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Andhra assembly clears bill to award death to rapists

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The Andhra Pradesh assembly on Friday passed the Disha Bill, which prescribes the death penalty for rape convicts. The assembly also passed the Andhra Pradesh Disha Bill-Andhra Pradesh Special Court for Specified Offences Against Women and Children Bill, 2019, which enables the state government to set up exclusive special courts for speedy trial of specified offences against women and children...

SC orders 30 grace marks in Haryana judge exam

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The decision to award 20 grace marks in civil law paper-I and 10 marks in civil law paper-II was taken by a bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices B R Gavai and Surya Kant after candidates complained that the papers were so tough that only nine out of 1,200 candidates could clear the main examination to be eligible for the interview even though 109 posts of civil judges were notified...

After 15-year wait, troops to get new assault rifles

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Indian soldiers deployed on the borders with Pakistan and China are now finally getting new assault rifles almost 15 years after the Army first demanded them. These US-origin rifles with “a longer kill range” are meant only for frontline soldiers, with the bulk of the 1.3-million force slated to get Russian Kalashnikov rifles at a later stage...

No child detained in J&K: SC accepts findings of HC panel

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Refuting allegations that security forces had detained several children in Jammu and Kashmir in the aftermath of the state’s special status being scrapped, the J&K high court told the Supreme Court on Friday that not a single minor was detained or lodged in jail...

Won’t direct Kerala to enforce women’s Sabari entry: SC

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Expressing apprehension of violence, the Supreme Court said on Friday it would not direct the Kerala government to forcibly implement a five-judge bench’s verdict quashing the bar on the entry of females between 10 and 50 years into the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple till a seven-judge bench reconsidered the judgment on the “emotive” issue, which stemmed from a 1,000-year-old tradition....

Rahul Gandhi’s remark sparks furious Parliament protests

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Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s “rape in India” barb at the Modi government at a poll rally in Jharkhand triggered furious protests in both Houses on Friday, with BJP MPs demanding an apology and defence minister Rajnath Singh saying such people had no “moral right” to be in Parliament...

There is overcapacity in fishing fleets in Karnataka: CMFRI

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News / Times Of India/ Mangalore

The marine fishing sector in Karnataka during the last decade has been the most turbulent. This is due to several issues related to declining catch, imbalance in economic returns between the sectors, high production targeted innovations in fishing practices, inter-sectoral conflicts, the introduction of various regulations by different management bodies and its implementation and non-compliance. The Mangalore Research Centre of ICAR CMFRI through its marine fisheries policy for Karnataka has provided advisories to address the issues and sustainably manage marine fisheries of the state...

Zakir Naik recently tried to cross over to Maldives but was not allowed: Mohamed Nasheed

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15 Indian-origin MPs in new UK Parliament

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US thanks India for principled generosity in hosting Dalai Lama

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Never personally faced intolerance: Ustad Amjad Ali Khan

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Let's not digress, Jayant Patil to Smriti Irani over Rahul Gandhi's remarks

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Odisha: Jagannath temple kitchen, Swargdwar to get wood from Balukhand sanctuary

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Forest and environment minister Bikram Keshari Arukha on Friday said that 17 lakh uprooted trees (approximately 15 lakh quintals of wood) from Balukhand-Konark wildlife sanctuary will be given to Rosaghar (kitchen) of Puri Jagannath temple and Swargdwar crematorium...

Rail Roko in Northeast: Three trains passing through Odisha cancelled

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News / Times Of India/ Bhubaneswar

Three trains passing Odisha have been cancelled by the Railways after several organizations and associations called an indefinite ‘Rail Roko’ in Tinsukia and Lumding divisions of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR)...

Chandigarh: Karate coach raped in Dera Bassi

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News / Times Of India/ Chandigarh

A karate coach from West Bengal has been allegedly raped in a hotel in Dera Bassi on Friday. The women coach had come to Ambala by train for participating in a karate tournament at Ludhiana...

House committee votes to impeach Donald Trump

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By a 23-17 vote that hewed along party lines, the US House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee on Friday approved two articles of impeachment accusing President Donald Trump of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The matter now goes before the full 435-member House where Democrats have a comfortable 233-197 majority...

Andhra Pradesh techie in US commits suicide

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A software engineer who belongs to Andhra PradesChittoor district committed suicide by consuming sleeping pills at his residence at New Jersey late on Thursday...

New Zealand volcano vents steam, death toll now at 16

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Sedition case against Rahul Gandhi for ‘Rape in India’ remark

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ICMR comes up with guidelines for gene therapy product development, clinical trials

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No takers for door to door garbage collection

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In a hearing of a public utility services case at Permanent Lok Adalat, Ambala, the civic body officials on Friday said the work of sanitation is suffering because at present as there was no tender for the door to door collection of garbage in the city...

Citizenship: Mamata announces statewide stir

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News / Times Of India/ Kolkata

Reiterating that her government would not allow any NRC exercise or implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) in West Bengal, chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday announced statewide protests from Monday, saying that she will lead a rally from the base of BR Ambedkar's statue here...

UP: Spurious drugs worth Rs 25 lakh seized

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News / Times Of India/ Lucknow

The UP drug administration made one of the biggest seizures of suspected expired and fake anti-biotic and anti-allergic drugs from Agra- based pharmacy and its hideout on Friday...

Evidence of measures to boost investment is seen in record FDI inflows: CEA

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Evidence of measures to boost investment is seen in record FDI inflows: CEA..

Freed bonded labourer gears up for local poll

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43-year-old Varalakshmi, who was a bonded labourer for eight years, has filed nomination for the post of ward councilor of Kanniyapuram village panchayat in Tiruvallur district, in the local body elections...

Suu Kyi in court to refute Myanmar genocide allegations

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23 live rounds of .32 & .315 bore recovered

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News / Times Of India/ Chandigarh

During the one-day police remand of accused arms supplier Dharamender Sharma alias Rinku of Vishwakarma Colony, Ambala Cantonment, the team of Mahesh Nagar police station (PS) of Ambala police recovered 23 more live rounds from his possession on Thursday...

Working to have Parliament session in new building in 2022: Lok Sabha Speaker

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Indian diaspora hails Johnson's resounding victory in UK election

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Maharashtra ZP polls: Will ally with Shiv Sena in its strongholds, says Congress

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Ahead of five Zilla Parishad (ZP) polls in Maharashtra, the Congress on Friday authorised its local units to enter into alliances, and announced it would contest in partnership with the Shiv Sena wherever the latter is strong...

Citizenship law internal matter; India safe haven for persecuted minorities: Maldives' speaker

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Citizenship Act: Assam, NE to face fuel supply problems if agitation continues

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Assam and other northeastern states may face fuel supply issues if the agitation against the Citizenship Amendment Act continues for another week, as it has already led to the shutdown of refineries and oil-producing facilities in the region...

Several pleas filed in Supreme Court challenging amended Citizenship Act

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Several petitions, including those by Congress MP Jairam Ramesh and Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, were filed in the Supreme Court on Friday challenging the constitutional validity of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019...

Watch: Couple’s PDA caught on camera on public transport

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Watch: Couple’s PDA caught on camera on public transport..

PM Modi to review Namami Gange project in Kanpur on Saturday

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Kanpur on Saturday to have a first-hand experience of the impact of the ambitious Namami Gange project. The prime minister, who is likely to reach the city around 10.25 am, will take a special steamer for a 50-minute journey through the Ganga to review the project...

Short Nagpur girls fail Thane test on day 2 of state basketball

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News / Times Of India/ Nagpur

Height matters the most in the game of hoopsters and lanky Thane girls utilized the same against reliably short Nagpur players on day two of the 70th Maharashtra State Senior Basketball Championship here at the twin courts of Bramhapuri on Thursday...

NTA IIFT MBA result 2020 for entrance exam to be released soon

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National Testing Agency (NTA) will declare the results of Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) MBA (IB) entrance examination on its official website...

Vet murder: Pleas against 'encounter' adjourned

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News / Times Of India/ Hyderabad

The Telangana high court on Friday adjourned till further orders pleas filed against the alleged encounter killing of the four men suspected of raping and killing a veterinarian near here last month...

Woman jumps off secretariat, saved by safety net

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A 32-year-old woman on Friday tried to commit suicide by jumping off the third floor of state secretariat 'Mantralaya' in south Mumbai, but survived as she landed in safety net...

Trains may run at a faster speed this winters

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News / Times Of India/ Lucknow

Only if railways could do what it intends to this foggy season, the winter train travel may be less arduous. Railway board has asked all zonal railways to increase the maximum permissible speed of trains from 60kmph to 75kmph this winters during fog, which means lesser delay in the movement of trains and reduced waiting time for passengers. But only of it could be easily done...

CAB protests: Long queues at Guwahati markets as locals rush to stock up

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News / Times Of India/ Guwahati

Goods flew off shelves as locals rushed to stock up essential items after shops and markets in Guwahati opened Friday morning amid reports that curfew has been relaxed, which were later dismissed by the authorities...

Will not allow implementation of amended Citizenship Act in Assam: Pro-talk Ulfa faction

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Protect rights of religious minorities: US to India

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Protect rights of religious minorities: US to India..

Greece sends letters to UN over Turkey-Libya deal

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The country's foreign minister also convened a meeting in Athens to brief political party leaders on developments. The deal, endorsed by Turkey's parliament last week, has fueled regional tension, particularly over drilling rights for gas and oil exploration...

Andhra Pradesh passes Bill for speedy trial of offences against women, kids

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The Andhra Pradesh Legislative assembly on Friday passed a Bill to further amend the Indian Penal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure that will enable expeditious investigation and trial of offences against women and children, especially sexual offences, and award of death penalty...

CBI books senior railway official in Rs 70 lakh scam, raids 3 firms

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Palarivattom accident: Four PWD officials suspended

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PWD Minister G Sudhakaran suspended four engineers over the death of a two-wheeler rider at Palarivattom, Kochi, the other day. The motorists fell on a pothole formed due to a leak in a water pipeline...

Patiala: Man booked for cheating, forgery

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The here have booked a man under sections of cheating and forging documents after he allegedly changed the name of his teenage son after several years of marriage. The police said that the accused was yet to be nabbed and the exact cause behind the crime could be ascertained only after his arrest...

Lok Sabha passes 14 bills and Rajya Sabha passes 15 bills during Winter session of Parliament

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MahaMetro wants to build Heritage Walk, panel to take a call today

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Nagpur: Complainant alleges police inaction against Shelke

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Nirbhaya case death warrants: Hearing on Dec 18

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A Delhi court will hear on Wednesday a plea seeking issuance of death warrants against the four people convicted in the Nirbhaya gang rape-and-murder case...

UDF in Kerala to approach Supreme Court against Citizenship Amendment Bill

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News / Times Of India/ Thiruvananthapuram

Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala will approach Supreme Court against the Citizenship Amendment Bill passed by the parliament. He said already the national leadership of the party has decided to approach the apex court. The UDF partner in the state Indian Muslim League has also decided to approach the apex court against the Act...

2008 rape and murder case: Maharashtra women panel writes to CJI

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News / Times Of India/ Pune

The Maharashtra state commission for women has written to the Chief Justice of India SA Bobde and requested him to take suo motu cognizance of their letter and turn it into a petition for hearing against a Bombay High Court order which commuted death sentence of a 2008 rape and murder convict to life sentence on grounds of delay in July this year...

Track maintenance work in Salem from December 14

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Six train long distance trains from Thiruvananthapuram division will be regulated due to line block for track cleaning work in Erode – Tiruppur section in Salem Division from December 14 to 16...

'Get Brexit done': How Boris Johnson’s election gamble paid off

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For Boris Johnson, who only entered Downing Street this summer after his Conservative predecessor resigned, calling an election had been a high-stakes gamble. The Conservatives secured a sweeping victory, winning more than 360 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons - the party's largest majority since under Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s...

Satisfied with HC Juvenile Justice Committee report saying no detention of minors in J&K, says SC

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The Supreme Court on Friday said it is satisfied with the report of Juvenile Justice Committee of Jammu and Kashmir high court which said that no minors were detained in jails in the erstwhile state post the abrogation of the provisions of Article 370...

Volunteers pitch in to fortify ‘bund’

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News / Times Of India/ Ludhiana

The ‘dhussi bund’ (temporary embankment) along the Satluj is being strengthened by farmers in Shahkot area of Jalandhar. The volunteer effort is being led by environmentalist Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal. and around 13-km long stretch has already been strengthened...

UPPSC BEO 2020: Notification to be released shortly; apply online for 309 pots

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Interested and eligible candidates can apply online through the official website up to January 13, 2020. The examination fee can be paid online till January 10, 2020...

Another lovelorn reached Pakistan via Kartarpur corridor

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Thief falls into river in TN while being chased by residents

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Fire and rescue services personnel on Friday continued searches for an unidentified man who fell into a river near Tirupur in Tamil Nadu on Thursday evening while trying to escape with a brass lamp (kuthuvilakku) which he stole from a house...

Citizenship Amendment Act: Strong action against those involved in violence, says Assam CM Sonowal

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We have fought for 7 years, can wait for another week: Nirbhaya's mother

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We have fought for 7 years, can wait for another week: Nirbhaya's mother..

Industrial output contracts for 3rd month in a row

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Industrial output contracts for 3rd month in a row..

Won't apologise for rape remark, says Rahul Gandhi

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Won't apologise for rape remark, says Rahul Gandhi..

India slams Pakistan at UN, says footprint of every major act of terrorism passes through this country

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Hitting out at Pakistan, India has said the footprint of every major act of international terrorism passes through this country where terrorists are trained in safe havens to take innocent lives. "Spirit of cooperation is the crux of the culture of peace. This agenda should not be misused and trivialized for political propaganda. We need to be particularly cautious when the fox is guarding the henhouse," First Secretary in India's Permanent Mission to the UN Paulomi Tripathi said...

Expensive tuition fees for BCom, BBA, MBA or medical education? Here's solution

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‘Make in India’ now ‘Rape in India’: Rahul attacks PM Modi

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‘Make in India’ now ‘Rape in India’: Rahul attacks PM Modi..

BJP to launch campaign about amended Citizenship Act

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Though the party intends to start a nationwide campaign, it will run an intensive exercise in states where the legislation's beneficiaries are in large numbers. At many places, the campaign will start from Saturday, a day after the Winter Session of Parliament ends...

Why gold smuggling is on the rise in India

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Illegal inflows have jumped after the Indian government increased import taxes in July and prices surged to record highs in September. Customs officials have arrested people for attempting to smuggle in gold by concealing it in bags, clothes and their rectums...

Snowfall causes road blockades in Himachal

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News / Times Of India/ Chandigarh

In the morning, the road connectivity in Yangthang, Pooh, Moorang, Kalpa and Sangla areas of the district has been blocked...

US Congressman supports NDAA amendment to include India in Nato plus five countries

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'Sitharaman among world's 100 most powerful women'

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Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, HCL Corporation CEO and executive director Roshni Nadar Malhotra and Biocon founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw have been named among the world's 100 most powerful women by Forbes...

NASA scientists map wind flow pattern on Mars

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The researchers reprogrammed probes aboard NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft to collect wind measurements on the Red Planet. This allowed an instrument called the Natural Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer to "swing back and forth like a windshield wiper fast enough," scientists said. The tweaking enabled them to gather data on the winds flowing across the Martian surface...

B.Tech students from leading institutions including IITs interning at Bennett University on AI projects

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Significant improvement in Delhi AQI after rains

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Overnight rains in Delhi that continued till Friday morning, bought down the mercury and led to a significant improvement in the city's air quality...

President Ram Nath Kovind pays tribute to victims of 2001 Parliament attack

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UK PM Boris Johnson's Conservatives win majority

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservatives have won an outright majority in parliament, according to a tally of seats won so far by broadcaster ITV. The official exit poll projected the Conservatives would win a total of 368 seats. With 595 or parliament's 650 seats declared, the Conservatives have won 326, ITV said...

CAB protests: Footage of CRPF, cops beating up TV news journalists in Guwahati emerges

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CAB protests: Footage of CRPF, cops beating up TV news journalists in Guwahati emerges..

NCDRC asks Karnataka college to refund money to 11 students for giving different degree

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Apex consumer commission, NCDRC, has directed a Karnataka college to refund Rs 1.12 lakh to its 11 students who were awarded degree different from the one that they had enrolled for...

AI to be used for lion census 2020

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(This story originally appeared in AhmedabadMirror on December 13, 2019)..

School teacher loses Rs 12.5L to fake KBC letter

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(This story originally appeared in BangaloreMirror on December 13, 2019)..

Karnataka meets immunisation target by 99%

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The first round of the Intensified Mission Indradhanush 2 (IMI-2) was conducted from December 2 to 10, targeting 34,173 children aged up to two...

Curfew relaxed in Dibrugarh, protesters observing fast in Guwahati

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News / Times Of India/ Guwahati

The indefinite curfew which was in force in Dibrugarh municipal area was relaxed for 5 hours on Friday even as large number of people gathered in Chandmari area of Guwahati to observe a fast called by the AASU to protest against the Citizenship Act...

Protests against Citizenship Act in Northeast: Key points

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Govt to sponsor students to take coaching for All India Service exams outside Odisha

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The higher education department has come up with its 5T action plan for quality improvement of the higher education in the state...

Caste discrimination: Mandi primary school head suspended

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The headmistress of Government Primary School, Nauna, in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh has been suspended in connection with the alleged discrimination of scheduled caste (SC) students during a mid-day meal...

Curfew clamped, internet services off, Guwahati sees total shutdown

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News / Times Of India/ Guwahati

Protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB) flared up in Guwahati a day after it was passed in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday...

Once a stumble, now a crisis for PV Sindhu

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PV Sindhu is set to for an early exit from the BWF World Tour Finals after falling to her second straight defeat, a 22-20, 16-21, 12-21 loss to Chen Yu Fei of China in Group A on Thursday...

Over 950 teachers of Varanasi region of KV's stage their protest, over 350 from Nine KV's of Allahabad

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Over 950 teachers, working in 36 odd Kendriya Vidyalaya's under Varanasi region joined their counterparts across the country to protested against the HRD ministry, on Thursday...

Uneasy calm in North East, but protests spread to a few cities elsewhere

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Violence in Assam and Tripura over the new citizenship law ebbed on Friday after 72 hours of mayhem on the streets even as new pockets of unrest emerged in Bengal, Delhi, parts of western UP and Kerala. Meghalaya was the only northeastern state where police had to crack down on protesters, leaving many injured...