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Chennai, Aug 12 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, C Joseph Vijay, on Wednesday urged the Union government to permanently retain the strength of the Lok Sabha at 543 seats, amid concerns over the impact of a future delimitation exercise on...
Srinagar, Aug 12 (IANS) Thousands of people participated in Tiranga Yatras across Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday as part of the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign, carrying the national flag and expressing patriotic fervour ahead of Independence Day. Mega rallies were...
Mumbai, Aug 12 (IANS) Autorickshaw and taxi drivers in Mumbai and across Maharashtra will face licence cancellation if they fail to possess functional knowledge of the Marathi language, announced Maharashtra Transport Minister, Pratap Sarnaik, here on Wednesday.The government is set...
Ahmedabad, Aug 12 (IANS) The Ahmedabad City Police have arrested 13 people under the Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Act (PASA) and sent them to different jails across Gujarat within two days, with the action targeting alleged bootlegging, theft, assault and...
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday sought to sidestep debate offer from the Union Home Minister Amit Shah and reiterated his charge that the latter must take accountability for ordering...
Srinagar, Aug 12 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir government has substantially revised the delegation of financial powers governing administrative approval, technical sanction and award of contracts for individual works as part of the government’s policy of expediting project execution and...
Chennai, Aug 12 (IANS) Leader of Opposition, Udhayanidhi Stalin, on Wednesday extended the DMK’s support to the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) government’s resolution on delimitation, asserting that Tamil Nadu must not lose its representation in Parliament under any future redrawing...
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) Indian intelligence agencies have warned of a possible major provocation by Pakistan aimed at diverting attention from the mounting internal challenges confronting Islamabad.With protests in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) continuing and unrest in Balochistan intensifying, Islamabad...
Guwahati, Aug 12 (IANS) The Assam government is working in “mission mode” to repair and strengthen flood-damaged embankments across the state, with four of five breach points in Jorhat district already restored, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Wednesday....
New Delhi/Bengaluru, Aug 12 (IANS) A political controversy erupted after a mobile phone was recovered from the barrack of former JD(S) MP from Hassan, Prajwal Revanna at Bengaluru's Parappana Agrahara Central Prison, as the Congress questioned how a convicted rape...
Jaipur, Aug 12 (IANS) The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS), in coordination with the Rajasthan Police, has busted an interstate gang allegedly involved in stealing crude oil from the HPCL pipeline passing through Pachpadra tehsil of Balotra district. Eight people have...
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) Opposition parties on Wednesday expressed serious concern over reports that the pilot of an Air India flight from Phuket to Delhi allegedly tested positive for marijuana in two separate dope tests following an in-flight incident...
