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No distribution of sarees, shirts by party or candidate during rallies: EC
New Delhi: The Election Commission has said that all political parties should get equal opportunity to have access to earmarked space for election related advertisements during the poll period. The Commission also…
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Indian High Commissioner promises to ramp up visa capacity in UK
London: Indian High Commissioner to the UK Vikram Doraiswami took to Twitter on Wednesday to lay out the steps being taken to ramp up capacity and address the difficulty in getting an…
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Auto driver sentenced to 5 years in jail for snatching passenger’s mobile phone
Gurugram: A court here sentenced an auto driver to five years in jail for snatching the mobile phone of a passenger in May this year. District and Sessions court judge SP Singh…
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Visa issues will be solved by year-end, Aus tells India
New Delhi: In his address to the Indian community in Australia, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said that he has been assured that the problem of visa backlog, particularly in respect to…
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Murmu lauds Manikya dynasty’s role in progress of Tripura
Agartala: President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday praised the role of the Manikya dynasty, which ruled Tripura for several centuries, in the progress of the state. Murmu, who arrived here on a two-day…
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Iran sees ‘major’ internet disruption amid renewed protests
Tehran: Iran suffered a “major disruption” in internet service Wednesday as calls for renewed protests again saw demonstrators on the streets weeks after the death of a 22-year-old woman who had been…
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BJP destroying Constitution, weakening autonomous authorities: Kharge
Chandigarh: Congress presidential candidate Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday accused the BJP of weakening the country’s autonomous authorities and said he is contesting the poll to his party’s top post to save the…
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Andhra takes up installing meters to agricultural pump sets
Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government is installing meters to agricultural pump sets in the state, claiming that the move is to ensure a transparent system for the benefits of farmers. Officials informed…
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Cabinet approves one time grant of Rs 22,000 cr to oil marketing companies
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a Rs 22,000 crore one time grant to public sector oil marketing companies (OMCs) to help recover losses borne by them on domestic LPG.…
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Saudi Arabia to open region’s first-ever carbon-neutral airport
Riyadh: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s The Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC) has signed a 1 billion Saudi Riyals agreement to appoint Daa International as the operator of the upcoming Red Sea International…
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Saudi Arabia: 410 kgs of cotton used in Kiswah (Ghilaf-e-Kaaba)
Riyadh: The weight of the cotton used in the Kiswah (Ghilaf-e-Kaaba), the cloth that drapes the Kaaba, is 410 kilograms, and the total weight of the covering of the Kaaba is 1,300…
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India-UK trade deal on ‘verge of collapse’ over visa comments: Report
London: The India-UK free trade agreement (FTA) is reportedly on the verge of collapse after the Indian government was angered by comments made by UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman questioning action over…
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Mahsa Amini’s family receives death threats from Iran govt, claims cousin
Tehran: The family of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Iranian woman who died while in the custody of the morality police said that they had received death threats and warnings not to participate…
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Hyderabad: Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar meets protesting VRAs
Hyderabad: After several weeks of protests, the village revenue assistants (VRAs) in Telangana met with Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar at BRKR Bhavan in the city. Kumar assured the VRAs that the government…
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Raj BJP forms committee to decide on ex-BJP leader’s ‘ghar wapsi’
Jaipur: Rajasthan BJP has formed a committee to take a decision over former BJP leaders’ ‘ghar wapsi’ (homecoming) to the party after former party leader Devi Singh Bhati triggered a controversy by…
