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Notification allowing linking Aadhaar with voter list issued: Rijiju
New Delhi: The government on Friday issued rules allowing linking of electoral roll data with Aadhaar, making electoral law gender neutral for service voters and enabling young citizens register as voters four…
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Denotification case: Yediyurappa appears before court, seeks bail
Bengaluru: Former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa appeared before the Special Court for Elected Representatives on Friday in connection with the Bellandur denotification case. The counsel for Yediyurappa moved a petition seeking bail.…
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Agnipath row: Criminal cases filed against protestors in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Following protests that turned violent against the Agnipath scheme at the Secunderabad railway station on Friday, city Police Commissioner CV Anand directed the crime branch to launch a thorough investigation into…
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WHO likely to okay use of Omicron-specific booster: Report
New Delhi: The World Health Organisation is likely to recommend an Omicron-specific booster dose, amid a fresh wave of infection due to the highly mutated Covid variant seen in several countries, including…
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Law to reward person sending pics of wrongly parked vehicle in offing: Gadkari
New Delhi: Soon, a person sending photograph of a wrongly parked vehicle may get a reward of Rs 500 in case the fine works out to be Rs 1,000, Union Road Transport…
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Delhi reports significant rise in Covid cases at 1,797, one more death
New Delhi: Delhi on Friday reported a rise in Covid cases, at 1,797 in last 24 hours, against 1,323 infection recorded on the previous day, while there was one more death, as…
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Each state must define a target to make India USD 5-trillion economy: PM
New Delhi: Each state must recognise its strength and define a target as this is crucial for India to become a USD 5-trillion economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday. The…
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Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh granted one-month parole
Chandigarh: Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh who is serving a jail term after being convicted in rape and murder cases has been granted parole for a month on Friday.…
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UAE: Two Indians take home Rs 21L each in Mahzooz draw
Abu Dhabi: Two United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Indian expatriates won the grand prize of 100,000 Dirham (Rs 21,26,098) in the 80th Mahzooz weekly draw. The winner of the draw Veera Pandian Paulsamy…
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Boris Johnson makes surprise visit to Ukraine, offers more military training
London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson flew out to Ukraine to meet President Volodymyr Zelensky during a surprise visit to the capital Kyiv, where he launched a major training operation for Ukrainian…
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Emirates to provide home check-in service for first-class passengers
Abu Dhabi: Dubai-based Emirates Airlines has announced the addition of another distinguished experience for its first-class customers in Dubai and Sharjah, by providing them with the check-in service at homes or hotels…
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US President Joe Biden says his relationship with India is ‘very good’
Washington: US President Joe Biden said on Friday said that he shared a “very good” relationship with India and has visited the country twice, as he left on a weekend trip to…
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China launches third most advanced and domestically built aircraft carrier
Beijing: China on Friday launched its third aircraft carrier, the country’s most advanced as well as the first “fully domestically built” naval vessel, as an aggressive Beijing sought to extend the range…
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Defend Agnipath: BJP to leaders amid protests across country
New Delhi: Amid the ongoing violent protests in several states and bitter criticism by many veterans of the recently announced ‘Agnipath’ scheme, the BJP is planning to make its cadre aware about…
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In a first, Catalonia parliament holds Israel guilty of apartheid
The Spanish parliament of Catalonia, in a historic vote, on Thursday, June 16, recognized Israel’s perpetration of the crime of apartheid against the Palestinian people. The Catalan parliament becomes the first parliament…
