Sat, 28 Aug 2021 14:44:57
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 28 lauded his government's 'Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana' as it completed seven years, saying the scheme, which facilitates the unbanked population to open a bank account, has forever transformed India's development trajectory.
It has ensured financial inclusion and a life of dignity as well as empowerment for countless Indians, Mr. Modi said, adding tha
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Sat, 28 Aug 2021 14:37:45
The Council of Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) has resolved not to collect penalty levied on consumers with defunct water meters. Instead, it was decided that consumer should pay an average of the minimum for the period when water meter had stopped working.
In the Council meeting, Mayor Premananda Shetty said double penalty was levied on the consumers who failed to get the meter rectified even
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Sat, 28 Aug 2021 14:34:05
Police have arrested three men for allegedly gang-raping a 17-year-old orphan girl at Vasai in Maharashtra's Palghar district, an official said on Saturday.
Besides gang-rape, the accused had sexually assaulted her separately on multiple occasions between November 2020 and August this year, he said.
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Sat, 28 Aug 2021 14:32:30
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday alleged that the three farm laws were framed to benefit the BJP's billionaire friends.
Citing a report on Adani reducing apple procurement rates in Himachal Pradesh by Rs 16 which has led to a distress in the markets, she alleged this would happen if the right to decide rates of farmer's produce is given to "billionaire friends" of th
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Sat, 28 Aug 2021 13:12:59
In separate incidents, a total of nine people, including three women, were caught trying to enter Mangaluru from Kerala with fake RT-PCR test reports over the past two days. While the women were allowed to return after they pleaded ignorance, the others were arrested.
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Sat, 28 Aug 2021 13:03:21
India on Friday said that Afghan nationals arriving in the country will get a six-month visa and the government will "take it from there" as making long term plans have not been the "best of ideas" under the current circumstance.
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Sat, 28 Aug 2021 12:57:20
Bhavinaben Patel continued to script history as she became the first Indian to enter the final of a table tennis event in the Paralympics with a hard-fought 3-2 win over China's Miao Zhang in a class 4 semifinal here on Saturday.
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Sat, 28 Aug 2021 12:50:05
US President Joe Biden said Friday that China was withholding "critical information" on the origins of Covid-19 after the US intelligence community said it did not believe the virus was a bioweapon -- but remained split on whether it escaped from a lab.
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Sat, 28 Aug 2021 12:44:04
Five accused in the Mysuru gangrape case that shook the cultural city of the state have been arrested, police said here on Saturday.
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