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New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Chief Election Commissioner and Chairman of the Council of Member States of International IDEA Gyanesh Kumar on Monday discussed issues of cooperation in election management and training of poll staff with the Ambassador of Benin...
Kolkata, July 20 (IANS) A new bill will be placed on the floor of the West Bengal Assembly soon to curb the current powers of village panchayat chiefs in the state as “signatory authorities.” Once the Bill is passed, the...
Shimla, July 20 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu, on Monday approved the grant of non-practising allowance (NPA) to super-specialist medical faculty possessing recognised DM, M.Ch. and DrNB qualifications serving under the Department of Medical...
Mumbai, July 19 (IANS) In a heart-wrenching incident, a man in Maharashtra’s Nashik district brutally assaulted his wife and seven-year-old son on Monday, before attempting to kill himself. The motive behind the deadly attack is unclear, though repeated altercations and...
Bhopal, July 20 (IANS) Tension flared in the state capital on Monday as OBC Mahasabha activists clashed with police while demanding the implementation of 27 per cent reservation and the immediate release of 13 per cent withheld posts. Police deployed...
Kolkata, July 20 (IANS) The statement of former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was not recorded in the report of the Justice Susanta Chatterjee (Retired) Commission, which the previous Trinamool Congress government constituted to probe the deaths of 13...
Kohima, July 20 (IANS) The death toll in the flash floods and landslides triggered by incessant rainfall in Nagaland's Mon district has risen to 10, even as search and rescue operations continued for the second day on Monday, officials said....
Jammu, July 20 (IANS) Seven persons were killed after a fresh landslide triggered by heavy rainfall in J&K’s Poonch district on Monday. Officials said the landslide hit the Loran-Dumilan area of Poonch today. “The landslide was triggered by incessant rain,...
Bharuch, July 20 (IANS) Gujarat authorities on Monday destroyed narcotics worth Rs 2,153 crore seized in 867 cases across the state, as Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi said sustained action by the police had disrupted international drug smuggling networks and...
Panaji, July 20 (IANS) The ED conducted searches at multiple premises across several states in connection with a Rs 2.60 crore "digital arrest" cyber-fraud and seized Rs 1.5 crore, foreign currency valued at Rs 2 crore, jewellery valued at Rs...
Hyderabad, July 20 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy backed the students protesting in Delhi and demanded an immediate end to ‘police brutality’ and accountability in the NEET and other paper leaks scandal. The Chief Minister posted on social...
Jaipur, July 20 (IANS) Rajasthan Education Minister Madan Dilawar has announced that applications for recognition of new private schools in the state will be invited from July 31. He said the recognition process will be made more transparent, time-bound, and...