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Patna/New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday transferred the 19th tranche of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) into accounts of crores of farmers, from Bihar’s Bhagalpur… Continue reading PM Modi releases 19th instalment of PM-KISAN, over 9.8 crore farmers get money in accounts
Kolkata, Feb 24 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday filed a progress report on its continuing investigation in the R.G. Kar rape and murder tragedy at a… Continue reading RG Kar tragedy: Supplementary charge sheet to be filed soon, CBI tells special court
Vadodara, Feb 24 (IANS) In preparation for the grand ‘Shivji Ki Savari’ procession on Maha Shivratri, the Vadodara City Police have taken charge of security and coordination efforts and to… Continue reading Maha Shivratri: ‘Shivji Ki Savari’ procession plan finalised in Vadodara
Chennai, Feb 24 (IANS) Leaders of AIADMK and BJP paid floral tributes to former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa on her 77th birth anniversary on… Continue reading AIADMK, BJP leaders pay floral tributes to Jayalalithaa on her 77th birth anniversary
Jaipur, Feb 24 (IANS) Congress on Monday staged a protest at Vidhan Sabha against the state minister Avinash Gehlot, who ‘insulted’ the opposition MLAs by referring the former Prime Minister… Continue reading Rajasthan: Congress stage protest over ‘Dadi’ remarks against former PM Indira Gandhi
Jammu, Feb 24 (IANS) Security forces started searches at multiple locations near the Line of Control (LoC) in J&K’s Poonch district on Monday after tip-offs about suspicious activity, officials said.… Continue reading Searches by security forces on at multiple locations in J&K’s Poonch
Kolkata, Feb 24 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, while addressing a medical convention on Monday, announced a major salary hike for government doctors in the state. At the… Continue reading West Bengal CM announces pay hike for govt doctors; suspensions in expired saline case lifted
Hyderabad, Feb 24 (IANS) Teams engaged in the operation to rescue eight trapped workers from an under-construction tunnel which collapsed on Saturday in Telangana’s Nagarkurnool district, received no response when… Continue reading No response when rescue teams called out names, says Telangana minister
Tumakuru, Feb 24 (IANS) Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara has charged that the state BJP is using the police station attack case reported from Mysuru city as a political weapon.… Continue reading BJP turning police station attack into ‘political weapon’: K’taka Home Minister
Vadodara, Feb 24 (IANS) The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) in Gujarat has initiated steps to prevent flooding in the Vishwamitri River. An official said that the excavation work for a… Continue reading Gujarat: 100-day project launched to prevent flooding in Vadodara’s Vishwamitri river
Bengaluru, Feb 24 (IANS) The Karnataka High Court on Monday permitted a protest condemning the recent attack on a police station in Mysuru city. The state government had earlier refused… Continue reading Police station attack case: K’taka High Court permits protest; BJP accuses govt of appeasement politics
Bhopal, Feb 24 (IANS) Addressing the inaugural session of the Madhya Pradesh Global Investment Summit (GIS) in Bhopal on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted that ‘education is the biggest… Continue reading Education is the biggest investment in life: PM Modi
