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UP: Kidnap convict, murder accused score high marks in board exams
Lucknow: Lokesh in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur has secured 72 per cent marks in Class 12 and Arjun, in Ghaziabad, has obtained 76 per cent marks in Class 10. What sets them apart from…
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Hijab row: Five students seek transfer certificates from college in Karnataka
Dakshina Kannada: Five Muslim girl students from the Hampanakatta University College here have asked for transfer certificates from the college administration after being denied permission to attend classes wearing hijab. Principal Anusuya Rai…
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4 cr Indians experienced long COVID-19 symptoms in last two years: Study
New Delhi: About four crore Indians suffered long COVID-19 symptoms during the last two years of pandemic, according to a study, not peer-reviewed yet. Long COVID-19 is defined as having new or…
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Smriti Irani tests COVID-19 positive
New Delhi: Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani on Sunday announced that she has tested COVID-19 positive. She made the announcement in a tweet, where she apologised to residents of…
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Take back ‘Agnipath’, avoid repeat of farm laws: Pilot to govt
New Delhi: Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Sunday urged the government not to be “stubborn” and immediately withdraw the new military recruitment scheme Agnipath for wider consultations to avoid a repeat of the…
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Congress holds ‘Satyagraha’ at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar in support of Agnipath protests
New Delhi: Congress MPs and leaders sat on a ‘Satyagraha’ at Jantar Mantar here on Sunday in solidarity with the youths protesting the Centre’s newly announced Agnipath scheme for recruitment in the armed…
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India records 12,899 fresh COVID-19
New Delhi: India on Sunday recorded 12,899 fresh COVID-19 cases that pushed its infection tally to 4,32,96,692, while the number of active cases increased to 72,474, according to Union health ministry data. The…
- Bangalore
‘Insult’ to Hindu Gods: Cong leader’s house attacked in Karnataka
Mangaluru: Unidentified miscreants attacked the house of Congress IT cell secretary V Shylaja Amarnath at Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district in protest against the derogatory’ remarks on Hindu Gods allegedly made by her…
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Presidential polls: Cong not to field its candidate, to back opposition’s choice
New Delhi: The Congress has taken a step back for the sake of opposition unity in the presidential polls as the opposition parties will meet on June 21 to discuss the candidate for…
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UP BJP leader shot at by unidentified men
Mainpuri: A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader has been shot at by unidentified assailants in Mainpuri, police officials said on Sunday. According to the police, two unidentified persons shot BJP Scheduled Caste Yuva…
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India will not allow China to alter LAC unilaterally: Jaishankar
New Delhi: India will not allow any unilateral attempt by China to change the status quo or alter the Line of Actual Control (LAC), External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday, while…
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Fire in Mumbai building; 11 people rescued
Mumbai: A fire broke out in a 16-floor residential building in north Mumbai on Sunday, a fire official said, adding that 11 people were later safely rescued from the premises and no one…
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Landslides, floods kill eight in Assam
Guwahati: Rain continues to batter Assam on Saturday. As a result, almost ninety per cent area of the state reeling under flood water after pre-monsoon showers wreaked havoc last month only. Landslides triggered…
- Bangalore
Anti-Agnipath protests reach Karnataka, 30 arrested
Bengaluru: Protests against ‘Agnipath’, the Centre’s ambitious scheme for short-term recruitment into the armed forces, erupted in several parts of Belagavi and Dharwad districts in Karnataka on Saturday, forcing the police to…
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Agnipath row: Centre cautions all states/UTs on continuing agitation
Kolkata: In the wake of growing tension over Agnipath, the proposed scheme of the Central government for short-term services in the Indian armed forces, spreading from one state to another, the Centre,…
