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Goa to prepare ‘Vision Document’ for next 25 yrs: CM

Reading Time: < 1 minute Panaji, May 30 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday said his government will prepare a ‘Vision Document’ for the next 25 years to achieve progress in various areas. Sawant made the announcementafter inaugurating the ‘Mantralaya’ (ministerial block) on Goa’s Statehood Day. “We are committed to the progress of the state. My colleagues in […]

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Huge consignment of explosive materials seized in Kerala’s Kasargod

Reading Time: < 1 minute Thiruvananthapuram, May 30 (IANS) The Kerala Excise officials seized explosive materials including 6,000 detonators and 2,800 gelatin sticks in Kasargod district early on Tuesday. During the routine checking of vehicles, the Excise officials stumbled upon explosive materials in a vehicle owned by one Mohammed Mustafa. They then took him to his house and recovered the […]

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Bengal municipality job case: ED sends queries to 2 govt departments

Reading Time: 2 minutes Kolkata, May 30 (IANS) As part of its ongoing probe in the multicrore municipalities recruitment case in West Bengal, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has forwarded a set of queries to two state government departments seeking details of recruitments made in different municipalities during the last few years. The two departments are — the state municipal […]

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RPF arrests two with 22 kg marijuana in MP’s Satna

Reading Time: < 1 minute Bhopal, May 30 (IANS) The Railway Protection Force (RPF) has arrested two persons allegedly for smuggling marijuana in Madhya Pradesh’s Satna district. They were arrested by the police at Uchehra railway station on Monday. According to the RPF, the arrested persons have been identified as Sundaram Tiwari, a resident of Panna district, while the other […]

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Caller threatens to blow up Patna Junction; probe launched

Reading Time: < 1 minute Patna, May 30 (IANS) A probe has been launched after the Railway Protection Force (RPF) received a call threatening to blow up the Patna railway junction. The RPF, along with the General Railway Police (GRP), immediately swung into action late on Monday night and launched a search operation after the call, which turned out to […]

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Kerala CPI(M) begins probe into CITU leader’s spouse buying Rs 50L MINI Cooper

Reading Time: < 1 minute Kochi, May 30 (IANS) After a video of a brand new Rs 5 million-worth MINI Cooper purchased by the wife of a top CITU leader went viral, the CPI(M) launched a probe. Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) is the trade union wing of the CPI(M). The vehicle was purchased by the wife of P.K. […]

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Delhi HC dismisses Sisodia’s bail plea in excise policy case

Reading Time: 2 minutes New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia’s bail plea in the 2021-22 excise policy case being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma pronounced the order on AAP leader’s bail plea after having reserved it on May 11. […]

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Cambodian King Sihamoni gets ceremonial welcome at Rashtrapati Bhavan

Reading Time: < 1 minute New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday accorded a ceremonial welcome to King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. King Sihamoni had arrived in India on Monday on his maiden three-day state visit. He was welcomed by minister of state for external affairs Rajkumar Ranjan Singh on his arrival. “An […]

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Bengal Governor-govt spar over appointment of election commissioner deepens

Reading Time: < 1 minute Kolkata, May 30 (IANS) The tussle between Raj Bhavan and state secretariat in West Bengal over the appointment of the state election commissioner seems to be intensifying as the names recommended by the state government are yet to be cleared by Governor C.V. Ananda Bose’s office. Instead, the Governor House has sought a third name […]

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K’taka RTI activist death case handed over to CID

Reading Time: < 1 minute Bengaluru, May 30 (IANS) The suspicious death case of an RTI activist in Davanagere district has been handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) following a complaint by the family members. The department has also suspended a police sub-inspector and a constable in this regard. The 40-year-old RTI activist was found suspiciously dead near […]