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Emblem row: Actor Prakash Raj takes a jibe at depiction
Chennai: Multi-lingual actor Prakash Raj on Thursday waded into the row over the national emblem atop the new Parliament building in New Delhi, using his “#justasking” series to take an apparent jibe…
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Hijab ban: SC refuses to list for urgent hearing PIL seeking common dress code
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to accord urgent hearing to a PIL which seeks a direction to the Centre and states to implement a common dress code for staffers…
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Maharashtra govt to reduce VAT on petrol, diesel by Rs 5 and Rs 3
Mumbai: Maharashtra government has decided to reduce value-added tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel by Rs 5 and Rs 3 per litre respectively, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said here on Thursday. Shinde…
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India’s policies in Kashmir could have “potentially catastrophic consequences”: Pak minister
United Nations: While admitting to a “fragile” food situation in his country, Pakistan’s Planning and Development Minister Ahsan Iqbal has thrown a warning that India’s policies in Kashmir could have “potentially catastrophic…
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UN Deputy Chief commends India localising development monitoring
United Nations: Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has commended India’s efforts to localise the monitoring of progress in implementing the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs). In her message to a session on the…
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SP leader Azam Khan to sue UP govt for sealing university
Samajwadi Party senior Azam Khan alleged that despite Supreme Court’s interim stay on the sealing of Mohammad Ali Jauhar University, the Yogi-led state government went ahead with the action. Protesting the move,…
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Chhota Bheem toys to be manufactured in India by Funskool
Hyderabad: Funskool India Ltd., the country’s leading domestic toy manufacturer has acquired the license to manufacture and distribute the popular action figure Chhota Bheem and seven other characters from the famed cartoon…
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Amarnath Yatra suspended due to bad weather
Srinagar: Amarnath Yatra was suspended on both routes on Thursday due to bad weather as rains lashed the Kashmir Valley, officials said. The yatra was temporarily suspended from Pahalgam as well as Baltal…
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Satyendar Jain’s wife skips ED summon on health grounds
New Delhi: Poonam Jain, the wife of Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain, who was summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to join the probe on Thursday in connection with a money laundering…
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Kala din, Corrupt, Dalaal: Words now considered no-no in Parliament
The Lok Sabha Secretariat has issued a new list of words that have been deemed “unparliamentary” for both houses, triggering a wave of protests from the Opposition parties. This list comes ahead…
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Dubai: 17-year-old Indian expat student scores 99.72 percentile in JEE main 2022
Abu Dhabi: A 17-year-old Dubai-based Indian student Aryan Muralitharan has performed exceptionally well by scoring 99.72 percentile in the IIT-JEE Mains entrance test. Indian ex-pat student Aryan Muralitharan, a Millennium School in…
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Demolition of homes, jobs for Agniveers, attacks on J-K migrants to figure in Parliament session
New Delhi: “Demolition of homes due to protests” in some parts of the country, reservation of jobs for ‘Agniveers’ in paramilitary forces, riots and police firings are a host of subjects expected…
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VHP demands arrest of Ajmer Dargah cleric’s son
New Delhi: Days after Sayed Sarwar Chishti, the Khadim of the Ajmer Sharif Dargah, kicked up a row with his provocative remarks, his son Syed Aadil Chishti made highly objectionable and derogatory…
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Heavy rainfall over core monsoon zone to continue: IMD
New Delhi: With the monsoon trough active and continuing to be at a position south of its normal, very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall is likely over Gujarat, the Western Ghat areas…
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SC to hear pleas challenging Agnipath scheme on Friday
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear on Friday a group of petitions, challenging the newly-launched Agnipath recruitment scheme for defence forces. The batch of pleas will be heard by a bench…
