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Schools in Delhi-NCR shut, 50% office staff to work from home

ION correspondentNovember 17, 2021February 1, 2022

All schools and colleges in Delhi and nearby cities should be closed till further notice, the Commission for Air Quality Management said late Tuesday night. The direction – one...

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Incessant rains leave 12 dead in Tamil Nadu, IMD warns of heavy rainfall in Chennai

ION correspondentNovember 11, 2021

The depression over Southwest Bay of Bengal moved west northwestwards and lay centered at 11 30 pm yesterday about 300 km east southeast of Chennai and 280 km east...

Assam Diary States

Helping Hands NGO ensures a happy dipawali for daily wage earners of Guwahati city

ION correspondentNovember 8, 2021February 1, 2022

This year on the auspicious occasion of dipawali, with a motive to brighten the lives of daily wage earners, Helping Hands, a frontline NGO of Assam, decided to visit...

Assam Diary States

CBI arrests former Assam CM Hiteswar Saikia’s son Ashok Saikia in loan default case

ION correspondentNovember 8, 2021February 1, 2022

The CBI on Sunday arrested Ashok Saikia, son of former Assam Chief Minister Hiteswar Saikia, in connection with a 25-year-old alleged loan default case of around Rs 9 lakh,...

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BJP leader hacked to death in West Bengal

ION correspondentNovember 8, 2021

Days after a Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) leader was shot dead at his home in West Bengal’s North Dinajpur district, another BJP leader has been hacked to death...

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CRPF jawan shoots dead 4 colleagues in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma

ION correspondentNovember 8, 2021

Four CRPF personnel were killed and several injured after their colleague shot them at a camp of the paramilitary force in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Monday. The incident occurred...

States Top Stories Uttarakhand

BJP to contest all seats in upcoming Punjab Assembly elections

ION correspondentNovember 8, 2021August 13, 2025

BJP General Secretary and Union Minister Bhupender Yadav, briefing media after the National Executive Committee Meeting, informed that the Prime Minister told all party workers to work for the...

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Punjab slashes electricity rates by Rs 3 per unit ahead of 2022 assembly elections

ION correspondentNovember 2, 2021

With polls round the corner, Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Monday announced that the cabinet has decided to reduce electricity rates by Rs 3. The new rates...

States

Over a dozen houses gutted, 150 people affected by a massive fire in Himachal

ION correspondentOctober 28, 2021

A massive fire broke out at the ancient Malana village of Kullu district in Himachal Pradesh in the early hours today. More than a dozen houses were gutted in...

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Uttar Pradesh govt to withdraw cases related to violation of COVID-19 guidelines in state

ION correspondentOctober 27, 2021

The Uttar Pradesh Government has decided to withdraw the cases related to violation of COVID-19 guidelines in the state. The decision which is in line with the Allahabad High...