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Iraqi Shiite cleric calls for dissolving Parliament, to hold early elections
Baghdad: Iraqi prominent Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called for dissolving the parliament and holding early elections, urging his followers to continue their open sit-in in the Parliament building until their demands are…
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Chief Justice Ramana requested by Law Minister to nominate successor
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana, who is set to demit office on August 26 on superannuation, on Wednesday received a communication from the Law and Justice Minister to nominate…
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CUET UG phase two exams today
New Delhi: Phase two of the Common University Entrance Test for admission to undergraduate programmes in Central Universities (CUET UG) is all set to start on Thursday. In the entrance test, conducted…
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Undertrials three times the number of convicts in UP jails
Lucknow: The strength of undertrials in Uttar Pradesh prisons is three times more than that of convicts, which explains why the jails are overcrowded. As per the prison department reports, a total…
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Campaign against Agnipath scheme from Aug 7: Rakesh Tikait
Noida: Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday said his farmers’ group would begin a campaign against the Centre’s new military recruitment scheme Agnipath from August 7. Addressing a farmers’ congregation…
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CWG 2022: Nikhat Zareen storms into semis, assures India of medal
Birmingham: World champion Nikhat Zareen assured herself and India a medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games after she stormed into the semifinals of the women’s light flyweight boxing with an impressive 5-0…
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Hafiz-e-Quran students felicitated for clearing SSC, TOSS 2022 exams
Hyderabad: Hafiz-e-Quran students who have cleared SSC and TOSS 2022 exams have been felicitated. Five students of the batch secured the top five ranks in the state. This year, 34 thousand students…
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Iran, US, EU to send envoys to Vienna for nuclear talks
Tehran: Iran, the United States and the European Union said Wednesday they would send representatives to Vienna amid what appears to be a last-ditch effort at reviving talks over Tehran’s tattered 2015…
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CBI raids 13 locations in Bengal cattle smuggling case
New Delhi: The CBI on Wednesday conducted search operations at 13 locations, including in Kolkata and West Bengal’s Birbhum district, of two persons in an ongoing investigation of the cattle smuggling case…
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Govt treating our party leaders like terrorists: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday came down heavily on the BJP government at the Centre, accusing the ruling dispensation of treating its party leaders as ‘terrorists’. “The entire country is watching…
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Patna HC notice to Bihar DGP over FIR against judge
Patna: The Patna High Court on Wednesday issued notice to Bihar DGP S.K. Singhal and Madhubani’s Superintendent of Police Sushil Kumar during the hearing of a case related to the November 2021…
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Twitter call to #SaveSultanPalace in Patna
New Delhi/Patna: The chorus to save the century-old Sultan Palace in Patna has grown louder with many people on Wednesday taking their protest online against the Bihar government’s move to demolish the…
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UP man denied ambulance, forced to carry dead son back home on shoulders
Prayagraj: A father here carried his 15-year-old son’s body on his shoulders for more than two kilometres in the rain after he could not get an ambulance from the hospital where he…
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Chronology of events in the National Herald case
New Delhi: The Congress leaders are furious over the Centre’s alleged vendetta politics, especially with regard to the Gandhi family. The Congress regularly accuses the BJP-led government at the Centre of using…
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ED files charge sheet in Visakhapatnam court against ex-LIC employee
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday said it has filed a charge sheet before a special PMLA court in Visakhapatnam against a former LIC employee in a money laundering case…
