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Prasar Bharati ADG elected vice president of Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union
New Delhi: Prasar Bharati Additional Director General Sunil has been unanimously elected as the Vice President of the Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU). Sunil has been elected for a three year term.…
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PM Modi inaugurates first phase of Mopa international airport in Goa
Panaji: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the first phase of the Mopa greenfield international airport in Goa even as he targeted previous governments for adopting a “vote bank approach” instead…
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Hours after being sworn in as CM, Sukhu visits girls’ shelter, distributes sweets
Shimla: Hours after being sworn in as the Himachal Pradesh chief minister, Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu visited a shelter for girl students, distributed sweets and said his government would soon come out with…
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19 state legislatures have less than 10 per cent women lawmakers: Govt data
New Delhi: Women representation in parliament and most state legislatures across the country is below 15 per cent with 19 of state assemblies having less than 10 per cent women lawmakers, according…
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Protests across NE on third anniversary of Parliament nod to CAA
Guwahati: The North East Students’ Union (NESO) on Sunday marked the third anniversary of the passage of CAA in Parliament as ‘black day’ across the region. Black flags and banners were displayed…
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Ex-Tripura Cong president appointed Trinamool’s state chief
Agartala: Trinamool Congress Chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Sunday appointed former Tripura Congress President and veteran lawyer Pijush Kanti Biswas as President of her party’s Tripura unit. Biswas along with five other Congress…
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Shehbaz Sharif’s son Suleman returns to Pakistan after four years of self-exile
Lahore: Suleman Shehbaz, the absconding son of Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, returned to the country in the early hours of Sunday after four years of self-exile in London, according to the…
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Huge human toll is feared as zero-Covid controls dismantled in China
London: Beijing’s abrupt dismantling of zero-Covid controls has been welcomed by economists, even as the country braces itself for the human impact of letting the disease spread through a vulnerable population, media…
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Five killed as Afghan forces fire on Pakistani civilians near Chaman border
Balochistan: At least five people were killed and 16 people were left injured on Sunday after the Afghan security forces opened fire on the Pakistani civilians near Pak-Afghan Border in Chaman, Balochistan,…
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Pressure on Delhi Cong chief to quit after BJP counterpart steps down
New Delhi: The Congress put on its worst-ever performance in the recent MCD polls, winning nine seats only and after BJP’s Delhi President resigned despite his party winning 104 seats, Congress’ Delhi…
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Mainpuri, Khatauli bypolls show up BJP’s slippery grip on Dalit votes
Lucknow: The results of the by-elections to Mainpuri Lok Sabha and Khatauli Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh made it apparent that the BJP failed to win Dalit votes, which is being considered…
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Necessary to have connections with govt: AAP MLA on defection to BJP
The Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) winning MLA from the Visavadar constituency Bhupat Bhayani has denied joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) but has also said, “It is necessary to have good connections…
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Cyclone Mandous: TN fishermen allowed to venture into sea after 7 days
Chennai: With Cyclone Mandous making landfall on Friday night, the Tamil Nadu Fisheries Department has allowed fishermen from Karaikal to venture out into the seas. It had directed the fishermen not to…
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6 IS militants, civilian killed in Iraq’s Salahudin province
Baghdad: Six Islamic State (IS) militants and a civilian were killed during a clash in Iraq’s Salahudin province, north of the capital Baghdad, the Iraqi military said. Iraqi soldiers, paramilitary fighters from…
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7 lakh candidates appear in TET exam; minister trashes report of question paper leak
Kolkata: Nearly seven lakh candidates on Sunday appeared in the TET examination to fill up around 11,000 vacancies for primary teacher posts in government-sponsored and aided schools in West Bengal. Some of…
