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pts, Nifty closes below 24,000</a></h3> <div class="summary">The Indian stock market ended in red on Thursday as Sensex and Nifty were down by more than 1 per cent.</div> </article> <div class="sec-block"> <article> <div class="image"> <a href="https://www.ibtimes.co.in/government-earns-rs-1-44-lakh-crore-toll-plazas-national-highways-875606?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=Homepage&utm_campaign=block1-2" > <img class="img-responsive lazy" src="https://data1.ibtimes.co.in/en/full/728735/fastag.jpg?w=10&h=6" data-src="https://data1.ibtimes.co.in/en/full/728735/fastag.jpg?w=350&h=250&l=50&t=40" w=250&h=167 alt="fastag" width="350" height="250" /> </a> </div> <h3><a href="https://www.ibtimes.co.in/government-earns-rs-1-44-lakh-crore-toll-plazas-national-highways-875606?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=Homepage&utm_campaign=block1-2">Government Earns Rs 1.44 Lakh Crore from Toll Plazas on National Highways</a></h3> <div class="summary">The Union Government has collected Rs 1.44 lakh crore as user fees from toll plazas on National Highways since December 2000, according to Minister...</div> </article> <article> <div class="image"> <a href="https://www.ibtimes.co.in/hemant-soren-sworn-jharkhands-14th-cm-top-india-bloc-leaders-attend-875608?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=Homepage&utm_campaign=block1-2" > <img class="img-responsive lazy" src="https://data1.ibtimes.co.in/en/full/806814/setback-hemant-soren-court-rejects-exemption-plea-ed-case.jpg?w=10&h=6" data-src="https://data1.ibtimes.co.in/en/full/806814/setback-hemant-soren-court-rejects-exemption-plea-ed-case.jpg?w=350&h=250&l=50&t=40" w=250&h=167 alt="Setback for Hemant Soren as court rejects exemption plea in ED case" width="350" height="250" /> </a> </div> <h3><a href="https://www.ibtimes.co.in/hemant-soren-sworn-jharkhands-14th-cm-top-india-bloc-leaders-attend-875608?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=Homepage&utm_campaign=block1-2">Hemant Soren sworn in as Jharkhand's 14th CM, top INDIA Bloc leaders attend</a></h3> <div class="summary">Hemant Soren, on Thursday, took oath as the 14th Chief Minister of Jharkhand. Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar administered him the oath of office and...</div> </article> <article> <div class="image"> <a href="https://www.ibtimes.co.in/sc-issues-notice-cbis-plea-transfer-yasin-maliks-trial-delhi-875594?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=Homepage&utm_campaign=block1-2" > <img class="img-responsive lazy" src="https://data1.ibtimes.co.in/en/full/806980/sc-issues-notice-cbis-plea-transfer-yasin-maliks-trial-jammu-delhi.jpg?w=10&h=6" data-src="https://data1.ibtimes.co.in/en/full/806980/sc-issues-notice-cbis-plea-transfer-yasin-maliks-trial-jammu-delhi.jpg?w=350&h=250&l=50&t=40" w=250&h=167 alt="SC issues notice on CBI's plea to transfer Yasin Malik's trial from Jammu to Delhi" width="350" height="250" /> </a> </div> <h3><a href="https://www.ibtimes.co.in/sc-issues-notice-cbis-plea-transfer-yasin-maliks-trial-delhi-875594?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=Homepage&utm_campaign=block1-2">SC issues notice on CBI's plea to transfer Yasin Malik's trial to Delhi</a></h3> <div class="summary">The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice on a plea filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) seeking the transfer of the trial of Yasin...</div> </article> <article> <div class="image"> <a href="https://www.ibtimes.co.in/waqf-bill-sets-aside-equality-tmc-fighting-ls-mamata-banerjee-875602?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=Homepage&utm_campaign=block1-2" > <img class="img-responsive lazy" src="https://data1.ibtimes.co.in/en/full/806986/trinamool-leads-oppn-ls-against-waqf-bill-mamata-banerjee.jpg?w=10&h=6" data-src="https://data1.ibtimes.co.in/en/full/806986/trinamool-leads-oppn-ls-against-waqf-bill-mamata-banerjee.jpg?w=350&h=250&l=50&t=40" w=250&h=167 alt="Trinamool leads Oppn in LS against Waqf Bill: Mamata Banerjee" width="350" height="250" /> </a> </div> <h3><a href="https://www.ibtimes.co.in/waqf-bill-sets-aside-equality-tmc-fighting-ls-mamata-banerjee-875602?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=Homepage&utm_campaign=block1-2">Waqf Bill sets aside equality, TMC 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