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Hemant Soren rules out wife contesting, calls it BJP’s imagination

Ranchi, 2/1: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Tuesday dismissed speculations of his wife Kalpana Soren contesting from Gandey Assembly constituency in the state and termed it as a “complete imagination” of the BJP. There is not an iota of truth in the speculations, Soren told PTI. “Possibility of my wife contesting in near future…

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Union Home secretary to meet protesting truckers to resolve issue of new law’s hit-and-run provision: Report

New Delhi, 2/1: The Union Home Secretary is meeting protesting truckers in the evening amid a stir by drivers against the new law on hit-and-run cases, and the issue is likely to be resolved amicably, sources said on Tuesday. Sources also said that truckers’ body The All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) has so far…

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Plane with 379 passengers catches fire on runway of Japan’s Haneda airport; flyers evacuated

Tokyo, 2/1: A Japan Airlines aircraft was engulfed in flames at Tokyo’s Haneda airport on Tuesday after a possible collision with a Coast Guard aircraft, with the airline saying that all 379 passengers and crew had been evacuated. Live footage on public broadcaster NHK showed the aircraft erupt in flames as it skidded down the…

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Shocking: A bus collided with a truck near Nischintkoili

Cuttack, 2/1: In a shocking development a  bus while processing towards Cuttack collided with a truck near Nischintkoili. Nischintkoili, Salepur and Cuttack FS personnel are on the spot and started rescue operation. Both the drivers with two passengers are trapped. FS personnel rescued all the four trapped person by help of hydraulic cutting gears and…

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Infant killed, mother and 2 DRG jawans injured in encounter with Naxals in Chhattisgarh

Chattisgarh, 1/1: A 6-month-old girl was killed and her mother was hurt in firing between security forces and Naxalites in Bijapur in Chhattisgarh on Monday, which also left two District Reserve Guard jawans injured, an official said. The gunfight took place at around 5pm in a forest near Mutvandi village under Gangaloor police station limits…

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