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Datia, July 2 (IANS) With the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday announcing the by-election to the Datia Assembly constituency in Madhya Pradesh for July 30, the Opposition Congress termed the disqualification of its MLA Rajendra Bharti a "conspiracy"...
Mumbai, July 2 (IANS) In a major relief for the farming community, Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Thursday in the state assembly announced that farmers will no longer have to pay a single rupee as royalty (ownership fee) to the...
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Nearly 80 crore beneficiaries of welfare schemes like the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) will now receive better quality rice. The government, for the first time in nearly three decades, revised the quality...
Vijayawada, July 2 (IANS) Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and YSR Congress Party President YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday visited the residence of Kranthi Kumar, a Dalit youth who recently died by suicide due to alleged police harassment. Jagan...
Mumbai, July 2 (IANS) In a major push towards tech-driven and transparent governance, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday directed officials to make the Scheduled Tribe (ST) caste verification process more transparent, accessible, reliable, and citizen-centric using cutting-edge technology....
Gandhinagar, July 2 (IANS) Gujarat's network of Mobile Forensic Vans (MFVs) has attended more than 37,000 crime scenes over the past two years, providing on-site scientific support to police investigations as forensic evidence assumes greater importance under India's new criminal...
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has directed the city government to pay Rs 18.44 lakh as compensation to the adoptive father of a 19-year-old man who died by suicide in police custody, holding that an unnatural...
Ranchi, July 2 (IANS) The Jharkhand High Court on Thursday impleaded the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as a respondent in the case of a minor girl who has been missing from Bokaro district for the past six years and...
Datia, July 2 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday issued the notification for the bye-election to Madhya Pradesh's Datia Assembly constituency, setting the stage for a keenly-watched political contest between the ruling BJP and the Opposition Congress.According...
Bengaluru, July 2 (IANS) Senior BJP leader and Karnataka Leader of the Opposition R. Ashoka on Thursday visited the hospital where workers injured in the Madappatna quarry tragedy in Bengaluru are undergoing treatment and blamed the state government's alleged negligence...
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday held a high-level meeting with Union Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh, popularly known as Lalan Singh, in New Delhi to chart out a...
Srinagar, July 2 (IANS) Veteran Congress leader and former Union Minister Saifuddin Soz on Thursday urged for the restoration of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, asking the regional parties as well as the Congress to explain the Bharatiya Janata...