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Sharad Pawar backs candidates demanding postponement of MPSC exam

August 22, 2024 admin

Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) (NCP-SCP) Chief Sharad Pawar. | Photo Credit: ANI NCP (SP) Chief Sharad Pawar has sided with the candidates agitating in Pune demanding postponement of the MPSC prelims exam, scheduled for August 25, warning that he would join the protest if the government doesn’t clarify its stand. Many job-seekers, preparing for…

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Government On Reports India Dam Caused Bangladesh Floods

August 22, 2024 admin

New Delhi: Flooding in the eastern districts of Bangladesh – which is facing political turmoil after violent protests forced Sheikh Hasina to resign as Prime Minister and flee to India – were not caused by the opening of a dam on the Gumti River in Tripura, the government clarified Thursday. The External Affairs Ministry acknowledged…

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Secunderabad Cantonment residents to get augmented water supply

August 22, 2024 admin

File photo of Secunderabad Cantonment Board Pump House. | Photo Credit: RAMAKRISHNA G Secunderabad Cantonment residents can now expect more reliable water supply as the Telangana government has approved an increase in the supply to address the needs of the growing population. After Cantonment MLA Sri Ganesh Narayanan met Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on…

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Ex MP Mimi Chakraborty Gets Rape Threat

August 22, 2024 admin

Actor Mimi Chakraborty served as Jadavpur MP from 2019 to 2024 Kolkata: Actor and former Trinamool Congress MP Mimi Chakraborty has said she is receiving death threats in the aftermath of the rape and murder of a 31-year-old doctor in Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. With screenshots of the some of the offensive…

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After Protests, Bombay High Court Takes Cognisance Of Thane School Shocker

August 22, 2024 admin

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has taken cognisance of the alleged sexual assault of two four-year-old girls at a school in Badlapur near Mumbai. The case has sparked massive protests across the city with demands of death penalty for the 23-year-old cleaner allegedly involved. The cleaner, who was arrested on August 17, allegedly assaulted the…

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Big Reshuffle In RG Kar Hospital As Doctors Protesting Rape-Murder Horror

August 22, 2024 admin

Students and doctors of RG Kar Medical College led a protest march in Kolkata yesterday. PTI Kolkata: Under fire after the rape-murder of a 31-year-old doctor in Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, the West Bengal government has made a string of changes in top posts in the hospital’s administration, as demanded by protesting…

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Emergency At Thiruvananthapuram Airport Over Bomb Threat On Air India Flight

August 22, 2024 admin

Passengers are being evacuated from the flight, airport sources said. Thiruvananthapuram: A full emergency was declared at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport today following a bomb threat on an Air India flight from Mumbai, airport sources said. The flight landed at the airport around 8 am and was moved to an isolation bay, they said. Passengers…

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Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge Arrive In Jammu And Kashmir Ahead of Assembly Polls

August 22, 2024 admin

Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge arrived arrived in Srinagar ahead of Jammu and Kashmir polls. Srinagar: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge arrived in Srinagar on Wednesday on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir to take stock of the party’s preparations for the upcoming assembly polls in…

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Plans On To Tackle Dangerous Glacial Lakes In Himalayas

August 22, 2024 admin

Rising global temperatures lead to faster melting of ice in these lakes. New Delhi: The expanding glacial lakes in the Himalayas are a matter of serious concern and the National Disaster Management Authority or NDMA has finalised a list of 189 “potentially dangerous” lakes. NDTV has learnt that of the nearly 7,500 glacial lakes in…

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Assam To Introduce Compulsory Muslim Marriage, Divorce Registration Bill

August 22, 2024 admin

Himanta Sarma said that the bill aims to address and prevent child marriages in the state. In a significant move, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that his government will introduce a bill for the compulsory government registration of Muslim marriages and divorces in the upcoming Autumn assembly session. The bill, known as the…

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