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January 15, 2023

Gadkari gets death threats, security tightened

Security around the office and home of Union Minister for Road Transport Nitin Gadkari was tightened following extortion-cum-death threats, officials said here on Saturday.

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All set for The Statesman Vintage & Classic Car Rally Delhi on Sunday

The wait is over for all those who are fascinated by grand old beauties of automobile history as the 56th edition of the Statesman Vintage & Classic Car Rally will be held in the National Capital on Sunday.

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NDMA bars sharing info on Joshimath

Move comes after widespread coverage of ISRO reports on subsidence

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Al peegate: Complainant rubbishes accused's claim

After Shankar Mishra, the accused in the Air India urination case, claimed that the complainant had soiled her own seat, the latter on Saturday rubbished the allegation saying that it was \"completely false and concocted\".

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Three NB writers, poets bag Pashchim Banga Bangla Academy awards

Three writers and poets from North Bengal received awards from the Pashchim Banga Bangla Academy on Wednesday for their contribution to Bengali literature and folk culture.

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Outlawed KLO chief Jiban Singha 'in Delhi for talks'

The chief of the outlawed Kamatapur Liberation Organisation (KLO), Jiban Singha, T has reached Delhi, where he would attend bilateral talks with the central government, according to sources.

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Centre reps talk PMAY with Darj dist officials

Two representatives from the Awadh Research Foundation, Lucknow, sent by the Union rural development ministry, held a meeting over the Pradhan Mantri Awas YojanaGramin (PMAY-G) with Darjeeling district officials here today.

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Apex court asks Centre to recognise old Sikkim settlers as 'Sikkimese'

In a landmark case, the Supreme Court yesterday directed the Centre to include Indian citizens domiciled in Sikkim before its merger in the definition of \"Sikkimese,\" paving the way for old settlers of Sikkim the same IT exemption accorded to Sikkimese Lepchas, Bhutias and Nepalis.

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Calcutta HC ruckus: Special 3-judge Bench to hear Justice Mantha's petition

The Calcutta High Court has constituted a special three-judge Bench to hear the petition filed by Justice Rajasekhar Mantha regarding attempts by a section of Trinamul Congress affiliated resisting fellow professionals from entering the latter's court that continued for two days earlier this week.

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Centre's poser to state on PMAY, MGNREGA

Intensifying the tussle with the West Bengal government over disbursement of funds under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), the Centre has issued a letter seeking detailed explanation about the scheme in order to receive the allotted funds.

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Central team to review midday meal execution

There were reports of schoolkids falling sick after consuming contaminated meals

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Poush Parbon is losing its charm

The traditional Poush Parbon or Nobanno Utsav brings happy tidings to all, it is all about abundance of newly harvested paddy and crops.

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MLA faces local's ire during TMC's outreach mission in Galsi

The MLA from Galsi in Burdwan was denied entry at a village when he went to attend Trinamul Congress's much hyped Didir Suraksha Kawach programme on the plea that he is conspicuously absent since his election as an MLA.

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Burdwan Varsity denies registration of 3engg students for 5th semester

Fate of three 3rd year engineering students with the Burdwan University governed University Institute of Technology has become uncertain’ as their university has shown reluctance to allow their registration, even though they've already appeared and qualified in four successive semester exams in last two-and-a-half years.

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Principal transferred, more kids fall sick after midday meal

The headmaster of Mayureswar Primary School, Nimay Dey, was removed after pieces of snake were found in the midday meal of students leading to illness of 32 students.

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Gangasagar Mela: Devotees, seers take holy dip in Ganges on Makar Sankranti

Devotees and seers took a holy dip in the Ganges at the Gangsagar in the South 24 Parganas on Saturday, on the occasion of Makar Sankranti.

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35 injured in head-on collision

In a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a lorry at Haldi Road junction near Kamarpukur, 35 bus passengers were badly injured.

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TMC youth leader gets CBI call in job scam case

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has issued summons to Kuntal Ghosh, the alleged Trinamul Congress youth leader to depose before the agency at its Nizam Palace office next week.

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Man appearing for teachers' interview with fake call letter held

A new dimension in the multi-crore teacher's recruitment scam came to light when a youth appeared for a primary teacher's interview with a forged call letter. He was detained.

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CBI raids Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia's office

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today raided the office of AAP leader and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia at the Delhi Secretariat.

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Naidu celebrates Bhogi by burning copy of controversial government order G01

TDP leader N Chandrababu Naidu marked the traditional Bhogi celebrations today by burning a copy of the controversial government order, GO 1 which prohibited roadshows and roadside meetings in a bonfire at Naravaripalle of Chittoor district, his native place.

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First G-20 infrastructure working group meeting in Pune on 16-17 Jan

The first G-20 Infrastructure Working Group (IWG) meeting under India's G20 Presidency is scheduled to be held on 16-17 January in Pune.

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Tharoor says he hasn't stitched coat for CM's post

He was responding to criticism by former Kerala Opp leader Chennithala

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Garland gifted to PM in K'taka sent for FSL test

A report in this regard has been submitted to the state police department and the SPG.

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Ladakh to open Mushkoh valley for tourists

The Ladakh administration is taking steps to open the Mushkoh valley in Drass, which featured prominently in the Kargil war of 1999, and various other border destinations for domestic tourists during the coming season.

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Body chopped into three parts found in Delhi based on terror suspects' disclosure

The Delhi Police's Special Cell has recovered a body chopped into three pieces from the Bhalswa Dairy area based on the disclosures made by two men, who were arrested for their suspected links with terror organisations, sources said on Saturday.

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Shraddha murder: Autopsy of bones reveals use of 'saw-like object' to chop body, says Delhi Police

The autopsy report of the bones of Shraddha Walkar, who was allegedly killed by her live-in partner Aaftab Amin Poonawalla, has revealed that her body was chopped into 35 pieces with a saw-like object, Delhi Police said on Saturday.

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Rajnath hails armed forces' contribution in changing India's image abroad

Rajnath Defence Minister Singh today hailed the contribution of the armed forces in transforming the image of India across the world, saying countrymen sleep peacefully because brave Indian soldiers are awake on the borders.

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CBRI marks'unusable' houses in Uttarakhand's Joshimath

The Building Research Institute team has started to check the land subsidence in Joshimath

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Cong MP dies of heart attack during Bharat Jodo Yatra in Pb

The Congress Member of Parliament (MP) from Jalandhar, Santokh Singh Chaudhary (76), died of a heart attack during Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra in Punjab this morning.

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G-20: Foreign guests to get glimpse of cultural heritage of Uttar Pradesh

The Uttar Pradesh government has started preparations for hosting the G-20 summit meetings spread across four cities in a big way.

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Sharp focus

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the world was in a state of crisis and it was difficult to predict how long this state of instability would last, he iterated: \"We, the Global South, have the largest stakes in the future. Three-fourth of humanity lives in our countries.

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An energy sector on steroids

Of course, when the PM made a declaration to this effect in March, patting our government on the back for increasing electricity generation fivefold to 25,514MW in the last 13 years (no mean feat, by any means), many of us knew that such a grand gesticulation was being propped up by decades of costly and unsustainable energy policies.

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Tasteless essay

Britain's royal family is of little relevance to the world, and that is as it should be. And yet, at a moment in history when attention ought to be taken up by pressing matters such as climate change, the war in Europe, a looming economic crisis, and the depravations of the Global South, it is surprising that Britons in particular, but readers in other parts of the world as well, appear obsessed with the revelations contained in Prince Harry's memoir.

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The stories they hatched

The football World Cup jamboree is over. Thank heavens for that, say I. For the best part of four weeks, one could scarcely strike up a conversation on anything other than the frenetic happenings in Qatar.

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Biden welcomed back to Georgia after laying low in midterms

During the 2022 midterm campaign, President Joe Biden steered clear of Georgia as Sen. Raphael Warnock, like many other battleground-state Democrats, sought to distance himself from the White House amid an inflationary economy and the president's lagging approval ratings.

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UK to supply tanks to Ukraine as Russian missiles hit Kyiv

A total of 18 private houses were damaged in the region, according to regional Gov. Oleksii Kuleba.

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Colombia president asks to stop arrest of narco sought by US

Colombia's president is seeking to suspend arrest orders against some of the country's biggest criminal suspects, including at least one individual wanted in the U.S. on narcotics charges, as part of an ambitious plan to dismantle armed groups that have long dominated the countryside.

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Under oath, Trump hurled insults at woman who alleges rape

Questioned for a lawsuit, former President Donald Trump angrily hurled insults and threatened to sue the columnist who accused him of raping her in a department store in the 1990s, according to excerpts of his videotaped testimony unsealed by a court on Friday.

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Man tried 4 times for killing set

Baltimore's new top prosecutor dropped all charges Friday against a Black man who stood trial four times for the same killing, freeing him from behind bars and ending a controversial case that repeatedly raised questions about police and prosecutorial conduct.

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UK passports to become more expensive from Feb

For the first time in five years, the UK government is set to introduce new passport fees for all applications starting February 2023. The price changes, which will come into effect on February 2, will affect those who are renewing or applying for a new passport.

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In Alabama, tornadoes rattle historic civil rights community

Zakiya Sankara-Jabar's cellphone buzzed relentlessly as a deadly storm system that spawned tornadoes throughout the U.S. South laid waste to relatives' homes and churches across a part of Alabama known as the Black Belt.

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Biden and Kishida discuss Japan 'stepping up' security

President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held wide-ranging talks at the White House on Friday as Japan looks to build security cooperation with allies in a time of provocative Chinese and North Korean military action.

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Dish from Harry, one of their own, could fuel royal change

In public, they present a united front -always. But Prince Harry has a very different story to tell about the British royals and the way they operate.

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Poland's lower house of Parl adopts judicial reform

Poland's Supreme Court reform bill, which was needed to unlock billions of euros in European Union (EU) post-pandemic recovery funds, was passed by the lower house of the country's Parliament, or Sejm.

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Bank of India GM conducted review meeting at Odisha

General Manger Shri Mishra entrusted the Managers to have better and more focused approach towards the development of Small and Medium Industries operating the service area.

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Record increase in non-fare revenue earnings of Metro Railway

Indian Railways is taking various initiatives to increase Non-Fare Revenue in order to boost up earnings apart from the traditional sources of income.

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Twin historic moments of GRSE

ICGS Kamla Devi, the Fast Patrol Vessel designed, built and delivered by GRSE Ltd to the Indian Coast Guard a few days ago, was commissioned in Kolkata on January 12, 2023.

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Trichy Airport undergoing up gradation to offer better services

Airports Authority of India has undertaken the expansion work of Trichy Airport which includes Construction of a New Integrated Passenger Terminal Building, a new Apron, Air Traffic Control (ATC) Tower, and upgradation of Air side facilities to cater the growing passenger traffic and reduce congestion during peak hours at the airport.

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WBSETCL launched innovative desk calendar

The ingenuity of the Corporate Communication Department has received accolades from every quarter.

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Amitava Barat assumes charge as ED of POWERGRID, Eastern Region-II

Shri Amitava Barat took over the charge of POWERGRID, Eastern Region-II (West Bengal & Sikkim) as Executive Director.

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Two boulevards on Southern Avenue named after Peerless

The initiative to adopt the boulevards celebrates the long association of Peerless and the Govt. of West Bengal, as they work towards beautification of the City of Joy.

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Celebration of World Hindi Day at Bank of Baroda

On the eve of World Hindi Day on 10 January 2023, various programs were organized by Bank of Baroda, Cuttack Regional Office, to promote Hindi amongstaff members.

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SBI Ladies Club Kolkata Circle handed over different materials at Hingloganj

NGO working for the betterment of disabled children

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POWERGRID NR-I signed MoU with district hospital at Bagpat

As a CSR initiative, POWERGRID has signed an MoU with CMO, Baghpat for providing financial assistance towards establishment of 11 maternal and newborn care units, 8 nutrition rehabilitation centers and 2 mobile pathology labs along with upgradation of the already existing NRC at District Hospitalin Baghpat.

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Rourkela Station geared up for Hockey World Cup

Rourkela Station of South Eastern Railway has geared up to welcome the Hockey Stars from the different corners of the Globe who will be participating in FIH Men's Hockey World Cup 2023.

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IISWBM's INSIGHT 2023 concludes

Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management (IISWBM), the first B school of South East Asia organized INSIGHT 2023-The Annual Corporate Panel Discussion, hosted by the Events Committee along with the four clubs of IISWBM, Abhishharan , Verkoop, Finvestec, Resonance from 11 to 13 January. The event was segmented with 5 panels for the five specializations provided for the MBA Day department.

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Chairman, DVC awarded in the leadership Conclave at Kolkata

It is indeed a moment of great pride and immense pleasure for the entire team of DVC for being felicitated with an honour of this stature.

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Eastern railway organized 48th scientific seminar

The core areas of discussion included Oncology, diabetes and recent advances, cardiology and after thoughts on the COVID Pandemic and present global scenario.

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NFL launches Drones in Farming at its R&D farm at Nangal Unit

NFL launched Drones in Farming at its R&D Farm at Nangal (Punjab) in the presence of progressive farmers of the region. Many women farmers were also present on the occasion.

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Goyal warns of strict action against those found involved in corruption

He made the remarks while delivering the inaugural address at the 59th Foundation Day of FCI on Saturday

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Imran's serious blows may force Nawaz Sharif, Maryam to return early from UK

After having received serious political blows, one after the other, from Imran Khan in Punjab province during the last two consecutive days, the PML-N London is considering coming back to Pakistan before it is too late, the media reported.

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Brazil's SC agrees to probe ex-President Bolsonaro for riot

Brazil's Supreme Court has agreed to investigate whether former president Jair Bolsonaro incited the far-right mob that ransacked the country's Congress, top court and presidential offices, a swift escalation in the probe that shows the ex-leader could face legal consequences for an extremist movement he helped build.

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Uyghurs condemn visit to Xinjiang by Muslim delegation

Rights groups and Uyghurs living abroad have strongly condemned a visit to Xinjiang this week by a delegation of Muslim scholars and clerics from developing nations who voiced support for China's policies in the far-western region, saying they turned a blind eye to the suffering of the persecuted community.

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Philippine Prez orders agencies to intensify anti-smuggling fight

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos has ordered government agencies to step up the fight against \"rampant smuggling\" in the country, the presidential communications office (PCO) said.

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Iran hangs former defense ministry official for spying

Akbari was an ex-deputy defence min, who Iran alleges shared information on senior officials

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Yoon to become 1st S Korean leader to visit UAE since 1980

President of South Korea Yoon Suk-yeol is set to become the first South Korean leader to visit the United Arab Emirates (UAE) since the two countries established diplomatic ties in 1980 as he departed for Abu Dhabi on Saturday.

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I will not resign, my commitment is with Peru, says President

President of Peru Dina Boluarte apologized for the deaths reported in Peru due to protests across the country. She, however, said that she will not step down, Qatar-based TV Network Aljazeera reported.

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