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NEW DELHI: Scorched by a heatwave, northwestern parts of India can expect some respite over the three days as an extra-tropical weather system is likely to bring showers over the region with peak intensity rains forecast for Monday.The…
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NEW DELHI: A minor fire broke out in the new Parliament building in central Delhi on Saturday afternoon, officials said.The safety net of the building caught fire, they said.Information regarding the blaze was received at 12.35 pm and…
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DEOMALI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Saturday said that the New Education Policy (NEP) has been framed with the objective of making the country's youth "competent enough to stand tall in all spheres of life".Prime Minister Narendra…
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NEW DELHI: Bowing to public pressure, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced a Rs 8 per litre cut in excise duty on petrol and Rs 6 a litre on diesel to avoid increase in fuel prices that were necessitated due to…
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New Delhi: India's COVID-19 tally increased to 4,31,34,145 on Saturday with 2,323 fresh infections, while the number of active cases came down to 14,996, according to Union health ministry data. The death toll climbed to 5,24,348…
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Kolkata: The varsity-appointed panels have recommended conducting UG and PG semester exams of Calcutta University on offline mode but will seek opinions of affiliate colleges before the final decision. Vice-Chancellor Sonali…
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STATE TIMES NEWS New Delhi: Paving the way for conducting the first assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir since it was made a Union territory, the Centre said the orders of the Delimitation Commission which redrew electoral constituencies…
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STATE TIMES NEWS New Delhi: The CBI on Friday questioned former Jammu and Kashmir Bank chairman Haseeb Drabu in connection with a case related to the purchase of the bank's office building in Mumbai in 2010 in which it is alleged that…
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STATE TIMES NEWS NEW DELHI: Former minister and AAP leader Harsh Dev Singh held a meeting with Arvind Kejriwal, National Convenor of the party and Delhi CM and discussed several issues pertaining to the UT of J&K at New Delhi on…
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STATE TIMES NEWS Shillong: Eight surviving personnel of the Assam Rifles who had eliminated 72 insurgents and captured 13 others alive in a single operation in Jammu and Kashmir 30 years ago, were on Monday felicitated by the…
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