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IndiaJun 29, 2022

Punjab: Drug inspector, civil hospital employee arrested on graft charges

The Punjab Vigilance Bureau nabbed Rakesh Kumar, Class-4 employee of Civil Hospital, Pathankot Ms. Bableen Kaur, Drug Inspector informed the officials on Wednesday. The due was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs. 30000. "The accused Rakesh Kumar has been arrested on the complaint of Pathankot-based man, who had approached the VB informing that he had applied online for a grant of license to open a medical store at Mamoon. The complainant was later called by Ms. Bableen Kaur, Drug Inspector, who told him to contact Rakesh Kumar, a Class-IV employee in the Civil Hospital, Pathanko
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IndiaJun 29, 2022

Uddhav Thackeray announces his resignation from MLC post too

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray resigned minutes after the Supreme Court ruled that he must prove tomorrow that his government still has a majority. Thackeray announced his resignation during a Facebook session he was addressing. The Supreme Court refused to stay an order by Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari calling for a special session of state assembly tomorrow (Jun 30) for Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena-Congress-NCP government to take a floor test. "I am resigning as the Chief Minister," Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray announces. I had come (to power) in an unexpected
IndiaJun 29, 2022

UK announces 75 scholarships in India's 75th year of Independence

The UK government has partnered with leading businesses in India to offer 75 fully-funded scholarships for Indian students to study in the UK from September, the British High Commission (BHC) said. The BHC, in a statement, said that this is the highest number of fully-funded scholarships given for the one-year master's programme to date. Companies like HSBC, Pearson India, Hindustan Unilever, Tata Sons and Duolingo are supporting this special initiative to celebrate India's 75th year of independence, the high commission said. The programmes on offer include Chevening scholarships for a one-yea
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IndiaJun 29, 2022

Murderers should be hanged till death: Udaipur tailor Kanhaiya Lal's wife

Tailor Kanhaiya Lal, who was beheaded in Udaipur in Rajasthan by two men for allegedly posting content in support of suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma, has created a public outcry. Reacting to the horrific and brutal killing of her husband, his wife Yashoda demanded that the culprits should be hanged to death. Kanhaiya Lal, whose gruesome murder shocked the nation, was cremated on Wednesday in Rajasthan's Udaipur in the presence of a large number of people who raised slogans demanding capital punishment for the accused. "For the last 10-15 days he was getting life threats. They said that they
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IndiaJun 29, 2022

Punjab budget: Expert fears state might enter debt trap soon

After the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government presented its first budget in Punjab with the announcement of no new tax and free electricity from July 1, an economic expert believes that this will push the state into a debt trap in near future. Dr Suvrokamal Dutta, an economic and foreign policy expert, highlighted the budget is well packaged with sugar-coated words in it with loads of thoughts for daydreaming. "When analysed in-depth the focus seems to be directionless and confusing in the budget. The state has an overall debt of almost Rs 2.85 lakh crores and the government is totally clueless
IndiaJun 28, 2022

PM Modi makes India's position clear on Ukraine, calls for immediate cessation of hostilities: FS Vinay Kwatra

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made India's position clear on the Ukraine conflict at the G7 summit where he reiterated that there must be an immediate end to the hostilities and a resolution should be reached by choosing the path of dialogue and diplomacy, said Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra. Replying to a question on India's stand on Russia-Ukraine conflict, Kwatra during a press conference said, "On Russia-Ukraine, PM made India's position clear including an immediate end to hostilities; dialogue & diplomacy to resolve the situation." India is among the five partner countries invited
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IndiaJun 28, 2022

15 to 20 MLAs want to come back: Aditya Thackeray's claim amid political crisis

15 to 20 MLAs want to come back: Aditya Thackeray's claim amid political crisis In a sharp attack on rebel MLAs amid the Maharashtra political crisis, Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray on Monday claimed that 15 to 20 MLAs, who are with Eknath Shinde's rebel camp are in touch with Shiv Sena and have urged the party to bring them back to Mumbai from Guwahati. He said that the rebel MLAs have sold themselves for lakhs and crores. "When the CM was hospitalised, they (rebel MLAs) sold themselves. I would like to ask them, is there no humanity left? We trusted them," he added. Further, he openly ch
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IndiaJun 27, 2022

Randeep Hooda performs last rites of Sarabjit Singh's sister Dalbir Kaur

After learning about the demise of Sarabjit Singh's sister Dalbir Kaur, actor Randeep Hooda immediately rushed to Punjab from Mumbai to perform her last rites. Randeep and Dalbir Kaur formed a relationship during the shooting of Sarbjit. In the film, Randeep played the role of Dalbir Kaur's brother Sarbjit Singh, who was strayed into Pakistan in 1990 in a drunk condition and was kept behind the bars for 23 years with many serious allegations against him. He died on May 2, 2013, in a Pakistan jail following a brutal attack by one of the inmates. During the film's shoot, Dalbir Kaur told Randeep
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IndiaJun 27, 2022

Ex Punjab DGP Dinkar Gupta takes charge as new NIA chief

Former Punjab DGP Dinkar Gupta on Monday took over the charge of a full-fledged Director-General of the National Investigation Agency (NIA)-- the post which was vacant since May last year after the retirement of YC Modi. The 1987-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of Punjab cadre took over the charge from Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Director General Kuldiep Singh, a 1986-batch West Bengal cadre IPS officer. Having a Master's degree in police administration, Gupta's experience as the Director-General of Police (DGP) of Punjab for more than two years from 2019 will come in handy a

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