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February 14, 2025 10:15 AM

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23rd Pune International Film Festival begins with a grand opening

The 23rd Pune International Film Festival (PIFF) was inaugurated in a grand ceremony yesterday at the Ganesh Kala Krida Manch.      The festival, jointly organised by the Pune Film Foundation and the Maharashtra government, will conclude on February 20.      Speaking at the inauguration function, st...

February 13, 2025 9:10 PM

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President’s rule imposed in Manipur

President’s rule has been imposed in Manipur, days after the resignation of Chief Minister N Biren Singh. The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued an official notification in this regard. The notification said that President Droupadi Murmu had received a report from the Manipur Governor and, after co...

February 13, 2025 5:32 PM

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J&K: Budhal Villagers Return Home After Three Weeks in Quarantine in Rajouri  

In Jammu and Kashmir, after more than three weeks in Rajouri quarantine facilities, the people of Budhal village in Kotranka sub-division, who were relocated following 17 mysterious deaths, are being sent back to their homes. Akashvani Jammu Correspondent reports that the villagers were brought to R...

February 13, 2025 4:21 PM

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Heavy Snowfall in Tawang, Disrupts Travel

In Arunachal Pradesh, the picturesque town of Tawang has been experiencing heavy snowfall for the past two to three days, leading to travel disruptions. According to District Information and Public Relations Officer Nawang Chotta, there have been no reports of any untoward incidents so far due to th...

February 13, 2025 1:29 PM

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Govt adopts multi-pronged strategy to strengthen earthquake risk reduction

The government today said that it has adopted a multi-pronged strategy to strengthen the earthquake risk reduction mechanism.   Replying to the supplementarity, Minister for Earth Sciences, Dr Jintendra said that the government has installed early warning systems, installed observatories in the...

February 13, 2025 1:06 PM

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3 Killed, 4 Injured as truck hits auto-rickshaw in Uttar Pradesh

In Uttar Pradesh, three persons were killed and four injured as a truck hit an auto-rickshaw in Kushinagar. The injured were rushed to the Community Health Centre, Kaptanganj from where doctors referred them to the Medical College in Gorakhpur.   In another incident, four labourers died and 16 ...

February 13, 2025 12:17 PM

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Hartal shuts down Wayanad as UDF protests rising human-animal conflict in Kerala

In Kerala, a dawn-to-dusk hartal is being observed in Wayanad today, in protest against the state government's failure to address the rising incidents of human-animal conflict in the region.   The hartal, called by the Congress-led UDF, is in the backdrop of a couple of recent incidents in whic...

February 13, 2025 11:04 AM

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Punjab Govt promotes fisheries to empower youth, women

The Punjab government is encouraging the youth and women of the state to adopt fisheries as an occupation to financially empower themselves. Elementary training in fish and shrimp farming is also being imparted free of cost every month besides giving them high-quality fish seed at subsidized rates. ...