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Jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari dies of cardiac arrest
BANDA/LUCKNOW: Jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari died at the Banda Medical College in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday following a cardiac arrest, its principal said.
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MHA extends till June 30 validity of FCRA registered NGOs
NEW DELHI: The Union home ministry on Thursday extended till June 30 the validity of all FCRA registered NGOs whose licences are expiring on March 31, in a relief to those whose renewal applications are still under consideration.
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MGNREGS wage rates revised, hikes range between 4-10 per cent for different states
New Delhi: Wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme have been revised, with hikes ranging between four and 10 per cent for different states.
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Group of lawyers write to CJI against ‘vested interest group’ trying to…
New Delhi: A group of lawyers, including senior advocate Harish Salve and Bar Council of India chairperson Manan Kumar Mishra, have written to the Chief Justice of India, alleging that a "vested interest group" is trying to pressure the!-->…
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Filing of nominations for second phase of Lok Sabha polls begins
New Delhi: The process of filing nominations for 88 parliamentary seats across 12 states in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections began on Thursday.
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Sadanand Vasant Date: 26/11 hero becomes new NIA Chief
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New Delhi/ Mumbai: He fought Ajmal Kasab and his LeT colleague Abu Ismail, received splinter injuries and held them off till he fell unconscious. On Wednesday, 16 years later, Sadanand Vasant Date was appointed head of!-->!-->!-->…
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Our preparedness levels of very high order: Gen Pande on eastern Ladakh situation
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New Delhi: In the backdrop of the nearly four-year border row with China in eastern Ladakh, Army Chief General Manoj Pande on Wednesday said the Indian Army's preparedness levels are of a "very high order" and the!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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No interim relief for Kejriwal from HC
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New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita claimed her husband would do a "big expose" on the alleged excise policy scam in court on Thursday, even as the AAP supremo did not get immediate relief from the!-->!-->!-->…
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N N Vohra welcomes Shah’s statement on troops withdrawal, AFSPA
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New Delhi: Former governor of Jammu and Kashmir N N Vohra on Wednesday hailed Union Home Minister Amit Shah's statement that the Centre plans to pull back troops from the Union Territory and leave law and order to the!-->!-->!-->…
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ED summons TMC MP Mahua Moitra, bizman Darshan Hiranandani in FEMA case on Thursday
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has issued fresh summons to TMC leader Mahua Moitra and Dubai-based businessman Darshan Hiranandani for questioning in a Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) contravention case on March 28, official!-->…
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