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The unemployment rate in India fell to 7.7 per cent in May due to a decline in the labour participation at 441.9 million, according to a data released by private economic think tank CMIE. Unemployment rate in India among people aged 15 years and above fell to 7.7 per cent in May 2023,...
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The WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh is using his influence to put sexual harassment victims under pressure and forcing them to change their statements, the protesting wrestlers alleged on Saturday, threatening to resume their stir if a strong action is not taken against him by June...
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Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar on Saturday debunked media reports that he was unhappy after Supriya Sule and Praful Patel were made working presidents of the outfit and he was not given any role in the Sharad Pawar-led party. In an event in Delhi...
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Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday said Rahul Gandhi was punished for his misdeeds, apparently referring to the Congress leader's disqualification from the Lok Sabha. He said Gandhi had insulted and hurt the sentiments of the Other Backward...
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The police on Saturday arrested a man from Maharashtra's Sangli for allegedly putting up an objectionable post on social media against Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and other senior politicians, an official said. Based on a complaint...
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Incidents of violence continued on the second day of nomination filing for West Bengal panchayat polls on Saturday, with the opposition Bharatiya Janaata Party, Congress and Communist Party of India-Marxist alleging their candidates were prevented from submitting papers by the ruling TMC...
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A drop box for returning weapons snatched from security forces set up at the home of a BJP legislator from Imphal East has become a popular attraction with local youth, who have taken advantage of the anonymous facility to deposit 130 weapons including sophisticated automatic rifles. ...
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The Congress on Saturday alleged that India's debt has nearly tripled to Rs 155 lakh crore in the nine years under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and demanded a white paper on the state of the economy.Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate claimed that the Modi government's economic mismanagement...
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Insha Mushtaq, who was blinded by pellet guns during the 2016 summer agitation in the wake of the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani, has passed the class 12th board examination with flying colours. The 22-year-old secured 319 marks out of 500 in the Jammu and Kashmir...
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The Shiv Sena-UBT and the Nationalist Congress Party on Saturday said the Bharatiya Janata Party will make the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena cry for every Lok Sabha seat, the statements coming amid strife in the ruling alliance in Kalyan Lok Sabha seat represented by Shinde's son Shrikant. ...
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For N Kumari Baiga, a girl from a special backward tribe, Saturday's joyride in a helicopter in Raipur will remain an unforgettable experience, forever etched in her memory. Baiga was among 89 meritorious students of Classes 10 and 12 of the...
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Olympic medallist Sakshi Malik, who has been part of the protest against former Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over sexual harassment allegations, on Saturday said that protesting wrestlers will participate in the Asian Games only after their issues get...
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Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Saturday hit out at Union Minister Giriraj Singh over his 'Nathuram Godse a saput of India' remark, saying that by this statement many may not call the BJP leader a 'worthy son' of the country.Singh on Friday termed Nathuram Godse a 'saput' (worthy son) of India and...
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No train will halt at Bahanaga Bazar station as the Central Bureau of Investigation investigating the train accident in Odisha's Balasore district has sealed the station after seizing the log book, relay panel and equipment, a railway official said on Saturday.After restoration of both the up and...
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Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Saturday that oil companies will be in a position to look at the issue of reducing petrol and diesel prices if the international crude cost remains stable and these firms have a good next quarter. He, however, added that he was not in a position...
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The Gujarat ATS has busted an Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISKP) module and arrested three men and a woman, in operations carried out in Porbandar and Surat, police said Saturday. The men hail from Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir. Acting on a tip-off, the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS)...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday hit out at former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, saying it does not suit the leader of any party to criticise one's own country abroad. Shah accused Gandhi of going abroad to slander India, and advised him to learn from his ancestors. Shah was...
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The Centre has constituted a committee in Manipur headed by the governor to facilitate the peace-making process among various ethnic groups and initiate dialogue between conflicting parties, the Union home ministry said on Saturday. The members of the peace committee include the chief...
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Sharad Pawar on Saturday announced Supriya Sule and Praful Patel working presidents of the Nationalist Congress Party. Pawar made the announcement at the 25th anniversary of the party, founded by him and P A Sangma in 1999. The announcement was made in presence of Ajit Pawar, a...
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In one of the biggest demonstrations of its operational prowess in recent years, the Indian Navy on Saturday said it carried out a mission in the Arabian Sea that involved two aircraft carriers, multiple warships, submarines and over 35 frontline planes amid China's increasing forays into the...
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In a major reprieve to the vehicle owners charged with violating traffic rules, the Uttar Pradesh government on Friday announced to cancel the pending challans of all the vehicles from the year 2017-2021, a press release from the Chief Ministers office said. Uttar Pradesh government has...
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A Dalit man died after being allegedly thrashed by a hotel owner belonging to an upper caste community and his accomplice following an argument, during which they also hurled casteist slurs at the victim in Gujarat's Mahisagar district, police said on Saturday. The victim, Raju...
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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday met Chief Minister N Biren Singh in Manipur.The ministers are meeting to discuss the backdrop of the ongoing violence in Manipur.The Supreme Court on Friday declined the urgent listing of a plea against the suspension of internet services in...
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Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday slammed four Bharatiya Janata Party MPs from Karnataka for their undermining of All India Congress Committee chief Mallikarjun Kharge's letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Odisha railway tragedy, saying it was another example of the 'absolute...
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The 48-hour Jharkhand bandh called by Jharkhand State Students' Union (JSSU), an umbrella body of different students' associations, started on Saturday but shops and markets were open and vehicles plied normally in the streets. The JSSU had called the bandh in support of its demand for 100 per...
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Border Security Forces (BSF) troops on Saturday morning shot down a drone carrying suspected narcotics from Pakistan along the International Border near Rai village in Amritsar, Punjab.This comes a day after the BSF had recovered a Pakistani drone along the International Border near Rai village...
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Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has dropped Higher Education Minister Rohit Pujari from the council of ministers, sources said.According to sources, chief minister Patnaik has recommended to Odisha Governor Prof Ganeshhi Lal to exclude minister Rohit Pujari from the state cabinet.The...
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The 'very severe' cyclonic storm Biparjoy is expected to intensify further in the next twenty-four hours and will move north-northeastwards, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday.'Very severe cyclonic storm Biparjoy at 2330 hrs IST of 9th June over east-central Arabian Sea...
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Sanjay Raut
Shiv Sena-UBT leader Sanjay Raut on Friday claimed that Union Home Minister Amit Shah had asked Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde to drop four key ministers of the Shinde-led Shiv Sena. The Shinde-led party, however, poohpoohed Raut's statement. There will be a political...
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Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde
Amid strain between the Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party in Kalyan Lok Sabha seat in Maharashtra, local MP Shrikant Shinde on Friday said he was ready to resign for the sake of the alliance. In a statement, Shinde, who is the son of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, said he...
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