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Dec 19, 2021 07:44 AM IST
PM Modi to visit Goa today for its Liberation Day celebrations
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Goa on Sunday to attend Goa Liberation Day celebrations at Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium in Goa’s Taleigao at around 3 pm
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Dec 19, 2021 07:30 AM IST
Kolkata Municipal Corporation election today, TMC-BJP fight for 144 wards
West Bengal is set to witness another high-stakes electoral battle on Sunday, months after the all-important assembly elections and the subsequent Bhabanipur bypolls earlier this year.
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Dec 19, 2021 06:23 AM IST
Man killed over sacrilege in Golden Temple: Police
A man was beaten to death by pilgrims at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Saturday evening after he allegedly stepped inside the central enclosure of the sanctum sanctorum where the holy book Guru Granth Sahib is placed, picked up a diamond-encrusted sword and committed sacrilege, police said. Read More
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Dec 19, 2021 06:18 AM IST
CEC was not invited to electoral reform meeting on Nov 16, says law ministry
The Union law ministry said on Saturday that the chief election commissioner (CEC) was not invited to attend a meeting on electoral reforms held on November 16 and the legislative department had, instead, asked the secretary of the poll watchdog or a representative for the event.
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On raising marriage age for girls to 21, Chidambaram has an advice
“The year 2022 should be used for a massive educational campaign on the benefits of marrying only after a boy or girl attained the age of 21 years,” Chidambaram said.
Published on Dec 19, 2021 07:19 AM IST
LIVE: PM Modi to visit Goa today for its Liberation Day celebrations
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Updated on Dec 19, 2021 07:45 AM IST
Ahead of UP polls, BJP to launch ‘Jan Vishwas Yatra’ today
The first campaign will be inaugurated by BJP national president JP Nadda from Ambedkarnagar in eastern Uttar Pradesh.
Published on Dec 19, 2021 06:04 AM IST
Written by Joydeep Bose | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Man at the centre of inquiries into Guj, 1984 riots
- The commission headed by him had given the clean chit to the state government under then chief minister Narendra Modi in the post-Godhra communal riots.
Published on Dec 19, 2021 03:51 AM IST
ByAbraham Thomas, New Delhi
India, Tajikistan hold talks on Afghan crisis
- Jaishankar thanked Tajikistan for the “tremendous support that you gave us during the evacuation of Indians from Afghanistan in August and September”.
Updated on Dec 19, 2021 04:43 AM IST
30 new cases of Omicron variant in India push national tally to 145
- On Friday, there were 26 new Omicron cases in the country, while the tally was 14 on Thursday. On both Tuesday and Wednesday, there were 12 cases.
Published on Dec 19, 2021 03:39 AM IST
Shah says India recovering from Covid-19, hails PM Modi
- Calling India’s growth as it emerges from an economy ravaged by Covid-19 “promising”, the home minister said the following year will see “double-digit” growth.
Published on Dec 19, 2021 03:34 AM IST
Two Maoists gunned down in Chhattisgarh
- After the encounter ended , bodies of two Maoists, Hidme Kohrame and Pojje, were recovered, police said.
Published on Dec 19, 2021 02:30 AM IST
Beginning Dec 22, Nitish Kumar to start state-wide social reforms yatra
The yatra, according to a cabinet coordination department notification, will cover one district each in six divisions and two districts each in three divisions. Kumar will also address public rallies in all the divisions.
Published on Dec 19, 2021 02:04 AM IST
‘You have my gratitude’: Irani pays tribute to soldiers, families
- She was paying homage to chief of defence staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika and 12 others, who were killed in a helicopter crash.
Published on Dec 19, 2021 02:03 AM IST
Congress, Goa Forward Party seal alliance ahead of Goa elections
PANAJI: The Congress and the Goa Forward Party (GFP) on Saturday said they have formed an alliance to fight elections to 40-member state assembly in February-March next year
Published on Dec 19, 2021 01:34 AM IST
The two musical towers of Bangalore
Bengaluru: In the letters to his father, Mozart referred to the pipe organ as ‘’the king of instruments”
Published on Dec 19, 2021 01:30 AM IST
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