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  Lok Sabha elections 2024: Why is 'Vote Jihad' being discussed during polls?

  May 08, 2024 14:57 IST

  It all started when Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Maria Alam, the niece of Congress leader Salman Khurshid, called for "vote jihad" in favour of INDIA bloc candidate.

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  What is Voluntary Retirement Scheme? | Rules, eligibility criteria to regulate VRS

  May 08, 2024 14:47 IST

  Voluntary Retirement Scheme: Many people are opting for early retirement these days. Government servants can also retire from service voluntarily with pensionary benefits before attaining the age of superannuation under the provisions of Fundamental Rules and CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972.

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  Air India Express flight cancellations: Govt seeks report, asks airline to resolve issues

  May 08, 2024 14:39 IST

  The sudden shortage of crew members led to flights being grounded, affecting both domestic and international routes. Air India Express issued a statement addressing the situation and apologizing to affected passengers.

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  Sam Pitroda racist remarks row: 'Congress dissociates itself from his analogies', says Jairam Ramesh

  May 08, 2024 13:36 IST

  Sam Pitroda racist remarks row: Earlier, Pitroda stoked a controversy while speaking about the concept of inheritance tax prevailing in America and said these are issued that will need to be discussed.

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  PM Modi hits back at Sam Pitroda: 'American uncle abusing people on basis of skin colour'

  May 08, 2024 14:08 IST

  Congress' Sam Pitroda stoked controversy earlier in the day with his remarks that people in East India resembled the Chinese, while those from South India looked like Africans.

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  'We may look different but we are all one': BJP tears into Sam Pitroda for his racist remarks

  May 08, 2024 13:01 IST

  A major controversy arose after Congress leader Sam Pitroda commented that people in the East India resemble the Chinese, while those in the South resemble Africans.

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  People in India's East look like Chinese, West like Arab, South like Africans: Sam Pitroda

  May 08, 2024 12:36 IST

  After the Inheritance Tax controversy, Chairman of Indian Overseas Congress Sam Pitroda has yet again stirred up a hornet's nest by speaking on the diversity of India.

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  Haryana crisis: JJP to vote against BJP if no-confidence motion moved, says Dushyant Chautala

  May 08, 2024 12:38 IST

  In 2019 Haryana Assembly elections, BJP won a total of 40 seats out of the total 90. To form the government, any party has to show support of 45 MLAs. With three Independents withdrawing their support, the Nayab Singh Saini-led government finds itself on unstable footing.

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  Punjab govt rejects VRS to IAS officer, also BJP's Lok Sabha candidate from Bathinda | Here's why

  May 08, 2024 9:48 IST

  A 2011-batch IAS officer, Sidhu, who is contesting the Bathinda parliamentary constituency on a BJP ticket, had put in her papers last month, requesting that the condition of a three-month notice period also be waived.

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  Air India Express cancels over 80 flights after senior crew members go on 'mass sick leave'

  May 08, 2024 13:50 IST

  An Air India Express spokesperson stated that teams are actively addressing the situation to minimize inconvenience to their guests. Passengers scheduled to fly with the airline today are advised to check if their flight is affected before heading to the airport, the airline stated.

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  Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Highlights: Phase 3 voter turnout climbs to 65.68 per cent

  May 08, 2024 23:25 IST

  Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Highlights: The Lok Sabha polls began on April 19 followed by subsequent phases on April 26, May 7, May 13, May 20, May 25 and June 1. The counting of votes will be done on June 4 (Tuesday).

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  Lok Sabha Elections 2024: PM Modi to address poll rally, hold roadshow in Andhra Pradesh today

  May 08, 2024 7:12 IST

  Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Polling for the 175 Assembly constituencies and 25 Lok Sabha seats in the state of Andhra Pradesh are scheduled on May 13 (Monday).

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  Uttarakhand forest fire: Supreme Court set to hear urgent plea on matter today

  May 08, 2024 6:49 IST

  The Uttarakhand government has resorted to aerial firefighting to quell raging forest fires in the state and decided to deploy the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) in the worst affected districts. According to reports, five people have so far been killed and four injured in forest fires.

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  Jharkhand: EC seized 'record' Rs 110 crore cash, liquor, drugs ahead of election, says poll official

  May 07, 2024 23:46 IST

  The ED on recovery of a huge amount of cash, claimed Jharkhand Minister Alamgir Alam's secretary collected commission on tenders on behalf of "some influential people". The Lok Sabha elections will be held in four phases in Jharkhand, beginning May 13.

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  CBI arrests two people in Russia-Ukraine human trafficking case

  May 07, 2024 23:26 IST

  The arrests come after the CBI uncovered a significant trafficking operation orchestrated by travel agents. These agents promised Indian youths opportunities in Russia but instead forced them into the conflict zone by seizing their passports.

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  Phase 3 records 64.58 per cent polling, Assam sees highest, UP lowest. Check state-wise data

  May 08, 2024 0:19 IST

  With the conclusion of phase 3 voting, polling in Assam, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, and the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu has been concluded.

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  Patna, followed by Murshidabad most vulnerable to floods in India, finds new research

  May 07, 2024 21:17 IST

  The researchers at IIT-Delhi and IIT-Roorkee developed a district-level flood severity index (DFSI) which reviewed the vulnerability of India's districts to floods.

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  'PM Modi stopped World War 3,' says BJP's Mandi candidate Kangana Ranaut

  May 07, 2024 20:39 IST

  Actor-turned-politician Kangana Ranaut is BJP's candidate from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi. Polling in this parliamentary constituency will take place in the seventh phase.

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  Aaj Ki Baat: Full episode, May 7, 2024

  May 07, 2024 22:58 IST

  India's number one and most followed Super Prime Time News Show, ‘Aaj Ki Baat-Rajat Sharma Ke Saath' was launched just before the 2014 general elections.

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  Haryana: Is CM Nayab Singh Saini in trouble? Can Hooda-led Congress topple BJP govt? Know here

  May 08, 2024 6:56 IST

  With the withdrawal of support by three Independent MLAs, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Haryana government was reduced to a minority, still the government is safe because of a rule to bring a no-confidence motion in the assembly.

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  Delhi Court sets May 10 for verdict on 'framing of charges' in Brij Bhushan Singh case

  May 07, 2024 19:25 IST

  The Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi has rescheduled its decision on 'framing of charges' against former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in a sexual harassment case filed by six women wrestlers, setting the date for May 10.

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  Haryana: Nayab Saini-led BJP govt in trouble after 3 Independent MLAs withdraw support

  May 07, 2024 18:59 IST

  In 2019 Haryana Assembly elections, BJP won a total of 40 seats out of the total 90. To form the government, any party has to show support of 45 MLAs. As three Independents have pulled their support, the Nayab Singh Saini-led government is on a shaky ground.

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  Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Fate of 15 seats in UP, Bihar to be decided in Phase 3 today

  May 07, 2024 17:57 IST

  Other than Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, states like Assam, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and West Bengal are also voting today.

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  Chunav Flashback: When George Fernandes won Lok Sabha elections in 1977 from jail

  May 07, 2024 17:41 IST

  George Fernandes's name for the Lok Sabha election was suggested by Jayaprakash Narayan, known for his 'total revolution' movement to root out then Indira Gandhi government in 1970s.

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  Rahul targets PM Modi, says 'he wants to hand over 'Jal, Jungle, Jameen' to 14-15 industrialists'

  May 07, 2024 15:59 IST

  Addressing a poll rally in Jharkhand's Chaiba, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said the BJP is hell-bent on handing over PSUs and railways to industrialists, adding that PM Modi made 22 billionaires in 10 years.

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  OPINION | JHARKHAND CASH: CONGRESS HAS MUCH TO ANSWER

  May 07, 2024 14:45 IST

  ED staff raided multiple locations in Ranchi in connection with an old corruption and money laundering case, and stumbled upon wads of current notes stuffed inside bags and suitcases in the house of Jehangir Alam, a servant working for Sanjeev Lal, ps to Jharkhand rural development minister.

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  Arvind Kejriwal plea in SC: Order on Delhi CM's interim bail in excise policy case reserved | READ

  May 07, 2024 15:29 IST

  Arvind Kejriwal's plea was heard in the Supreme Court on Tuesday in which the ED and Kejriwal's lawyer presented their sides. The Supreme Court made reactions to the ED and Singhvi's arguments and lastly reserved its order.

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  Jharkhand cash haul: Minister's secretary Sanjiv Lal, his domestic help sent to 6-day ED custody

  May 07, 2024 14:08 IST

  The Enforcement Directorate recovered more than Rs 32 crore in cash from the flat located at the Gadikhana chowk in Ranchi, apart from Rs 3 crore from some other premises that were searched.