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March 4, 2025 8:15 PM March 4, 2025 8:15 PM

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Bihar CM Nitish Kumar expresses gratitude to Centre for providing spl fin help

  Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today expressed his gratitude to the central government for providing special financial help in two consecutive union budgets. Replying to the motion of thanks on the governor’s address in the state assembly, Mr. Kumar said, that in 2024 special economic assistanc...

March 4, 2025 8:18 PM March 4, 2025 8:18 PM

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Maharashtra Governor accepts Dhananjay Munde’s resignation

Maharashtra Governor C P Radhakrishnan has accepted the resignation of State Food and Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Minister Dhananjay Munde as per the recommendation of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Earlier today, Mr. Munde had tendered his resignation to CM Fadnavis which was accepted...

March 4, 2025 7:27 PM March 4, 2025 7:27 PM

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CBI busts paper leak scam of East Central railway exams

The Central Bureau of Investigation CBI busted a Departmental Examination Paper Leak Scam under the East Central Railway at Mughal Sarai, Uttar Pradesh during an operation yesterday. Twenty Six Railway officials including a Senior Divisional Electrical Engineer (Operations) were arrested in the case...

March 4, 2025 6:19 PM March 4, 2025 6:19 PM

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Maharashtra: MLA Abu Azmi withdraws his remarks on Aurangzeb

    Maharashtra State President of the Samajwadi Party and MLA, Abu Azmi, has retracted his statement praising the Mughal ruler Aurangzeb, which had sparked widespread controversy across the state and caused a huge uproar in both houses of the Maharashtra legislature. In a video posted on 'X', Mr Az...

March 4, 2025 5:02 PM March 4, 2025 5:02 PM

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Mizoram: Annual budget for FY 2025-26 presented in the assembly

Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma presented the state annual budget for the 2025-2026 financial year amounting to 15,198.76 crore rupees and supplementary demands for grants for the current fiscal (2024-2025) to the tune of 3,512.33 crore rupees in the state legislative assembly today. The state annu...

March 4, 2025 2:12 PM March 4, 2025 2:12 PM

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J&K: Landslide in Ramban closes Jammu-Srinagar NH amid heavy rainfall

In Jammu and Kashmir, due to heavy rainfall last evening, a landslide occurred in the Mehad area in the Ramban district, causing the closure of the 270-kilometer-long strategic Jammu-Srinagar National Highway (NH44). Akashvani Jammu Correspondent reports that the National Highway was closed late las...

March 4, 2025 12:37 PM March 4, 2025 12:37 PM

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FIR filed against Maharashtra SP chief over remarks defending Mughal ruler Aurangzeb

An FIR has been registered against Maharashtra Samajwadi Party (SP) chief and MLA Abu Azmi over his alleged remarks defending Mughal ruler Aurangzeb. His statement has sparked widespread controversy, drawing sharp criticism from political leaders across the spectrum. The controversy erupted after Az...

March 4, 2025 1:31 PM March 4, 2025 1:31 PM

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Bombay HC stays FIR order against ex-SEBI chief, 5 others

The Bombay High Court today granted a stay on the order of a special PMLA court directing the Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to file an FIR against former Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch and other SEBI and Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) officials in...

March 4, 2025 11:46 AM March 4, 2025 11:46 AM

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NHRC orders on-spot probe into Nepali student’s alleged suicide at KIIT University

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed an on-spot inquiry into the alleged suicide of Nepali student Prakriti Lamsal at the Bhubaneswar-based KIIT University in Odisha. Considering the seriousness of the matter, the Commission has directed the Registrar (Law) and two other officers...

March 4, 2025 11:34 AM March 4, 2025 11:34 AM

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Uttarakhand approves ‘Mukhyamantri Ekal Mahila Swarozgar Yojana’

The Uttarakhand government has approved the “Mukhyamantri Ekal Mahila Swarozgar Yojana,” aimed at empowering unmarried, divorced, abandoned, destitute, and differently-abled single women by providing them with financial assistance of up to 2 lakh rupees. Under this scheme, 75 per cent of the amount ...