Oppn in Goa targets CM over Kalasa-Bhanduri project approval
Panaji, Dec 29 (IANS) The opposition parties in Goa came down heavily on Chief Minister Pramod Sawant over the issue of Mhadei river, after Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai announced that the Centre has cleared the much disputed Kalasa-Bhanduri dam project in his state.
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National Politics 09:50 PMAnjani Kumar appointed in charge DGP of Telangana
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Cinema/Showbiz Insight 09:42 PMPolitical row over Arjit's Kolkata show: Adhikari refers to Mamata's 2015 Ghulam Ali tweet
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Odisha CM launches projects worth Rs 1,800cr for Angul
Bhubaneswar, Dec 29 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday launched a slew of development projects worth more than Rs 1,800 crore in the state's Angul district.
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BJP MLA, two others join Congress at mega rally in Agartala
Agartala, Dec 29 (IANS) BJP MLA and veteran tribal leader Diba Chandra Hrangkhawl, who resigned from the Tripura Assembly on Wednesday, along party leader Rajkumar Sarkar, and Trinamool Congress' Rakesh Das on Thursday joined the Congress at a big rally organised by the opposition party to show its strength ahead of next year's Assembly polls.
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Delhi LG approves HC's panel recommendation for hiring law researcher
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The 64 commercial courts at the district judge level in the national capital will soon have 64 Law Researchers attached to them, as Delhi LG V.K. Saxena has approved the Delhi High Court's 'Ease of Doing Business' Committee to this effect.
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Centre approves Kalasa-Bhanduri project in Karnataka
Bengaluru, Dec 29 (IANS) The Central government on Thursday approved the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the Kalasa-Bhanduri project in the Mahadayi river basin.
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J&K Police rescues 52 stranded tourists in Budgam
Srinagar, Dec 29 (IANS) Amid the inclement weather in Kashmir, police have provided a helping hand to stranded tourists, rescuing 52 in Budgam district on Thursday, an official said.
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Bureaucracy-politicians' rift becomes talk of town amid Gehlot-Pilot power tussle
By Archana Sharma
Jaipur, Dec 29 (IANS) At a time when the Gehlot-Pilot power tussle is making waves in national politics and stories of factionalism keep coming to the fore in the BJP too, a bureaucracy-political rift is also making news in the desert state.
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5G service to be launched in Odisha by Jan 26: Vaishnaw
Bhubaneswar, Dec 29 (IANS) Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday said that 5G internet services will be rolled out in Odisha before January 26 next year.
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'Trust in electoral system paramount': Congress objects to remote voting proposal
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The Congress on Thursday expressed its objections to the Election Commission proposal inviting political parties to observe the functioning of a prototype Multi-Constituency Remote Electronic Voting Machine on January 16, 2023 and to make written submissions by January 31, 2023.
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Cong to field 20% women candidates in Meghalaya assembly polls
Shillong, Dec 29 (IANS) Meghalaya unit Congress president Vincent H. Pala on Thursday said the party would put up around 20 per cent women candidates, and approximately 60 per cent fresh faces in the upcoming Assembly elections in the state.
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Centre warns Bengal over declining female ratio in state
Kolkata, Dec 29 (IANS) The Union Health Ministry has sent a note of caution to the West Bengal government about the declining female ratio, that is the number of girls born per 1,000 boys, in the state as per the latest sample registration survey (SRS).
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PM Modi terms India-Aus trade pact 'watershed moment' in bilateral ties
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the India-Australia trade pact, which came into effect on December 29, is a watershed moment for a comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries.
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YEAREND INTERVIEW: Mizoram CM seeks UN action to contain drug trafficking from Myanmar
By Sujit Chakraborty
Aizawl, Dec 29 (IANS) Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga has urged the UN to take proactive steps to curb the illegal drugs trafficking and smuggling of various contraband goods from Myanmar.
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After 25 years, Patnaik's BJD confronts rampant infighting and aggressive BJP
By Biswa Bhusan Mohapatra
Bhubaneswar, Dec 29 (IANS) The year 2022 was a year to rejoice and remember for the Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Odisha as the party witnessed massive victories in the panchayat and urban local body polls along with two Assembly bypolls but faced a threat from principal opponent BJP. Besides, the party completed 25 years of its existence in 2022.
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3 held for harassing girls in Gujarat university
Vadodara, Dec 29 (IANS) The Vadodara police detained three youths for harassing, eve teasing and stalking female students in the campus of the Maharaja Sayajirao University.
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In a fix over finances, Cong asks office bearers to cut expenses
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Struggling with finances, the Congress has asked its office bearers to undertake austerity measures and cut their expenses. A letter written by party treasurer Pawan Kumar Bansal to the office bearers and secretaries of the party has asked them to be in their assigned states. No airfare will be given to the office bearers for a journey up to 1400 km and beyond that the lowest airfare will be provided while the general secretaries and MPs will meet their expenses.
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YEAREND INTERVIEW: Not rebels, G23 will talk about reforms in the Cong: Bhupinder Hooda
By Vishal Gulati
Chandigarh, Dec 29 (IANS) They (G-23) were not rebels, but asked for reforms. They will talk about bringing more reforms, if required, to strengthen the Congress. The eight-year stint of the BJP in Haryana is almost non-performing. Not even a single inch of metro or rail network has been laid in the state, said two-time Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday.
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Udayanidhi will prove his abilities through performance: Stalin
Chennai, Dec 29 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Thursday said that his son, Udayanidhi Stalin, who was recently inducted as Minister in his cabinet, would prove his capabilities through his performance.
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President for using technology as instrument of social justice
Hyderabad, Dec 29 (IANS) President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday called for technology to be used as an instrument of social justice, and ensuring that its benefits reach the remotest areas and the poorest of the poor.
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Kerala Police chief asks force to be on high alert on New Year's Eve
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 29 (IANS) With Kerala getting ready to usher in the New Year in a big way, after a two year-break following Covid restrictions, state police chief Anil Kant on Thursday asked all the district police chiefs to ensure that there should not be any law and order issue, under any circumstances.
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BJP received highest donations from electoral trusts in 2021-22, TRS 2nd: ADR
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) received the highest amount of donations from electoral trusts (ETs) in fiscal year 2021-22, at Rs 351.50 crore making up 72.17 per cent of the total donations received by all parties, as per a detailed report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).
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Rahul continues to violate security rules, making false allegation of lapse: BJP
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia has hit back at the Congress, alleging that Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra is failing so the Congress is making such childish statements about security lapse to remain in the headlines.
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'Special camp worse than jail': Accomplice in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case
Chennai, Dec 29 (IANS) Sri Lankan national Robert Payas, who was convicted in connection with the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, has said the special camp where he has been lodged after being released from prison was worse than the jail.
