DH Evening Brief: Rahul vacates MP's bungalow, stresses it’s ‘price of speaking truth’; Satya Pal Malik not detained, came on volition, Delhi police clarify

Here are the top stories this evening.

'Price for speaking truth,' Rahul Gandhi on vacating MP's residence

Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday vacated the 12-Tughlak Lane residence where he stayed for the past 19 years as an MP, saying he has paid the price for telling the truth and he is ready to pay any price for telling the truth.

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Ex-J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik not detained, came to police station on his own: Delhi Police

Police on Saturday said they have not detained former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik in southwest Delhi's R K Puram area.

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ISRO's PSLV rocket lifts off with 2 Singapore satellites

Carrying two Singapore satellites and seven non-separating Indian payloads, Indian Space Research Organisation’s PSLV rocket blasted off successfully on Saturday from the first launch pad of the Sathish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.

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Anonymous suicide bomb threat to PM Modi in Kerala

The police and security agencies are on high alert in Kerala in view of an anonymous suicide bomb threat to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his two-day visit to the southern state.

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Silvassa man held for ‘cleaning’ chicken with Tricolour

A man from Silvassa in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli was arrested after a video purportedly showing him “cleaning” chicken with the Tricolour went viral on social media, an official said on Saturday.

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US on track to issue more than a million visas to Indians this year

The US is on track to issue more than a million visas to Indians this year, a senior official has said, assuring that the Biden administration is committed this summer to make sure it processes all of the student visas for Indians whose school starts this fall.

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Congress alleges CMO calling returning officers to reject its candidates' applications

The Congress on Saturday alleged Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai's office is calling up the returning officers of various districts to find defects in the applications filed by its candidates and rectify the mistakes in those of BJP nominees.

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Assam youth wing chief expelled from Congress for 6 years for anti-party activities

Assam Youth Congress president Angkita Dutta was expelled from the primary membership of the Congress for six years on Saturday for anti-party activities.

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'Some people are pursuing politics of hate to try divide the country,' says Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday claimed some people are trying to divide the nation by pursuing politics of hate and said that she is ready to give her life but "will not allow a division of the country".

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Gujarat: AAP leader held on charge of extorting Rs 1 crore in dummy candidates racket case

The Bhavnagar police, late on Friday night arrested Aam Aadmi Party leader Yuvrajsinh Jadeja, the whistle-blower who exposed several recruitment exam question paper leaks, for allegedly extorting Rs1 crore from several accused arrested in the dummy candidate exam scam.

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Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai reaps $226 million in 2022 amid cost-cutting

Alphabet Inc Chief Executive Sundar Pichai received total compensation of about $226 million in 2022, more than 800 times the median employee's pay, the company said in a securities filing on Friday.

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Big B says 'Tu Cheez Badi Hai Musk Musk' after getting back his Twitter blue tick

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan thanked Twitter CEO Elon Musk in his own unique way after his blue tick on the micro-blogging website was restored.

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