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Sonia Gandhi hospitalised
New Delhi: Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi was admitted to the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital here late evening on Tuesday, March 24, sources said. They said she was feeling unwell due…
- India
Gujarat assembly passes UCC Bill
Gandhinagar: After a marathon debate of more than seven hours, the Gujarat assembly on Tuesday, March 24, passed the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill that seeks to put in place a common…
- India
SC refuses to entertain PIL seeking inclusion of denotified tribes in Census
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday, March 24, refused to entertain a PIL seeking directions to include the Denotified Nomadic Tribes (DNTs) as a distinct category in the upcoming national Census.…
- India
Women MPs welcome Centre’s move to implement reservation law
New Delhi: Women MPs on Tuesday, March 24, welcomed the Centre’s plans to bring legislations to implement the women’s reservation law during the ongoing Budget session of Parliament, saying the move will…
- India
Nitish Kumar set to be elected JD (U) president
New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is set to be elected as JD (U) president unopposed on Tuesday, March 24, with no other candidate filing nomination for the party’s top post.…
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Four-year-old girl strangled to death by mother in Jharkhand
Seraikela: A four-year-old girl was allegedly strangled to death by her mother in Jharkhand’s Seraikela-Kharswan district, police said on Tuesday, March 24. The mother was arrested on Monday and remanded to judicial…
- India
Conversion to Christianity results in loss of Scheduled Caste status: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday, March 24, upheld an Andhra Pradesh High Court ruling holding that a person who has converted to Christianity and continues to profess and practice the…
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Swiggy hikes platform fee by 17 per cent
New Delhi: After Zomato, food delivery platform Swiggy has raised platform fee, increasing it by 17 per cent to Rs 17.58 per order from Rs 14.99 earlier. The revised charges, as per…
- India
TN CM Stalin slams PM Modi for ‘LPG unpreparedness’
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday, March 24, slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi over what he alleged as LPG unpreparedness and asserted that “preparedness cannot be outsourced to…
- Delhi
Delhi Assembly receives bomb threat ahead of presentation of budget
New Delhi: Hours before Chief Minister Rekha Gupta’s scheduled budget presentation, the Delhi Legislative Assembly received a bomb threat on Tuesday, March 24, official sources said. The threat was received via an…
- India
58-year-old man booked for raping minor girl in Thane
Thane: Police have registered a case against a 58-year-old man for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl in Maharashtra’s Thane district, officials said on Tuesday, March 24. The accused allegedly committed the crime…
- India
Bengal SIR: ECI publishes 1st supplementary list of judicial adjudication cases
Kolkata: The first supplementary list for judicial adjudication of voters classified under the “logical discrepancy category” was published exactly at midnight after a day-long wait. The list was published online first on…
- India
ECI removes 73 returning officers in poll-bound West Bengal
Kolkata: In a significant development late on Monday evening, the Election Commission of India (ECI) removed as many as 73 Returning Officers (ROs) in West Bengal, which is scheduled to go to…
- India
PM Modi to speak on West Asia conflict in Rajya Sabha today
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will speak in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday about the various aspects of the ongoing West Asia conflict and India’s strategy. His address in the Rajya…
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Asia boosts coal use as Iran war squeezes global LNG supplies
Bangkok: Asian countries are turning to coal as the Iran war disrupts oil and gas shipments. The continent is exposed because it relies on imported fuel, much of it passing through the…