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BSE announces 2:1 bonus share issue, 2nd since listing
Mumbai: BSE Limited on Sunday announced a 2:1 bonus share issue, meaning shareholders will receive two free shares for every one they currently hold. The company’s board approved the decision in a…
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Heinous crimes dropped 85 pc in last eight years, claims UP government
Lucknow: Crime in UP has decreased by 85 percent, according to the state government. Law and order situation, including heinous crimes such as dacoity, robbery, riots, murder, kidnapping and rape has decreased…
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Former HC judge Nirmal Yadav acquitted in 2008 cash-at-judge’s door case
Chandigarh: Seventeen years after a cash-at-judge door case rocked the judiciary, a special CBI court here on Saturday acquitted former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Justice (Retd) Nirmal Yadav and four…
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After Uttarakhand, Gujarat set to implement Uniform Civil Code
Gandhinagar: Union law minister Rushikesh Patel said on Wednesday, March 26, that Gujarat is all set to become the second state in the country, after Uttarakhand, to implement the Uniform Civil Code…
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Situation completely peaceful in Nagpur, curfew lifted: Fadnavis
Nagpur: Curfew has been lifted in Nagpur as the situation in the city is completely peaceful, Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Sunday. The CM was speaking to the media in…
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Manipur violence: Difficult phase to be over soon, assures SC judge
Churachandpur/Imphal: Supreme Court judge, Justice B R Gavai, on Saturday expressed hope that the “current difficult phase” in ethnic strife-torn Manipur will be over soon with the assistance of the executive, legislature…
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Delimitation row: BJP’s Naqvi criticizes TN CM, Shiv Sena (UBT) raises concerns
New Delhi: BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi while speaking on the delimitation issue on Saturday, emphasised that Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin’s attempt to turn delimitation into a political issue is unwise…
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Scammer posing as CBI officer gets tricked, scammed by Kanpur man
In an unexpected turn of events, a scammer posing as a CBI officer faced a ‘digital arrest’ after being scammed by a caller in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Kanpur man, Bhupendra Singh,…
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Wife, lover sent to 14-day judicial custody, lawyers attack them after hearing
Meerut: The woman and her lover who are accused of killing her Merchant Navy officer husband in Meerut were attacked by a group of lawyers while the duo were being brought for…
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Study finds most Americans unaware of PM Narendra Modi
A recent study has revealed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the least-known political figure among Americans. A survey conducted by YouGov with a panel of US residents states that 70 percent of…
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India ranks 24th in global free speech study amid rising restriction
A recent study on the future of free speech lists India in the 24th position among 33 countries. The study was conducted by The Future of Free Speech, which claims to be…
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Man returns from London for wife’s birthday, killed by her lover
Meerut: A 29-year-old merchant navy officer was allegedly murdered by his wife and her lover, his body dismembered and sealed inside a drum sealed with cement, police said. The victim, Saurabh Rajput…
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Raja Singh demands Centre to stop spending on Aurangzeb’s tomb
Hyderabad: In a letter addressed to the Union minister of culture and tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Goshamahal MLA T Raja Singh on Saturday, March 15, questioned the maintenance…
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Manipur violence: Shutdown in Kuki-dominated areas, normal life affected
Imphal/Churachandpur: Normal life was affected in Kuki-dominated areas of Manipur on Sunday as agitators enforced an indefinite shutdown called by Kuki-Zo groups against a “crackdown by security forces”. The situation in Kangpokpi…
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ECI Gyanesh Kumar discusses election management with state CEOs in Delhi
A two-day conference with chief election officers of all states and Union Territories (UTs) is being conducted on Tuesday, March 4, at the India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management in…
