Month: March 2024

PM Modi To Chair Key Meet To Appoint 2 Election Commissioners On March 15

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PM Modi To Chair Key Meet To Appoint 2 Election Commissioners On March 15

The election commissioners will be appointed by the President. New Delhi: Two election commissioners are likely to be appointed by March 15 to fill the vacancies created by the retirement of Anup Chandra Pandey and the surprise resignation of Arun Goel, sources said on Sunday. Days before the poll panel is expected to announce the…

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PM Modi’s Outreach Helped Avert A “Nuclear” Crisis In Ukraine: Report

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PM Modi’s Outreach Helped Avert A “Nuclear” Crisis In Ukraine: Report

US officials say that outreach from PM Narendra Modi and others helped avert a crisis Washington DC: As the Russia-Ukraine conflict raged in 2022, the United States started “preparing rigorously” for a potential nuclear strike by Moscow against Kyiv, in what would have been the first nuclear attack since the US dropping atomic bombs on…

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India produces 97% of its total mobile phone demand locally: ICEA

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India produces 97% of its total mobile phone demand locally: ICEA

Mobile phone production in India jumped from ₹18,900 crore in 2014-15 to an estimated ₹4,10,000 crore in FY24, a report by ICEA said. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Mobile phone manufacturing in value terms jumped 21-fold to ₹4.1 lakh crore in India in the last 10 years as government policy measures like the PLI scheme…

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Omar Ayub Of Imran Khan’s Party Named Leader Of Opposition In Pakistan National Assembly

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Omar Ayub Of Imran Khan’s Party Named Leader Of Opposition In Pakistan National Assembly

Omar Ayub Khan was also the joint candidate who lost to Shehbaz Sharif (File) Islamabad: Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s PTI and the Sunni Ittehad Council have jointly nominated his party leader Omar Ayub Khan as the leader of the opposition in Pakistan’s National Assembly. The PTI-SIC formalised the nomination by submitting his documents…

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Bajrang Punia, Ravi Dahiya Eliminated From Paris Olympics Qualification Race

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Bajrang Punia, Ravi Dahiya Eliminated From Paris Olympics Qualification Race

File photo of Bajrang Punia© X (formerly Twitter) Bajrang Punia and Ravi Dahiya — both Tokyo Games medallists — were on Sunday eliminated from the race for the Paris Olympics qualification after losing their respective bouts in the selection trials for the upcoming international tournaments. Punia, who was a prominent face of protest against former…

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On Yusuf Pathan Getting Trinamool Ticket, Brother Irfan Pathan’s Emotional Post

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On Yusuf Pathan Getting Trinamool Ticket, Brother Irfan Pathan’s Emotional Post

Yusuf Pathan (L) and Irfan Pathan© X (formerly Twitter) Former Indian cricket team all-rounder Yusuf Pathan will be contesting the Lok Sabha polls from the Baharampur constituency for Trinamool Congress (TMC). TMC announced on Sunday that Pathan will be their candidate for the constituency which is a traditional Congress stronghold and is currently represented by Lok Sabha…

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Haryana Businessman, 38, Shot Dead As 35 Bullets Fired At Murthal Dhaba

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Haryana Businessman, 38, Shot Dead As 35 Bullets Fired At Murthal Dhaba

Unknown assailants fire away at Haryana trader at Dhaba in Murthal A businessman was sleeping in his SUV in a parking lot of a Dhaba when he was dragged out and shot dead by unknown men in Haryana on Sunday morning, just weeks after an INLD leader was shot dead by unidentified gunmen who ambushed…

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In Retaining Mahua Moitra As Poll Pick, Trinamool’s Defiant Message To BJP

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In Retaining Mahua Moitra As Poll Pick, Trinamool’s Defiant Message To BJP

Mahua Moitra, expelled from the Lok Sabha three months ago, has been fielded again by Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress in what is seen as a message of defiance to the BJP. Trinamool has fielded her from Bengal’s Krishnanagar — the very same seat she represented — thumbing nose at critics who had predicted an end…

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Palestinians prepare for Ramadan in the shadow of Gaza war

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Palestinians prepare for Ramadan in the shadow of Gaza war

A man waves a homemade sparkler firework as displaced Palestinians prepare their tents for Ramadan, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip March 9, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Palestinians prepared for Ramadan in sombre mood with heightened security measures by Israeli police…

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Man Arrested After Car Crashes Into Buckingham Palace Gates

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Man Arrested After Car Crashes Into Buckingham Palace Gates

The palace has faced multiple break-in attempts in the past. (File) London: Officers arrested a man who crashed a car into the gates of London’s Buckingham Palace over the weekend, police said on Sunday. The Metropolitan Police said the car “collided with the gates” of the royal residence at 02:30 GMT on Saturday. Armed officers…

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