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Chennai, July 6 (IANS) Tamil Nadu BJP president Nainar Nagenthran on Monday launched a sharp attack on Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, alleging that the law-and-order situation in the State has deteriorated under the TVK-led government and accusing the Chief...
Sidhi (Madhya Pradesh), July 6 (IANS) The disappearance of a 21-year-old tribal college student in Madhya Pradesh's Sidhi district has snowballed into a mystery, with her family alleging that police cremated skeletal remains believed to be hers without handing them...
Mumbai, July 6 (IANS) The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) on late Monday evening announced that traffic has resumed on the Pune-Mumbai Missing Link Road on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway. Vehicular movement has been restored after completion of extensive safety...
Amaravati, July 6 (IANS) Strengthening its European base, the YSR Congress Party led by former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has formed new committees. The formation of several new committees across Europe was announced during a...
Chennai, July 6 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging the Union government to withdraw or reconsider the proposed amendments to the National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013, warning that the...
Hyderabad, July 6 (IANS) Telangana Director General of Police (DGP) C.V. Anand said on Monday that drug traffickers will be treated as more dangerous than extremists and terrorists.He stated that drug offenders will be dealt with even more stringently under...
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) The Dragon is playing with water, as reports suggest, through several ambitious river projects to expand "hydro-hegemony" in the region. China's "water games" across South Asia include capitalising on mega-dams in Medog on the Tibetan...
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) The flying squads of the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in NCR and Adjoining Areas detected 62 violations during 173 inspections conducted between June 14 and June 30, an official said on Monday. The...
Guwahati, July 6 (IANS) The Assam government on Monday transferred Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) Principal Dr Achyut Baishya to Nalbari Medical College and Hospital, nearly five months after a senior woman doctor accused him of workplace harassment, prompting...
Imphal, July 6 (IANS) At least two Assam Rifles personnel – a Warrant Officer and a Havildar -- were killed after a suspected Naga armed group ambushed a paramilitary force vehicle at Nungshang Kong in Manipur’s Ukhrul district on Monday,...
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Cash transfer schemes launched in Maharashtra and Odisha for the uplift of poor women have enabled beneficiaries to build higher savings along with higher expenditure on medical and education-related needs that benefited the entire family,...
Aizawl, July 6 (IANS) The Assam Rifles, in coordination with the Excise and Narcotics Department, seized highly addictive methamphetamine tablets worth approximately Rs 3.30 crore in eastern Mizoram's Champhai district, officials said on Monday. A defence spokesman said that acting...