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Chennai, July 28 (IANS) The 33rd convocation ceremony of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli on Tuesday turned contentious after two separate issues overshadowed the academic event. A last-minute decision to limit the number of students receiving degrees directly...
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi, MPs Priyanka Gandhi, K.C. Venugopal and Jothimani Sennimalai will speak for the Congress party in the Lok Sabha during the debate on the anti-paper leak Bill on Tuesday. The...
Gandhinagar, July 28 (IANS) The Gujarat government on Tuesday expanded the financial powers of District Collectors and District Development Officers (DDOs) to approve a wider range of government land allotments at the district level, a move aimed at shortening administrative...
Kolkata, July 28 (IANS) Consecutive blasts took place at a police outpost at Barsat in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Tuesday morning.Although initially the reasons behind the blast could not be ascertained, later it was found that...
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) A newly inaugurated Rs 16 crore bridge at Nanda Ki Chowki over the Tons River in Dehradun sustained damage following overnight heavy rainfall, triggering questions over the quality of construction of the crucial link connecting...
Jaipur, July 28 (IANS) A farmer from Rajasthan's Bikaner district has been arrested for allegedly sharing the One-Time Password (OTP) needed to activate an Indian mobile SIM card, which was allegedly later used in Pakistan by an operative linked to...
Ranchi, July 28 (IANS) In a major success in anti-Naxal operations in Jharkhand under "Operation Navjeevan", 16 Maoists, including six senior commanders carrying a combined bounty of Rs 39 lakh, surrendered before senior police and CRPF officials at the state...
Jaipur, July 28 (IANS) Western Rajasthan is widely known for producing high-quality cumin and fennel, but farmers now fear that the identity of these crops could be overshadowed following the recent grant of Geographical Indication (GI) tags for 'Unjha Cumin'...
Shimla, July 28 (IANS) Five members of a family, including a minor, were killed when the car they were travelling in fell into a gorge on the National Highway 154A near Dalhousie in Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba district, police said on...
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) Opposition MPs in the Rajya Sabha continued their protest on Tuesday, raising slogans and demanding a discussion on alleged police “brutality” during the July 20 demonstration in Delhi.The disruption occurred as members sought to raise...
Kolkata, July 28 (IANS) The police have recovered a huge amount of banned drug cocaine from Karaya area in Kolkata and arrested three drug traffickers, said an official on Tuesday. According to the police, a large amount of foreign drugs...
Sonipat, July 28 (IANS) O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) successfully concluded its 15th Convocation Ceremony, held over two days on July 25-26. The convocation marked a significant milestone in the University’s journey, with 5,604 students graduating across undergraduate, postgraduate, and...