's rate decision next month New Delhi: Wholesale price inflation rose to 2.37 per cent in December 2024, due to spike in prices of non-food articles, manufactured items as well as fuel and power, even though food items saw marginal easing, government data released on Tuesday showed.

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Rajasthan HC grants interim bail to Asaram in 2013 rape case Jodhpur: The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday granted interim bail till March 31 to self-styled godman Asaram, who is serving life imprisonment in a 2013 rape case.

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India one of few countries in position to talk to Russia, Ukraine and Israel, Iran: Jaishankar Madrid: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has underlined India’s potential role in ending global conflicts, saying that it is one of the few countries that is in a position to hold talks with both Russia and Ukraine, and with Israel and Iran.

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Former Bangladesh premier Khaleda Zia’s BNP demands election by July-August Dhaka: Former prime minister Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Tuesday demanded that the general election be held by July-August this year, refuting interim government chief adviser Muhammad Yunus’s stance to stage it by the year-end or mid-2026.

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