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NEW DELHI: The Centre on Thursday issued some Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on leave rules and entitlement for different category of its staff. The FAQs are on general entitlement of leave, leave encashment with Leave Travel…
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NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court Thursday said it would hear on September 22 appeals by two convicts challenging the death sentence and life term awarded to them in the sensational 2008 Batla House encounter case in which decorated Delhi…
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NEW DELHI: The Serum Institute of India will try to launch Omicron-specific vaccine for COVID-19 after six months, its CEO Adar Poonawalla said on Thursday. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an event, he said there is good data…
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MUMBAI: The National Investigation Agency has announced a cash reward of Rs 25 lakh for any information leading to the arrest of fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, a key accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, an official said on…
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Available to people in an affordable price range of Rs 200-400 NEW DELHI: India's first indigenously developed quadrivalent Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine for the prevention of cervical cancer will be launched in a few months and…
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NEW DELHI: Collections from Goods and Services Tax (GST) rose 28 per cent to Rs 1.43 lakh crore in August, the Finance Ministry said on Thursday. GST collection has remained over the Rs 1.4-lakh-crore mark for the sixth straight month…
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NEW DELHI: The price of commercial LPG used in hotels and restaurants on Thursday was slashed by Rs 91.5 per cylinder on softening international prices, but oil companies have made no changes in rates of domestic cooking gas and rather…
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MUMBAI: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Thursday said he has tested negative for COVID-19 and has returned to work. The 79-year-old actor, who had tested positive on August 24, shared the news in a post on his official blog. "Back at…
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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tributes to Puli Thevar, an 18th century Tamil warrior who fought against the British, on his birth anniversary. His valour and determination give inspiration to countless people,…
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GANGTOK: The Indian Army has rescued 74 tourists, including women and children, stranded in Yumthang Valley in North Sikkim, a defence release said. No casualty was reported in the landslide, it said. Jawans of the Trishakti Corps on…
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