Stones were hurled at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s cavalcade in Patna on Sunday, following which 11 people were arrested, officials said. Kumar was not present in the cavalcade, which was...
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At least 50 people were killed in separate incidents of floods and landslides triggered by intense monsoon rains across four states over the past three days, officials said. Heavy...
Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) V.K. Saxena on Friday ordered the immediate transfer of 12 Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officers. In an official notification, the LG office said that the...
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Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 hits Lucknow, tremors felt in adjoining areas; no casualties
The National Center for Seismology (NCS) informed that an earthquake of magnitude 5.2 on the Richter scale hit the north-northeast of Lucknow in the early hours of Saturday (August...
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25 lakh new voters likely to be enrolled in J&K as non-locals residing in state to get voting rights
As is the case in other parts of the country, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Electoral Officer Hirdesh Kumar on Wednesday said around 25 lakh new voters are expected to...
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Fresh trouble for Ashok Gehlot as 12 Cong councillors quit following Dalit boy’s death
Days after the death of a nine-year-old Dalit boy who was allegedly beaten up by his schoolteacher for touching a drinking water pot in Rajasthan’s Jalore, 12 Congress councillors...
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Kashmir Pandit shot dead by militants in J&K’s Shopian, killing fuels fresh wave of fear among minorities in valley
Militants shot dead a civilian and injured another, both members of the minority Kashmiri Pandit community, in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday. According to the police, terrorists fired...
Portfolios were allocated among members of the Nitish Kumar cabinet in Bihar with the chief minister retaining key departments like home which he had held in the previous government....
A Congress MLA in Rajasthan resigned from his Assembly membership over the death of 9-year-old Dalit student in Jalore district. Panachand Meghwal, legislator from Atru assembly seat in Baran...
Nitish Kumar-led grand alliance government in Bihar will be expanded today with the biggest chunk of seats going to alliance partner Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). Governor Phagu Chauhan will...