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AIIMS Delhi constitutes two committees to assess safety measures at campus
New Delhi: The AIIMS Delhi administration on Wednesday appealed to striking resident doctors to resume duties in the interest of patient care, saying a collaborative internal security audit will be conducted to…
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Centre notifies appointment of two permanent judges in Andhra Pradesh HC
New Delhi: Acting swiftly on the recommendation made by the Supreme Court (SC) Collegium, the Centre on Wednesday notified the appointment of two additional judges of the Andhra Pradesh High Court as…
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UK university leads digitisation project for post-Partition documents
London: Coventry University in the UK is leading a new research initiative that will involve around 20,000 images, prints and documents from two decades following India’s Partition in 1947 being digitised. The…
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UP: Residents threaten mass exodus after minority family buys house
Hindus of Vakeelo Wali Gali, a residential area in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly’s Punjab Pura area have come out in protest against a Muslim family who recently purchased a house in their locality.…
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WB BJP demands CM Mamata Banerjee’s resignation
Kolkata: The BJP West Bengal unit on Wednesday demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, alleging that the law and order situation in the state has reached its nadir under her…
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At least 28 Pakistani pilgrims killed in Iran bus accident
Tehran: At least 28 Pakistanis were killed and 23 others injured after a bus carrying pilgrims to Iraq met with an accident in Iran’s Yazd city, Pakistan’s envoy to Tehran said on…
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PIL filed in HC demanding ED probe against RG Kar ex-principal Sandip Ghosh
Kolkata: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed at the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday, demanding an Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe into the alleged financial irregularities at RG Kar Medical College &…
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JNU V-C meets protesting students, urges them to end hunger strike
New Delhi: JNU Vice-Chancellor Santishree D Pandit on Wednesday met the students protesting against the university’s alleged unresponsive attitude to their various demands, including increasing scholarship amounts, and urged them to end…
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AIMPLB delegation meets Stalin over Waqf Bill, UCC
Bhopal: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has assured a delegation of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), that he and his party would continue to stand with the Muslim community…
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BMW hit-and-run: HC asks cops to respond to Mihir Shah’s plea
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday sought the police’s reply on the pleas filed by Mihir Shah, the main accused in the BMW hit-and-run case, and his driver Rajrishi Bidawat, seeking…
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Dubai airport expects 3.4 million passengers over next 13 days
Dubai: As residents return from their summer vacation, Dubai International Airport (DXB), the world’s busiest for international travel, is getting ready to welcome 3.43 million guests over the next 13-day period. As many as 264,000…
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Man sentenced to 10 years jail for kidnapping-raping minor
Noida: A court in Gautam Budh Nagar district on Tuesday sentenced a man to 10 years imprisonment for kidnapping and raping a 16-year-old girl in 2021. A police spokesperson said the court…
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Azerbaijan applies for BRICS membership
Baku: Azerbaijan has formally applied to join the BRICS group, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has announced. The bid follows Azerbaijan’s expression of interest at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Astana in…
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Hyderabad tops list of districts in Telangana based on road density
Hyderabad: Hyderabad has topped the list of districts in Telangana based on road density. The second in the list is Medchal-Malkajgiri. In Telangana, there are four types of roads: PED roads (rural…
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Pawan Khera defends Hasina’s ‘prolonged’ stay
New Delhi: Congress leader Pawan Khera on Wednesday defended former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s extended stay in the country amid calls from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) for her extradition and…
