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If the Bharatiya Janata Party is unable to declare its leader in Rajasthan for the upcoming assembly polls, then it has already surrendered, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot claimed on Saturday.Gehlot, who was speaking after taking part in the meeting of Congress' state election committee...
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Eight soldiers were feared dead after their vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in Leh district of Ladakh on Saturday, officials said.The accident took place at Kerey in southern Ladakh's Nyoma Saturday evening, the officials said.They said a rescue operation was underway...
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Sandeep Jakhar with uncle Sunil Jakhar
Congress Saturday suspended Abohar MLA Sandeep Jakhar from the party for allegedly indulging in 'anti-party activities'.The action against Jakhar came following a complaint filed by Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring.Jakhar is the nephew of Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar who had...
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Landslides triggered by incessant rains in the past couple of days have snapped road communication to several Arunachal districts.Continuous landslides have blocked a portion of the Akajan-Likabali-Aalo road at Siji in Lower Siang district.Several vehicles remained stranded since the last couple...
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The government on Saturday imposed a 40 per cent duty on the export of onions to check price rise and improve supplies in the domestic market.The Finance Ministry through a notification imposed a 40 per cent export duty on onions till December 31, 2023.The export duty comes amid reports that...
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The death toll in rain-related incidents in Himachal Pradesh over the past week rose to 78 on Saturday with the recovery of one more body from the debris of a collapsed Shiv temple in Shimla, officials said.Out of the 78 deaths since Sunday night, 24 were in the three major landslides in Shimla...
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Mahindra & Mahindra is recalling over 1 lakh units of its sports utility vehicle XUV700 to inspect wiring routing in engine bay, as per a regulatory filing.The company said it will inspect wiring loom routing in the engine bay of 1,08,306 units of XUV700 manufactured between June 8, 2021 and...
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Seeking to make inroads in Chhattisgarh, Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday announced 10 'guarantees' for the upcoming assembly polls in the Congress-ruled state including free electricity, monthly 'samman rashi' for women and Rs 3,000 monthly allowance for the...
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Veteran industrialist Ratan Tata was on Saturday conferred the first ever Udyog Ratna' award instituted by the Maharashtra government.The award was presented to the 85-year-old chairman emeritus of Tata Sons by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar at the...
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A 31-year-old man from Sikkim faced racist taunts saying he was a 'Chinese' and subsequently got brutally assaulted by unknown people that left him with grievous injuries, police said in Bengaluru on Saturday.According to police, the incident occurred on the night of August 15.Dinesh Subba,...
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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday claimed that a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report has pointed out that the Centre's flagship UDAN scheme did not work on 93 per cent of the routes, and said that the common people only got 'lies' and 'jumlas' from the government.A...
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Facing flak from various quarters including the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, the Karnataka government has withdrawn the circular that stopped funding to state-run temples for development work.Muzrai or Hindu Religious Institutions And Charitable Endowments Department Minister Ramalinga...
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The Congress on Saturday accused the government of running an 'election campaign' using the upcoming G20 meeting in India and said this was being done to divert people's attention from real issues.The G20 Leaders' Summit is scheduled to be held at the Bharat Mandapam International...
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Heavy rainfall on Saturday morning led to waterlogging in several parts of Gurugram, including the Narsinghpur stretch of the Delhi-Jaipur highway, police said.While there were no reports of major traffic congestion, vehicular movement was slow on the highway for some time and school students and...
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The Uttar Pradesh government has directed all district magistrates to seek clarification from the manager of a media group if it publishes 'negative' news that can tarnish the state's image or presents 'wrong facts' in its reports.In an order dated August 16, Sanjay Prasad, principal secretary to...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah will release the Madhya Pradesh government's report card in Bhopal on Sunday and address the Bharatiya Janata Party's working committee meeting in Gwalior, the home turf of Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, a party functionary said.Shahji will come here...
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Sunny Deol-starrer Gadar 2 has crossed the Rs 300-crore mark at box office in the country.On Saturday, trade analyst Taran Adarsh took to Twitter and shared the film's latest collection numbers.He wrote, '300 NOT OUT' #Gadar2 continues to ROAR' Mass pockets are in an altogether different league'...
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Bharatiya Janata Party president J P Nadda will be visiting his home state Himachal Pradesh on Sunday to take stock of the heavy damage inflicted by the recent floods and landslides, which have left at least 77 people dead.The BJP said Nadda will meet the families of some of those who lost their...
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An outbreak of African swine flu has been reported in Kanichar village in this north Kerala district, following which the district Collector ordered culling of pigs in two farms there.The district animal husbandry official confirmed the flu at a private farm located at Malayampadi on...
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The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has issued a summons to Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren in a money laundering case, sources in the agency said on Saturday.ED has asked the Jharkhand CM Soren to join its investigation in the alleged money laundering case on August 24.Earlier on August...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday lauded the feat of the number of Jan Dhan accounts crossing the 50-crore mark as a significant milestone.It is heartening to see that more than half of these accounts belong to women, Modi posted on X.The Union Finance Ministry said on Friday that the...
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A fire broke out in the two air-conditioned coaches of the stationary Udyan Express at the Bengaluru City Railway Station on Saturday morning. However, there were no casualties as no passengers were inside the bogies.According to Railway officials, the train had arrived from Mumbai at 5.45...
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More than 200 Meiteis who had crossed over to neighbouring Myanmar to escape the ethnic violence in Manipur have safely returned to the state after more than three months, Chief Minister N Biren Singh said, while lauding the role of the Army in bringing them back.More than 160 people have been...
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Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal will be on a day-long visit to Chhattisgarh capital Raipur on Saturday, his third trip to the poll-bound state in the past five months.Kejriwal will be accompanied by Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and the duo...
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The country's first long-range side swing revolver 'Prabal' with twice the range of other revolvers was launched on Friday for civilians and arms dealers. Manufactured by the state-owned enterprise Advanced Weapons and Equipment India (AWEIL) based in Kanpur, the Prabal revolver...
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Pop iconBritney Spears won't be required to pay anything to her former husband Sam Asghari, according to their prenuptial agreement. But according to our sources, there is a significant reason why she might feel obligated to send him a sizeable cheque. TMZ is informed by sources with...
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Maharashtra Dy CM Ajit Pawar
Nine NCP ministers have been entrusted with the task of strengthening the party organisation in Maharashtra with deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar being given charge of Pune, Satara, Sangli and Solapur districts, a statement said on Friday. Praful Patel, national working president of the NCP...
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A passenger on board a Delhi-Mumbai flight earlier this month was allegedly found to be clicking pictures of the cabin crew, private airline SpiceJet said on Friday, adding that he was subsequently asked to delete the photos. The passenger deleted the pictures and gave a written apology for...
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In a suspected case of honour killing, a 22-year-old woman was allegedly strangled to death by her parents and brother in Gurugram for marrying a man from another caste against the family's wishes, the police said on Friday. According to the police, the trio were arrested from their village...
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