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Ajay Rai alleges political targeting of former IPS officer Amitabh Thakur

GORAKHPUR, Dec. 19 -- Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai on Thursday visited Deoria District Jail to meet former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Amitabh Thakur, who is currently incarcerate... Read More


2nd phase of training for teachers begins

LUCKNOW, Dec. 19 -- The basic education department has launched the second phase of mandatory online teacher training programme focusing on self-esteem and emotional well being of students under the S... Read More


Man gets 20-year jail forraping 11-yr-old daughter

JHANSI, Dec. 19 -- Special Pocso court judge Mohd Nyaz Ahmad Ansari sentenced a 44-year-old man to 20 years of imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 1,05,000 for raping his 11-year-old daughter. As pe... Read More


Ex-SP legislator surrenders in jhansi amid dacoity charges

JHANSI, Dec. 19 -- Amidst days of speculation about his surrender, two-time former Samajwadi Party MLA from Garotha in Jhansi district, Deepnarayan Singh Yadav, who was recently booked under serious c... Read More


'bengal job scheme to be named after mahatma': CM

Kolkata, Dec. 19 -- West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that her government would rename its job guarantee programme after Mahatma Gandhi, in an announcement coming on a day th... Read More


k'taka passes bill criminalising social boycotts

Bengaluru, Dec. 19 -- The Karnataka assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a bill aimed at curbing caste and community driven exclusion, which, if enacted, would make it the second state after Mahara... Read More


China's rising footprint in B'desh a concern, says Parl panel report

New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- China's increasing footprint in Bangladesh, especially through infrastructure and port development and military cooperation, is a concern though the government is taking all meas... Read More


Govt opens bids for 3rd party environmental auditors

New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- India will soon have a cadre of private third party environmental auditors to ensure industries, processes, activities are meeting environmental norms, outsourcing a key responsi... Read More


Visva Bharati defers its exam for RSS institute

Kolkata, Dec. 19 -- Visva Bharati -- founded by Rabindranath Tagore and West Bengal's only Central university -- has rescheduled its semester tests so that Vidya Bharati Uchcha Shiksha Sansthan (VBUSS... Read More


Rajnath hails Op Sindoor at Air Force conclave

New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- Operation Sindoor showcased the high-impact short-duration operational capability of India's armed forces, Union defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday while addressing ... Read More