Delhi man shot dead in front of son: AAP slams BJP over rising crime

New Delhi, 1/11: The ruling AAP on Friday questioned the Bhartiya Janta Party’s handling of law and order, accusing the central government’s inaction as a contributing factor following a double murder in East Delhi’s Shahdara. The incident took place around 8 pm on October 31 in Shahdara’s Farsh Bazar area, where Akash Sharma (40), alias…

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Chairman of PM’s Economic Advisory Council Bibek Debroy passes away at 69

New Delhi, 1/11:  Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) Chairman Bibek Debroy passed away this morning, a senior EAC-PM official said. He was admitted to AIIMS. Debroy (69) was educated in Ramakrishna Mission School, Narendrapur; Presidency College, Kolkata; Delhi School of Economics; and Trinity College, Cambridge.    

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Firecracker ban defiance makes New Delhi world’s most polluted city

New Delhi,1/11: New Delhi topped charts on Friday as the world’s most polluted city after revellers defying a ban on firecrackers to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, helped drive air quality to hazardous levels. Thick smog wreathed the Indian capital, shrouding the presidential palace in the central district and the surrounding gardens popular…

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Firecrackers being transported on two-wheeler explode in Andhra Pradesh, 1 killed

Eluru , 31/10: A man died after the firecrackers he was carrying on a two-wheeler exploded in Eluru town on Thursday, police said. The incident occurred when two persons were transporting a bag of firecrackers bought for Diwali celebrations. The bag containing “onion bombs” and other crackers exploded after falling on the road, resulting in…

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Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge pulls up Karnataka Dy CM D K Shivakumar over review Shakti scheme comment

Bengaluru, 31/10: The Congress government was forced to clarify that the flagship ‘guarantee’ schemes will be not be axed even as the party’s supremo Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday publicly pulled up Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar for saying that thethe popular ‘Shakti’ programme will be revisited. Looking at your (Karnataka’s) five guarantees, I have…

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Forces outside and inside working to destabilise India: Modi amid Canada tensions

New Delhi, 31/12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on occasion of Rashtriya Ekta Diwas on Thursday said, ‘forces outside India and inside are working to destabilise the country’, reported ANI. His statement comes amid the ongoing tensions between India and Canada after India withdrew its High Commissioner to Canada, Sanjay Kumar Verma, and five of his…

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Next Maharashtra CM will be from BJP and MNS will be part of govt: Raj Thackeray

Mumbai, 30/10: Even before the vote is cast, the post-poll posturing has started in Maharashtra with Raj Thackeray saying that MNS would be part of the next BJP-led Maha Yuti government headed by a chief minister from BJP party. Raj’s statement came minutes after Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that his party will fully…

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