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Kishori Pednekar, former Mayor, elected as Shiv Sena-UBT group leader in BMC
Maharashtra | Jan 21, 2026, 02:57 PM ISTPednekar's appointment unfolds amid a fierce battle for Mumbai's influential mayor position, following the BJP-Shiv Sena (Shinde) alliance's recent sweep that shattered the Thackeray family's three-decade grip on India's wealthiest civic body.
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COVID lockdown: Power supply, labour shortage hit Punjab farmers ahead of paddy sowing season
News | Jun 14, 2021, 08:25 PM ISTWith arrival of paddy sowing season, farmers in Amritsar are dealing with power cuts and shortage of labours.
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Former J-K governor Jagmohan passes away at 93; PM, president pay tributes
India | May 04, 2021, 02:50 PM ISTFormer Jammu and Kashmir governor Jagmohan passed away after a brief spell of illness.
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Former Left Front minister Kshiti Goswami passes away
India | Nov 24, 2019, 12:52 PM ISTSenior Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) leader and former West Bengal minister Kshiti Goswami died at a private hospital in Chennai due to old-age-related illness on Sunday morning.
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EPF scam: Ex-UPPCL MD Mishra arrested
India | Nov 05, 2019, 11:01 AM ISTTwo senior officials -- the trust secretary P. K. Gupta and director finance Sudhanshu Dwiwedi-were also arrested late Saturday night.
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Revision in WPI, IIP base year to push India’s 2016-17 GDP growth to 7.6 pc: former Chief Statistician Pronab Sen
May 30, 2017, 12:44 PM ISTIndia’s GDP growth for 2016-17 will get a 50 basis points push to 7.6 per cent following the recent revision in the base year for the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) and the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), former Chief Statistician Pronab Sen said
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Former Bengal cricketer Tapan Banerjee dies at 73
Cricket | May 29, 2017, 03:42 PM ISTFormer Bengal and East Zone all-rounder Tapan Jyoti Banerjee passed away on Monday at a hospital here after a prolonged spell of illness, the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) said.
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Indian-origin former Singapore President SR Nathan suffers stroke, critical
World | Jul 31, 2016, 02:50 PM ISTIndian- origin Singapore's former President S.R. Nathan suffered a stroke on Sunday morning and is in a critical condition in the ICU. 92-year-old Nathan was warded in the Intensive Care Unit of a Singapore General
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Former French Socialist Prime Minister Michel Rocard dies at 85
World | Jul 03, 2016, 08:09 AM ISTParis: Former French Socialist Prime Minister Michel Rocard died on Saturday at age 85, the office of President Francois Hollande said in a statement. Rocard, a Socialist who served as French Prime Minister from 1988
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Sushil Modi meets Manjhi for joint campaign in Council poll
National | Jun 30, 2015, 08:55 PM ISTPatna: Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi today had a closed door meeting with former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi over political situation in the state and to draw strategy to win all 24 seats
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Former Australian prime minister commemorated in Sydney
World | Nov 05, 2014, 01:13 PM ISTSydney: Australia's reformist Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, who lost power in a constitutional crisis in 1975, has been commemorated on Wednesday at a packed state memorial service at Sydney Town Hall.Whitlam died in Sydney on
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Former BCCI boss Bindra retires from cricket administration
Cricket | Aug 24, 2014, 08:49 AM ISTChandigarh: Former BCCI president and veteran cricket administrator Inderjit Singh Bindra has decided to resign from the post of president of the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) after being actively involved in its running for the
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V K Singh, a former Army Chief now a Minister
National | May 26, 2014, 08:15 PM ISTNew Delhi: Controversial former Army Chief Gen V K Singh, who was made the Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Narendra Modi government, has somewhat of chequered past with one episode being a long
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Rich tributes paid to former Vice President Shekhawat
India | May 15, 2014, 04:47 PM ISTJaipur: Rich floral tributes were today paid to former Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat on his fourth death anniversary at Vidhan Sabha here. Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Speaker Kailash Meghwal, former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Rajya
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Former AP Chief Minister Janardhana Reddy passes away
India | May 09, 2014, 11:35 AM ISTNew Delhi: Senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy passed away on Friday morning at Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences.The 80-year-old veteran is survived by his wife and four
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Need for cost-effective travel to space: ex-ISRO chief
India | Apr 09, 2014, 06:44 AM ISTNew Delhi: Former ISRO chairman and Rajya Sabha MP Dr Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan last night stressed on the need to have cost-effective transportation system for space travel missions of the country in the future. Kasturirangan, a
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Former Manchester United player Eric Cantona arrested for assault in London.
Football | Mar 13, 2014, 08:55 PM ISTLONDON : British police have arrested former Manchester United great Eric Cantona and cautioned him for assaulting a man in London.Cantona was briefly taken into custody following the incident that happened in the Primrose Hill
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Former Lille and Senegal coach Bruno Metsu dies
Football | Oct 15, 2013, 05:47 PM ISTLille, France: Former Lille and Senegal coach Bruno Metsu has died. He was 59. Lille announced Metsu's death on its website, without giving a cause. Widespread reports said Metsu died early Tuesday following a long
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Former DU staffer who self-immolated over molestation dies
India | Oct 07, 2013, 05:20 PM ISTNew Delhi: A former employee of a Delhi University college who had set herself ablaze over alleged sexual harassment by principal, died here Monday."Pavitra Bhardwaj died at the LNJP (Lok Nayak Jaiprakash Narayan) Hospital this
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Eight former Army Chiefs say, no funds ever given by army to politicians, NGOs
India | Sep 27, 2013, 10:45 PM ISTNew Delhi: Eight retired former Army Chiefs today in a joint statement said, no funds were even given by the Army to any politicians, any political party or any NGO during their tenures.The joint statement