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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

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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

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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

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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 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 11:34 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 ...

March 4, 2025 8:28 AM

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IMD forecasts widespread rain or snow in Western Himalayas

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast fairly widespread to widespread rainfall or snowfall over the Western Himalayan Region today. Fairly widespread to widespread rainfall or snowfall accompanied by isolated thunderstorms and lightning is very likely over Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgi...

March 3, 2025 10:22 PM

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Delhi: GRAP stage-I lifted after air quality improved

The Commission for Air Quality Management today lifted the restrictions under stage one of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) across the National Capital Region. The decision came after the air quality of Delhi improved considerably in the last few days due to the favorable meteorological condit...