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Maharashtra panchayat polls: BJP-Eknath Shinde camp, Uddhav-led MVA both claim victory
Mumbai : The ruling alliance of the BJP and Ekanth Shinde-led faction of Shiv Sena as well as the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) have both claimed victory in the just concluded…
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I&B Minister Anurag Thakur pitches for bringing back neutrality in news
New Delhi: Information & Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Monday made a strong pitch for bringing back neutrality in news , saying shrill debates may get television channels eyeballs but not credibility.…
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Teen couple found hanging from tree in UP’s Sant Kabir Nagar
Sant Kabir : The bodies of a teenaged couple — an 18-year-old youth and a 15-year-old girl — were found hanging from a tree at Rampur village in Sant Kabir Nagar on…
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BJP likely to withdraw support from Meghalaya’s MDA govt
Shillong: The BJP may withdraw support from the NPP-led Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) government soon, Senior BJP leader and former Minister Alexander L. Hek said on Monday. He said that the decision…
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Chandigarh University video row: Prime accused held in Shimla
Chandigarh: The prime accused in the Chandigarh University video leak row was arrested from the Himachal Pradesh capital on Sunday, police said. Chandigarh University in Punjab’s Mohali district has been witnessing strong…
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Ex-Punjab CM Amarinder likely to join BJP
New Delhi: Former chief minister and Punjab Lok Congress chief Amarinder Singh is likely to join the BJP here on Monday in presence of its senior leaders. The 80-year-old Singh will also merge…
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Patnaik approves Rs 2k crore master plan for VSSUT transformation
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik approved a proposed master plan on Saturday for the development of the Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology in Sambalpur as a centre of excellence. The…
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Queer activists hit the streets protesting Kunal Ghosh’s homosexual jibe
Kolkata: The LGBTQ (Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender-Queer) rights activists on Friday staged a peaceful demonstration in Kolkata’s Kalighat area, barely 200m away from the residence of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, protesting against Trinamool…
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PM gifts: Model statue of Netaji, Ganesha statue, trident to be auctioned
New Delhi: A model statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose made by sculptor Arun Yogiraj and sporting memorabilia of the Commonwealth Games medallists gifted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi are among the…
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Raju Srivastava continues to be on ventilator, recovering slowly: brother
New Delhi: More than a month after he was admitted to hospital following a heart attack, popular comedian-actor Raju Srivastava continues to be on ventilator, his brother Dipoo Srivastava said on Friday.…
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NHRC directs Assam govt to pay compensation to boy assaulted inside police station
Morigaon : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Assam government to pay Rs 25,000 to a boy who was assaulted inside a police station in Morigaon district six months…
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Using woman cop to stop me part of bigger ploy: Suvendu Adhikari
Kolkata : Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday said using a ‘lady’ police personnel to stop him during BJP’s march to the state secretariat recently was part of a “bigger ploy”…
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11 die, 25 injured in minibus accident in J-K’s Poonch
Visual from the hospital (Photo/ANI) Poonch : As many as 11 people died and 25 others were injured in a minibus accident in Sawjian area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch on Wednesday.…