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Bengaluru, July 30 (IANS) Former Karnataka Minister for Agriculture, N. Cheluvarayaswamy, on Thursday urged Opposition parties not to politicise the Cauvery water dispute, asserting that safeguarding drinking water for the people of the state must remain the government's top priority.Addressing...
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) The Lok Sabha cleared the Vande Mataram Bill on Thursday amid the din in the House and following a brief debate on the crucial legislation. The bill -- Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment)...
Ranchi, July 30 (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister, Hemant Soren, has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to enhance financial assistance for scholarship schemes benefiting students from Scheduled Tribes (ST), Scheduled Castes (SC), Backward Classes (BC), and minority communities...
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) The NDR Unit of the Delhi Crime Branch has arrested an absconding accused wanted in a rape case registered at Dwarka North Police Station. The accused, identified as Mudit Chawla, had allegedly been evading arrest...
Guwahati, July 30 (IANS) The rail connectivity between southern Assam, Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur and the rest of the country has remained affected for the past week after heavy rainfall damaged railway tracks along the strategically important Lumding-Badarpur Hill Section, officials...
Guwahati, July 30 (IANS) The Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) has contributed Rs 5 crore to the Assam Chief Minister's Relief Fund to support relief and rehabilitation measures for families affected by the devastating floods in the state, Chief Minister Himanta...
Khunti (Jharkhand), July 30 (IANS) The Anti-Corruption Bureau's (ACB) Ranchi unit on Thursday arrested Sulekha Kumari Sapna, the officer in charge of the Women Police Station in Jharkhand's Khunti district, after she was caught red-handed accepting a bribe of Rs...
Vijayawada, July 30 (IANS) An accused in the Andhra Pradesh liquor scam has approached the ACB Court in Vijayawada, seeking permission to surrender before the court.Saif Ahmed, who had allegedly left the country after the liquor scam case was registered,...
Mandya (Karnataka), July 30 (IANS) Shows of 'Jana Nayagan', the film starring Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, C. Joseph Vijay, were cancelled at Gurushree Theatre in Mandya city in Karnataka on Thursday following protests by members of a Kannada organisation over...
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on Thursday said it has taken strict enforcement action against multiple food business operators (FBOs) for misleading claims, non-compliant labelling, food safety violations and serious hygiene...
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday assured five Members of Parliament from Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland that the Central government would extend all necessary support and continue working in close coordination with the concerned state...
Hyderabad, July 30 (IANS) In view of the heavy rains forecast for the next two days, Hyderabad police have appealed to people not to step out of their homes during rains unless absolutely necessary, while Cyberabad Police have advised IT...