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Delhi's ACB arrested Satyendar Jain and five others over sewage-plant tenders

The case covers Delhi Jal Board upgrades worth more than Rs 1,900 crore. Arvind Kejriwal called the arrest fake.

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Amit Shah says agencies dismantled an ISI-backed network after 253 detentions in 14 states

The raids were on 12 August, ahead of Independence Day. More than 200 people have been arrested, the home ministry said.

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The ED says TMC paid Rs 160 crore to a little-known firm that bought a jet and a chopper, then rented them back

Investigators call the Carewell Aviation arrangement artificial. A TMC source said the matter is in court and would not comment.

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The CAG found E. coli in station water coolers, and 89 percent of audited stations short of basic amenities

An audit of 512 non-suburban stations, tabled in Parliament on 12 August, found water-cooler samples positive for E. coli at eight stations, including CSMT. Only 54 stations met the minimum amenity list.

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Delhi police called Friday's bomb threats hoaxes, and still locked the capital down for Independence Day

Emails and calls on 14 August named the High Court, IGI Terminal 3 and the Red Fort, a day before the 80th Independence Day. Searches found nothing. The Red Fort ceremony still went ahead under a heavier security net.

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NIA makes its first arrest in a Manipur IED attack that killed two children

The blast was in April. The first named arrest under the central probe landed this week.

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Why students shut down Jharkhand a day after the government met 98% of their demands

The state agreed to almost everything except a CBI investigation, and that one gap was enough to trigger a statewide bandh.

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Why students are still camped outside Jharkhand's assembly, 16 days in

A recruitment exam gone wrong has become the state's biggest student movement in years, and six rounds of talks haven't ended it yet.

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