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Maha: 6 persons killed, 10 injured in bus-truck collision in Buldhana

Tue, 23 May 2023 12:11:09 S O Correspondent

Maha: 5 killed, 7 injured as truck hits SUV in Amravati

Tue, 23 May 2023 12:09:51 S O Correspondent

First day of Rs 2,000 note exchange: Small queues seen at some branches

Tue, 23 May 2023 12:06:45 S O Correspondent

Withdrawal of Rs 2,000 notes: Sanjay Raut accuses PM Modi of taking ‘arbitrary’ decisions

Mon, 22 May 2023 19:32:26 S O Correspondent

Days after the RBI’s announcement of withdrawal of Rs 2,000 currency notes, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Monday claimed when a decision goes against the BJP or Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the PM comes up with some “arbitrary” decisions to water down the negative sentiments.

Tributes paid to 2010 Mangaluru air crash victims

Mon, 22 May 2023 19:26:53 S O Correspondent

Tributes were paid to the 158 victims of the 2010 air crash in Mangaluru on the 13th anniversary of the tragedy on Monday.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar meets Kharge, Rahul; discusses roadmap for opposition unity

Mon, 22 May 2023 19:10:50 S O Correspondent

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi here on Monday, the second such meeting in the last one and a half months amid efforts to strengthen Opposition unity to take on the BJP in the 2024 general elections.

India lost over 1.3 lakh lives in disasters linked to extreme weather, climate change in 50 years: UN agency

Mon, 22 May 2023 19:04:05 S O Correspondent

Extreme weather, climate and water-related events caused 573 disasters in India between 1970 and 2021 that claimed 1,38,377 lives, according to data from the World Meteorological Department, a specialised agency of the United Nations.

Insult to Prez Murmu, tribal society: AAP on PM Modi being invited to inaugurate new Parliament building

Mon, 22 May 2023 19:01:27 S O Correspondent

The AAP on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi being invited to inaugurate the new Parliament building instead of President Droupadi Murmu is an “insult” to her as well as the tribal and backward communities of the country.

Around Rs 200 crore spent on salaries, allowances, facilities for Rajya Sabha MPs in last two years: RTI reply

Mon, 22 May 2023 19:00:26 S O Correspondent

Around Rs 200 crore was spent on salaries, allowances and facilities for Rajya Sabha MPs over the last two years with around Rs 63 crore spent on their travel alone, according to an RTI reply.

Impact of Rs 2,000 notes withdrawal ‘very very marginal’ on economy: Shaktikanta Das

Mon, 22 May 2023 18:58:03 S O Correspondent

Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das on Monday said the impact of withdrawal of Rs 2,000 currency notes will be “very very marginal” on the economy because it accounts for only 10.8 per cent of currency in circulation.

Salman Khan, Sidhu Moosewala’s manager among top 10 targets on Lawrence Bishnoi’s hit list, says NIA

Mon, 22 May 2023 18:56:35 S O Correspondent

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan topped the list of 10 main targets that jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi planned to eliminate, the notorious criminal confessed to the National Investigation Agency, officials said.

“Wrestlers ready for narco test, should be done under supervision of SC”: Wrestler Bajrang Punia

Mon, 22 May 2023 18:53:28 S O Correspondent

Olympic medalist Bajrang Punia said on Monday that all wrestlers protesting against the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) and its chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh are ready to undergo a narco test and the test should be done on both the wrestlers and WFI chief under supervision of Supreme Court and the whole country should get to see it live.