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UAE: Two Indians take home Rs 21L each in Mahzooz draw
Abu Dhabi: Two United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Indian expatriates won the grand prize of 100,000 Dirham (Rs 21,26,098) in the 80th Mahzooz weekly draw. The winner of the draw Veera Pandian Paulsamy…
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Defend Agnipath: BJP to leaders amid protests across country
New Delhi: Amid the ongoing violent protests in several states and bitter criticism by many veterans of the recently announced ‘Agnipath’ scheme, the BJP is planning to make its cadre aware about…
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ED action against Rahul Gandhi: Maharashtra Congress protests
Mumbai: Congress workers on Friday staged protests across Maharashtra over ED action against Rahul Gandhi and accused the BJP-led Union government of harassing political rivals. The Congress has been protesting across the…
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India has $85 bn opportunity in $500 bn global chip supply chain market
New Delhi: India has a $85 billion opportunity in the global $500 billion semiconductor manufacturing supply chain market comprising materials (gases, chemicals, minerals, equipment and services), a new report showed on Friday.…
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Prophet remark row: Bhim Sena chief arrested for threatening Nupur Sharma
New Delhi: The Delhi Police has arrested Bhim Sena chief Nawab Satpal Tanwar for threatening and announcing a bounty of Rs one crore on now-removed BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma over her remarks…
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Selection process by IAF under Agnipath scheme to begin on June 24: IAF chief
New Delhi: The selection process by the Indian Air Force for recruitment under the Agnipath scheme will start from June 24, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari said on…
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‘Agnipath’ protests at 17 places in UP, Aligarh police station set ablaze
Lucknow: Protests against the ‘Agnipath’ scheme of recruitment in armed forces grew more virulent across Uttar Pradesh on Friday as the protestors set ablaze the Jattari police station building and a police…
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CBI raids residence of Gehlot’s brother; second in two years
Jaipur: The CBI on Friday conducted raids at the residence of Agrasen Gehlot, brother of Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot who is accused of buying potash required to make fertilisers from the…
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Agnipath threat to Indian security: Haryana farmers, khap panchayats
Chandigarh: The agitation against the Central government’s Agnipath recruitment scheme continued for a second day on Friday, with protesters blocking roads and railway tracks in parts of Haryana, largely close to the…
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Uttar Pradesh: Cops offer roses to all namazis in Lucknow
Lucknow: The Lucknow police on Friday indulged in a bit of ‘Gandhigiri’ to ensure that Friday prayers pass off peacefully. Led by Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (ADCP) Chiranjeev Nath Sinha, the…
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Explainer: What is Agnipath about and why are there protests?
On June 13, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government announced the Agnipath Scheme. The Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated it along with the chiefs of all three defence forces –…
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Madras HC rejects plea for release of Rajiv Gandhi assassination convicts
Chennai: Holding that High Courts do not have the special power of the Supreme Court, the Madras High Court on Friday rejected a plea from Nalini Sriharan and Ravichandran, both convicted in…
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Agnipath agitators target properties of BJP leaders, Railways in Bihar
Patna: Protests against Agnipath scheme intensified in Bihar’s several districts on Friday with the agitators damaging the Railways properties and targeting the BJP leaders in West Champaran district. The agitators attacked BJP…
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Agnipath Row: Protests erupt at several places in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: Protests against the Centre’s Agnipath scheme spread to Odisha on Friday as hundreds of aspirants for recruitment in the Armed Forces blocked the arterial Ring Road in Cuttack and tore down…
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Agnipath protests: Sec 144 imposed in Gurugram as precautionary measure
Gurugram: The Gurugram district administration has imposed Section 144 as a precautionary measure even though no fresh protest was reported here on Friday against the Centre’s Agnipath scheme to recruit soldiers. Deputy…
