Audio capsules: A boon for visually impaired students
Lucknow, Sep 20 (IANS) Audio capsules recorded by a faculty member of a degree college in Uttar Pradesh have proved to be a boon for...
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11-kg tumour extracted from Mumbai woman’s abdomen
Mumbai, Sep 20 (IANS) Doctors in Mumbai have extracted a gigantic 11-kg tumour from the abdomen of a 55-year-old woman after a marathon nine-hour surgery....
UP man nabbed for importing drugs from US
Lucknow, Sep 20 (IANS) The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested a person from here and seized 2.7 kg of bud (curated marijuana) concealed in...
Bihar BJP launches toll-free number for manifesto suggestions
Patna, Sep 20 (IANS) In the run-up to the Bihar Assembly elections, the BJP’s state unit launched a toll-free number on Sunday for receiving suggestions...
FCRA Bill introduced in LS to make Aadhaar mandatory for foreign contribution
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) The Centre on Sunday introduced the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2020 in the Lok Sabha to make the earlier...
Naidu goes into huddle after unprecedented Rajya Sabha ruckus
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) Soon after an unprecedented ruckus broke out in the Rajya Sabha with some House members squatting in the premises that...
Vulture census in UP soon
Pilibhit (UP), Sep 20 (IANS) A census of vultures will soon be conducted in Uttar Pradesh by the Institute of Wildlife Conservation (IWC) at Lucknow...
Agri Bills historic, in farmers’ interest: Modi tweets in Punjabi
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) In the wake of protests by farmers in Punjab and Haryana against three agriculture-related Bills, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on...
Anti-tobacco body welcomes NGT’s move on disposal of cigarette,bidi butts
Panaji, Sep 20 (IANS) The National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication on Sunday welcomed the direction of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to the Central Pollution...
Man held in POCSO case found hanging in lock-up, kin cry foul
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) A 38-year-old man held in a POCSO case was found hanging in the lock-up of the Samaypur Badli police station...
Sukhbir urges President not to sign farm Bills
Chandigarh, Sep 20 (IANS) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday urged President Ram Nath Kovind not to sign the farm Bills....
How will the govt ensure farmers get MSP, asks Chidambaram
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) As Parliament passed the two contentious agricultural Bills on Sunday, former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram asked the government how it...
Bihar’s ‘Canal Man’ Loungi gifted tractor
Gaya (Bihar), Sep 20 (IANS) Loungi Bhuiyan, Bihar’s own ‘Canal Man’ who single-handedly cut out a 5-km-long canal to bring water to his native village...
Tripura Guv stresses on need for govt, media relations
Agartala, Sep 20 (IANS) Tripura Governor Ramesh Bais has stressed upon the positive relations between the government and the media, saying that he would take...
Goa Guv’s nod to end allowance scheme, Cong flays govt
Panaji, Sep 20 (IANS) The Goa Governor on Sunday gave approval to the state government’s decision to end a house building allowance scheme for government...
Cong to move no-confidence motion against RS Deputy Chairman
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) The Congress has alleged that the conduct of Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narain Singh was “undemocratic” and the party...
Delhi court grants bail to accused in BPSL money laundering case
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) A Delhi court has granted bail to various employees of Bhushan Power and Steel Limited (BPSL) in a money laundering...
Delhi Police on toes as farmers chant ‘Dilli Chalo’ with tractors, grievances
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) As farmers march towards the national capital to voice their discontent over the contentious agri Bills, two of the Bills...
‘Here to serve our farmers’: Modi allays fears over farm Bills
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday again sought to assure the opposition on minimum support price (MSP) and to allay...
Youth Congress protesters stopped on Haryana border
Chandigarh, Sep 20 (IANS) Hundreds of Youth Congress activists, led by party’s Punjab unit President Sunil Jakhar, were stopped from heading towards Delhi at the...