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Maharashtra calling: ‘Vande Mataram’ rings in, Hello cut off
Mumbai: Maharashtra has mandated all government staff and officers to henceforth answer phone calls with ‘Vande Mataram’ instead of the traditional Hello, from Sunday. In a late Saturday notification, the state has…
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Work during pandemic helped PFI increase its footprint in Maharashtra: Police
Mumbai: The work done by its volunteers during the coronavirus pandemic such as performing last rites of COVID-19 victims helped the Popular Front of India (PFI) widen its presence in Maharashtra, a senior…
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Yogi to hold roadshows abroad for investors’ summit
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will lead the ‘Invest in Brand UP campaign’ aimed at attracting entrepreneurs from across the world to capitalise the business potential in the state which…
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Scam-accused Partha Chatterjee’s Durga Puja loses sheen in Kolkata
Kolkata: For the last two years the people of Kolkata were unable to enjoy the states biggest festival of Durga Puja to the fullest due to the pandemic and the host of…
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Amit Shah on 3-day Jammu-Kashmir visit from Monday
Srinagar: Union home minister Amit Shah will begin his three-day packed schedule visit to Jammu and Kashmir on October 3. Officials said the Union Home Minister has a busy schedule ahead of…
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India to add 80 airports in next 4-5 years
New Delhi: The country is likely to add nearly 80 airports in the next four to five years, the aviation regulator has said, adding that aerodromes meanwhile need to fulfil certain requirements…
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Fail to understand why G-23 leaders who wanted polls are now backing off: Tharoor
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on Saturday that he fails to understand as to why the G-23 leaders, who earlier talked about polls in the party, are now backing…
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People already getting 5Gs of garibi, ghotala, ghapla, ghalmel, gorakhdhanda’ under BJP: Akhilesh
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday took a dig at the BJP after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the 5G telephony services, saying people were already experiencing 5G’s of garibi (poverty),…
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WhatsApp bans 23 lakh bad accounts in India as new PDP bill takes shape
New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp on Saturday said it banned over 23 lakh accounts in India in the month of August in compliance with the new IT Rules, 2021. The messaging platform, which…
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Choice of state anthem tune challenged in Karnataka High Court
Bengaluru: The selection of the tune composed by late Mysore Ananthaswamy for the Karnataka state anthem by the state government through its September 25 order, has been challenged in the Karnataka High…
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Suspected of theft, Dalit boy tied to a pole, thrashed in Karnataka
Chikkaballapur: Ten persons have been booked in connection with alleged inhuman act of tying a 14-year-old Dalit boy to the pole and thrashing him in this district of the state, police said…
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Cong govt to complete full term in Rajasthan: Ashok Gehlot
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday said the Congress government will complete its five years and that the next budget will be dedicated to students and the youth. He also…
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Kharge resigns as Leader of Opposition in RS; Digvijaya, Chidambaram in race to replace him
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge has resigned as the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, sources said on Saturday, a day after he filed his nomination papers for the AICC president’s…
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PM Modi at 6th India Mobile Congress
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched 5G services in the country, saying it was a “historic day for 21st century India” and added that the technology will revolutionise the country’s telecom…
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Delhi HC dismisses Satyendar Jain’s plea challenging transfer of money laundering case
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Saturday dismissed a plea by Delhi minister Satyendar Jain challenging a lower court order to transfer the money laundering case against him to another court.…