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13,212 freedom fighters alive, getting pension: mha in lok sabha

New Delhi, July 23 -- A total 13,212 freedom fighters are still alive and receiving pension under the Swatantra Sainik Samaan Yojana or SSSY, Union home ministry informed the Parliament on Tuesday. Th... Read More


1.8mn voters dead, 11K untraceable, says ECI

New Delhi, July 23 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI), in a press note issued Tuesday, said that over 5.2 million electors in Bihar were found to be either deceased, permanently shifted, or enr... Read More


Several coastal zones dotted with rare earth deposits: Govt

New Delhi, July 23 -- Several beaches and coastal areas in parts of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Gujarat, and Maharashtra have reserves of rare earth elements wh... Read More


Air India completes inspections of fuel switches on 737, 787 jets in fleet

New Delhi, July 23 -- Air India said on Tuesday it has completed inspections of fuel control switches on all its Boeing 787 and 737 aircraft, in line with directives from the Directorate General of Ci... Read More


Army gets 3 Apache attack helicopters

NEW DELHI, July 23 -- US aerospace major Boeing on Tuesday delivered three AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to the Indian Army boosting its anti-armour capabilities, with the aircraft arriving after a... Read More


Govt eyes officers in each city to act on 'revenge porn'

Bengaluru, July 23 -- Days after the Madras High Court directed the Union government to evolve a mechanism for women to have their private images and videos uploaded online without consent removed fro... Read More


Three held in Patna hospital murder case

India, July 23 -- Three persons, wanted in the murder of gangster Chandan Mishra at a hospital in Patna, were arrested in Bihar's Bhojpur district on Tuesday following a gunfight with the police, offi... Read More


Create separate CEO dept: ECI to WB govt

India, July 23 -- With less than a year to go for the West Bengal assembly elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed the state administration to create a separate department with ... Read More


Trump pulls US out of Unesco for a 2nd time, calls it 'woke'

India, July 23 -- President Donald Trump has decided to pull the United States out of the "woke" and "divisive" UN culture and education agency Unesco, the White House said on Tuesday, repeating a mov... Read More


Indian man injured in Dublin racist attack

India, July 23 -- An Indian man in his 40s was hospitalised following what has been dubbed "mindless, racist violence" in a suburb of the Irish capital of Dublin, with the Indian Ambassador to Ireland... Read More