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Chandigarh, July 14 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday tabled the Punjab Prevention of Offences Against Holy Scripture(s) Bill, 2025 to ensure stringent punishment for those committing the heinous crime of sacrilege, including life imprisonment. It was listed...
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) Exposing a massive cash-for-quality audit report scam in NHAI, the CBI booked two engineers, a resolution board member of the Authority and five others, including builders and a middleman, over bribes of more than Rs...
Mumbai, July 14 (IANS) The Railways Ministry on Monday said the bullet train project has achieved a major milestone of opening the first section of the 21-km undersea tunnel between BKC (Bandra Kurla Complex) and Thane. The bullet train project...
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday objected to a social media post of a cartoonist from Madhya Pradesh, which depicted Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in an “undignified manner”. The caricature, showing...
Bhubaneswar, July 14 (IANS) The condition of the victim, a student of Fakir Mohan Autonomous College, Balasore, undergoing treatment at AIIMS Bhubaneswar following a self-immolation attempt on Saturday, remains critical, said Dillip Kumar Parida, Medical Superintendent of AIIMS Bhubaneswar. The...
Guwahati, July 14 (IANS) In a significant development, a recent survey at the famed Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNPTR) in Assam recorded a total of 43 grassland bird species, officials announced on Monday. The 43 grassland bird species...
Amaravati, July 14 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has congratulated Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader and former Union Minister P. Ashok Gajapathi Raju on his appointment as the Governor of Goa and termed it a great pride...
Ahmedabad, July 14 (IANS) In a crackdown, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has begun demolition proceedings against an illegally constructed building linked to Salim Jumma Khan, accused in a Rs 100-crore scam involving Waqf Board and municipal land in Jamalpur...
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami's crackdown on fake spiritual gurus through 'Operation Kalnemi' is receiving widespread appreciation from both ruling and opposition leaders. The initiative, aimed at identifying and taking action against fraudsters who...
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) The CBI has booked a Nagaland University Dean for demanding a bribe of Rs 2 lakh from a vendor and harassing others who supplied equipment and UPS batteries to the department of Botany, an official...
Gandhinagar, July 14 (IANS) In a push toward youth empowerment and employability, more than 6.5 lakh young individuals across Gujarat have been trained under the Mukhyamantri Skill Development Initiative (MSDI) in 2024-25, according to the state’s Labour, Skill Development and...
Chennai, July 14 (IANS) Sculptors from Thirumuruganpoondi, a town renowned for its traditional stone sculpture industry in Tiruppur district, have urged the Tamil Nadu government to establish a dedicated industrial cluster to safeguard and revive their age-old craft.K. Radhakrishnan, a...