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Modi to address state home ministers’ conference on Oct 28
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a ‘Chintan Shivir’ of the home ministers of states on Oct 28 through video conferencing. The home ministers of all states will deliberate on…
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UP cop arrested for killing father
Baghpat: A UP Police constable allegedly killed his father in Shabka village because the latter did not allow him to marry his girlfriend. Station officer of Chhaprauli police station, inspector Nitin Pandey,…
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Karnataka: Bande Mutt seer Basavalinga Swami found dead in Ramnagar
Bengaluru: The seer of Sri Kanchugal Bande Mutt, Basavalinga Swami was found dead in a room of the mutt in Ramnagara district, police have informed. The police officials suspect that the seer…
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We are proud of him: Narayana Murthy on son-in-law Rishi Sunak
Bengaluru: Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy wished Rishi Sunak on being appointed as the UK prime minister. Reacting to son-in-law Sunak’s victory, Murthy on Tuesday said that “he was proud of him and…
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Pune court bars female lawyers from ‘arranging’ hair in courtroom, withdraws diktat
Pune: In a bizarre development, the Pune district court last week put up a notice barring women from “arranging” their hair in the open courts as it “disturbed” the court’s functioning. Coming…
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UP farmers want reassessment of crop loss due to rain
Pilibhit: Farmers in Pilibhit are claiming that they have suffered crop losses to the tune of Rs 100 crore. A recent survey of the same by the commissioner of Bareilly division, Sanyukta…
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Assam man dies of cardiac arrest while watching India-Pak T20 match
Guwahati: A man in Assam’s Sivasagar district died of cardiac arrest while watching the India-Pakistan T20 cricket match. The incident took place on Sunday evening and the man was identified as Bitu…
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Five of family killed as car rams into truck in UP
Basti: Five persons of a family were killed, late on Sunday night, when their car rammed into a stationary container truck in Munderwa area in Uttar Pradesh’s Basti district, police said. The…
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Pay fees with plastic waste! How a Bihar school is cleaning up a village
Gaya: A school in Bihar’s Gaya district is making a positive change in society by imparting free education to children – by making them serve the cause of nature and cleanliness. The…
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Germany has not changed its position on Kashmir: German envoy
New Delhi: Germany on Sunday said it has not changed its position on Kashmir and the “bilateral path” is the way forward to resolve the vexed issue, days after India rejected a…
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RSS leader Indresh Kumar visits Nizamuddin dargah ahead of diwali
New Delhi: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) National Executive member and Muslim Rashtriya Manch patron Indresh Kumar on Saturday paid a visit to Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah, New Delhi, and lights earthen lamps inside…
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Gang filming couples in OYO rooms to extort money busted in Noida
Noida: The Noida police, with arrest of four persons, have busted a gang involved in blackmailing couples after secretly making their obscene videos. The gang allegedly used to set up hidden cameras…
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Study reveals yearning for old style news; 49% prefer bulletins, 12% for debates
New Delhi: News bulletins are preferred by nearly half of the news viewers compared to only 12 per cent favouring debate shows, a study on media in India found, highlighting yearning among…
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“Unacceptable”: Congress distances itself from Patil’s recent ‘jihad’ comment
New Delhi: After a political row erupted over the former Union Home Minister and Congress veteran Shivraj Patil’s controversial remark that the concept of ‘jihad’ finds mention not only in the Quran…
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Bilkis Bano case: SC agrees to hear fresh plea against release of 11 convicts
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear the plea of a women’s organisation seeking directions to revoke the remission granted to 11 convicts, who had gang-raped Bilkis Bano and…
