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OBC Mahasabha activists show black flags to MP CM, demand 27 per cent quota
Shivpuri: Activists of the Other Backward Class (OBC) Mahasabha staged a protest and showed black flags to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan here on Friday to press their demand of…
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Odisha woman donates Rs 1 lakh earned through begging to Jagannath temple
Bhubaneswar: A 70-year-old woman has donated Rs 1 lakh that she earned through begging throughout her entire life, for renovation of old Jagannath temple in Phulbani in Kandhamal district of Odisha. Tula…
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Nearly 500 cases pertaining to Constitution Bench pending in Supreme Court: Govt
New Delhi: Nearly 500 cases pertaining to the Constitution Bench, more than 400 related to elections and over 2,800 PILs are pending in the Supreme Court, the Lok Sabha was informed on…
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Ten years on, 30 pc of Nirbhaya Fund remain unutilised
New Delhi: About 30 per cent of the Rs 6,000 crore ‘Nirbhaya Fund’ which was set up after the gang-rape of a paramedical student in 2012 remains unutilised, a decade after the…
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SC stays NGT order directing Rajasthan to pay Rs 3,000 cr as environmental compensation
New Delhi: In a major relief to the Rajasthan government, the Supreme Court on Friday stayed the National Green Tribunal’s order directing it to pay Rs 3,000 crore as environmental compensation for…
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First transgender judge seeks reservation in government jobs for her community
Indore: India’s first transgender Judge Joyita Mondal on Friday underlined the need for reservation in government jobs for her community members, saying their entry in segments like the police force and the…
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Anti-minority sentiments behind scrapping of Maulana Azad Fellowship scheme by Modi govt: Cong MP in LS
New Delhi: Congress MP K Suresh on Friday termed the scrapping of the Maulana Azad National Fellowship (MANF) scheme an “anti-minority” move by the Narendra Modi government and said the decision will…
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Saran liquor tragedy: Toll rises to 57, more deaths feared
Patna: While the political temperature is on the boil in Bihar over the Saran liquor tragedy, the toll has reached 57 till Friday afternoon, and sources apprehend that it may rise further…
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WB teachers’ recruitment scam: Court takes cognisance of ED charge sheet against Manik Bhattacharya, others
New Delhi: A court in Kolkata has taken cognisance of a charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate against arrested Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Manik Bhattacharya and others in connection with the…
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Total 2,65,640 raids conducted between Jan 2015-June 2022: Govt
New Delhi: A total of 2,65,640 raids on fair price shops have been conducted and a total number of 42,274 persons were arrested or prosecuted between January 2015 to June 2022, the…
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One more arrested in PFI conspiracy case: NIA
New Delhi: One more person was arrested from Tamil Nadu on Friday in connection with a case related to a conspiracy hatched by the proscribed Popular Front of India (PFI), a spokesperson…
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10-year-old child becomes millionaire overnight
Dehradun: A 10-year-old boy who was forced to beg after the death of his mother due to Covid-19, has turned out to be the owner of property worth crores. His grandfather bequeathed…
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Saffron politics and Bollywood: BJP and TMC leaders fight it out on Twitter
New Delhi: A political slugfest broke out between Trinamool Congress and BJP leaders over comments made by actor Amitabh Bachchan and a song by playback artiste Arijit Singh at the Kolkata International…
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Siddaramaiah slams Nadda for lying, calling Karnataka govt bribe-free
Koppal: Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday slammed BJP national president J P Nadda for allegedly lying to the people by calling the BJP government in the State bribe-free’. Siddaramaiah’s statement…
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Cong demands sacking of MP minister whom woman calls ‘rapist’ in video and then takes U-turn
Bhopal: The Opposition Congress on Friday demanded sacking of a Madhya Pradesh minister, whom a woman called a “rapist” in a viral video only to change her statement later, and a probe…
