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  • Curfew-like restrictions continue in parts of Srinagar

    Restrictions have been imposed on the movement of people in six police station areas - Rainawari, Khanyar, Nowhatta, Safakadal, Maharaj Gunj and Maisuma - of the city, police said. The officials said the decision to continue restrictions in some parts of the city was ....

    Restrictions have been imposed on the movement of people in six police station areas - Rainawari, Khanyar, Nowhatta, Safakadal, Maharaj Gunj and Maisuma - of the city, police said. The officials said the decision to continue restrictions in some parts of the city was ....

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  • Importers offer to supply dal for Rs. 135

    Even as the government intensified its crackdown on hoarders to rein in the prices of pulses in the retail market, importers on Friday urged the government to exempt them from stockholding limits. With their request came the offer that they would supply 100 tonnes of import ....

    Even as the government intensified its crackdown on hoarders to rein in the prices of pulses in the retail market, importers on Friday urged the government to exempt them from stockholding limits. With their request came the offer that they would supply 100 tonnes of import ....

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  • Pakistani troops target 9 BoPs along IB in Samba; civilian injured

    The fresh round of ceasefire violations along the IB has killed one civilian and injured three so far. “Pakistan Rangers resorted to unprovoked firing on BSF posts along IB in Samba sector from 2025 hours last night”, a BSF officer said. The Rangers fi ....

    The fresh round of ceasefire violations along the IB has killed one civilian and injured three so far. “Pakistan Rangers resorted to unprovoked firing on BSF posts along IB in Samba sector from 2025 hours last night”, a BSF officer said. The Rangers fi ....

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  • Beef row: Haryana CM says his words distorted

     As a row erupted over his reported comments that Muslims can live in the country but will have to give up eating beef, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday said his words have been distorted but he was ready to express regret if he has hurt the sentime ....

     As a row erupted over his reported comments that Muslims can live in the country but will have to give up eating beef, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday said his words have been distorted but he was ready to express regret if he has hurt the sentime ....

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  • Satyarthi gets ‘Harvard Humanitarian of the Year Award’

    The annual award by the prestigious university is given to an individual whose works and deeds have served to improve the quality of lives and have inspired people to greater heights. Mr. Satyarthi is the first Indian to have been given this award. Fighting against c ....

    The annual award by the prestigious university is given to an individual whose works and deeds have served to improve the quality of lives and have inspired people to greater heights. Mr. Satyarthi is the first Indian to have been given this award. Fighting against c ....

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  • ‘Digital India complements RTI’

     Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday emphasised that transparency was vital to good governance. He was speaking at the 10th Annual Convention of the Right to Information (RTI) law. The theme of the two-day convention celebrating a decade of the transparency law i ....

     Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday emphasised that transparency was vital to good governance. He was speaking at the 10th Annual Convention of the Right to Information (RTI) law. The theme of the two-day convention celebrating a decade of the transparency law i ....

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  • DMK is not anti-Hindu: Stalin

    Refuting the allegations that the DMK was anti-Hindu, party treasurer M.K. Stalin said 90 per cent of the party cadres were Hindus and their family members had faith in religion and god.  “There is a well-planned campaign to project that the DMK is anti-Hindu. ....

    Refuting the allegations that the DMK was anti-Hindu, party treasurer M.K. Stalin said 90 per cent of the party cadres were Hindus and their family members had faith in religion and god.  “There is a well-planned campaign to project that the DMK is anti-Hindu. ....

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  • SC Bench strikes down NJAC Act as ‘unconstitutional and void’

    “It is difficult to hold that the wisdom of appointment of judges can be shared with the political-executive. In India, the organic development of civil society, has not as yet sufficiently evolved. The expectation from the judiciary, to safeguard the rights of th ....

    “It is difficult to hold that the wisdom of appointment of judges can be shared with the political-executive. In India, the organic development of civil society, has not as yet sufficiently evolved. The expectation from the judiciary, to safeguard the rights of th ....

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  • Shivraj Chouhan stalled ‘tainted’ doctor’s transfer

    This was after State Health Minister Narottam Mishra had issued written orders for transferring the doctor in question, S.N. Iyengar, now Dean of G.R. Medical College in Gwalior. The Vyapam scam had exposed the nexus between the medical fraternity and the political c ....

    This was after State Health Minister Narottam Mishra had issued written orders for transferring the doctor in question, S.N. Iyengar, now Dean of G.R. Medical College in Gwalior. The Vyapam scam had exposed the nexus between the medical fraternity and the political c ....

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  • National Herald case: HC terms Gandhis’ applications as ‘infructuous’

     The Delhi High Court on Thursday termed as “infructuous” the applications moved by Congress President Sonia Gandhi, her son Rahul and some other party leaders alleging a “different treatment” was meted out to a challenge filed by them in the Na ....

     The Delhi High Court on Thursday termed as “infructuous” the applications moved by Congress President Sonia Gandhi, her son Rahul and some other party leaders alleging a “different treatment” was meted out to a challenge filed by them in the Na ....

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