Labh Singh Ugoke, an Aam Aadmi Party candidate who sent the state politics into a tizzy by defeating Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, will remember his humble roots, courtesy of his mother. Labh Singh has emerged as the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) giant slayer by defeating the Congress’ CM candidate by a comprehensive margin of …
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If you have a dream and passion to do something extraordinary then no one can deter you, believe me. This is the story of 40-year-old Kashmiri entrepreneur Tariq Ahmad Bhat, the owner of Amgio’s- the valley’s popular and first local brand of pizza. Tariq is known as the ‘pizza man of Kashmir’ for introducing the Italian food in the valley …
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By confessing in front of the Madras high court that he had ‘rigged’ the election of a candidate due to “tremendous pressure”, a returning officer left Tamil Nadu State Election Commission’s head hanging in shame, as per TNN. Though a woman independent candidate in T Kallupatti near Madurai was declared the winner after drawing lots in the recent urban local …
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The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has instructed the field directors of all 51 tiger reserves in India to ban tourist activities in core areas without an approved tiger conservation plan (TCP) in place, as per TOI. There are nearly a dozen tiger reserves that have not got their TCPs approved. This includes the Rajaji Tiger Reserve and newly added …
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The painful wait of Shekarappa Gyanagaudar and his family for the body of Naveen Shekarappa Gyanagaudar, the Indian student who was killed in Ukraine is continuing. Even after a week of his death, the family has not been able to say the final goodbye and perform Naveen’s last rites. Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday stated that the authorities …
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She was stranded in Ukraine but she braved all odds to bring her four-legged friend back home in India. Meet Arya Aldrin who was able to escape from Ukraine with her pet dog as missiles rained down on Ukraine following Russian invasion. In a photo shared on social media, Arya can be seen holding a Siberian husky in her arms …
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Turkey’s Ilker Ayci has declined to be the chief executive officer (CEO) of Tata Group’s Air India, just two weeks after the announcement of his appointment led to opposition in India. Last month, Tata Sons, which recently took over debt-laden Air India in a $2.4 billion equity and debt deal, had announced the appointment of the former chairman of Turkish …
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An Indian student was killed on Tuesday in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, the country’s second-largest city that is being battered by heavy shelling by Russian forces. The student has been identified as Naveen Shekhararappa Gyanagoudar, a native of Haveri district in Karnataka. He was a student of Kharkiv National Medical University. According to reports, Naveen was heading towards …
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The Indian Embassy in Ukraine has advised Indians stranded there amid the war to exercise caution at all times and not move to any border posts to exit the country without prior coordination with its officials. The fresh advisory was issued in view of increasing Russian attacks on several Ukrainian cities and reports of heavy fighting around the capital Kyiv. …
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Indian-American economic advisor Daleep Singh is leading the efforts of the Joe Biden administration to impose punitive sanctions on Russia over its actions against Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees to recognise Ukraine’s regions of “Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics” as “independent”, escalating the tension in the region and increasing fears of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. He also ordered Russian …
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