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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the Union Budget for 2022-23 will be of great help in implementing the National Education Policy on the ground and asserted that the decision to set up a National Digital University can solve the problem of shortage of seats in educational institutions in the country. Addressing […]
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Lucknow: Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav has said that an insult to the bicycle was an insult to the nation. Reacting to Prime Minister Narendra Modi statement that the Ahmedabad serial blast perpetrators had planted bombs on bicycles and that the SP’s election symbol too happens to be a bicycle, Akhilesh Yadav said that […]
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Visakhapatnam: The President’s Fleet Review, an awe-inspiring and much-awaited event, conducted at Visakhapatnam on Monday, February 21, 2022, said a press release. President Ram Nath Kovind, who is also the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, reviewed the Naval Fleet comprising over 60 ships and submarines, and 55 aircraft. This will be the twelfth Fleet […]
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New Delhi: India reported 16,051 new COVID-19 cases and 206 fatalities in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Monday. Of the fresh fatalities, Kerala reported 92 deaths as per the state health department’s data. With this, the total cases of COVID-19 infections in the country moved up to […]
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Mumbai: A day after Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao met his Maharashtra counterpart Uddhav Thackeray, his cabinet ministers and NCP chief Sharad Pawar in Mumbai in a bid to stitch an anti-BJP alliance, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Monday said that a political front will never be formed without the Congress. This meeting […]
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Shivamogga (Karnataka): A 23-year-old Bajarang Dal activist was allegedly stabbed to death in this district headquarters town, police said Monday, as the administration clamped prohibitory orders and announced a holiday for schools and colleges. Harsha was allegedly stabbed to death by unknown assailants Sunday night at the Ravi Varma lane in Bharathi Colony, they said. […]
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Imphal (Manipur): Two Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel sustained splinter injuries in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Manipur on Sunday, which escalated tension in the poll-bound state. The blast took place around 8 pm near Wangoo Tera police station range which is around 45 km from Manipur’s capital Imphal. Constables Girija Shankar and […]
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Lucknow: Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav has said that the ruling BJP was set to be removed from power. He said the BJP was losing ground and, as the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections progress and the people of Azamgarh, Ballia, Mirzapur and Sonbhadra vote, the saffron party will be completely routed. “We have done […]
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Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao and his Maharashtra counterpart Uddhav Thackeray emphasised the need for unification of like-minded forces to fight against the autocratic rule of the BJP-led union government in the country. They have decided to work together in the fight against the divisive forces in the country as well as convene a […]
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Hyderabad: Due to doubling of track between Ettumanoor-Kottayam-Chingavanam stations, South Central Railway will be diverting two trains via a different route for the safety of passengers. Train number 17230 (from Secunderabad to Thiruvanantapuram) scheduled on March 5, 16, 18 and 21, will be diverted via Kottayam, Changanassery, Tiruvalla, Chengannur and Mavelikara stations. The returning train, […]
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Chennai: AIADMK Coordinator and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam has written to External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to intervene in the issue of the participation of Indian devotees at St. Anthony’s church in Sri Lanka’s Katchatheevu. Panneerselvam on Saturday said that according to reports, the festival is to be held on March 11 […]
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New Delhi: The global revenues for the artificial intelligence (AI) market, including software, hardware, and services, is forecast to grow 19.6 per cent (on-year) in 2022 to $432.8 billion, according to a new report. The market is expected to break the $500 billion mark in 2023, reports International Data Corporation (IDC). AI solutions are currently […]
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New Delhi: As the Assembly elections in Punjab are underway, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday urged the people of the state to vote in “large numbers” for the “honour of Punjabiyat”. Polling in the single-phased assembly polls is underway on 117 seats of Punjab. “For Punjab, for the honour of Punjabiyat, vote […]
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New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday urged the people of Uttar Pradesh to vote for the peace and progress of the state. Taking to Twitter, the Congress leader said that if a new government is formed then a new future will be formed. “Voting will be in Uttar Pradesh. Change will come across […]
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Kolar: In a shocking incident, a 14-year-old girl was gang-raped on her birthday in the limits of Kamasamudra Police station in Kolar district of Karnataka. The incident has come to light lately, and four accused have been arrested in this connection, police said on Sunday. The accused have been identified as Anand Kumar, Kantharaju, Praveen […]
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Mumbai: The Maharashtra Police have filed an FIR against Sameer Wakhende, the controversial former NCB Zonal Director (Mumbai) at the Kopri police station of Thane district for getting a liquor license for his bar by allegedly furnishing false information. The FIR against Sameer Wankhede was lodged around 8 p.m. on Saturday. “Wankhede is the owner […]
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New Delhi: India reported 19,968 new cases of COVID-19 during the last 24 hours, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday. A total of 11,87,766 samples were tested during the last 24 hours. The positivity rate for the day stands at 1.68 per cent while the weekly positivity rate stands at 2.27 […]
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Ranchi: A Muslim man has spent Rs 40 lakh to build a Parthasarathi (Lord Krishna) temple in Ranishwar block of Jharkhand’s Dumka district, setting an example of communal harmony, and is now planning to go for Haj. “I had resolved to build a temple and going for Haj is my duty. If Allah wills it, […]
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New Delhi: As the voting for Assembly elections in Punjab and third phase polling in Uttar Pradesh began on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged people of both the States to vote especially the youth as well as the first-time voters. “The Punjab elections and the third phase of the UP elections are being held […]
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Mumbai: Taking cognizance of a complaint by a Maharashtra heritage expert, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is probing allegations of certain activities reported from the vicinity (buffer zone) of the ancient Khajuraho Temples – a UNESCO World Heritage site. The quiet development follows objections by the Jalgaon-based Heritage Foundation Director Bhujang Bobade to the […]
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New Delhi: Members of the Afghan Sikh-Hindu delegation who met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday told him about their circumstances in Kabul and thanked the government for Citizenship Amendment Act. They called for the government providing citizenship “under one window”. A member of the Afghan Sikh-Hindu delegation later said that he “was kidnapped” by […]
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Bengaluru: At least 58 female students from a college in Karnataka’s Shivamogga district were suspended on Saturday for wearing hijab and also staging an agitation demanding that they should be allowed to attend classes. The students were from Government Pre-University College of Shiralakoppa. Although the college management, development committee tried to explain to the hijab-clad […]
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met an Afghan Sikh-Hindu delegation at his residence. A delegation of Sikh spiritual leaders had called on PM Modi on Friday also. Prime Minister met leaders of the minority community who have been facing persecution in Afghanistan after the Taliban took over the country in mid-August last […]
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New Delhi: It was a very emotional moment for the second-generation members of the Christian Mithu family which had separated during the tumultuous days during the 1947 Partition of India, when they met at the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib at Kartarpur, Dawn reported. The Kartarpur Corridor provided the two branches of the family with an opportunity […]
