Delhi continues to choke as air quality severe or worse for 4th day on trot

New Delhi,6/11: Pollution levels in Delhi-NCR on Monday morning were recorded around seven to eight times above the government-prescribed safe limit, as a toxic haze persisted over the region for the seventh consecutive day. Stringent curbs, including a ban on entry of polluting trucks, came into effect in Delhi on Sunday as its air quality…

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BJP’s Punjab leader Sandeep Dayma fired from party after hate speech on gurudwaras

Chandigarh, 5/11: BJP expelled its Punjab party leader Sandeep Dayma over remarks on gurdwaras and mosques at rally in Rajasthan. Dayma, the former BJP candidate from Tijara in the 2018 Assembly election at a public meeting in the town earlier this week said that the Gurdwaras in the region had become “open sores”, which should…

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Poacher shot dead by Forest Dept personnel at Bandipur Tiger Reserve

Bandipur, 5/11: A person was killed, in an exchange of fire between the Forest Department personnel and a gang of miscreants, who had poached a deer at Maddur range, Bandipur Tiger Reserve, in Chamarajanagar district, on Sunday morning. Manu (27), a resident of Bheemanabeedu, Gundlupet taluk, Chamarajanagar district, is the deceased. The incident occurred near…

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CM Baghel launches Congress manifesto for Chhattisgarh polls, promises caste census

Chattisgarh, 5/11: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday launched Congress’ manifesto for the upcoming assembly elections in the state. At the launch of the manifesto for the upcoming state assembly elections, Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel says, “Caste-based census would be conducted. A caste-based census would be conducted for the scheduled caste, tribal castes, backward…

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Kolkata Police issues notice to BCCI seeking information on ticket sales for today’s World Cup match

Kolkata, 5/11: Amid allegations of black marketing of tickets for Sunday’s World Cup cricket match between India and South Africa at Eden Gardens, Kolkata Police issued a notice to BCCI president Roger Binny seeking information on ticket sales for the event, a senior officer said. The notice, which was issued late on Saturday evening, asked…

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Miraculous escape for people in a municipality at epicentre of Nepal’s quake

Kathmandu, 5/11: A municipality in the epicentre of Friday’s deadly earthquake in Nepal’s Jajarkot district reported no death from the tremor even though at least 157 people were killed in other parts of the district and neighbouring Rukum West, according to a media report. According to the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre, a 6.4…

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Shinde govt in a fix as Maratha quota issue returns before polls

Mumbai, 5/11: Maharashtra is in turmoil. The Maratha quota issue has been exhumed before two crucial elections—the Assembly and the Lok Sabha—and the result has been predictable. Street protests raged for days, a politician’s house was set afire, and a couple of demonstrators died by suicide. Caught flat-footed, the ruling government came up with garden-variety…

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