The condition of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee remains critical and he continues to be on advanced life-support system, sources said. The 93-year-old BJP veteran was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here on June 11 with a kidney tract infection, urinary tract infection, low urine output and chest congestion. […]
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The Madras High Court today allowed the burial of DMK chief M Karunanidhi on the Marina Beach. A division bench of the court comprising Acting Chief Justice H G Ramesh and S S Sundar passed the order on a petition filed by the DMK at a special hearing. Tamil Nadu’s main opposition party had moved […]
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Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has announced that a massive recruitment drive would soon be carried out in the state in which 7,000 police constables, 450 sub inspectors and 38,000 Group D employees would be recruited. Khattar announced this yesterday at a function in Zirakpur in Punjab, an official release said here today. The […]
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Sir Isaac Newton’s iconic apple tree, which is believed to have inspired the British physicist to propose the theory of gravity nearly 350 years ago and holds a special place in the annals of science, may soon have a descendant in India to inspire the next generation of scientists. The Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and […]
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Vehicles will soon come fitted with number plates and the cost will be included in the four-wheelers’ price, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said. At present, a vehicle license plate which is attached to vehicles bearing its official registration number, commonly known as “a number plate” is procured by various states separately from designated agencies. “We […]
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The AirAsia X will soon start a direct flight service from Amritsar airport to Kuala Lumpur, Punjab Tourism Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu said. Sidhu, along with Lok Sabha MP Gurjeet Singh Aujla, held a meeting with CEO AirAsia X Binjuman Ismail, India Head Suresh Nayyar, Secretary Tourism Department Vikas Pratap, Director Shivdular Singh Dhillon, Deputy […]
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A formula will soon be worked out to release funds under a special package to Andhra Pradesh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said, allaying the fears of parliamentarians from the state. He made the statements in both Houses of Parliament where MPs belonging to the TDP, YSR Congress and the Congress have been protesting for the […]
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