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January 8, 2025 1:30 PM January 8, 2025 1:30 PM

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Body recovered from coal mine in Assam

In Assam, 21 Para divers, today, retrieved the body of one of the trapped coal miners from the flooded coal mine at Umrangso of Dima Hasao district after more than 48 hours. The deceased has been identified as a native of Nepal. Rescue Operation is underway to rescue other labourers trapped inside t...

January 8, 2025 11:54 AM January 8, 2025 11:54 AM

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J&K Legislative Assembly to hold training program for newly elected MLAs from Jan 9-11

In Jammu and Kashmir, the Legislative Assembly will be conducting a 3-day long training programme for newly elected MLAs. Akashvani Jammu Correspondent reports that the training programme will be held from January 9-11, 2025, at the Central Hall of the Legislative Assembly in Jammu. Organised in col...

January 8, 2025 11:32 AM January 8, 2025 11:32 AM

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Punjab to install 663 more solar pumps for farmers, offers up to 80% subsidy

Punjab’s New and Renewable Energy Sources Minister Aman Arora has said that 663 more solar water pumps for agricultural use will be installed within the next few months. Work on the installation of 2,356 solar pumps has already been on since last month. He said this will not only reduce fuel costs b...

January 8, 2025 11:12 AM January 8, 2025 11:12 AM

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Cold wave sweeps North India; dense fog, delays in trains & flights expected

  Cold wave conditions continue to sweep entire North India. India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast cold day conditions in Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and north Madhya Pradesh today. IMD said, dense fog conditions will prevail during morning and night hou...

January 7, 2025 8:04 PM January 7, 2025 8:04 PM

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Women Outnumber Men on Electoral Rolls in 4 Northeastern States

Women voters outnumbered male voters in the electoral rolls of four northeastern states—Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, and Arunachal Pradesh—where the overall gender ratio was much higher than the national average. Officials today said that the final electoral rolls of the four northeastern states, re...

January 7, 2025 5:32 PM January 7, 2025 5:32 PM

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Maharashtra govt directs Medical colleges to make arrangements in wake of HMPV

In Maharashtra, the State Medical Education Minister Hasan Mushrif today directed all the deans of government medical colleges in the state to make the necessary arrangements in the wake of human metapneumovirus (HMPV). Minister Hasan Mushrif instructed all the deans of government medical colleges t...