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Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Sunday condemned the alleged 'killings of farmers in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri'.'A ghastly and inhuman act that must be condemned by one and all in the strongest possible words,' Channi said in his statement.He urged the Uttar Pradesh Chief...
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Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will visit Lakhimpur Kheri district in Uttar Pradesh where four farmers were killed allegedly after Ashish Mishra Teni, son of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Mishra Teni, mowed down protesting farmers.'How much does BJP hate the farmers of the...
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The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Sunday issued a clarification that man in a viral photo with actor Shah Rukh Khan's son, Aryan Khan, is not an officer or employee of the investigating agency.'NCB categorically clarifies that the man in this picture with Aryan Khan is not an officer or...
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The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) has called for a protest outside the offices of district magistrates and divisional commissioners across the country on Monday over two SUVs allegedly running over protesters in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri, farmer leaders Yogendra Yadav and Darshan Pal Singh...
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Farmers protesting in Lakhimpur Kheri. ANI Photo
Union Minister Ajay Mishra on Sunday said that three Bharatiya Janata Party workers and a driver were beaten to death by 'some elements' in the protesting farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh after a car in which they were travelling turned turtle following pelting of stones.Mishra told...
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Photograph: Kind courtesy @AsitKumarrModi/Twitter
Veteran actor Ghanashyam Nayak, best known for his work as Nattu Kaka on the popular sitcom Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, passed away on Sunday after a long battle with cancer, producer Asit Kumarr Modi said. The actor, who was in his late 70s, was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year.Modi,...
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Six people were killed as violence erupted in Lakhimpur Kheri during a farmers' protest over Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya's visit, administration sources said.Two SUVs were set on fire by angry farmers, reports said, after they hit a group of protesters.Four of the...
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The Border Security Force (BSF) on Sunday apprehended a Pakistani smuggler along the India-Pakistan border and recovered six kilogram of heroin from his possession.Deputy Inspector General, BSF Bhupinder Singh said the patrolling troops of the BSF on Saturday morning noticed some suspicious...
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Violence broke out after two SUVs allegedly ran over over a group of anti-farm law protesters who were demonstrating against the visit of Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya at Tikonia-Banbirpur road in Lakhimpur Kheri on Sunday.Unconfirmed reports said that a number of...
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The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Sunday arrested Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, in connection with the seizure of banned drugs onboard a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast.Aryan Khan would be produced before a metropolitan magistrate's court in Mumbai shortly.Advocate...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday hit out at the government over alleged Chinese incursions in Ladakh and Uttarakhand.He also took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi using his 56-inch chest remark that he made at rallies in the run up to the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.'China plus...
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The Congress on Sunday alleged that the raid conducted by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on a cruise ship in Mumbai and subsequent action against some persons was an attempt to deflect attention from the 'real issue' of the drugs seizure at Mundra port in GujaratThe party also demanded a...
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A 24-year old man was found dead on the Railway tracks in Khanapur giving rise to a suspicion that he was murdered allegedly over his inter-faith affair.The beheaded body was found in Khanapur on September 28, whom people identified as Arbaz Aftab Mulla.He was reportedly in love with a woman from...
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Bhabanipur Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Priyanka Tibrewal, who lost the seat to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee by over 58,000 votes, said she is the Man of the Match of this contest. I am the 'Man of the Match' of this game because I contested the election in Mamata Banerjee's stronghold...
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The Trinamool Congress, which returned to power in West Bengal in the assembly polls held earlier this year, spent over Rs 154.28 crore for campaigning in the state.The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, which snatched power from arch rival All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in Tamil Nadu, spent...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee registered a landslide victory from her home turf Bhabanipur on Sunday, defeating her nearest rival, Bharatiya Janata Party's Priyanka Tibrewal, by over 58,000 votes.Banerjee 'thanked' people of Bhabanipur and West Bengal for the result.People of...
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Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi
A fresh controversy has hit ruling Congress in Punjab after photos of the son of newly installed Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi surfaced on social media in which he was seen at an official meeting.The high-level meeting held in the presence of the chief minister on Wednesday was attended...
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Women teachers, who were teaching in all-boys-school in Kabul, are facing an uncertain future after a ban was imposed on them from going to work by the Taliban-led Ministry of Education.Aziza, who is a chemistry teacher in Ghulam Haidar Khan high school in Kabul and is teaching for the last 33...
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Election Commission of India has written to the West Bengal government, asking it to ensure that no victory celebration/procession takes place during or after the counting of votes for by-elections.It has also asked the state government to take all necessary steps to ensure that post-poll...
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Congress MLA Sherman Ali Ahmed was arrested on the charge of sedition over his 'provocative' remarks on the eviction drive in Assam's Darrang district, police said on Sunday.Ahmed was detained from his MLA quarter in Dispur on Saturday and taken to the Panbazar police station for interrogation...
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Priyanka Tibrewal
Bharatiya Janata Party candidate for Bhabanipur bypoll Priyanka Tibrewal has written to the Chief Justice of Calcutta high court seeking preventive measures in case there is post-poll violence after results are declared on Sunday.In the letter, Priyanka Tibrewal has sought strict orders from the...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother Heeraben Modi on Sunday cast her vote at a polling booth in Gandhinagar for the Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation (GMC) election.People will use their franchise to elect 44 councillors across 11 wards of the GMC.This will be the first major election after...
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Petrol and diesel prices were hiked again on Sunday to send rates soaring to new record highs across the country but top government officials insisted oil companies haven't passed on the entire increase warranted from international oil and gas rising to three-year highs and have ensured UK-like...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was leading by 2,377 votes in the Bhabanipur bypoll after the second round of counting on Sunday morning, as per the Election Commission. Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress candidate in Bhabanipur, secured 5,333 votes, as per official data after the...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother, Heeraben Modi, casts her vote in Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation elections at a polling centre in Raysan village.
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India added 22,842 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,38,13,903, while the active cases declined to 2,70,557, the lowest in 199 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll climbed to 4,48,817 with 244 fresh...
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An arms consignment believed to have been dropped by a drone from Pakistan has been recovered by police near the International Border in Jammu, officials said on Sunday. The recovery made from the dropped packet included an AK assault rifle, three magazines, 30 rounds and a telescope,...
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Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said that no one in the world can dare to question or doubt the patriotism of the Muslim populace in Lakshadweep or even the other inhabitants of the islands as they have thwarted attempts of anti-India forces to brew trouble or instigate the...
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The next round of high-level military talks between India and China to take forward the disengagement process in remaining friction points along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh is expected to take place next week, officials said. Officials said both sides have exchanged notes...
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The Narcotics Control Bureau on Saturday detained at least 10 persons during a raid conducted at a high profile party being held on a a passenger cruise ship in Mumbai. Drugs including cocaine, ganja, MD and other intoxicants were recovered, said the NCB. There were hundreds of...
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Counting of votes for the Bhabanipur bypoll as well as Jangipur and Samserganj assembly elections in West Bengal began at 8 am on Sunday amid tight security, an official said. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who had lost the assembly elections from Nandigram earlier this year, is up against...
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