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Relax uniform norms, modify timings: Education Ministry’s guidelines to combat heatwave

New Delhi, 11/5: The Ministry of Education on Wednesday issued guidelines to schools for combating heatwave, asking them to relax the uniform norms and modify timings.     A torrid heatwave had sent the mercury soaring across large swathes of India with the temperature in Delhi rising to 46 degrees Celsius. The national capital also…

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Marital rape: Delhi High Court delivers split verdict

New Delhi, 11/5:The Delhi High Court delivered a split verdict in the marital rape case.   The two-judge bench delivered the much-awaited verdict on criminalising marital rape on Wednesday with Justice Rajiv Shakdher upholding the exemption to husband from offence of marital rape as unconstitutional while Justice Hari Shankar arguing that the exemption is constitutional….

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Congress panel calls for state-specific constitutions for party

New Delhi, 11/5: A panel drafting structural changes in Congress is suggesting a “time-bound review” of party constitution where it envisages the possibility of state committees having separate constitutions.   The suggestion was made by a nine-member committee on organisational issues headed by Mukul Wasnik in which senior leaders Ajay Maken, Tariq Anwar, Ramesh Chennithala,…

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Police intensify search after letter threatens to blow up railway stations in Uttarakhand

Dehradun, 10/5: The police have intensified inspections of railway and bus stations across Uttarakhand after a letter threatening to blow up six railway stations in the state was received recently, officials said on Tuesday.   The letter was sent to the superintendent of Roorkee railway station on Saturday.   The letter, which was written by…

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CS Suresh Chandra Mohapatra participated in the National Executive Committe meeting

Bhubaneswar,10/5: Chief Secretary Sri Suresh Chandra Mahapatra along with Development Commissioner and Special Relief Commision Sri Pradeep Kumar Jena participated in the National Executive Committe meeting held under Chairmanship of Secretary Ministry of Home Affairs, Sri Ajaya Kumar Bhalla over video conferencing today. Secretary Sri Bhalla reviewed the preparedness of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha to…

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