Thu, 04 Nov 2021 11:46:07
A major fire broke out at a temporary firecracker market set up ahead of Diwali in Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, gutting all shops, police said.
Shopkeepers estimated the damage due to the fire at Rs 50 lakh.
The fire started from a spark from a firecracker burst by a customer, the police said.
A large number of people who thronged the market on the eve of Diwali ran fo
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Thu, 04 Nov 2021 11:44:22
After Goa, Tripura and Assam made similar announcements, the Karnataka government on Wednesday announced that it will reduce the Value Added Tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel by Rs 7 from tomorrow.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai took to Twitter to announce the decision today.
In a significant decision, the Centre on Wednesday reduced excise duty on petrol and diesel to bring down the prices of
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Thu, 04 Nov 2021 11:40:25
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met soldiers in Nowshera sector of Jammu and Kashmir on the occasion of Diwali, keeping up with his practice of spending the festival with Army personnel.
The border region in the union territory has recently witnessed encounters between the Army and terrorists.
Official sources shared photographs of the prime minister at an Army post in Nowshera.
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Thu, 04 Nov 2021 11:36:54
Political strategist Prashant Kishor may be roped in to develop the election campaign of the Congress for next year's Assembly polls, Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has indicated.
Channi, Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu and the incharge of the state affairs at the AICC, Harish Chaudhary, held a meeting of party MLAs and other senior leaders in Chandigarh Tuesday evening t
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Thu, 04 Nov 2021 11:34:59
India saw a single-day rise of 12,885 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country's infection tally to 3,43,21,025, while the count of active cases has declined to 1,48,579, the lowest in 253 days, according to Union Health Ministry data on Thursday.
The death toll due to the disease has climbed to 4,59,652, with 461 more fatalities being recorded, the data updated at 8 am showed.
The daily rise
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Thu, 04 Nov 2021 11:33:57
Long cohabitation or living together will not confer upon the parties any legal right to raise a matrimonial dispute before a Family Court, unless their marriage has been solemnized in a manner known to law, the Madras High Court has ruled.
A division bench of Justices S Vaidyanathan and R Vijayakumar gave the ruling, while dismissing an appeal from R Kalaiselvi of Coimbatore, on Tuesday.
Or
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Thu, 04 Nov 2021 11:32:04
The Delhi police has arrested 55 people and seized over 6,000 kilograms of firecrackers since the ban on fireworks in the national capital, officials said on Wednesday.
According to police data, 56 cases have been registered against the 55 people for storing, selling and bursting firecrackers.
Out of total 6,050 kg seized crackers, 2,400 kg was recovered from Delhi Police's north district, f
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Thu, 04 Nov 2021 11:25:58
Buckling under pressure, the government on Wednesday cut the excise duty on petrol and diesel by Rs 5 and Rs 10, respectively, to bring down retail rates from record highs.
The announcement comes on the eve of Diwali which will help bring down the skyrocketing prices of fuel and provide some relief to the common man battling inflation.
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Thu, 04 Nov 2021 11:23:23
One person died and another suffered serious injuries when a concrete slab of the house that was under construction collapsed at Padukere in Brahmavar taluk of Udupi district on Wednesday, police sources said.
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