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India’s foreign exchange reserves decline
Mumbai: India’s foreign exchange reserves fell to USD 578.45 billion as of March 31, down from USD 578.78 billion a week earlier, according to the Reserve Bank of India’s Weekly Statistical Supplement…
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Large deposits of 15 rare earth elements found in Andhra Pradesh
Anantapur: Hyderabad-based National Geophysical Research Institute has found large deposits of 15 rare earth elements (REE) in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur district. REE of the lanthanide series are critical components in many electronic…
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India, South Korea aim to consolidate special strategic partnership
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday held wide-ranging talks with his South Korean counterpart Park Jin to take forward the special strategic partnership between the two countries, especially in…
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Congress slams govt after NGT forms panel to revisit environmental nod to Nicobar project
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday attacked the Centre over the National Green Tribunal constituting a committee to re-examine the environmental nod to the Great Nicobar Island project, alleging that the Modi…
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Bhagwat Katha narrator receives extortion demand of Rs 1 cr
Mathura: Bhagwat Katha narrator Aniruddhacharya has received a letter threatening to blow him up with his family with a bomb if he does not pay Rs 1 crore in extortion, Vrindavan police…
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`Badly’ dressed girls look like Shurpanakha, says BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya
Indore: Girls in “bad dresses” look like `Shurpanakha’ of the Ramayana, BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya has said. A video of his remarks, made at a religious function organised here on the…
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5 IS militants killed in airstrikes in Iraq, says official
Baghdad: Five Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in airstrikes in Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala, the Iraqi military said. Based on intelligence reports, Iraqi warplanes carried out two airstrikes on IS…
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Court acquits ex-UP minister Prajapati in model code of conduct violation case due to lack of evidence
Sultanpur: An MP-MLA court here on Friday acquitted former Uttar Pradesh minister Gayatri Prasad Prajapati in a case related to the violation of the election model code of conduct due to lack…
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Himachal Youth Congress holds protest against Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification
Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh Youth Congress on Friday evening took out a protest march against the disqualification of party leader Rahul Gandhi from the Lok Sabha. Carrying mashaals’ in their hands and…
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Dalit woman raped, set afire in Rajasthan’s Barmer
Jaipur: A Dalit woman was allegedly raped and set ablaze in Rajasthan’s Barmer district, police said on Friday. The victim, who suffered 40 per cent burn injuries, is undergoing treatment at a…
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‘Irrational to omit key parts from NCERT books’: Teachers’ body
New Delhi: The Democratic Teachers’ Front (DTF) on Friday criticised the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) for making changes in textbooks of Class 11 and 12 that include omission…
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Maha: More than 60 persons suffer food poisoning at religious event
Nashik: More than 60 persons suffered food poisoning at a religious programme in Maharashtra’s Nashik district on Friday and the condition of two of them was serious, a police official said. These…
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Schoolboy held from Lucknow over assassination threat to PM, UP CM
Noida: The Noida Police on Friday apprehended a teenager from Lucknow who is believed to have sent an email to a media house, threatening to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar…
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Andhra Pradesh Chief Justice offers prayers at Tirupati temple
Tirupati: Andhra Pradesh High Court Chief Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra visited Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple at Tirupati and offered prayers along with his wife, a statement released on Friday said. As part…
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‘No tension’ in releasing list of Karnataka candidates: Bommai
Shivamogga: There is no tension regarding the list of BJP candidates for the coming Karnataka Assembly polls but there are expectations, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Friday. He told reporters here…
