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UP: Muslim clerics ask people not to panic over CAA

Lucknow, March 12 Muslim clerics have urged people not to panic over the notification for the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and to maintain peace and avoid rumours. Following the Centre’s notification on the implementation of CAA, Maulana Khalid Rasheed Firangi Mahali, Chairperson of Islamic Centre of India (ICI) and member of All India Muslim Personal

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J&K: ECI team to meet political parties, admin ahead of LS polls

Srinagar, March 12 A team of the Election Commission of India (ECI) headed by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar will start discussions and meetings with political parties and the administration in J&K on Tuesday ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. The 9-member team of the ECI headed by the CEC reached here on Monday

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PM Modi to flag off 3rd Vande Bharat train in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, March 12 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday will flag off the third Vande Bharat express train in Odisha, which will operate from Bhubaneswar to Visakhapatnam. This train will run six days a week except Saturdays. Speaking to mediapersons, East Coast Railway Additional General Manager, Mohesh Kumar Behera, said on Monday that Prime Minister

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UP: Debt-ridden realtor ends life in office

Lucknow, March 12 A property dealer died of gunshot wounds at his office in Sushant Golf City under mysterious circumstances. The police said that prima facie it appears that the victim had committed suicide. Aditya Mishra, 47, a native of Malauli village of Gosainganj area, was staying at a house in Gomti Nagar. He ran his

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Madhya Pradesh’s gift to Ayodhya: A 1100 kg ‘nagada’

Prayagraj, March 12 A 1100 kg ‘nagada’ (drum), made by a Madhya Pradesh-based social organisation is being gifted to the newly- constructed Ram temple in Ayodhya. According to Vishwa Hindu Parishad (General Secretary Kashi Prant – Gau Raksha) Lalmani Tiwari, “Authorities of Shiv Barat Ayojan and Jan Kalyan Samiti, Rewa (Madhya Pradesh), have made the

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PM Modi to inaugurate, lay foundation of railway projects worth Rs 85,000 crore

Jaipur, March 12 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone and inaugurate railway projects worth Rs 85,000 crore on Tuesday. PM Modi will also flag off Vande Bharat trains for different cities of the country. Railway officials will join the programme virtually from 750 railway stations while programs will be organised at 15

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PM Modi to witness Bharat Shakti exercise in Pokhran today

Jaipur, March 12 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will witness war exercise ‘Bharat Shakti’ at Pokhran field firing range in Jaisalmer on Tuesday. The war exercise will display firepower capability of indigenous weapons and operational readiness of all three arms of the defence forces, said defence officials. BJP sources said that PM Modi will reach the firing

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UP Cong leader booked for objectionable pic of Union minister

Lucknow, March 11 A Congress leader has been booked for posting an objectionable photograph of a woman Union minister on social media. An FIR has been registered with the cyber cell of Lucknow Police and the said post has been deleted. The case was filed on the complaint of an inspector of the cyber cell

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AASU to intensify stir against CAA after Centre’s notification

Guwahati, March 11 All Assam Students Union (AASU) has said that it will agitate against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) rules soon after these are notified by the Centre, said the Chief Adviser of the student body, Samujjal Bhattacharya. He told IANS, “We have decided to burn the copies of CAA rules in each district

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Toll-free Mumbai Coastal Road north-south arm inaugurated

Mumbai, March 11 Chief Minister Eknath Shinde inaugurated the national commercial capital’s first ‘Mumbai Coastal Road’ project’s phase one’s north-south arm connecting Worli-Marine Lines, here on Monday. Shinde, along with Deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis, Ajit Pawar and other dignitaries present, cut the ribbon throwing open the south-bound lane. It will be opened for regular traffic