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SL election commission directs authorities to prepare for presidential polls
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s election commission has asked authorities to prepare for the Presidential election in the coming months, a media report said on Saturday. The election commission had earlier declared that the…
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Minimise outsourcing by NTA, do not brand us ‘mafia’: CFI to Centre
New Delhi: Minimising the outsourcing of exam-related tasks by the NTA, setting up an education task force and a helpline to report irregularities and conducting competitive exams at least twice a year…
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Bengaluru to get Circular Rail Network worth Rs 23K cr, says Somanna
Bengaluru: Union Minister of State for Railways and Jal Shakti, V. Somanna, on Saturday announced that the Central government is taking up the Circular Rail Network project in Bengaluru at an approximate…
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Separate administration only solution to ethnic crisis in Manipur: Apex tribal body
Imphal: The Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum (ITLF), the apex body of the Kuki-Zomi-Hmar tribals in Manipur, on Saturday reiterated that a separate administration or Union Territory for the tribals is the only…
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Wall collapse in Delhi’s Vasant Vihar: 3 bodies found, death toll rises to 11
New Delhi: The bodies of three labourers were on Saturday pulled from the rubble of a wall that collapsed at a construction site in the Vasant Vihar area here amid heavy rain,…
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Hearing of defamation case against Rahul Gandhi adjourned to August 3
Thane: The hearing of a defamation case filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the district over his alleged statement linking the RSS with Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination was deferred to August 3,…
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Artists threaten to launch statewide movement over Goa Kala Academy issue
Panaji: Putting further pressure on the government over the restoration of the Kala Academy, prominent artists and writers of the coastal state have threatened to launch a statewide movement from July 2.…
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Experts call for alternative model of development for Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Former MLC and professor K Nageshwar has stressed the need for the constitution of Telangana Urban Commission on the lines of Kerala Urban Commission, which can create an intervention in urban…
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Gandhi lied on mic being muted during NEET discussion: Minister Karandlaje
Bengaluru: Union Minister of State for Labour, Employment, and Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises Shobha Karandlaje on Saturday said that the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi has lied about his…
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AAP holds protest near BJP headquarters, demands Kejriwal’s release
New Delhi: AAP leaders and workers held a protest on Saturday near the BJP’s headquarters on DDU Marg to demand the release of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is currently in…
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12 Naxalites surrender in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district
Bijapur: Twelve Naxalites including a couple who were carrying a reward of Rs 6 lakh on their heads surrendered in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Saturday, police said. They turned themselves in before…
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Hyderabad: Juvenile kills boy, portrays as train accident; held
Hyderabad: In a shocking case, a 17-year-old intermediate student was murdered by his college mate, also a teenager, and nine others at Borabanda over an issue related to a girl. The victim,…