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Mallikarjun Kharge to launch Congress’ mass outreach programme in J’khand on Saturday
Ranchi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge will visit Jharkhand on Saturday and launch the state unit’s Haath Se Haath Jodo’ mass outreach programme, a party leader said on Friday. He will roll out…
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HDFC Bank officials sentenced to three-year RI in bribery case
New Delhi: A special CBI court in Pune on Friday awarded three-year rigorous imprisonment to two HDFC Bank officials for demanding bribe of Rs two lakh for sanction and disbursement of a…
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Darjeeling politics: Bengal govt to grant land deeds to tea garden workers
Kolkata: As the fresh political equation in the hills of Darjeeling involving the trio of Bimal Gurung, Ajay Edwards and Binoy Tamang is becoming a major threat to the Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik…
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Aaditya Thackeray meets TN CM Stalin in Chennai
Chennai: Thackeray scion, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and former Maharashtra Minister Aaditya Thackeray on Friday met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin. The Shiva Sena (UBT) led by Aaditya Thackeray’s father and…
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MP: 11 children fall sick with measles infection in Indore in one week
Indore: Indore city has reported 11 measles cases among children in the last seven days, a health official said on Thursday. Ten of these children were not vaccinated against the infectious disease,…
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Government says media council may not be desirable; parliamentary panel makes fresh push
New Delhi: The government has told a parliamentary committee that it “may not be desirable” to set up a unified media council as each media platform was unique and distinctive in its…
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Over Rs 5.25cr spent on foreign visits of External Affairs Minister
New Delhi: An amount of Rs 5,25,91,827 has been spent by the Central government on foreign visits made by the Minister of External Affairs during the last one year. As per a…
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Central dues to Bengal under MGNREGA still at Rs 7,000 crore: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that the total central dues to the state government under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) currently stands at…
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CBI recovers Rs 42L cash from CGST official in Gujarat
Gandhinagar: The Central Bureau of Investigation has recovered Rs 42 lakh in cash, gold and jewellery from the residence of a Central GST (CGST) Assistant Commissioner. Searches were carried out on Wednesday…
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Coal scam: Recovery amount by ED rises to Rs 1.25 cr
Kolkata: With the Enforcement Directorate (ED) continuing with its search operation till late on Wednesday evening in connection with the multi-crore coal smuggling case in West Bengal, the cash recovery amount by…
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Rajya Sabha sees verbal skirmishes as Oppn presses for JPC probe
New Delhi: Verbal skirmishes between treasury and opposition benches that forced frequent interventions by the Chair marked the proceedings in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday as the opposition parties targeted the government on…
- Delhi
Former Delhi Prisons warder arrested for threatening retired bureaucrat
New Delhi: A retired IAS officer has alleged that he received death threats from a dismissed warder of Delhi Prisons who also demanded Rs 10 crore from him, police said on Wednesday.…
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Sikkim happy as SC removes ‘people of foreign origin’ reference from order
Gangtok: Citizens of Sikkim including Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang and other political leaders on Wednesday expressed jubilation after the Supreme Court ordered the removal of reference to the Sikkimese-Nepalese as “people…