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Bill on tackling exam malpractices likely in Parliament on Monday
New Delhi: The government is likely to introduce a new bill in Parliament next week to deal sternly with malpractices and irregularities in competitive examinations, with sources saying it may propose a…
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Kerala: 15 PFI members sentenced to death for BJP leader’s murder
Fifteen people have been sentenced to death by a Kerala court in the murder case of a Bharatiya Janata Party OBC wing leader Ranjith Sreenivasan that took place in Allapuzha in December…
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Telangana: ‘Gaddar awards’ to replace ‘Nandi’, says Revanth Reddy
Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy announced that the annual Nandi Awards given to film personalities by the state government will be replaced by the Gaddar awards, named after the late…
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VHP happy on court’s call to allow priest to worship in Gyanvapi mosque
New Delhi: The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Wednesday welcomed a Varanasi court’s decision to allow a priest to worship deities in the Gyanvapi mosque cellar, saying the order has filled the…
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VHP leader slams Telangana govt for celebrating Gaddar’s legacy
Hyderabad: The Joint Secretary of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP)-Telangana, Ravinuthula Shashidhar, strongly opposed the state government’s recent move to celebrate the birth anniversary of late revolutionary activist-poet Gummadi Vittal Rao, popularly…
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TSRTC invites applications for apprenticeship from new grads
Hyderabad: The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) issued a notification on Wednesday, January 31, inviting online applications through the NATS website from eligible non-engineering graduate candidates for apprenticeship at all the…
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Jamaat concerned over misleading Gyanvapi mosque campaign
The vice president of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH), Malik Moatasim Khan, has expressed concern over the misleading campaign regarding Gyanvapi Masjid. In an official statement issued on Wednesday, January 31, he said that…
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Delhi authorities raze 600-year-old mosque without prior notice
Before the first light of dawn on Tuesday, January 30, a team Delhi Development Authority (DDA) officials accompanied by police, reached Mehrauli area in the South Delhi district to demolish a 600-year-old…
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Earlier it was my wife, now it’s my daughter, my hands are clean: Vijayan
Thiruvananthapuram: Breaking his silence on the affairs of his daughter’s IT firm Exalogic, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told the Kerala Assembly on Wednesday that his hands were clean. “Before it was against…
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Bihar: Z-plus security cover withdrawn from ex-dy CM Tejashwi
Patna: Days after the fall of the Mahagathbandhan government in Bihar, Z-plus security cover accorded to former deputy chief minister and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav was withdrawn by the new dispensation on…
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PETA seeks ban on buffalo, Bulbul fights in Assam in Gauhati HC
Guwahati: The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India has approached the Gauhati High Court seeking a ban on traditional buffalo and Bulbul bird fights, which were restarted in Assam…
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IRS officer who criticized Nirmala suspended 2 days before retirement
Indian Revenue Services (IRS) officer B Balamurugan, who had complained to President Murmu against Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, was suspended on January 29 and disciplinary proceedings were initiated against him, as…
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Preparations in full swing ahead of PM Modi’s mid-Feb UAE visit
Dubai: With Prime Minister Narendra Modi set to visit to the UAE mid-February for a massive Indian community gathering and a dedication ceremony of a large Hindu temple, officials from the Indian…
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AP to rope in Geneva-based education body to train govt school teachers
Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government has decided to have Geneva-based educational organisation International Baccalaureate (IB) as partner for training the teachers of government schools and staff of the education department in handling…
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UAE send first diplomat to Syria since war broke out in 2011
Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has appointed its ambassador to Damascus for the first time since the outbreak of war in Syria in 2011, the Syrian News Agency (SANA) reported.…
