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Watch: Teaser of ‘Mirzapur The Movie’ with Pankaj Tripathi, Ali Fazal and Divyenndu is out
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Great Nicobar project: Parliamentary panel seeks report from Centre on ecological impact
A parliamentary committee on Wednesday sought a report from the Union home ministry on the ecological impact of the Great Nicobar project on the islands, The Indian Express reported. The chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, Congress MP KC Venugopal, asked Home Secretary Govind Mohan to submit a brief report on the matter. The committee…
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Two-third MPs cannot merge with Shinde Sena by themselves, Uddhav faction tells Lok Sabha speaker
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leaders Arvind Sawant and Anil Desai met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday and argued that a group of rebel MPs, even if it constitutes two-thirds of the party’s legislature wing, cannot merge with another party on its own without an approval from the original party, The Times of…
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Vishva Hindu Parishad calls for FIR in Ram temple embezzlement case
The Vishva Hindu Parishad has called for a first information report to be registered and a police investigation launched into allegations of misappropriation of donations made to the Ram temple in Ayodhya, The Indian Express reported on Thursday. The demand came after a Special Investigation Team submitted a preliminary probe report to the Uttar Pradesh…
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Tamil Nadu: Toll from ammonia leak at seafood processing unit rises to 10
The toll from an ammonia gas leak at a private seafood processing and export unit near Periyapalayam in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvallur district has risen to 10, the state government said on Wednesday. Eighty-three persons were affected by the leak, which occurred on Sunday at a facility in the Kannigaipair-Manjangaranai area, the health and family welfare…
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How two men refused to bend to press censorship during the Emergency
Dhun Mehta hollered a greeting as he passed by the compound of our office on the morning of June 26, 1975. Were we aware, he inquired, that prominent opposition leaders like Jayaprakash Narayan, Morarji Desai, Jyoti Basu, LK Advani and others had been arrested, censorship imposed and a state of emergency declared in the country?…
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Watch: Twin earthquakes over magnitude 7 strike Venezuela, buildings collapse
Several buildings collapsed after two earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 struck Venezuela on Wednesday. It was unclear if the quakes had led to casualties. Videos posted on social media showed several buildings to have collapsed and damage at the airport in capital Caracas. The epicentres of both the quakes were close to Caracas, the…
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Explained: Why an Indian passport is not proof of citizenship – and no single document is
I. The statement that should surprise no lawyer – but has startled everyone else On June 24, by coincidence, the 59h anniversary of the Passports Act coming into force, the Ministry of External Affairs stated plainly that an Indian passport is a travel document, not proof of citizenship. The official clarification, reported by diplomatic correspondent…