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Ranchi, Aug 17 (IANS) Amid the ongoing student agitation in Jharkhand, the Congress on Monday said that the legitimate demands of students must be addressed promptly and called for comprehensive reforms in the examination system to prevent irregularities in recruitment...
Bengaluru, Aug 17 (IANS) The Karnataka government on Monday gave a statement in the Legislative Assembly saying that three poachers were killed in Chamarajanagar reserve forest after the forest department personnel opened fire in self-defence when the hunters shot at...
Guwahati, Aug 17 (IANS) The Assam government will honour 1,000 progressive and educated farmers with a cash award of Rs 1 lakh each this year under the newly announced Chief Minister’s Agriculture Excellence Award, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said on...
Gandhinagar, Aug 17 (IANS) More than 10 lakh girls studying in Classes 6 to 12 in the government-run schools will receive free sanitary napkins every month under the Gujarat government initiative, aimed at improving menstrual hygiene and reducing disruption to...
Mumbai, Aug 17 (IANS) Auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers in Maharashtra who have no functional knowledge of Marathi will now face direct enforcement action, including potential license suspension or cancellation. The Maharashtra State Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik on Monday confirmed that...
Bhopal, Aug 17 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a detailed 636-page chargesheet in the high-profile case related to the suicide of Twisha Sharma. The agency has named former judge Giribala Singh and her son, Samarth Singh,...
Kolkata, Aug 17 (IANS) The Special Task Force (STF) of West Bengal Police has arrested two persons on charges of attempting to create a jihadi module in the state after being inspired by the ideology of Al Qaeda, the police...
Greater Noida, Aug 17 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh Police on Monday launched a probe into the circulation of some ‘fake and misleading’ videos of waterlogging at Noida International Airport during the recent incessant rainfall. The police also lodged a case...
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) India highlighted on Monday that the BRICS alliance has expanded from an economic dialogue into an increasingly influential platform for defining its approach to the critical challenges facing the environment, including pressing global issues of...
Bengaluru, Aug 17 (IANS) The BJP on Monday raised the issue of the encounter deaths of three poachers in a reserve forest in Chamarajanagar district in the Legislative Assembly, alleging that the government had committed “murders in the name of...
Patna, Aug 17 (IANS) A serious road accident occurred near Pillar No. 19 on the 90-Feet Bypass under Patrakar Nagar police station limits in Patna, Bihar, on Monday. Three youths riding a motorcycle and an elderly pedestrian were injured in the...
Bengaluru, Aug 17 (IANS) Karnataka Police have arrested JD(S) General Secretary Manjunath C., aka Gottigere Manjanna (65), for assaulting a traffic cop on duty in broad daylight, police said on Monday.A video purportedly showing the incident has also gone viral...