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Chennai, Aug 26 (IANS) The Chennai District Election Office has initiated proceedings against six registered but unrecognised political parties for failing to contest elections over the past six years, raising… Continue reading Chennai district election office moves to delist six dormant political parties in city
Kolkata, Aug 26 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has collected voice samples of five accused in the West Bengal School Service Commission’s (SSC) Group C recruitment corruption case.… Continue reading CBI collects voice samples of five accused in Bengal SSC recruitment case
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Shankaracharya of Jyotish Peeth, Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati, on Tuesday addressed questions ranging from politics to ongoing debates within the community of Hindu saints, offering clarity… Continue reading ‘People make prime ministers’: Swami Avimukteshwaranand on Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi, August 26 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday expressed grief and termed the landslides in Vaishno Devi “deeply tragic” in which five people lost their lives… Continue reading J&K floods: 5 dead, 4 injured in Vaishno Devi landslide; HM Amit Shah terms incident ‘tragic’
Hyderabad, Aug 26 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday said it has arrested Sandu Purnachandra Rao, a former Director of Sahiti Infratec Ventures India Pvt Ltd (SIVIPL), in a… Continue reading ED arrests Sahiti Infratec’s former director in money laundering case
Gwalior, Aug 26 (IANS) Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, on Tuesday, denied running for the post of National President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying that he was… Continue reading ‘Never thought about it’, says Shivraj Singh Chouhan amid buzz on running for BJP chief’s post
Chandigarh, Aug 26 (IANS) The Punjab government on Tuesday issued directions to local administration and officials to maintain round-the-clock presence at the ground level to continue rescue and relief operations… Continue reading Punjab govt cancels leave of employees, officers in wake of floods
Indore, Aug 26 (IANS) A 22-year-old woman, a resident of the city, has been missing since Sunday, leaving the police and family members clueless. The matter came to light after… Continue reading Indore woman missing since Sunday, police say search underway
Patna, Aug 26 (IANS) The Voter Adhikar Yatra of the INDIA bloc reached Darbhanga’s Sakri block on Tuesday, where Congress National General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition (LoP)… Continue reading Voter Adhikar Yatra: Priyanka Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav target BJP over vote theft
Hyderabad, Aug 26 (IANS) A new discovery from CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, has brought forth a novel way to expedite tissue repair and regeneration. A team of… Continue reading Cells can revive from brink of death, find CSIR-CCMB scientists
Jaipur, Aug 26 (IANS) Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma, on the second day of the MP-MLA dialogue programme, held discussions on the state’s development roadmap with public representatives and… Continue reading Congress ran commission govt, we believe in ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’: Rajasthan CM
New Delhi/Imphal, Aug 26 (IANS) Officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and leaders of three Naga groups in Manipur held a meeting over the demand for reinstatement of… Continue reading Manipur Naga bodies meet MHA officials, oppose scrapping of old FMR, India-Myanmar border fencing
