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April 9, 2025 9:00 PM

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MoS Suresh Gopi Reviews Schemes, Highlights Tourism Potential in Nagaland

Union Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Tourism, Suresh Gopi, today visited Niuland district in Nagaland.   During the visit, the minister held discussions with various departments and interacted with the leaders of civil societies. He reviewed the implementation of centrally spo...

April 9, 2025 6:01 PM

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BJP Calls Protests Against Waqf Amendment Law ‘Unfortunate’ & ‘Violent

BJP has described the uproar in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on the Waqf (Amendment) Act and protests in some areas in the country against the new law as unfortunate. Talking to media in New Delhi, party spokesperson Prem Shukla said the Waqf (Amendment) Bill has now become law after President Dro...

April 9, 2025 4:56 PM

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J&K Legislative Assembly Adjourns Sine Die After 21-Day Session

In Jammu and Kashmir, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Abdul Rahim Rather, today adjourned the House sine die. Akashvani Jammu Correspondent reports that the 21-day assembly session commenced on 3rd March with the LG’s address and culminated this afternoon.   The speaker informed the house that ...

April 9, 2025 4:56 PM

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Encounter Erupts in J&K’s Udhampur District, Firing Ongoing

In Jammu and Kashmir, an encounter broke out in the Udhampur district today after security forces established contact with three terrorists. Our correspondent reports that during a search operation by police and other security forces, contact was established with terrorists at the village Jopher in ...

April 9, 2025 4:39 PM

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BJP Calls for Kerala CM’s Resignation After Criticism from Left Leader

BJP has demanded the resignation of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan following senior Left leader G Sudhakaran's comments against the state government on the issue of drug abuse and others.   Briefing media in New Delhi today, party spokesperson Tom Vadakkan said Mr. Sudhakaran, who has been a...

April 9, 2025 1:44 PM

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Punjab: BSF personal injured while preventing major blast

In Punjab, a Border Security Force (BSF) personal got injured while preventing a major blast targeting the BSF personnel and Farmers in the Gurdaspur sector late last night. The incident occurred when a BSF party, during an area domination patrol ahead of the border security fence with Pakistan, det...

April 9, 2025 1:25 PM

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Bihar: 8 dead, several injured due to lightning

In Bihar, at least eight people died and several were injured due to lightning in the Madhubani and Begusarai districts today.   Official sources said three casualties occurred in Jhanjharpur in the Madhubani district when lightning struck them. Three people succumbed to death in separate incid...

April 9, 2025 12:52 PM

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NAPA expresses concern over spiralling law & order in Punjab

The North American Punjabi Association (NAPA) has expressed concern over the law and order situation spiralling out of control in Punjab. Strongly condemning the bomb blast targeting BJP leader Manoranjan Kalia in Jalandhar, the NAPA said such acts of violence threaten democratic processes and publi...