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STATE TIMES NEWS NEW DELHI: Relentless protest by the Opposition demanding a debate on SIR led to the adjournment of Lok Sabha proceedings for the day on Tuesday even as the government asserted that it was ready to discuss the issue in…
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NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha will take up a debate on the 150th anniversary of National Song 'Vande Mataram' on Monday and on electoral reforms on Tuesday, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said.The decision was taken after an…
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STATE TIMES NEWS CHANDIGARH: BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh on Tuesday strongly criticised the Punjab Government for the continuous decline in capital expenditure, saying that under Bhagwant Mann, the state has sunk into…
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VARANASI (UP): Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday said language is one of the primary instruments to come out of the colonial mindset, which he referred to as "Macaulay mindset", after the British civil servant who…
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NEW DELHI: The DRDO has successfully conducted a high-speed rocket-sled test of a fighter aircraft escape system at controlled velocity, validating some of the key safety parameters including complete aircrew recovery. The test has…
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STATE TIMES NEWS NEW DELHI: Parliament is not a place for drama but for delivery, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday in a hard-hitting attack on the Opposition as he accused it of turning the House into a "warm-up arena" for…
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STATE TIMES NEWS NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR: The CBI on Monday arrested an "absconder" carrying a Rs 10 lakh reward in connection with the sensational 1989 kidnapping of Rubaiyya Sayeed, the daughter of the then Union Home Minister Mufti…
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STATE TIMES NEWS NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 12 noon on Monday following protests by opposition parties demanding a discussion on the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.After the House paid tributes…
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NEW DELHI: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday asserted in the Rajya Sabha that the government is not averse to holding a discussion on SIR or electoral reforms, as he asked the Opposition not to insist on setting a…
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STATE TIMES NEWS NEW DELHI: Chowdry Mohammed Ramzan, the newly elected National Conference (NC) Rajya Sabha member, on Monday highlighted the limited powers of Jammu and Kashmir's elected government, saying that the authority primarily…
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