PETA seeks animal welfare policy proposals in Congress, BJP election manifestos

New Delhi, 14/3: Animal welfare group PETA has written to the presidents of the BJP and the Congress, urging them to include animal welfare-related policies in their respective election manifestos for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.     In the letters, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals’ (PETA) India chapter has urged the…

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Two migrant labourers killed in targeted grenade attack in Kashmir

Shrinagar, 18/10: Two labourers from Uttar Pradesh were killed in a targeted grenade attack in Harmen area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday, police said.     “#Terrorists lobbed hand grenade in Harmen #Shopian in which two labourers from UP namely Monish Kumar & Ram Sagar, both residents…

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Operation Kaveri: Fresh batch of 231 Indians brought back from Sudan

New Delhi, 3/5: India on Wednesday brought back home a total of 231 people under its mission to evacuate stranded Indians from strife-torn Sudan.     The Indians arrived in Mumbai in a commercial flight.   “Another #OperationKaveri flight brings citizens back home. Flight carrying 231 passengers lands in Mumbai,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam…

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Rain begins in Odisha from tomorrow, check IMD’s warning for next seven days

Bhubaneswar: Odisha to witness rainfall from tomorrow, predicted the India Meteorological Department (IMD) while issuing warnings for the next seven days. The weather department issued yellow warnings saying that light to moderate rainfall is likely to occur in several districts of the state for four days. Below is IMD’s day-wise warning for Odisha: Valid up to…

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4 Arrested For Killing Man Over Sorcery Suspicion In Sundergarh

Sundergarh: Four people have been arrested for allegedly killing an elderly man on suspicion of practicing sorcery in Kandakhal village under Sanpatrapali Panchayat in Sundergarh district on Tuesday.The deceased has been identified as Mahadev Pradhan.According to police, the accused from the same village attacked Pradhan late on Tuesday night, beating him to death on the spot…

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I am a CM, not someone who’d flee nation, says Hemant Soren ahead of ED questioning

Ranchi, 17/11: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Thursday said that all allegations against him in the illegal mining case are “far-fetched.”     Soren, addressing the media before leaving for the ED office for the questioning in the case, said, “I feel agencies should come to a concrete conclusion only after a detailed probe….

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Scrap CAA as it violates Section 6A: Assam groups after Supreme Court verdict

Guwahati, 17/10: The Supreme Court’s judgment upholding constitutional validity of the Section 6A of the Citizenship Act prompted several organisations in Assam to reiterate their demand for scrapping the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) 2019 as the latter extended the cut-off-date for Indian citizenship to 2014. The All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) said that SC’s judgement…

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Union minister Chandrasekhar calls report related to Apple hack warnings fully embellished

New Delhi, 29/12: Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Thursday refuted a report by a US daily, which claimed Indian authorities had demanded that technology major Apple help in softening the political impact of hack warnings issued in October. The Minister of State for IT and Electronics described the report as “half facts, fully embellished”, and…

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