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On front pages: Attacks on Hindu homes, Hasina’s phone call, and Delhi impact

From being seen as a miracle economy years ago, Bangladesh on Monday looked like a South Asian tragedy, with Sheikh Hasina fleeing the country and protesters storming her home. The contours of its interim government are yet to be defined while economic problems are likely to worsen.

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No happy endings for India on Hasina’s road to exit

Sheikh Hasina’s abrupt and dramatic exit from Bangladesh after resigning as prime minister, similar to the dramatic departure of Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Sri Lanka just two years ago, leaves Delhi with no friends in Bangladesh. Within hours of her exit, mobs tore down a statue of the liberator of Bangladesh,…

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Delhi Excise Policy: HC rejects CM Kejriwal plea challenging his CBI arrest

Regarding the bail application, the court has disposed of it, granting Kejriwal the option to approach the trial court for further relief. Read further on Dynamite News:

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LG has power to nominate 'aldermen' in MCD, pronounces Supreme Court

Reacting to the verdict, Senior AAP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said on Monday that it was a “blow to democracy.” Read further on Dynamite News:

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Fiscal environment, GST: States struggle to raise health spending

Unable to eat, and depending solely on oral rehydration solutions, Ahmed* (40) spent the last 15 days of his life hoping to get an endoscopic procedure at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi, 350 km away from his hometown in Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh. He died on July…

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DN Exclusive: Expose of 14 deaths in Delhi shelter home; Diet half, filthy environment

The women staff members who have been working in the shelter home for many years have made big revelations on the camera of Dynamite News. Must follow the story:

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Bus collides with car on Lucknow-Agra Eway; Seven killed, several injured

A double-decker bus going from Raebareli to Delhi collided with a car at around 12:30am. The car was going to Lucknow. Read further on Dynamite News:

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In Delhi, Muslim drivers ‘hide identity’, avoid kanwar yatra route ‘fearing targeted violence’

“Mahaul theek nahi hai. Hifazat kare…Jo bhi community stickers laga rahe hai apne mazhab ke, usse bhi kahin na kahin problem ho raha hain. Hum threat mein hain (The environment is not good. Be careful…whoever is putting religious stickers, that too is creating a problem somewhere. We are under threat).”

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Shelter Home Tragedy: NHRC notice to Delhi Govt over death of 12 inmates

The NHRC has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report that 12 inmates died between July 15 and July 31 at the Delhi government-run shelter home. Read further on Dynamite News:

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TV Newsance 261: UPSC aspirants’ deaths bring Godi media anchors to ground zero

This week started off with a tragedy as three UPSC aspirants drowned in the basement library of a coaching institute due to rainwater flooding in Delhi’s Karol Bagh. It soon triggered the usual blame game between the BJP and AAP.

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‘Risk to life, exams’, but students continue protest over Delhi coaching centre tragedy

On July 27, in the wake of the death of three IAS aspirants in the basement library of Rau’s IAS coaching centre in Delhi’s Karol Bagh, the students residing in the area took to the street to protest against administrative lapses that purportedly led to the tragedy.

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No official questioned, MCD files unseized: Why HC handed over coaching centre probe to CBI

The Delhi High Court has handed over the probe into the death of three IAS aspirants in an illegal basement library to the CBI from the Delhi police, and said the Central Vigilance Commission would supervise it.

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Kejriwal’s government in full swing to combat air pollution in winters

The Arvind Kejriwal government has started preparations in full swing to control air pollution in winter. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Delhi coaching centre deaths: Court issues notice to Delhi police on plea seeking preservation of CCTV footage

Delhi's Tis Hazari court on Friday issued a notice to Delhi Police on a plea seeking the preservation and production of CCTV footage of the place of the drowning incident and its vicinity in Old Rajender Nagar. Read further on Dynamite News:

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IWPC seeks action against cops who ‘stopped’ journalist from covering Cong protest

Two days after Navbharat Times assistant editor Poonam Pandey was allegedly detained while covering a Congress protest on women’s quota in Delhi, the Indian Women’s Press Corps condemned the incident and sought an inquiry.

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Before Delhi coaching hub deaths, plea in HC pointed to 18 buildings ‘intact’ despite MCD ‘demolition’

Three months before the three coaching centre deaths in Delhi’s Karol Bagh zone and an official crackdown against illegal constructions, the Delhi High Court had disposed of a petition which accused the Municipal Corporation of Delhi of inaction over 18 unauthorised constructions in the same municipal zone.

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Delhi: CISF seizes medicines worth Rs 33.5 lakh at IGI Airport, 1 held

The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) on Thursday detected a huge quantity of different medicines worth Rs 33.5 lakh from a Kabul-bound passenger at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport. Read further on dynamite News:

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CBI arrests four people including two MCD employees for bribery

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has apprehended four accused including a Beldar and a mate of North MCD and two touts, working at the Nangloi Office of Sub-Registrar, in two separate cases of bribery. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Delhi rains: Woman and child drown in Ghazipur, 12-yr-old electrocuted in Bindapur

A woman and her three-year-old son drowned in a waterlogged drain in the Ghazipur area of East Delhi, while a 12-year-old boy died of electrocution in the Bindapur area on Wednesday as heavy rains lashed parts of the national capital. Read further on Dynamite News:

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‘New wave’: Why suspected rebel attacks are rising in Kashmir’s Jammu area

For decades, Jammu was mostly peaceful, even amid clashes in other parts of Indian-administered Kashmir. Not anymore.

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Several areas in Delhi still waterlogged, traffic disrupted after massive downpour

Delhi Traffic Police on Wednesday received over 50 complaints regarding waterlogging issues from across Delhi from 6 pm till midnight. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Days after 3 deaths, Delhi coaching hub flooded again

Days after three UPSC aspirants drowned in a coaching institute’s basement due to sudden flooding, Old Rajinder Nagar was flooded again on Wednesday evening amid heavy rain.

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Rajendra Nagar incident: HC slams civic authorities, Delhi govt for inefficiency and lack of accountability among agencies

On the Rajendra Nagar incident, where three UPSC aspirants died, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed that senior officials of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) must visit the affected areas to ensure change. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Delhi Coaching Horror: 'We are open for discussions with students...' - Delhi Government

Delhi Environment Minister and AAP leader Gopal Rai said the Delhi government is open to a discussion with the protesting students. Read further on Dynamite News:

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