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New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) More than 118 police personnel from the Delhi Police and Central Police Forces sustained injuries during “violent protests” in the national capital on Monday. The injured officers include senior ranks such as Special Commissioner, Joint...
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Abhijit Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), has strongly condemned the Delhi Police for allegedly using excessive force against students during a march from Jantar Mantar to Parliament. Addressing the media, Dipke announced...
Kolkata, July 20 (IANS) Tourism in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands may not reach its full potential for at least the next five years, following the government of India’s decision to shelve the proposed project to extend the runway of...
Ahmedabad, July 20 (IANS) A joint team of surgeons from Ahmedabad Civil Hospital and the U.N. Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre has successfully performed a rare and highly complex eight-hour operation to remove kidney cancer that had spread...
Bhubaneswar, July 20 (IANS) The opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Monday demanded a judicial inquiry into the deaths of devotees during the Rath Yatra in Puri on July 16, holding the BJP-led government in Odisha entirely responsible for this...
Chandigarh, July 20 (IANS) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday said that Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann wanted to divert attention from his sacrilegious conduct against the Guru Sahiban by summoning him for questioning in an...
Chandigarh, July 20 (IANS) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday said that Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann wanted to divert attention from his sacrilegious conduct against the Guru Sahiban by summoning him for questioning in an...
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of reports alleging that girl students were frisked, beaten and forced to remove their clothes by teachers after one of them allegedly lost Rs...
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of reports alleging that girl students were frisked, beaten and forced to remove their clothes by teachers after one of them allegedly lost Rs...
Bhubaneswar, July 20 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Monday announced ex gratia of Rs 10 lakh each for the next of kin of the two devotees who died during this year's Rath Yatra in Puri on July...
Bengaluru, July 20 (IANS) In a major decisive move, Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Monday announced that the Sharavathi Pumped Storage Project is vital to meeting the state’s future electricity requirements and that the government would pursue its implementation....
Bhubaneswar, July 20 (IANS) Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati on Monday stressed the need for the inclusive and dignified development of the state’s Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs), saying the vision of Viksit Odisha and Viksit Bharat can be realised...