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3 arrested in Uttarakhand assistant and junior engineer paper leak case
Haridwar: Three people, including an Uttarakhand Public Service Commission official, were arrested on Saturday in connection with last year’s assistant and junior engineers (AE/JE) recruitment exam paper leak case, police said. They…
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Telangana: Leaders, politicians of Maharashtra meet CM KCR
Hyderabad: It was a day of rendezvous with chief minister and Bharat Rashtra Party (BRS) supremo K Chandrashekar Rao as former MPs, district chairmen and senior leaders of Maharashtra met him at…
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Amit Shah lays foundation stone of Rs 450-cr nano urea plant in Jharkhand
Deoghar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday laid the foundation stone of a Rs 450-crore nano urea plant and township of the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO) in Jharkhand’s Deoghar. Shah…
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‘Millet Canteen’ to be operationalised at AIIMS, New Delhi by March 1
New Delhi: In line with the government’s impetus, a “Millet Canteen” will be operationalised at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here by March 1. The canteen will be set…
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BJP appoints Dharmendra Pradhan in-charge of elections in Karnataka
Bengaluru: BJP has appointed Union Minister for Education, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan as in-charge of forthcoming assembly elections in Karnataka. The party has also appointed Tamil Nadu State President K.…
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4 women die in TN stampede during free distribution of sarees
Chennai: Four women died in a stampede at Vaniyambadi in Tamil Nadu where a private organisation was distributing free sarees as part of the Thaipooyam festival celebrations. Police said that around 1,000…
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Sri Lanka celebrates 75 years of independence
Colombo: Sri Lanka celebrated 75 years of independence on Saturday by holding a military and cultural parade with the participation of a number of foreign special invitees. Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe…
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L-G nod to revival of lapsed 126 posts of principals, others in Delhi govt schools
New Delhi: Delhi Lt Governor V K Saxena has approved 126 posts of principals and deputy education officers in city government-run schools which had lapsed as these were “lying vacant” for more…
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Number of airports in country to go up to over 200: Scindia
Chennai: The Civil Aviation Ministry has drawn up plans to boost air connectivity by taking the total number of airports operating in the country to over 200 over the next five-six years…
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No one will call BRS vote cutters’ in Maharashtra: AIMIM MP Jaleel
Aurangabad: Political parties are free to go to any part of the country but AIMIM is called “voter cutter” wherever it goes, said party MP Imtiaz Jaleel, referring to the Bharat Rashtra…
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Thousands rally as wave of terrorism hits Pakistan in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
Peshawar: Thousands across Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) took to the streets to record their protest against increasing lawlessness and terrorism in the region, demanding that the vulnerable police force be armed to the teeth,…
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Odisha minister murder case: Munda demands probe by an independent agency
Bhubaneswar: Senior BJP leader and Union Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda on Saturday demanded investigation by an independent agency into the brutal murder of Odisha minister Naba Kishore Das. Speaking to media…