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Kolkata, July 5 (IANS) Notorious sand mafia Ajay Hari has been arrested in the West Burdwan district of West Bengal, the police said on Sunday. The police personnel of the Malandighi outpost in West Burdwan district arrested him in the...
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) A team of Delhi's Gokalpuri Police Station arrested an accused under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and rescued a kidnapped minor girl, officials said on Sunday.According to police, on June 23,...
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) India is set to host the BRICS Heads of Anti-Drug Agencies Meeting in Assam's Guwahati on July 6-7. The discussion will focus on three key priority areas, including combating synthetic drugs and precursor diversion, strengthening...
Sanand/New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday highlighted the role of young workers, particularly women from remote and tribal regions, in India's growing semiconductor industry, a day after inaugurating the CG Semi Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and...
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Three accused have been arrested within 18 hours of stabbing a 20-year-old in northeast Delhi's New Usmanpur, officials said on Sunday, adding that the murder weapon, a knife, was also recovered. A 20-year-old man lost...
Amaravati, July 5 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Minister for Human Resources Development and Information Technology, Nara Lokesh, on Sunday appealed to External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to provide immediate assistance to a Telugu family stranded at Hong Kong Airport after they...
Durg (Chhattisgarh), July 5 (IANS) Daughter-in-law and the sister of Padma Vibhushan awardee and legendary Pandwani singer Teejan Bai expressed grief on her demise while remembering how the singer "singlehandedly" ran the family.Teejan Bai passed away at the All India...
Kolkata, July 5 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday announced a Rs 313.30 crore special assistance package for tea garden workers in the state, mainly concentrated in the plains and hills in North Bengal.In a statement issued...
Visakhapatnam, July 5 (IANS) One of the seven fishermen who went missing in the sea off the Visakhapatnam coast in Andhra Pradesh returned safely on Sunday while the search operation intensified for the remaining fishermen, officials said.A group of seven...
Ahmedabad, July 5 (IANS) Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar received a major transport infrastructure boost on Sunday with the inauguration of Gujarat's first cable-stayed flyover in an urban area, while the state government also launched a project to widen a key bridge...
Raipur, July 5 (IANS) In the early hours of Sunday, the voice that had breathed life into the ancient Mahabharata for over five decades fell silent. Padma Vibhushan Dr Teejan Bai, the legendary exponent of Pandavani from Chhattisgarh, passed away...
Chamoli, July 5 (IANS) Four people, all residents of Uttar Pradesh, have been arrested by the Chamoli Police on charges of stealing power line construction materials worth Rs 8 lakh from Karnaprayag, officials said on Sunday. All the stolen material...