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Meghalaya DyCM explores Rly development amidst public & pressure group opposition
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Meghalaya DyCM explores Rly development amidst public & pressure group opposition

Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister, Sniawbhalang Dhar, has affirmed that the state government is actively considering the implementation of railway lines in the picturesque Khasi-Jaintia Hills region.

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October 12, 2023
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Senior AGP & BPF leaders join Congress in Assam

In a significant political development in Assam, several influential figures from the Asom Gana Parishad and Bodoland People’s Front, both key allies of the ruling BJP, have defected to the Congress party.

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October 12, 2023
Supreme Court Collegium reiterates its recommendation to transfer Justice Muralidaran of Manipur HC
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Supreme Court Collegium reiterates its recommendation to transfer Justice Muralidaran of Manipur HC

The Supreme Court Collegium has reiterated its earlier recommendation dated October 9 to transfer Justice M.V. Muralidaran of the Manipur High Court to Calcutta High Court for better administration of justice.

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October 12, 2023
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Punjab politics on boil over SYL

Aam Aadmi Party and Opposition parties portraying each other as villains over this issue

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October 12, 2023
Israeli strikes demolish entire Gaza neighbourhoods
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Israeli strikes demolish entire Gaza neighbourhoods

Airstrikes smashed entire city blocks to rubble in the tiny coastal enclave and left unknown numbers of bodies beneath mounds of debris

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October 12, 2023
India will navigate on availability, other factors: Petroleum Minister on price rise amid Israel-Hamas conflict
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India will navigate on availability, other factors: Petroleum Minister on price rise amid Israel-Hamas conflict

Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri on Wednesday said if the crude oil prices go up, then that has a very strong & adverse impact on the attempts at global economic recovery.

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October 12, 2023
FM calls for solutions consensus-based to global challenges
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FM calls for solutions consensus-based to global challenges

Shesaid thatthe IMF's primary focus needs to be macroeconomicsurveillance and policy guidance

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October 12, 2023
Inactive Opposition remembers caste during elections: Yogi Adityanath
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Inactive Opposition remembers caste during elections: Yogi Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Wednesday, said that there is chaos among Opposition parties ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. “During elections, the Opposition remembers caste, while for the rest of the four years, they remain inactive.

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October 12, 2023
Split order from SC on termination of 26-weeks-old pregnancy
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Split order from SC on termination of 26-weeks-old pregnancy

The matter has now been directed to be listed before alarger Bench for addressing the issue

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October 12, 2023
Backdoor appointments row: VD Satheesan seeks Kerala labour minister's resignation
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Backdoor appointments row: VD Satheesan seeks Kerala labour minister's resignation

As the issue of backdoor appointments in the staterun Kerala Institute of Labour and Employment (KILE)triggered a fresh row, Opposition leader in the Kerala Assembly VD Satheesan on Wednesday demanded the resignation of labour minister V Sivankutty (photo).

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October 12, 2023
Release 3,000 cusecs of water by 31 Oct, CWRC to Karnataka
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Release 3,000 cusecs of water by 31 Oct, CWRC to Karnataka

Karnataka has said its unable to release water to 50 per centshortfallin inflow

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October 12, 2023
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UGC directive to update websites for mandatory information

Websites of a large number of universities and higher education information systems (HEIS) across the country are not updated and functional at a time when stakeholders in HEIS are eager to get basic academic information from these websites.

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October 12, 2023
ED raids rice mills in Nadia, probes graft in ration distribution
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ED raids rice mills in Nadia, probes graft in ration distribution

In a sweeping operation on Wednesday, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted raids at eight different locations in Nadia, stirring an atmosphere of anticipation as investigations into alleged ration corruption gain momentum.

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October 12, 2023
ED quizzes Rujira in school job scam
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ED quizzes Rujira in school job scam

Abhishek Banerjee’s wife was quizzed for around 8 hours

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October 12, 2023
Court directs panchayat to assign Congress candidate as pradhan
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Court directs panchayat to assign Congress candidate as pradhan

Justice Amrita Sinha's Bench in Calcutta High Court has ordered a panchayat in East Burdwan to accept a tribal woman elected on the ticket of the Congress party as the pradhan of its newly-elected board.

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October 12, 2023
NHPC contributes ₹3 crore to Sikkim CM to support relief efforts
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NHPC contributes ₹3 crore to Sikkim CM to support relief efforts

The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) has contributed Rs 3 crore to the Sikkim Chief Minister’s Relief Fund to support the relief efforts of the state government for the victims of unexpected natural calamity caused due to the lake outburst in the Lhonak on the night of 3 October this year.

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October 12, 2023
Sikkim: Appreciation successful evacuation operations for troops after
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Sikkim: Appreciation successful evacuation operations for troops after

Authorities halted evacuation operations on Wednesday due to bad weather in Sikkim

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October 12, 2023
KCR to address 41 rallies in 17 days; BJP raises questions over his health
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KCR to address 41 rallies in 17 days; BJP raises questions over his health

Telangana Chief Minister and BRS supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao is all set to address 41 public rallies in just 17 days starting from 15 October even as his long absence from public life due to ill-health remained a topic of animated debate for BJP leaders in the state.

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October 12, 2023
Draconian laws being brought in through back door: CM
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Draconian laws being brought in through back door: CM

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamul Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee has asked for close scrutiny of the draft of the proposed Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita prepared by the Union Home Ministry to replace the Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure and Indian Evidence Act and ensure that no Draconian laws are being brought in through subterfuge.

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October 12, 2023
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EAM cautions nations against hidden agendas

Comment comes against backdrop of China’s debt-trap diplomacy with some Asian, African nations

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October 12, 2023
Stock Market Ends On High Note With Bullish Sentiment
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Stock Market Ends On High Note With Bullish Sentiment

The Sensex surged 566.97 points, reaching aclosing figure of 66,079.36, while the Nifty added 177.50 points to finish at 19,689.85

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October 11, 2023
Cleared by LA 2028 organisers, cricket's 128-year wait to enter Olympic fold awaits IOC nod
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Cleared by LA 2028 organisers, cricket's 128-year wait to enter Olympic fold awaits IOC nod

The International Cricket Council’s (ICC) plans of globalizing cricket and making it a part of the Olympics received a much needed shot on the arm after the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics organizing committee decided to recommend the sport’s inclusion at the Games.

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October 11, 2023
World Cup: India eye chance of adding another win to kitty against Afghanistan
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World Cup: India eye chance of adding another win to kitty against Afghanistan

Indiawould want for the troika of captain Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan and Shreyas lyer to getruns with the bat

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October 11, 2023
Political equations changing as RLD bats for Congress in Uttar Pradesh
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Political equations changing as RLD bats for Congress in Uttar Pradesh

In what can be termed as an example of changing political alignments in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) has said that the political situation on the ground was turning “perceptibly favourable” towards the Congress which is now required to lead the INDIA bloc from the front.

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October 11, 2023
Delhi L-G sanctions Arundhati Roy's prosecution for Kashmir remark
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Delhi L-G sanctions Arundhati Roy's prosecution for Kashmir remark

Delhi Lt. Governor V.K. Saxena on Tuesday sanctioned the prosecution of Arundhati Roy and Sheikh Showkat Hussain in the 2010 FIRS against them.

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October 11, 2023
Uttarakhand CM Dhami orders verification of madrassasin state
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Uttarakhand CM Dhami orders verification of madrassasin state

Order comes after police book madrassa head and hisson under POCSO Act

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October 11, 2023
Israel pounds Gaza, as people scramble for safety in sealed-off territory
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Israel pounds Gaza, as people scramble for safety in sealed-off territory

Israel's military said Tuesday thatithad regained effective control over itssouth andthe border; tollat least 1,600 on both sides

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October 11, 2023
India, Saudi Arabia to promote bilateral investments
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India, Saudi Arabia to promote bilateral investments

India and Saudi Arabia have agreed to promote investments in each other’s country in the new and renewable energy sector.

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October 11, 2023
Opposition parties hold dharna demanding restoration of democratic rights, statehood
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Opposition parties hold dharna demanding restoration of democratic rights, statehood

A Large number of people on Tuesday participated in the 3-hour long dharna organised here by the mainstream parties, including the National Conference (NC), Congress, PDP, CPI(M) and others, demanding restoration of statehood, democratic rights and also holding assembly elections.

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October 11, 2023
MP original laboratory of BJP-RSS: Rahul
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MP original laboratory of BJP-RSS: Rahul

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today alleged that Madhya Pradesh, and not Gujarat, is the original “laboratory” of the BJP-RSS, where money is stolen by treating the dead, and BJP leaders urinate on the faces of tribals and Dalits.

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October 11, 2023