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Two held in Surat for forging Aadhaar, PAN using website; cops call it 'serious national security issue'

Tue, 05 Sep 2023 19:26:53 S O Correspondent

Sharad Pawar demands raising existing quota cap by 15-16%, says NCP will back bill on women’s reservation

Tue, 05 Sep 2023 19:20:45 S O Correspondent

K Kavitha urges all 47 political parties to unite and pass Women's Reservation Bill in upcoming Special Session of Parliament

Tue, 05 Sep 2023 11:44:13 S O Correspondent

PM Modi interacts with winners of National Teachers’ Award 2023

Tue, 05 Sep 2023 11:42:26 S O Correspondent

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday interacted with the winners of the National Teachers’ Award 2023 in Delhi.

Voting under way for bypolls to 7 assembly seats across 6 States

Tue, 05 Sep 2023 11:38:20 S O Correspondent

Voting for the byelections in seven Assembly seats across six States is under way amid tight security arrangements. The bypolls are being held at Dhupguri in West Bengal, Bageshwar in Uttarakhand, Puthupally in Kerala, Ghosi in Uttar Pradesh, Dhanpur and Boxanagar in Tripura and Dumri in Jharkhand.

Y S Sharmila may merge her party with Congress: Sources

Tue, 05 Sep 2023 11:32:18 S O Correspondent

Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy's daughter Y S Sharmila may join the Congress and merge her YSR Telangana Party with it soon, sources said here on Monday.

AIMIM to hold bike rally, public meeting on Sep 17 calling it 'National Integration Day'

Tue, 05 Sep 2023 11:29:39 S O Correspondent

AIMIM Party will be organising a bike rally and public meeting on the occasion of 'National Integration Day' on September 17, the day erstwhile Hyderabad State under Nizam rule merged with the Indian Union in 1948.

Italian DJ arrested in Goa for possessing drugs worth Rs 55 lakh

Tue, 05 Sep 2023 11:26:28 S O Correspondent

Police have arrested an Italian disc jockey (DJ) staying at Assagao village in North Goa district after drugs worth Rs 55 lakh were recovered from his rented room, an official said.

Ahead of key assembly polls, Congress chief Kharge constitutes Central Election Committee

Tue, 05 Sep 2023 11:20:23 S O Correspondent

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday constituted the party’s Central Election Committee with 16 members including himself and former party chiefs Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.

Two Naxalites killed in encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Sukma

Tue, 05 Sep 2023 11:18:09 S O Correspondent

Two Naxalites, carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh each on their head, were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Tuesday, police said.

I will continue speaking out against 'sanatana dharma', vows defiant Udhayanidhi Stalin

Tue, 05 Sep 2023 11:15:41 S O Correspondent

Unfazed by the widespread opposition to his anti-Sanatana Dharma stand, DMK leader and Tamil Nadu Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on Monday said he spoke about "eradicating" certain practices in the faith and that he would continue to raise his voice against them. He said he didn't speak about just the Hindu faith but about all those that do so.

Businessmen across the country being harassed by agencies: Mamata Banerjee

Mon, 04 Sep 2023 19:26:31 S O Correspondent

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday said that central agencies are harassing businessmen across the country just as they are plaguing her family though she has never accepted "even a single cup of tea from anybody".