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STATE TIMES NEWS KOLKATA: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said there are some misconceptions about the organisation among a section of people, owing to "misleading campaigns".Speaking at a programme at the…
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Prof. Nutan Kumar Resutra In the decades of eighties and nineties when art movies had started invading the box office, I categorically remember one movie that was titled: Albert Pintu Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai. I know the answer to the…
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NEW DELHI: The Railway Ministry has on Sunday announced a hike in train tickets by 1 paise per km for ordinary class beyond a journey of 215 km, and 2 paise per km for non-AC classes of mail/express trains and AC classes of all trains. …
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NEW DELHI: A day after an officer posted in the department of defence production was arrested by CBI for allegedly taking Rs 3 lakh in bribe, senior officials of the Defence Ministry on Sunday said the action has been taken under the…
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NEW DELHI: A total of 110 flights were cancelled and over 370 services delayed due to low-visibility conditions amid fog at the Delhi airport on Sunday. An official said 59 arrivals and 51 departures were cancelled at the airport. …
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NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday gave her assent to the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, the Rural Development Ministry said. The VB-G RAM G Bill, 2025, was passed by…
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NEW DELHI: The CBI on Saturday arrested Lt Col Deepak Kumar Sharma, posted in the Department of Defence Production under the Defence Ministry, for alleged taking Rs three lakh in bribe from a Bengaluru-based company, officials said. …
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NEW DELHI: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has categorically dismissed recent claims linking eggs to cancer risk, terming them "misleading, scientifically unsupported and capable of creating unnecessary public…
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NEW DELHI: As the year draws to a close, mercury hovered around its wintry lows and normal life was affected across northern states due to foggy conditions, with red alert warning issued in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. The national…
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NEW DELHI: The Union Home Ministry has increased the quota for ex-Agniveers for constable recruitment in the BSF to 50 per cent from 10 per cent, according to a gazette notification. The increase has been made by amending the Border…
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