Congress suspends Bharat Jodo Yatra for 24 hours after death of MP Santokh Choudhary

Chandigarh, 14/1: The Congress on Saturday suspended its Bharat Jodo Yatra, which was in Punjab, for a day as a mark of respect for party MP Santokh Singh Choudhary who died following a heart attack during the march. Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi also postponed his scheduled press conference at Jalandhar on January 15, and…

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Congress MP Santokh Chaudhary dies from cardiac arrest during Bharat Jodo Yatra

Jalandhar, 14/1: Congress’ Jalandhar MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary died on Saturday after suffering a cardiac arrest during the Bharat Jodo Yatra, following which the march was halted.     The two-time MP was taking part in the Rahul Gandhi-led march in Phillaur in Jalandhar where he fainted, said senior party leader Partap Singh Bajwa, who…

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Bengaluru family uses tech to outwit, help cops catch gang of dacoits

Bengaluru, 14/1: A gusty family outsmarted a gang of dacoits and helped the Talaghattapura police capture them on Wednesday.     The dacoity attempt took place in the early hours, and police have arrested seven men, led by Shaik Kaleem, 22, from Electronic City. The others are from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and…

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India’s iPhone breakthrough masks struggle to boost manufacturing

New Delhi, 13/1: On paper, India’s chances of attracting global manufacturers look rosy.   Apple Inc. began assembling its latest iPhone models in India in a significant break from its practice of reserving much of that for giant Chinese factories run by its main Taiwanese assemblers, a key win for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Make…

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Noam Chomsky among 261 academics write to President Murmu on axing of Bengal prof

Kolkata, 12/1: Academics, including linguist Noam Chomsky, have written to President Droupadi Murmu about the service termination of Visva Bharati professor Sudipta Bhattacharya and sought her intervention.   The 261 signatories have expressed “deep concern” at the termination order served to Bhattacharya, who besides being a teacher of economics at the university, is also the…

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