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• Andhra HC Grants Bail to 79 TDP Leaders in Cases Related to Violence
  
  The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Thursday granted bail to 79 leaders of the opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in Punganur and Angallu violence cases.The court also directed the police not to arrest MLC Ram Bhoopal Reddy till further orders.With the High Court's orders,...
• UP Begins Fourth Phase of Mineral Block Auctions
  
  In a bid to harness the wealth of mineral resources within Uttar Pradesh, the Yogi Adityanath government has started the fourth phase of mineral block auctions.The geology and mining department of the state government will auction a total of 11 different mineral blocks in...
• Allahabad High Court Orders Removal of Encroachments from Heritage Sites
  
  The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court has directed the state government and Lucknow Municipal Corporation officials to remove the encroachment from the heritage sites and submit a report on action taken within two weeks.The order was passed on a PIL filed in 2013 by...
• Man Jumps off Mumbai Sea Link; Navy, Coast Guard Join Search
  
  A middle-aged man allegedly committed suicide by jumping into the Arabian Sea from the Bandra Worli Sea Link, early on Thursday morning, officials said.According to officials, the man - whose identity has not yet been revealed - entered the BWSL from the southern end...
• India Suspends Visa Services for Canadians
  
  India has suspended visa services for Canadians "till further notice" amid a massive international row over Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's claim that his government has intelligence linking New Delhi in the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.A...
• Have Guts to Discuss China but Don't Rake up Past, Says Rajnath Singh in Lok Sabha
  
  Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday entered into a war of words with the Leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, while speaking on the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission, over intrusion by China in Indian territory.As the minister was...
• Wildlife Wing of MP Forest Has No Record of Compliance of Wildlife Clearance for Last 10 Yrs: RTI
  
  The Wildlife wing of Madhya Pradesh's forest department has no record of compliance certificates pertaining to wildlife clearance regarding the non-forestry activities sanctioned within the forest for the past more than 10 years, an RTI revealed.Notably, non-forestry...
• UP: 1.07 CR Students Take Admission in Classes 9 to 12
  
  In more than 27,000 secondary schools of Uttar Pradesh Board, a total of 1,07,79,463 students have enrolled from classes 9 to 12 in the 2023-24 session.The last date for advance registration for classes 9 and 11 and registration for classes 10 and 12 examinations was...
• Modi to Flag off 3RD Vande Bharat in Rajasthan on Sep 24
  
  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually flag off the third Vande Bharat train in Rajasthan on September 24.The Vande Bharat train will run on the Udaipur-Jaipur route, said officials, adding that this will be the third Vande Bharat train in Rajasthan which will run...
• Ragging Death Impact: Entry to All JU Hostels Prohibited from 10 P.M. to 6 A.m.
  
  Amid the rising controversies of a recent ragging-related death of a fresher of Kolkata's Jadavpur University (JU) at the main students' hostel, the JU authorities have issued restrictions on entry timings in all student's hostel under its jurisdiction.As per a notification...
• PM Modi to Visit Varanasi on Sep 23
  
  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 23 will visit Varanasi, where he will lay the foundation stone for an international cricket stadium.He will also inaugurate 16 Atal Awasiya Vidyalayas built across Uttar Pradesh at a cost of about Rs 1,115 crore.During his day-long...
• Mayawati Questions Centre's Intentions behind Women's Reservation Bill
  
  Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati, on Wednesday, questioned the intentions of the Union Government behind the Women's Reservation Bill.Mayawati said that the two clauses that precede the implementation of reservation for women - census and delimitation - will take...
• Kerala to Get Its Second Vande Bharat Train
  
  Kerala is all set to get its second Vande Bharat train in a few days, according to top sources.According to the sources, in all likelihood, the train will have its maiden run on Sunday when it starts from Kasargod- the northernmost district at 7 a.m to the state capital...
• Painting with Islamic Symbols at Hindu Religious Centre in K'taka, One Held
  
  A man has been arrested for colouring boulders in green and drawing Islamic symbols atop a hill in a painting at Hindu pilgrimage centre in the district.The arrested person has been identified as Anwar a.k.a Pyarejaan, a resident of Paparajanahalli in Kolar Rural police...
• Jaishankar Briefs PM Modi on Canada Issue: Sources
  
  Amid diplomatic standoff between India and Canada over the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar is learnt to have briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the developments.According to sources, Jaishankar met the Prime...
• Two Held at Chandigarh Airport with Gold Worth RS 83 L
  
  The Customs officials at Chandigarh Airport have arrested two persons for allegedly smuggling gold worth Rs 83 lakh in a cigarette pack, officials said on Wednesday.A senior customs official said that the accused was held based on profiling, adding that both the accused...
• India's Diplomatic Fallout with Canada to Have No Bearing on Trade Talks, Says British PM'S Spokesperson
  
  As diplomatic relations between India and Canada nosedived over the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Britain said on Tuesday that the development won't have a bearing on its ongoing trade pact talks with India.According to reports, British Prime...
• LeT Commander Uzair Khan Killed in Kashmir Encounter: Police
  
  LeT commander Uzair Khan has been killed and his body retrieved from the forested area at Kokernag in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district where an encounter between terrorists and security forces was raging on since last Wednesday, officials said on Tuesday."Uzair Khan...
• After Asking Local Staffers to Leave Office Early, Canadian High Commission to Resume Work at Scheduled Hours on Wednesday
  
  Hours after India expelled a Canadian diplomat on Tuesday in a tit-for-tat move in retaliation to Canada's action of expelling an Indian diplomat, the Canadian High Commission in the national capital asked its local staffers to leave the premises during the noon, sources...
• SFJ Chief Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on Top of Security Agencies' Radar
  
  Following the killing/death of three dreaded pro-Khalistani terrorists in the past few months, the name of designated Khalistani terrorist and chief of the banned Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, is on the top of the security agencies' radar now.Facing 22...
• 48-hour Shut Down Hits Normal Life in Manipur's Five Districts
  
  Normal life was badly affected in the valley areas of Manipur on Tuesday as various civil society organisations called a 48-hour shut down across the state demanding unconditional release of five 'village protection volunteers'.Officials earlier said that Manipur Police...
• Everyone Has Right to Choose Life Partner Irrespective of Religion: Delhi HC
  
  The Delhi High Court has said that an individual's right to choose a life partner cannot be restricted by matters of faith and religion.It said that the right to marry is an "incident of human liberty" and should not be dictated by the state, society, or parents when it...
• NIT Silchar Students on Indefinite Hunger Strike Demanding Resignation of Director & Dean
  
  Students at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) here began an indefinite hunger strike on Monday in protest of the academic dean's alleged involvement in a student's suicide on the campus premises last week.At least 2,000 students have declared a hunger strike, which...
• India's Aditya-L1 Put on Route to Observe Sun
  
  Indian space agency in the wee hours of Tuesday sent off the Aditya-L1 solar observatory towards the Sun by successfully inserting it at the Trans-Lagrangian Point 1.According to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the Aditya-L1, the country's space-based solar...
• Relations Nosedive as Canadian PM Suspects India's Involvement in Killing of Khalistani Terrorist
  
  India's relations with Canada nosedived on Tuesday when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused New Delhi of involvement in the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia's Surrey in June.Canada also expelled "a senior Indian diplomat" for...

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