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June 19, 2022

Farooq bows out of Prez poll race

NATIONAL Conference chief and former Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah on Saturday declined the invite to be the Opposition's candidate for President, dealing a blow to West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's efforts to propose a consensus name.

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Agnipath stir spreads to TN, Stalin asks Centre to roll it back

Army aspirants stage protest in Chennai; security beefed up in Central, Egmore stations

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Mekedatu row: TN delegation to meet Jal Sakthi Min

CHIEF Minister MK Stalin on Saturday expressed dismay over Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) chairman SK Haldar's assertion that the authority will discuss Karnataka's Mekedatu dam proposal at its 16th meeting to be held in New Delhi on June 23.

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Secunderabad attack lynchpin in AP police net

Suspect runs a defence academy that has branches in AP & T’gana

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PM reveals how his mother took care of a Muslim youth

Recalling the influence of his mother, the PM wrote that his mother inspired him to have a strong resolve for the welfare of the poor.

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Stricter laws may be on cards to prevent damage to rail assets

Railway Act may be made more stringent; Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw appeals to youths protesting against Agnipath not to vandalise public property

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GOP rejig: Khera made chairman of party's media & publicity wing

CONGRESS president Sonia Gandhi has appointed Pawan Khera as the chairman of media and publicity in the new communications department of the party. Till now, he was the national spokesperson of the grand old party.

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ANTI-AGNIPATH VIOLENCE CLOUDS BJP, JD-U TIES

Allies spar over attacks on BJP leaders' houses during protests

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Rains continue to pound Assam, Modi calls up Himanta

THE flood situation in Assam continues to remain grim. The rain-induced deluge has affected over 26 lakh people in 30 districts. So far, over 55 people have lost their lives and 58,792 hectares of cropland has been affected.

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Demolished house: Kin say no to crowd-funding

AFTER the demolition of the house of Javed Mohammad, the prime accused of June 10 violence at Atala and adjoining localities, his supporters have apparently been running a campaign for raising funds for re-building the house.

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RUSSIA PUTTING WORLD IN DANGER OF FAMINE: EU

The bloc’s foreign policy chief says Moscow is weaponising grain exports and using them to blackmail those opposing its aggression

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Sri Lankan Army to take up farming in 1,500 acres of barren, abandoned land

THE Sri Lanka Army will take part in a farming drive aimed at cultivating over 1,500 acres of barren and abandoned state land to multiply food production and averting any shortage in the future, according to a media report.

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Afghan Sikh among 2 killed as gunmen storm Gurdwara

SEVERAL blasts tore through a gurudwara in Kabul on Saturday, killing two persons, including a Sikh, and injuring seven others, while Afghan security personnel thwarted a bigger tragedy by stopping an explosive-laden vehicle from reaching the place of worship of the minority community in the war-torn country.

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Reverting to old pension scheme fraught with fiscal risk, says RBI

RAISING red flag on increasing pension expenditures, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in a recent report has warned states against going back to the older pension system, in which most of the financial burden is borne by the states.

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