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EC tells SC it is willing to hear petitioners on uploading voter turnout data
The PILs sought a direction to the poll panel to upload polling station-wise voter turnout data on its website within 48 hours of conclusion of polling in the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections.
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2020 poll code violation case: Delhi HC refuses to stay proceedings against Delhi Minister Kapil Mishra
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Woman pilgrim from Delhi held with loaded pistol at Vaishno Devi shrine
The licence for the gun found in the possession of Jyoti Gupta was found to have expired a couple of years ago, the officials said
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INTACH to offer `Pada Seva’ to devotees trekking to Srisailam
The volunteers of Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage’s Nandyal unit would be offering foot massage to thousands of devotees from Karnataka and Maharashtra who would be trekking long distances to reach the famous Shaivaite shrine of Srisailam for the Ugani celebrations.
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Supreme Court to consider if Lokpal has jurisdiction over judges
Can someone go to a police station and file and FIR against a judge, senior advocate Kapil Sibal asks
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Nagpur violence seems premeditated; mob targeted specific houses, says Maharashtra CM Fadnavis
Mr. Fadnavis attributed the “heightened emotions” to the release of the movie Chhava, which depicted the brutal atrocities committed by Aurangzeb against Sambhaji Maharaj.
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Can't avail separate UPSC exam attempts as 'able' and 'disabled' candidate: SC to Puja Khedkar
The top court also extended the protection from arrest granted to Ms. Khedkar on January 15 till April 15.
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Devotee collapses while in queue at Rameswaram temple, dies
Earlier on March 16, a 50-year-old devotee from Karaikudi collapsed and died while standing in queue to obtain darshan ticket at Subramaniaswamy temple in Tiruchendur
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Kerala Assembly: UDF stages walkout over Idukki encroachments
Opposition protests against Speaker’s decision to deny it permission for adjournment motion to debate recent revelations of large-scale encroachments in Chokramudi hills and other areas in Idukki
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Hyderabad hospital leverages AI for early cancer detection
The initiative focuses on detecting breast, lung and pancreatic cancers at early stages
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Sonia Gandhi demands ₹400 minimum wage, 150 workdays under MGNREGA
The budget allocation (for the scheme) remains stagnant at ₹86,000 crore, a 10-year low as a percentage of GDP, Sonia Gandhi alleged.
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Delimitation issue: DMK walks out of Lok Sabha saying discussion denied
“The government has not responded to the concerns raised by Tamil Nadu. We are not being allowed to raise this issue. We want clarity from the government on this issue,” DMK leader Kanimozhi says
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'Democratic country must not function like police state', Supreme Court flags rising bail rejections
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Sri Lankan Navy arrests three Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu, seizes boat
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Bodies of Hmar, Zo tribes in Manipur decide to lift shutdown in violence-hit Churachandpur
Hmar and Zomi communities in Manipur’s Churachandpur district agree to lift shutdown after clashes, aiming to restore peace
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Novel initiative in Telangana’s Karimnagar to take learning beyond classrooms
The students donned the role of vegetable vendors, promoting cultivation of organic vegetables and highlighting the nutritional benefit of organic produce
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Centre with farmers without any discrimination: Agriculture Minister Chouhan
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had sought an update on the implementation of the Vidarbha package, under which Kerala's Wayanad, Palakkad and Kasargod districts were also included, for farmers
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163 paneer samples tested by FSSAI in Karnataka
On March 3, following media reports and social media posts about adulteration, the Chief Minister’s office had asked the Commissioner of FSSAI to immediately examine the quality of paneer in Karnataka
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Father throws two children into irrigation canal, girl drowns in Konaseema
The ten-year-old boy survived; Police have begun a search for the father.
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