Maharashtra assembly to have 78 first-time MLAs
Seventy-eight first-time poll winners will enter the 288-member Maharashtra assembly, comprising about 27 per cent of its strength. Of these, 33 are from the BJP, 14 from the Shiv Sena and eight from the NCP. While the Shiv Sena (UBT) has 10 newcomers, six such MLA-elects are from the Congress and four...
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PM Modi to attend all India DGP conference
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VHP announces 2-day protest against 'atrocities' on religious minorities in Bangladesh
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ED raids Raj Kundra, others in pornographic content linked money laundering case
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Lok Sabha adjourns till noon amid noisy protests by Opposition members
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Modi, Shah to begin 3-day visit to Odisha to attend DGP conference
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J&K: ADGP warns of severe consequences for those harbouring terrorists
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Rohini blast: Delhi Police files FIR, probe underway
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All GRAP IV curbs except those concerning schools to continue till Dec 2: SC
The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to relax emergency measures under Stage 4 of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) to deal with air pollution in the national capital, ordering it to continue till December 2. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih said the second report...
Govt says 136 Vande Bharat train services operational across railways network
As many as 136 Vande Bharat train services were operational with enhanced safety features and modern passenger amenities as on November 21, the government has informed the Lok Sabha. In a written reply on Wednesday, Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said these safety features and modern passenger amenities were automatic train protection...
Plea for implementing integrated help system for women across India not justiciable: SC
The Supreme Court on Thursday said the issue raised in a plea seeking a direction to implement the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) women integrated help system, which provides a hassle-free access to justice to women survivor of violence, across India was not justiciable. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and...
Four doctors in Kerala booked for birth of newborn with genetic disorders
Four doctors in Kerala have been booked for allegedly failing to detect genetic disorders in a newborn while it was still in the mother's womb, the police said on Thursday. The accused include two female doctors attached to the Kadappuram Government Women and Child Hospital in Alappuzha, along with two doctors...
5,182 faculty positions vacant in central universities: MoE tells Rajya Sabha
More than 5,100 teaching posts are vacant in central universities across the country, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday. The information was shared by Union Minister of State for Education Sukanta Majumdar in response to a written question in the Upper House. "As on October 31, there are 5,182 vacant teaching...
LeT member extradited from Rwanda in operation coordinated by CBI, NIA, Interpol
Rwanda extradited to India on Thursday a member of Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) facing an Interpol Red Notice in an operation coordinated by the NIA and the CBI, officials said here. Salman Rehman Khan, an alleged member of the internationally proscribed terrorist organisation, had assisted in providing arms, ammunition and...
Hemant Soren takes oath as 14th CM of Jharkhand
JMM leader Hemant Soren took oath as the 14th chief minister of Jharkhand in a grand ceremony here on Thursday, amid the presence of a galaxy of INDIA bloc leaders. The 49-year-old tribal leader was sworn in as the chief minister by Jharkhand Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar. The governor administered the oath...