Reliance Jio has proposed to TRAI that wireless data prices are gradually increased to Rs 20 per GB from Rs 15 per GB currently, after six to nine months while suggesting floor rate for data prices. While advocating for TRAI’s intervention to prescribe floor price for wireless data service, Jio said voice […]
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International Yog Festival: Visitors revel in special sessions, talks, therapies
Dehradun: The ongoing International Yog Festival, organised by the state tourism department and Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam (GMVN) at Ganga Resort in Muni Ki Reti, is being thronged by thousands of visitors from across the country and abroad. On the fifth day of the festival, Mooji Baba, a Jamaican spiritual teacher, […]
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Christian Bale is playing villain in Thor: Love and Thunder
Actor Tessa Thompson has confirmed that Hollywood star Christian Bale will be playing the antagonist in Marvel Studios’ Thor: Love and Thunder. The actor shared the news during her interview with Entertainment Tonight on the sidelines of HBO’s Westworld season three premiere event. “I’ve read the script. I can’t tell you much. Lots of […]
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JK govt braces for coronavirus, shuts down schools in Jammu and Samba till March 31
The Jammu and Kashmir government on Saturday ordered all primary schools in Jammu and Samba districts to shut down till March 31 with immediate effect as the union territory braced itself for likely coronavirus infections. “All primary schools in Jammu and Samba districts of Jammu and Kashmir to be closed till March […]
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Fitness trainer arrested for stalking, abusing Mumbai doctor on Instagram
A 27-year-old fitness trainer has been arrested for allegedly stalking a 30-year-old Ayurveda doctor from Mumbai on Instagram by making multiple fake profiles and posting lewd comments, police have said. The trainer was traced and arrested from Nagpur on Friday by police from Mumbai’s Charkop, a locality in the suburb […]
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24,985 hectares of agricultural, fallow land reduced in hills of Uttarakhand
Since the formation of Uttarakhand in November 2000, agricultural and fallow land has reduced in the state by 24,985 hectares, of which 7,704 hectare has turned barren. BJP legislator from Jhabreda Deshraj Karanwal posed a question on how much agricultural land had turned barren in the hills and how much agri land […]
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Dehradun: Graduates of Diploma in Elementary Education protest for primary teacher jobs
DEHRADUN: The graduates of Diploma in Elementary Education course (2017-19 batch) have been protesting outside the school education department’s office in Dehradun for more than 10 days now. The agitating youths demand primary teacher jobs in state-run schools. The students, who cleared the course in December 2019, claim that some rules were […]
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Chandigarh witnesses wettest March day in four years amid windy weather
Rain accompanied with strong winds brought back the chill in Chandigarh on Friday. In fact, with 17.4mm rain recorded till 8:30pm at the India Meteorological Department (IMD)’s observatory in Sector 39, it was the wettest March day in the past four years. “There was more rain on Friday due to […]
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CBI vs CBI: Major relief for bribery-accused Rakesh Asthana, court accepts clean chit
The CBI special court at Rouse Avenue Complex on Saturday accepted the central investigation agency’s clean chit to former special director Rakesh Asthana and DSP Devender Kumar, while taking cognizance of the CBI’s chargesheet against Manoj Prasad. Special CBI Judge Sanjeev Aggarwal said in his order there wasn’t sufficient material […]
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Tokyo 2020: Robots to greet, guide visitors at Olympics
Haneda Airport is the main gateway of Japan, connecting Tokyo with many cities around the world. It is the closest airport to the capital; many local and foreign travellers choose this convenient airport. The number of visitors to Japan is increasing year by year and it is expected to hit record levels when […]
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70 years after Independence, England’s Webley and Scott to make guns in India for civilians
Famed British firearms maker Webley and Scott (W&S) will soon be arming citizens of India, marking a radical shift in the production and sale of firearms for civilians in the country. Founded in 1790, W&S armed allied forces in the two World Wars and produced weapons for at least 15 […]
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Man who shared Jaipur hotel with Covid-19 Italian tourists visits Dehradun hospital
DEHRADUN: A city resident, who had gone to Jaipur on a business trip and had stayed in the same hotel where Italian tourists were staying, visited Doon Hospital on Friday. Many of these foreign tourists were later diagnosed with coronavirus and the man was apprehensive that he, too, might have caught the […]
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PTM in violence-hit areas of North Delhi had positive impact on parents: Sisodia
Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday said the parent-teacher meeting (PTM) called on March 4 and March 5 in schools located in the violence-hit areas of north-east Delhi, had a positive impact with about 55 per cent turnout of the parents. Speaking to the media, Sisodia said the idea […]
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Vodafone Idea pegs its AGR liabilities at Rs 21,533 crore
Vodafone Idea Ltd has assessed its telecom dues arising from an October Supreme Court order at ₹21,533 crore, less than half the over ₹50,000 crore that the government had estimated. “The company has today filed its self-assessment of the AGR (adjusted gross revenue) liabilities with the department of telecommunications (DoT),” Vodafone […]
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US woman of Pak origin gets 4-year jail for illegally entering India from Nepal
PITHORAGARH: A US woman of Pakistani origin was sentenced to four years of imprisonment by the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) in Uttarakhand’s Champawat on Thursday. She was found guilty of trying to “illegally” enter India from Nepal through the Banbasa immigration checkpoint in Champawat district on July 12, 2019. Identified as Farida […]