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Assam College NIT Silchar Students Write To President Over Suicide On Campus

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The students began an indefinite hunger strike on Monday. Guwahati: Students at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Assam’s Silchar have written an open letter to President Droupadi Murmu seeking urgent action to resolve the escalating crisis at the premier college. The students, who began an indefinite hunger strike on Monday, have been demanding…

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Sonia Gandhi To Lead Congress Debate On Women’s Quota Bill Today

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The Union Cabinet on Monday approved the Women Reservation Bill. (File) New Delhi: Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi will be the lead speaker from her party for the debate when the Lok Sabha will take up the Women’s Reservation Bill for the discussion today. The Women’s Reservation Bill that seeks to provide a 33…

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Maharashtra Minister Receives Threat Letter From ‘Maoists’

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Dharmaraobaba Atram is the MLA from Aheri in the Maoist-affected district. (Representational) Gadchiroli, Maharashtra: Alleged Naxals have threatened Maharashtra Food and Drugs Minister Dharmaraobaba Atram in a pamphlet found in eastern Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district, police said on Tuesday. Dharmaraobaba Atram is the MLA from Aheri in the Naxal-affected district. The pamphlet, from “Shrinivas” of “Paschim…

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Ahead Of Polls, Congress Flags Off “Jan Aakrosh Yatras” In Madhya Pradesh

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The seven yatras will cover 11,400 km and all 230 assembly seats in 15 days. Bhopal: The Congress started its “Jan Aakrosh Yatra” in Madhya Pradesh on Ganesh Chaturthi, intensifying its campaign against the ruling BJP ahead of the assembly polls. The yatra comes as the ruling BJP’s 10,500-km five Jan Ashirwad Yatras are approaching…

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Border Security Forces Seize 23 Kg Gold Worth Rs 14 Crore At Bangladesh Border 50 Gold Biscuits 16 Bars 1 Arrested

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The smuggler was trying to bring this gold from Bangladesh to India (ANI) North 24 Parganas, West Bengal: The Border Security Force (BSF) achieved a major success on Monday after it thwarted a big attempt at smuggling gold along the India-Bangladesh border areas in West Bengal. The 68 Battalion of South Bengal Frontier at the…

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Nitish Kumar On Women’s Reservation Bill

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“Caste Census” has been a long-standing demand of Nitish Kumar. (File) Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday welcomed the women’s reservation bill brought by the Narendra Modi government at the Centre, but with a few riders, including quotas for women from OBCs and Extremely Backward Classes. The JD(U) supreme leader, whose party has…

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Nitish Kumar On Women’s Reservation Bill

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“Caste Census” has been a long-standing demand of Nitish Kumar. (File) Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday welcomed the women’s reservation bill brought by the Narendra Modi government at the Centre, but with a few riders, including quotas for women from OBCs and Extremely Backward Classes. The JD(U) supreme leader, whose party has…

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No Statutory Vacuum Robust Mechanism In Place To Regulate Private Media Channels Centre Tells Supreme Court

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The government told the Supreme Court that it has always protected journalistic freedom (File) New Delhi: Asserting that there is no statutory vacuum, the central government has told the Supreme Court there exists a robust mechanism for regulation of the content of private television channels. In an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court, the Ministry…

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On Quantum Of Quota For Women, States Should…: MK Stalin

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MK Stalin also took a dig at RSS chief for expressing his support for reservation (File) Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Tuesday opposed limiting reservation to 50 per cent in employment and education and demanded that respective states be allowed to decide on the quantum of quota. Tamil Nadu, for instance, had…

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