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Almost A Month After Cyclone Fani, Normal Life Yet To Return To Odisha, Power Supply Remains A Distant Dream

It has been nearly a month since super cyclonic storm Fani wreaked havoc along the coast of Odisha. While the death toll was minimal, thanks to a massive evacuation of nearly 12 lakh people the trail of destruction the cyclonic storms have left behind are massive. BCCL The infrastructure damage the state has suffered due …

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Policeman Mercilessly Stabbed To Death In Assam For Trying To Stop Fight Between Two Groups

An Assam police commando was stabbed to death by unidentified attackers in Makum area of Assam’s Tinsukia district early on Monday. Girish Dutta (37) of the Assam Commando Battalion, an accomplished police trainer, was posted at the Police Training College in Dergaon and had come home in Makum only a day before. Photo: TIME8 Dutta was returning home with his …

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Babus Left Red-Faced As Porn Clip Played Instead Of Presentation During Govt Meeting

In an embarrassing incident, officials of the Food and Civil Supply Department were left red-faced after a porn clip played in the middle of a meeting. The meeting was chaired by Mugdha Singh, the secretary of the department, at the NIC room in the secretariat on Monday. “In the middle of the video conference, an obscene clip started playing on …

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Amit Shah Becomes Home Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman Gets Finance + More Top News

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday named Nirmala Sitharaman, previously the country’s defence minister, as the next finance minister, while Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah will become home minister. Read more Here’s more top news of the day: 1) Nirmala Sitharaman Is The First Woman Finance Minister Of India BCCL Nirmala Sitharaman is appointed as the new finance …

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On The Right Track! Two BJP MPs Rode A Bicycle For Swearing-In Ceremony At Rashtrapati Bhawan

BJP’s Gujarat MP Mansukh L Mandaviya stole the spotlight by making an entry on his bicycle. Mandaviya is set to be a minister for another term in prime minister Narendra Modi government, which was sworn in yesterday at the Rashtrapati Bhawan, in a largest-ever ceremony. Mandaviyais known for riding bicycle to the parliament, something he has been doing for the past …

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It Is So Hot In Delhi That The MET Department Has Issued A Red-Code Warning

The present week in the national capital has no less than been a torture given the unabated rise in the temperatures. The heatwave has gripped the entire North India region with temperatures touching over 44 degree Celsius. Delhi’s temperatures have soared to such an extent that the Indian Meteorological Department (MeT) has issued a “red-colour” warning for the national capital. …

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177 Species Of Birds Visit Delhi NCR This Summers As Enthusiasts Take Amazing Images

Holding on to cameras, binoculars and a checklist, birders across Delhi-NCR set out at 5am on Sunday to record the species found in the region as part of the fourth Delhi Summer Bird Count. This year, 177 species were initially recorded between all teams, a slight increase from the 175 species spotted last year. The birders said an increase in …

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Centuries Old 'Guru Nanak Palace' In Pakistan's Punjab Vandalized; Doors, Windows Sold

(Update: According to an exclusive IndiaToday report, it was learnt the place shown as Guru Nanak palace in the Dawn article isn’t called Guru Nanak palace and it’s an abandoned structure in ‘Bhaat’, a small village located 20 kms from Pakistan Punjab’s Narowal city.) A centuries-old building in Lahore, Punjab, which has a historic significance in Sikhism has been left vandalized. …

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Candidate Who Was Crying For Getting Only 5 Votes, Actually Gets 856 Votes

The Lok Sabha election results were announced on Thursday and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) earned a resounding victory. Winners were joyous but a few losers couldn’t hold back their tears. One such distraught independent candidate, Neetu Shutteran Wala from Jalandhar seat was crying inconsolably. In a video doing rounds on social media, Neetu can be seen …

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Agra University Wrongly Fails Student, High Court Asks Varsity To Pay Rs 1 Lakh To Him

Allahabad High Court has awarded Rs 1 lakh compensation to a student of Agra University who was declared failed at first instance due to negligence of examiner of Agra University but later when his copies were re-evaluated following direction of this court, he was declared passed. Allowing a writ petition filed by Devarsh Nath Gupta, a division bench comprising Justice …

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