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Rahul Gandhi retains Rae Bareli, Priyanka to contest from Wayanad
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will keep the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh and vacate the Wayanad seat in Kerala from where his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will…
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DERC releases draft regulation for green power obligations on discoms
New Delhi: The DERC has released its draft regulations for renewable purchase obligation (RPO), mandating a 29.91 per cent green energy purchase this year for all stakeholders, including discoms, officials said on…
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Indian-origin woman killed, another injured after being shot at in US
New York: An Indian-origin woman was killed and another critically injured after they were shot in the US state of New Jersey, allegedly by a 19-year-old Indian-origin man, according to authorities. The…
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YSRCP govt left Polavaram Project in complicated state: Andhra CM Naidu
Polavara: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday alleged that the YS Jagan Mohan Reddy-led YSRCP government had complicated the Polavaram Project and got it entangled in a chaotic situation.…
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Afghan supreme leader calls for unity among citizens
Kabul: The Supreme Leader of the Afghan caretaker government, Hibatullah Akhundzada, on Monday, called upon Afghans to stay united and support his administration, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. The elusive leader of…
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Karnataka: CID questions Yediyurappa for 3 hours in POCSO case
Bengaluru: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) questioned former Chief Minister and BJP stalwart B S Yediyurappa for three hours on Monday in connection with a POCSO case registered against him. Yediyurappa appeared…
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Congress top brass hold discussions to decide on Rahul’s LS seat: Sources
New Delhi: Congress’ top leadership held discussions on Monday, June 17, at party chief Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence here to decide whether Rahul Gandhi should vacate his Wayanad or Rae Bareli seat. The…
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Telangana: Nalgonda ORR land oustees fall at Komatireddy’s feet seeking justice
Hyderabad: Farmers who had to part with their plots/agricultural land for the construction of the Nalgonda outer-ring road (ORR) fell on the feet of state roads minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy on Monday,…
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BJP appoints G Kishan Reddy incharge for poll-bound Jammu & Kashmir
New Delhi: Union minister for coals and mines G Kishan Reddy on Monday has been appointed as the incharge for poll-bound Jammu and Kashmir. The party president JP Nadda appointed the party’s…
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Ensure complete transparency of EVMs or abolish them: Rahul Gandhi to EC
New Delhi: Raising questions on the reliability of EVMs, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday asked the Election Commission to ensure complete transparency of the machines and processes or abolish them. The…
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Telangana phone-tapping case: SIT gathers crucial technical evidence
Hyderabad: The SIT raided Convergence Innovation Labs in Kondapur and seized three servers, hard disks, five mock mini-drives. The case is now at a crucial point after the special investigation team (SIT)…
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Air India confirms incident of blade-like metal in passenger’s food
Mumbai: A week after an Air India passenger allegedly found a blade-like metal piece in his food onboard a Bangalore-San Francisco flight, the airline on Monday confirmed the presence of a “foreign…
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Hyderabad: Rains plays spoilsport on Bakrid
Hyderabad: The celebratory atmosphere prevailing on the roads and the lanes of Hyderabad was disputed by expected rainfall in the Old City on Monday evening. Areas lying around Hussain Sagar stretching as…
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Bengal rail accident: Kavach system not in place, says Railway Board
New Delhi/Kolkata: The Railways’ ‘Kavach’ or anti-train collision system was not in place along the Guwahati-Delhi route, where a goods train collided with the Sealdah Kanchanjunga Express in the rear on Monday,…
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‘Bharat’, ‘India’ to be used interchangeably in textbooks: NCERT Chief
New Delhi: “Bharat” and “India” will be used interchangeably in NCERT textbooks as is the case in the country’s Constitution, National Council of Educational Research and Training Director Dinesh Prasad Saklani has…
