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The Times of India After Lok Sabha loss, Ajit Pawar's wife files Rajya Sabha nomination

A week after her defeat in the Lok Sabha polls, NCP president and deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar’s wife Sunetra filed her nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha seat left vacant by Praful Patel’s resignation. Since there’s only one candidate from the state, she will be elected unopposed. Patel, who is NCP working president, was also re-elected to the Rajya Sabha a month ago.

The Times of India After Lok Sabha loss, Ajit Pawar's wife files Rajya Sabha nomination

A week after her defeat in the Lok Sabha polls, NCP president and deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar’s wife Sunetra filed her nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha seat left vacant by Praful Patel’s resignation. Since there’s only one candidate from the state, she will be elected unopposed. Patel, who is NCP working president, was also re-elected to the Rajya Sabha a month ago.

The Times of India PM Modi, Biden to meet at G7; US to raise Pannun plot at ‘very sr levels’

PM Narendra Modi is likely to meet US President Joe Biden Friday on the margins of the G7 summit in southern Italy’s Puglia region. With Biden headed to Italy, White House said aboard Air Force One there’s an “encounter” likely between the 2 leaders as the president expects to see the Indian PM there, while reiterating it will continue to raise the foiled Sikh separatist murder plot at very senior levels with India.

The Times of India No evidence of leak, protests motivated: Education minister

Education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday dismissed allegations of paper leak in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) and said there was no evidence to back these claims. He said govt was committed to ensure no student was disadvantaged, and added that the controversy was “motivated”, indicating that the protest was instigated by coaching centres.

The Times of India Two UP & Bihar towns, & also a scientist, now have twins on Mars

'Lal', 'Mursan' and 'Hilsa'. These are the names given to three craters on the surface of Mars recently discovered by Ahmedabad-based Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), that hint at the red planet's wet past. Lal has been named after legendary cosmic ray physicist from Varanasi, the late Professor Devendra Lal. The other two have been named after Mursan town in UP's Hathras district, and Hilsa town in Nalanda district of Bihar.

The Times of India PIB's fact-check unit claims it 'busted' 12 fake news channels

Fact Check Unit of Press Information Bureau (PIB), under I&B ministry, on Thursday claimed to have "busted" 134 videos from 12 channels for spreading misinformation. The fake news is of diverse nature - from claiming "dismissal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi" to all Aadhaar card holders getting free sewing machines under the PM Viswamitra scheme.

The Times of India 50 detained as search operations for ultras continue

Security teams assisted by drone crews and military dogs are scouring deep forests and high-altitude terrain in Jammu division to catch or kill suspected Pakistani terrorists responsible for four attacks on June 9, 11, and 12 in three districts of the region. Authorities have detained 50 local people for questioning regarding the June 9 ambush on a bus carrying pilgrims in Reasi district. Nine people were killed and 41 injured in the attack.

The Times of India Deploy in J&K full strength of counter-terror apparatus: PM Modi

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked officials to deploy the full strength of counter-terror apparatus against terrorists behind recent strikes in Jammu, law enforcement agencies are seeing the current jihadi escalation as an effort to open a new axis of violence and unrest in Jammu region. On a day when PM Modi reviewed the uptick in terrorist violence with NSA Ajit Doval and others, J&K DGP R R Swain said counter-terrorism strategies were being tweaked to beat the “unique challenge” represented by 40-50 terrorists who infiltrated from Pakistan and were now holed up in the mountainous terrain of Jammu.