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BCCI announces adoption of upgraded digitalisation for digital payment interface
Mumbai: In a major boost towards ensuring the seamless transfer and dissemination of funds to players and state associations, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), under the stewardship of…
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Teen held for forcing minor to eat earthworm, posting video
Kolkata: The police in Jalpaiguri district on Saturday arrested a teenager for forcing a nine-year-old boy to eat earthworm, filming the act and uploading the video on social media. The arrested youth,…
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BJP to make Trinamool MLA’s remarks on Murmu a poll tool in Bengal’s tribal pockets
Kolkata: The recent derogatory comments on the looks of President Droupadi Murmu made by Trinamool Congress legislator and West Bengal minister Akhil Giri is all set to be a tool for BJP’s…
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Dr Ambedkar was India’s ‘first male feminist’, says Tharoor
Panaji: Dr B R Ambedkar was India’s first male feminist, who propagated such ideas decades back that could be considered as progressive even for the current generation of politicians, Congress leader and…
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Retired bureaucrat Arun Goel appointed as new Election Commissioner
Retired bureaucrat Arun Goel appointed was appointed by the President of India as the new Election Commissioner on Saturday. Goel, a 1985-class Punjab cadre officer, will serve on the election panel with…
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Assam CM says Mehrauli killing a case of ‘love jihad’
Ahmedabad: Assam Chief Minister and BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma has said the horrific murder of Shraddha Walkar allegedly by her live-in partner Aaftab Poonawala is a case of “love jihad”. He…
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Mamata dials new Bengal Guv, exchanges pleasantries
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called up C V Ananda Bose, the newly appointed governor of the state, and exchanged pleasantries with him, a senior official in the secretariat said…
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Farmers’ body in Supreme Court opposes plea against GM mustard
New Delhi: A farmers’ organisation has moved the Supreme Court opposing a petition against the release of GM Mustard, saying that a ban of technologies like GM seeds would worsen the plight…
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Bharat Jodo Yatra: Women’s foot-march held to mark Indira Gandhi’s 105th birth anniversary
Buldhana: The Congress on Saturday marked the 105th birth anniversary of former prime minister Indira Gandhi by organising a special ‘padyatra’ for women along with its Bharat Jodo Yatra, which during the…
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Gujarat Assembly polls: Rahul Gandhi to address public rallies in Rajkot, Surat on Nov 21
Rajkot: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will address two public rallies in Rajkot as well as Mahuva in Surat in poll-bound Gujarat on November 21, a party leader said on Saturday. Gandhi is…
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Activist Gautam Navlakha walks out of prison, to stay under house arrest for one month
Mumbai: Gautam Navlakha, an accused in Elgar Parishad-Maoists links case, was released from prison on Saturday evening and taken to a building in Navi Mumbai where he will be living under house…
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BJP chief Nadda calls Congress ‘anti-Gujarat’ after Medha Patkar joins ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’
Ahmedabad: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president JP Nadda on Saturday termed Congress “anti-Gujarat” after Narmada Bachao Andolan activist Medha Patkar joined Rahul Gandhi-led ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ in Maharashtra, drawing a sharp reaction from…
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Zomato plans to lay off 3 percent of its workforce
Bengaluru: Online food delivery platform Zomato on Saturday said it is planning to lay off nearly 3 per cent of its workforce on account of cost-cutting efforts and to turn profitable. The…
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Never threatened Kavitha to join BJP: Pralhad Joshi
Hyderabad: Union coal minister Prahlad Joshi on Friday said he never threatened Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MLC K Kavitha to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Condemning the attack on Nizamabad BJP…
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Maharashtra: After Sudarshan TV editor’s ‘love jihad’ tweet, wedding cancelled
After the editor and managing director of Sudarshan News TV channel Suresh Chavhanke tweeted an interfaith wedding reception card invitation calling it ‘love jihad’, the function has been cancelled by the two families. The…
