The decision, which comes months ahead of the Assembly election, was taken at a meeting of the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the first at the new Prime Minister’s Office

New Delhi, 24/2: Kerala will soon be ‘Keralam’, with the Union government on Tuesday setting in motion the process of renaming the State. The decision, which comes months ahead of the Assembly election, was taken at a meeting of the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the first at the new Prime Minister’s…

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Canada PM Mark Carney to visit India

Canada, 23/2: Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney will travel ⁠to India, Australia, ⁠and Japan, ‌from February ​26 to March 7, the Canadian government said on ​Monday. Carney ⁠will meet with Prime Minister Narendra ⁠Modi, Australian ‌Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and ‌Japanese Prime Minister ⁠Sanae Takaichi during his visits ‌to ‌the three countries, the ‌government statement…

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IDFC First Bank discloses Rs 590 crore fraud by staff in Haryana govt accounts; suspends four, probe underway

Gurugram, 23/2: On Sunday, the IDFC First Bank revealed a Rs 590-crore fraud committed by its employees and others in accounts held by the Haryana government with the private sector lender. In a regulatory filing, IDFC First Bank said it had revealed the matter to the banking regulator and also filed a police complaint.  …

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Mexico’s most wanted drug lord El Mencho killed in military operation, violence erupts across countrt

Mexico, 23/2:Mexican officials said on Sunday that drug lord Nemesio Oseguera, popularly known as ‘El Mencho’, has been killed in a military raid. The country’s government has been increasing pressure on cartels after US intervention threats. Defense ministry of Mexico ⁠said a shootout in Jalisco left Oseguera seriously injured and ‌he died during an air…

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US Secret Service agents killed man trying to unlawfully enter Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort

Washington, 22/2: The US Secret ⁠Service said on Sunday its agents shot ⁠and killed a man ‌in his ​20s after he tried to unlawfully enter a secure perimeter at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in West ​Palm Beach, ⁠Florida. Trump is currently in Washington. The man was carrying what appeared to be a shotgun and…

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Boyfriend took his lover at gunpoint, groom was left as SISHUPAL and went to the police station to file a complaint

SUBARNAPUR, 22/2 — The incident of a newlywed who snatched her lover from halfway at gunpoint in a film style has become a topic of discussion in the Tarbha area today. According to information received from police sources, Haribandhu, son of Gajanan Putel of Kamakshanagar near new Bus Stand in Balangir town, married Rashmi, daughter…

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Jammu and Kashmir: Two JeM terrorists killed in encounter with security forces in Kishtwar

Srinagar, 22/2: Two JeM terrorists were killed, while a massive search operation was underway on Sunday after a fierce gunfight erupted between security forces and terrorists in the Chatroo area of the hilly Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, official said. Security forces — including the Army, Jammu and Kashmir Police and paramilitary units —…

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