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SHIMLA: India's first voter Shyam Saran Negi died on Saturday morning at his residence in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur. He was over 100 years old. On November 3, Negi had cast his vote through postal ballot for the state's Assembly…
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AMRITSAR/CHANDIGARH: Shiv Sena (Taksali) leader Sudhir Suri was shot dead on Friday while he was taking part in a protest outside a temple in a busy Amritsar locality, police said. More than five shots were fired at Suri after which…
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NEW DELHI: The Army has approved project sanction orders of five Make II projects, including drone kill system and infantry training weapon simulator, giving an impetus to India's vision for self-reliance, the Defence Ministry said on…
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KOCHI: Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri Friday targeted Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal with a snappy wisecrack that the AAP national convener has got "Olympic gold medal in promising freebies". The issue…
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NEW DELHI: BJP leader and former Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi inaugurated the 33rd 'Rashtriya Ramayan Mela' on Friday and claimed that the "Modi-Yogi factor" in Uttar Pradesh has given a system free of "curfew, crime and commission"…
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NEW DELHI: Gold price in the national capital rose Rs 604 to Rs 50,869 per 10 grams on Friday, amid strong global trends, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal had touched Rs 50,265 per 10 grams. …
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NEW DELHI: Twitter has fired the majority of its over 200 employees in India as part of mass layoffs across the globe ordered by its new owner Elon Musk who is looking to make his USD 44 billion acquisition work. Sources said the…
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HAMIRPUR: Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Friday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is undertaking the Bharat Jodo Yatra with "tukde-tukde gang", and questioned his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's absence from the march. The Hamirpur MP…
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MUMBAI: Actor Nushrratt Bharuccha on Friday began preparing for "Chhorii 2", the sequel to her 2021 hit of the same title. The 37-year-old actor shared the news on her Instagram Stories where she posted a photo of the film's script. …
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NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Education has set up a high-level panel to strengthen the assessment and accreditation of higher educational institutions, officials said on Friday. The panel will be headed by Dr K Radhakrishnan, Chairperson,…
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