For the first time in more than a decade, government ITIs in Odisha have reported less than 5 per cent vacancy among the 18,000-odd seats that were advertised in the current academic session boosting the state government’s mission of “Skilled in Odisha”. Officials in the Skill Development and Technical Education […]
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Car rams into AAP leader’s Uttarakhand home, guard posted there shoots at driver
A private security guard posted at an Aam Aadmi Party leader’s residence opened fire on the driver of a car that rammed into the AAP leader’s house in US Nagar district on Monday evening. The injured driver was rushed to the hospital where he is being treated. According to the […]
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Sharad Kelkar reacts to Laxmii ‘mixed reviews’, says he’s ‘very happy’
Even thought Laxmii was widely panned upon release, actor Sharad Kelkar’s extended cameo was among the few aspects of the movie that was appreciated. Sharad appears in the film as a trans person named Laxmi, whose tragic back story makes for the heart and soul of the film. In an interview, Sharad […]
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Odisha BJP member claims Sambit Patra made Puri famous, stirs hornets’ nest
A BJP member’s claim that Odisha’s pilgrim town of Puri became famous only after the party’s national spokesperson Sambit Patra contested the Lok Sabha election from the constituency sparked outrage and spurred both the ruling BJD and the opposition Congress to attack her. Lekhashree Samantasinghar, one of the BJP spokespersons […]
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PM Modi appreciates inputs given by citizens for ‘Mann ki Baat’
Prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday appreciated inputs from the citizens for his monthly radio programme, Mann ki Baat, which is scheduled to be aired on November 29 and urged people to keep sharing their thoughts with him. “Every #MannKiBaat we celebrate the accomplishments of outstanding people, working for societal […]
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‘Those who oppose BJP’s ideology are labelled corrupt and anti-national’: Omar Abdullah
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday slammed Union home minister Amit Shah for calling the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) ‘Gupkar Gang’. He said that anyone who opposes the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) ideology is labelled corrupt and anti-national. “We are not a “gang” Amit […]
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Allahabad MP Rita Bahuguna’s granddaughter dies of burns
The granddaughter of Allahabad MP Rita Bahuguna Joshi has died of burns received during bursting of crackers, a close aide of the BJP leader said on Tuesday. She was six-year-old. The MP’s aide said Kiya died around 2 am on Tuesday at the city hospital where she was admitted following […]
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Former Himachal Pradesh assembly speaker Tulsi Ram passes away at 78
Former Himachal Pradesh assembly speaker and senior BJP leader Tulsi Ram passed away at Palampur following a prolonged illness, a party spokesman said on Tuesday. He was 78. Tulsi Ram breathed his last at Palampur in Kangra district on Monday night, the spokesman said. Chief minister Jai Ram Thakur, speaker […]
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Air quality improves in 4 out of 5 Uttarakhand cities this Diwali compared to last year
After monitoring the air quality index of major cities in the state, the Uttarakhand Pollution Control Board’s data shows that air quality improved in four out of five cities in the state on Diwali this year compared to last year. Only the capital city of Dehradun reported a dip of […]
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IIT Kharagpur researchers develop eco-friendly food packaging material with cucumber peels
Are you discarding cucumber peels after preparing your salad? They may soon find their way back to your kitchen in the form of eco-friendly food packaging developed by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur. According to the team of researchers, cucumber peels have greater cellulose content than […]
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20 Uttarakhand PAC personnel test Covid-19 positive after returning from Bihar poll duty
Twenty personnel of the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) who returned from Bihar election duty a week ago, have tested Covid-19 positive in Rudrapur area of US Nagar of the state. They have been admitted to a Covid Care Hospital in Rudrapur, officials said . “A company of our battalion was […]
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AICTE not to provide equivalence of nomenclatures for different engineering, tech branches
The All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) will not be providing equivalence of nomenclatures for different engineering and technology branches for higher education or faculty recruitment purposes and it is for the institution to take a call on them, the council has said. The technical education regulator had in […]
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Indians will not tolerate any unholy ‘global gathbandhan’ : Shah on Gupkar alliance
Union home minister Amit Shah onTuesday lashed out at political parties in Kashmir that have come together under the umbrella of the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) and said by supporting the restoration of Article 370 in the Union Territory, they want to take away the rights of dalits, women and […]
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First it was ‘tukde tukde’, now it’s ‘Gupkar’: Mehbooba Mufti
Peoples Democratic Party leader Mehbooba Mufti, who is also the deputy chairman of newly formed People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration, took on Union home minister Amit Shah for calling the alliance a gang, which is “anti-national”. “BJPs stale tactic of dividing India by projecting themselves as saviours and political opponents as internal […]
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Henry Kissinger warns Joe Biden of US-China catastrophe on scale of World War I
Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said the incoming Biden administration should move quickly to restore lines of communication with China that frayed during the Trump years or risk a crisis that could escalate into military conflict. “Unless there is some basis for some cooperative action, the world will […]