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New Delhi, Oct 4 (PTI) The CBI arrested an NIA deputy superintendent of police posted in Patna and two middlemen on Thursday for allegedly accepting a Rs 20 lakh bribe to extend favours to a person in an ongoing probe, officials said. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had received a complaint from Rocky Yadav, […]
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Srinagar: Kashmir is at the cusp of a new beginning as the security situation in the Valley is “peaceful and stable” but reducing the footprints of security forces is not recommended at this stage, a top Army officer said here on Thursday. Speaking at a press conference, General Officer Commanding (GoC) of the Army’s Srinagar-based […]
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Quashes jail manual rules of 10 states New Delhi: In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court on Thursday banned caste-based discrimination like division of manual labour, segregation of barracks and bias against prisoners of de-notified tribes and habitual offenders by holding as “unconstitutional” the jail manual rules of 10 states for fostering such biases. Observing […]
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Srinagar: Days ahead of counting of votes, the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Thursday directed all employees of the legislative assembly, who were sent on deputation to various departments, to report back to the House secretary immediately. Voting for the 90-member assembly was held in three phases and the results would be declared on October […]
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Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir BJP chief RavinderRaina said the party will emerge as the single-largest one in the ongoing Assembly elections and form its government in the Union Territory. Raina said the record voter turnout across all three phases indicates the BJP is poised to win an absolute majority on October 8. “The way the […]
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New Delhi: Voter turnout of 69.69 per cent has been recorded in phase-3 of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls, with women outnumbering men in casting votes, the Election Commission said on Thursday. Overall, 63.88 per cent turnout has been recorded at polling stations, as against 58.58 per cent in the LokSabha polls, the poll […]
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Ahmedabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday claimed that incidents of violence have decreased by as much as 70 per cent in the three “hotspots” of Kashmir, the Northeast, and regions affected by Naxalism in the last ten years. The number of deaths due to such incidents in these areas too has fallen by […]
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Aims to provide 1 crore internship over 5 years New Delhi: The government on Thursday rolled out the internship programme on a pilot basis that will provide a total annual financial assistance of Rs 66,000 to those in the age group of 21-24 years, and aim to cover one crore youth over five years. Under […]
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New Delhi: India on Thursday trashed a report by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) and described it as a “biased” organisation with a “political agenda”. In its report, the USCIRF that monitors universal right to freedom of religion criticised India for alleged violations of religious freedom. It also recommended to the US […]
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New Delhi: Delhi has seen a fresh surge in dengue cases, with 401 new infections reported from September 22 to 28, according to official data. Malaria and chikungunya cases have also seen an uptick recently. With the latest surge, the total number of dengue cases in Delhi this year, until September 28, has reached 1,630. […]
