* Signs of pullback: Sharp drop in Russia oil exports to India after US sanctions

* Delhi court discharges ex-Secretary in coal block allocation case

* As quake hits Afghanistan, India reaches out to Taliban govt, sends aid

* Clips linked to Manipur ex-CM tampered with, forensic lab tells SC 

* In West Champaran bastion, BJP rides on goodwill for Nitish govt, dip in migration 

* Lalu turns out for jailed MLA: crowds line up, so do shadows of the past

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