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Want to know information under the RTI? MP govt asks applicant to tell file number first
India | Jun 09, 2019, 02:58 PM ISTThe Madhya Pradesh government has asked an RTI applicant to provide details like file number and date to get information on appointments of non-government officials in the chief minister's office.
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Need for fresh look at NBFC supervision; norms soon on liquidity risk management: Shaktikanta Das
Business | Jun 09, 2019, 01:29 PM ISTConcerned over stress in the NBFC sector, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das Saturday said there is a need to have a fresh look at the regulation as well as supervision, and the central bank will come out with guidelines on liquidity risk management framework shortly.
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Punjab: Toddler makes movement inside 150-foot-deep borewell, rescue operations continue
India | Jun 09, 2019, 09:01 AM ISTThe incident of a two-year-old falling in a borewell has again brought to fore the dangers posed by uncovered borewells, which have turned into death traps for children.
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'Defiant' Navjot Singh Sidhu fails to assume new charge
India | Jun 08, 2019, 12:46 PM ISTPunjab Cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, who is at loggerheads with Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and got a new portfolio on Thursday, failed to resume his new charge, it was learnt on Saturday.
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Southwest Monsoon on in Kerala, IMD says state receiving good rainfall
India | Jun 08, 2019, 02:06 PM ISTMost of rural India depends on the four-month monsoon season, which accounts for 75 per cent of the annual rainfall, due to a lack of adequate alternative source of irrigation.
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Manish Sisodia visits government schools in Delhi to inspect construction activities
India | Jun 08, 2019, 01:18 PM ISTDeputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia Saturday visited five government schools to take stock of the ongoing construction activities there, officials said.
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Beti Bachao Beti Padhao: WCD Ministry develops online management system to monitor the scheme
India | Jun 08, 2019, 11:50 AM ISTThe Women and Child Development Ministry has developed an online management information system to monitor and evaluate at each level the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme which aims at checking female infanticide and educating the girl child, a senior official said Saturday.
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Uttar Pradesh: 3 injured in clash between two groups of same communities
India | Jun 08, 2019, 10:05 AM ISTAt least three people were injured in a clash between two groups of the same community at Chitoda village under Jansath Police Station in the district, police said Saturday.
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Punjab: Rescue operations continue as infant remains trapped in borewell for over 40 hours
India | Jun 08, 2019, 11:50 AM ISTFatehvir Singh, who would turn three next week, fell into the unused borewell in a field while he was playing near his house at around 4 pm Thursday, district officials said.
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Jammu and Kashmir: Objectionable video of doctor, patient goes viral on social media; FIR registered
India | Jun 08, 2019, 07:09 AM ISTDuring the initial investigation, it was ascertained that the video has been filmed inside the clinic of the doctor in Rajouri district, the officer said, adding that involvement of an insider in filming the video is suspected.
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25 militants, 3 soldiers killed during Ramzan
India | Jun 07, 2019, 02:51 PM ISTSecurity forces have neutralised 25 terrorists, including top commanders, in the holy month of Ramzan in the Kashmir valley. Three security personnel and three civilians were also killed during the period.
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Speeding car mows down 25 sheep on Srinagar's Abdullah bridge
India | Jun 07, 2019, 02:01 PM ISTA speeding car has mowed down 25 sheep owned by a shepherd from Bakerwal community on Srinagar's Abdullah Bridge.
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Last year's Nipah heroes await government jobs
India | Jun 07, 2019, 01:18 PM ISTThe second Nipah outbreak in Kerala has been contained to just one person, but around 47 people, who risked their lives and did yeoman services in the 2018 May outbreak when Nipah struck here for the first time, have been up in arms against the Pinarayi Vijayan government.
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Ex-Kolkata top cop Rajeev Kumar appears before CBI in Saradha case
India | Jun 07, 2019, 01:37 PM ISTKumar has been summoned multiple times by the CBI in recent weeks but failed to appear as he said he was on leave.
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Cyclone Fani causes loss of over Rs 9,000 cr to Odisha
India | Jun 07, 2019, 10:19 AM ISTThe cyclone that made landfall at a wind speed of about 200 kmph near Puri affected 14 districts involving 20,367 villages. It affected 1.6 crore people and 1.88 lakh hectare of crop areas.
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SAARC has problems, BIMSTEC fits in with India's vision: S Jaishankar
India | Jun 07, 2019, 07:20 AM ISTIn an apparent reference to Pakistan, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Thursday said that SAARC has problems, and that BIMSTEC leaders were invited for swearing-in of Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month because there is energy, mindset and possibility in latter's regional grouping which fits in with Indias very optimistic vision of economic cooperation.
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Punjab: Two-year-old falls into 150-foot-deep borewell, rescue operation underway
India | Jun 07, 2019, 07:42 AM ISTA two-year-old boy fell into an over 150-foot-deep borewell in a field near his house in Punjab's Sangrur district Thursday, officials said.
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Amit Shah to be part of all eight Cabinet Committees, Rajnath Singh in two
India | Jun 06, 2019, 01:39 PM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi has reconstituted the Cabinet Committees, in an exercise which reflects the special importance given to Home Minister Amit Shah, who has been made part of all the eight panels, while Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is a member of only two.
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Thunderstorm with gusty winds likely over Chattisgarh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu
India | Jun 06, 2019, 12:29 PM ISTThe India Meteorological Department also reported that isolated places of Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Punjab and West Uttar Pradesh might also see dust storm with gusty winds.
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Posters threaten to behead Trinamool leader, BJP workers
India | Jun 06, 2019, 06:50 AM ISTThe poster at Nimta, around 15 km from Kolkata in North 24 Parganas district, threatened to decapitate a Nirmal Bala for working for the Trinamool.