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‘The first step is crucial for everyone’, says India’s youngest Everester Poorna Malavath
Thiruvananthapuram: Taking the first step is very important and one should have the courage to move away from one’s comfort zone, said mountaineer Poorna Malavath, the youngest Indian to climb Mount Everest.…
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Punjab imposes 90 paise per litre cess on petrol, diesel
Chandigarh: The Punjab Cabinet on Friday gave its approval for a marginal increase in the VAT rates levied on the sale of petrol and diesel in the state. The increase in the…
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Houses in J&K’s Doda develop cracks, 19 families shifted
Jammu: A total of 19 families in a village in J&K’s Doda district were shifted to safer places after their houses and other structures developed cracks, officials said. “A mosque and a…
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China imposes communications crackdown on Tibetans
New Delhi: China has tightened restrictions on Tibetan residents of a county in Sichuan province that has been a hotbed of resistance to Chinese rule, imposing measures to prevent contact with people…
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BJP MLAs stage sit-in to demand payment of salaries to staff of Delhi-govt funded colleges
New Delhi: BJP MLAs on Friday staged a sit-in outside Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence here to demand payment of salaries to teachers and other staff of the 12 Delhi-government funded colleges,…
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J’khand HC grants relief to Rahul Gandhi in case pertaining to remarks against Amit Shah
Ranchi: The Jharkhand High Court has granted relief to former Congress president Rahul Gandhi in a case related to his remarks against former BJP president Amit Shah. The court has put a…
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Delhi HC dismisses 2006 Mumbai train blasts convict’s plea for govt reports
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday said that intelligence agencies’ reports and dossiers cannot be made public under the RTI Act, especially if doing so will jeopardise the sovereignty or…
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‘Armchair liberals’ stayed away from BJY but pontificated on it: Ramesh’s swipe at ‘Cong bashers’
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Friday took a swipe at “arm-chair liberals” and “professional Congress bashers” who stayed away from the Bharat Jodo Yatra while continuing to pontificate on…
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IIT Kanpur to launch haptic smartwatch for blind, visually impaired
New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur on Friday announced to launch “haptic smartwatch for the blind and visually impaired” in association with Ambrane India Private Limited for mass manufacturing…
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Coal production rises 13% to 90 mn tonnes in Jan 2023
New Delhi: Domestic coal production rose 13 percent to 89.96 million tonnes during January 2023 against 79.65 million tonnes in the corresponding period of last year. According to official data, during January…
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Protest if works undertaken in forest areas without nod of gram sabha: Soren to people
Dumka: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday asked the people to protest if any activity was undertaken in forest areas without the permission of gram sabhas, alleging that Centre was trying…
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Kerala HC asks CBI to file report on probe in Palakkad twin sisters rape-murder case
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Friday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to submit, in a sealed cover, a report on their ongoing probe into the 2017 rape and ‘murder’…
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Man arrested in Goa for possessing amphetamine
Panaji: Police in Goa on Friday arrested a man for allegedly possessing recreational drug amphetamine worth Rs 1,20,000. According to police, the man, identified as Vinod Kayalvarath, was arrested during a raid…
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Congress suspends Captain Amarinder Singh’s wife MP Preneet Kaur for anti-party activities
New Delhi: Congress on Friday suspended Lok Sabha MP from Patiala and wife of former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh, Preneet Kaur, for indulging in anti-party activities and was helping the…
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Houses develop cracks in J-K’s Doda, 19 families shifted to temporary shelters
Doda/Jammu: Nineteen families were evacuated after their homes developed cracks at a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, officials said on Friday. The authorities also declared unsafe a mosque and a…
