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Cyclone Biparjoy impact in Gujarat
Gujarat: NDRF personnel clear trees uprooted following the landfall of Cyclone Biparjoy, in Gujarat. The intensity of cyclone Biparjoy which lashed the Saurashtra-Kutch region has reduced from ‘very severe’ to ‘severe’ category…
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Demolition drive at Priyanka Gandhi Camp
New Delhi: Security personnel deployed during a demolition drive at Priyanka Gandhi Camp, a slum cluster in Vasant Vihar, in New Delhi, Friday, June 16, 2023. (PTI Photo/Kamal Singh) New Delhi: Residents…
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Cyclone Biparjoy: High Tide in Mumbai
Mumbai: High tidal waves lash the shore following the landfall of Cyclone Biparjoy, in Mumbai, Friday, June 16, 2023. (PTI Photo/Kunal Patil) Mumbai: High tidal waves lash the shore following the landfall…
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Pakistan: EC can announce elections dates without President’s nod
Islamabad: A bill aimed at empowering the Election Commission of Pakistan to announce election dates without the consent of the President was passed in the Senate on Friday despite opposition from lawmakers…
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Controversy around NCERT textbooks ‘ rationalisation ‘unwarranted’: JNU VC
New Delhi: The recent controversy around the rationalisation of NCERT textbooks is “unwarranted”, said JNU vice-chancellor Santishree D Pandit on Friday, asserting that the revised syllabus must include new “discoveries and knowledge”.…
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Punjab governor writes to Jaishankar, seeks opening of US consulate in Chandigarh
Chandigarh: Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit has written to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar seeking the establishment of a US consulate here. Purohit requested the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to pursue the…
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Karnataka HC quashes case against Siddaramaiah, Shivakumar for COVID rule violation
Bengaluru: The High Court of Karnataka on Friday quashed a case against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar in relation to violation of Covid-19 restrictions, during the Mekedatu…
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CBI arrests 2 for paper leak in AIIMS’ nursing officer recruitment exam
New Delhi: The CBI has arrested two persons in connection with the alleged paper leak of a nursing officer recruitment examination conducted by AIIMS, Delhi, on June 3, officials said on Friday.…
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Infant dies after being throw on floor by drunk father
Kaushambi: A 25-year-old man allegedly killed his one-and-a-half-month-old son by throwing him on the ground in an inebriated condition here, police said on Friday. The incident took place in Kesariya village on…
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‘Violence not planned’, says court, acquits 35 in post-Godhra riots
Halol: A court at Halol town in Gujarat’s Panchmahal district has acquitted all 35 persons in connection with four different post-Godhra 2002 riots in which three people were killed. In its order…
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Axing chapter on Hindutva ideologue to have opposite effect: Savarkar’s grandson
Panaji: The decision of the Congress government in Karnataka to drop a chapter on Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar from school textbooks will have a reverse effect, said his grandson Ranjit Savarkar…
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Gujarat Cyclone Biparjoy: 1,000 villages without electricity
Ahmedabad: Cyclone Biparjoy, which lashed the Kutch-Saurashtra region, has left a trail of destruction as it damaged 5,120 electricity poles and rendered 4,600 villages without power even as the authorities said that…
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BJP asks Uddhav to clarify stand on Karnataka dropping lessons on Savarkar, Hedgewar
Mumbai: Senior BJP leaders from Maharashtra on Friday described the Karnataka government’s move to revise school textbooks as minority appeasement and asked Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray to clarify his stand…
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No lives lost after Biparjoy landfall in Gujarat: NDRF DG
New Delhi: No lives were lost after Cyclone Biparjoy made landfall in Gujarat, however, 23 people were injured and electricity supply was disrupted in about 1,000 villages in the state, NDRF Director General…
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Twin daughters of imam in J&K’s Kulgam crack NEET
Srinagar: The twin daughters of an imam in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district have brought cheer to the family by qualifying in the undergraduate National Eligibility-Cum-Entrance Test (NEET), the results of which…
