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Major Changes In Visa, Consular Services To Counter Predatory Pricing

August 31, 2023 admin

Indian Missions are 1st touch points for international travellers coming into India (Representational) New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs, in a move to mitigate predatory pricing, has tightened the rules for the selection of partner visas and consular service to the Indian diaspora and foreign visitors. The MEA is committed to serving Indians migrating…

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Hundreds Of Trees Uprooted During Monsoon Floods In Shimla

August 31, 2023 admin

“The beauty of Shimla lies in greenery of the forests,” said former Mayor of Shimla. (Representational) Shimla: The monsoon rain, floods and landslides have led to the uprooting of hundreds of trees in the north Indian hill town Shimla. A large number of nearly 1000 Deodar trees were uprooted, over 500 dangerous trees were removed…

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On Raksha Bandhan, Hyderabad Man Donates Kidney To Save Sister’s Life

August 31, 2023 admin

Dushyant Varkar and his sister Sheetal Bhandari are both natives of Pune. (Representational) Hyderabad: On the occasion of Rakha Bandhan, a brother who could not bear the pain of his sister who was undergoing dialysis, took the key decision to donate his kidney and save her life. Speaking to ANI, Dushyant Varkar and his sister…

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Pro-Khalistan Slogan Accused Were Promised $7000: Delhi Senior Cop

August 31, 2023 admin

Pro-Khalistan Slogan Accused Were Promised 00: Delhi Senior Cop

Slogans reading “Khalistan Zindabad” were inscribed on Delhi metro walls. (Representational) Delhi: After two accused were arrested over Pro-Khalistan graffiti and slogans on the walls of more than five metro stations in Delhi, HGS Dhaliwal, Special CP, Delhi Police Special Cell has said that they were promised $7000 for this work. HGS Dhaliwal spoke to…

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AAP Demands Seat-Sharing Discussion For All States In INDIA’s Mumbai Meet

August 31, 2023 admin

“The meeting was good,” said Arvind Kejriwal. (File) Mumbai: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said his party demanded that seat-sharing across the country be discussed at the meeting of the Opposition’s INDIA alliance here. When asked what transpired at the informal meeting of the alliance leaders in the evening, the Delhi…

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Will Withdraw Notification On Dissolution Of Gram Panchayats: Punjab To High Court

August 31, 2023 admin

The Punjab government, through its August 10 notification, had dissolved all gram panchayats. Chandigarh: The Punjab government on Thursday told the Punjab and Haryana High Court that it is withdrawing its notification dissolving all gram panchayats in the state. The court was hearing a petition by Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Gurjeet Singh Talwandi, who…

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Students Told To Give ‘No Torn Jeans’ Undertaking By Kolkata College

August 31, 2023 admin

The principal said the move to sign the affidavit was “to enforce strict discipline in the institute”. Kolkata: Kolkata-based AJC Bose College students described their principal’s instruction to sign an affidavit with the declaration that they will not wear torn or artificially torn jeans to college as a diktat interfering with their freedom of expression….

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Supreme Court Questions Convict Over Payment Of Fine

August 31, 2023 admin

Bilkis Bano was 21 years old and five months pregnant when she was gangraped in 2002.. New Delhi: The Supreme Court questioned one of the convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case today about depositing the fine imposed on him when the hearing on the pleas challenging his remission was in progress. Appearing for convict…

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Woman Dragged, Beaten With Sticks In Madhya Pradesh, 3 Arrested: Cops

August 31, 2023 admin

She was apparently deranged, a senior police official said. (Representational) Sagar: Three persons were arrested in Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar city on Thursday after a video showing a woman being brutally thrashed at a bus stand went viral. She was apparently deranged, a senior police official said. The woman was dragged, beaten with sticks and kicked…

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Delhi Court Allows Stem Cell Therapy For 2 Children Suffering From Autism

August 31, 2023 admin

Two AIIMS doctors said stem cell therapy is allowed only for treating blood cancer (representational) New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday allowed two children suffering from autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to undergo stem cell therapy for treatment of their condition. The family members of the two children had approached the high court earlier…

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