UPSC cheating case: Supreme Court grants interim protection to Pooja Khedkar

New Delhi, 15/1: The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted interim protection to sacked IAS trainee Pooja Khedkar from any coercive action in a case related to cheating and fraudulently availing benefits under the OBC quota to clear the Union Public Service Commission. bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma sought a response…

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Kremlin rejects top UN court order to halt Ukraine offensive

Moscow, 17/3The Kremlin on Thursday rejected an order by the UN’s top court for Russia to suspend the military offensive in Ukraine, a day after judges in The Hague announced their ruling.     “We cannot take this decision into account,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, adding that both parties—Russia and Ukraine—had to agree for…

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Cylinders for Rs 500, Rs 1,500 pension for women: Congress’s promises for MP polls

Bhopal, ,16/9: The Congress, following its Karnataka model, has now announced similar promises before the assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh. A host of such announcements were made by party leader Randeep Singh Surjewala at a press conference in Bhopal. We (Congress) promise that we will give cylinders at Rs 500, electricity bill till 100 units…

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CWC Begins Investigation Into Disappearance Of Toddler From Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar: The Child Welfare Committee (CWC) has initiated an investigation into the disappearance of a one-and-a-half-year-old boy from the capital city, 30 hours after the child went missing. The incident took place in front of Ram Mandir on Janpath Road near Kharvela Nagar police station in Bhubaneswar on Saturday night. The matter came to the…

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National Institute of Technology, Karnataka sets up 3 Centres of Excellence in accordance with NEP

Bangalore, 26/2: The National Institute of Technology – Karnataka (NIT-K), Surathkal, has established three Centres of Excellence (CoEs) in accordance with the National Education Policy 2020.     They include the Centre for Sustainable Energy Engineering (CSEE), the Centre for Women Welfare and Social Empowerment (CWWSE) and the Centre for Public Relations, Information and Media…

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Opposition bloc I.N.D.I.A to fight Lok Sabha polls together as far as possible; seat sharing process to begin soon

New Delhi, 1/9: I.N.D.I.A parties on Friday decided to contest Lok Sabha polls together “as far as possible” and initiate seat sharing talks in states at the earliest. The parties also decided to set up a 13 member Coordination committee with senior leaders like K C Venugopal, Sharad Pawar, M K Stalin, Tejashwi Yadav, Hemant…

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Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde’s security beefed up after death threats

Mumbai, 2/10: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s security was beefed up significantly following specific inputs through a phone call vis-a-vis threat to his life.     The Maharashtra government’s Home department has ordered a probe and the call is being traced.   Security at Varsha, the official bungalow of the Chief Minister at Malabar Hill…

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