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Recruitment scam: WBSSC publishes list of 3,478 Group C staff with manipulated marks
Kolkata: The West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) on Monday published on its website a list of 3,478 candidates who reportedly have qualified for appointment as non-teaching staff in different state-run schools…
- India
Total robotic liver transplant surgery saves 8-month-old toddler
Mumbai: In the first such surgery of its kind in western India, a total robotic liver transplant operation saved the life of an 8-month-old toddler from Ahmedabad at the Global Hospitals here,…
- India
No govt committee to probe Adani; DRI investigation in Indonesia coal import not concluded: Minister
New Delhi: The government has not set up any committee to probe allegations a US short seller labelled against the Adani Group, but stock market regulator SEBI is investigating market allegations against…
- India
Assam’s child marriage conviction rate: 494 out of 8,773 charge-sheeted
Guwahati: A mere 494 persons out of 8,773 people who were charge-sheeted for child marriage and POCSO cases in Assam have been convicted since 2017, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on…
- India
Lowest literacy rate reported in Bihar: Ministry of Education
New Delhi: Bihar has the lowest literacy rate in the country followed by Arunachal Pradesh and Rajasthan, according to Ministry of Education. The literacy rate in rural India is 67.77 per cent…
- India
Twitterati slams Bharat Matrimony over new Holi video ad
New Delhi: Bharat Matrimony’s latest video commercial on the occasion of Holi has sparked debate, with several people accusing the matrimonial website for hurting their religious sentiments. The video released on March…
- India
UP: Gym trainer who objected to obscene acts in public place dies after being assaulted, 6 held
Ghaziabad: A gym trainer who was allegedly assaulted by a group of youths after he objected to “obscene acts” by a man and a woman while riding a scooter here has succumbed…
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Kochi: Fire from Brahmapuram waste plant under control, thick smoke continues to persist
Kochi: Giant plumes of toxic smoke continued to rise from the Brahmapuram waste plant here on Sunday evening as hundreds of firefighters, including Naval personnel, battled to bring the blaze that has…
- India
Maharashtra government suspends licenses of six cough syrup makers for violating rules
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government told the state Legislative Assembly on Friday that the licenses of six manufacturers of cough syrups in the state have been suspended for not following the rules. Food…
- Delhi
Jammu: AAP stages protest against Sisodia’s arrest
Jammu: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday staged a protest outside the BJP office here to protest against the arrest of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia by the CBI in…
- India
Thousands join clean Yamuna drive in Taj city
Agra: The vanishing ghats of the Yamuna were cleaned and the river bed was made litter-free by scores of volunteers of the Nirankari Mission in Agra. The dry and polluted river, without…
- India
Delhi court to hear arguments on charges against Shraddha murder accused on Mar 7
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday listed for March 7 hearing on the charges against Aaftab Amin Poonawala for allegedly strangling his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar and then chopping her body…
- India
SC upholds Madras HC order, allows E Palaniswami to continue as interim gen secy
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the order of the Madras High Court which allowed Edappadi Palaniswami to continue as the interim general secretary of the AIADMK. A bench of…
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Khalistan ideologue, associates of criminal gangs among 6 arrested by NIA
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested six people, including a close aide of a designated terrorist, in connection with its cases related to unholy nexus between criminal gangs, terror…
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Kumar Vishwas apologises for his ‘illiterate’ remark on RSS
Ujjain: Former AAP leader and poet Kumar Vishwas on Wednesday, apologized for his remark on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and said that he did not have the intention to hurt anyone’s…