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Building under construction collapses at Kannauj station, trapping workers and rail staff
According to police sources, six workers have been rescued and rushed to the hospital.
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RSS affiliate condemns 90-hour work week remark
In a communique, the DTF says that the idea of extending working hours to 90 hours per week raises serious concerns about workers’ welfare and work-life balance.
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Dark web, crypto, drones emerge as challenges in fight against drug trafficking: Amit Shah
The Home Minister said there was a seven-fold increase in drugs seized between 2014 to 2024, as compared to the previous decade.
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T.N. government to buy 3,000 new buses; allocates ₹3,750 crore for road development
“New corporations will be created. The government is taking steps to fulfil the basic needs of the people in those areas,” CM Stalin said
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AIG Hospitals to establish ₹800 crore oncology centre in Hyderabad with Proton Beam Therapy
“This will make it the third Proton Therapy Centre in the country and the first in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh,” as per a release
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Bihar’s first sports university gets UGC recognition
Bihar’s first sports university in Rajgir receives UGC recognition, offering undergraduate and diploma courses in sports sciences
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Thespians hail renaming Kolkata’s Star Theatre after Binodini Dasi as historic, yet futile
While many consider the recent renaming of century-old Star Theatre to Binodini Theatre as a overdue reparation to 19th-century theatre performer Binodini Dasi, theatre practitioners in Kolkata believe starting a new theatre space in her name would have helped Bengali theatre flourish better
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Congress' Gaurav Gogoi seeks SIT probe in Assam mining tragedy in letter to PM Modi
Illegal mining continues unchecked in Assam, fuelled by weak law enforcement and local complicity,” said the Congress’ deputy leader in the Lok Sabha
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Nine Maoists carrying cumulative bounty of ₹43 lakh surrender in Chhattisgarh
The official said Ransai alias Oyam Buska (34), the commander of platoon no 24 of Maoists, and Pradip alias Ravva Rakesh (20), a member under a company wing of PLGA battalion no. 1, were carrying a reward of ₹8 lakh each
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Sankranti Brahmotsavams begin at Srisailam
The main event of the festivities, Brahmotsava Kalyanam, will be held on January 14
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CAG report on excise policy projects loss of ₹2,026 crore, exposes Arvind Kejriwal, says BJP
Asked about the BJP allegations, AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said, "Where is the report? The BJP itself keeps saying no CAG report has been tabled."
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Uttarakhand BJP expels six rebel leaders contesting urban local body polls as independents
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Farmers with gun licence cannot cull wild boars, says T.N. Forest Minister
K. Ponmudy said the State government had already issued an order regarding the regulated culling of wild boars, and it would only be carried out by Forest department officials
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India joins UN committee on big data for official statistics
The UN-CEBD was created to further investigate the benefits and challenges of Big Data, including the potential for monitoring and reporting on sustainable development goals
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Singer P. Jayachandran cremated with State honours in Chendamangalam
The renowned playback singer P. Jayachandran cremated with State honours at his ancestral home in Ernakulam district as per his wish
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AAP MLA Gurpreet Gogi shoots himself accidentally, declared dead
The DCP mentioned that the cause of death would be determined once the post-mortem report is received
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Denotified tribes’ anger boiling over amid a stagnating scheme and classification deadlocks
Many leaders ask why DNT/NT/SNT communities are being left out of the BJP’s vision of giving forgotten tribes their dues despite being among the first ones to resist to British colonisers and being branded “criminal” for it
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India’s rights have to be well guarded and well protected: Sonowal on China’s new dam in Tibet
Inland Waterways Authority of India has announced investments of more than ₹50,000 crore in the next five years to create infrastructure for inland water navigation
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In Kerala, a squabble over shirts and seers
A few weeks ago, Swami Sathchidananda, the religious head of Sree Narayana Dharma Sangham Trust, said that men should be allowed to enter Hindu temples in Kerala wearing shirts. The Chief Minister has supported his views. The seer’s remarks have sparked a debate, with some contending that the rules should be changed and others arguing that age-old practices should be retained, reports K.S. Sudhi
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