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NEET-UG paper leak row: SC posts hearing on July 18
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NEET-UG paper leak row: SC posts hearing on July 18

New Delhi, July 11: The Supreme Court on Thursday fixed July 18 for hearing on a batch of petitions alleging irregularities in the conduct of NEET-UG examination. Rising early for the day, a Bench presided over by CJI, DY Chandrachud, suggested taking up the issue for hearing on Friday at the top of...
18 years on, 7/11 terror mayhem on Mumbai railway trains is a faint memory
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18 years on, 7/11 terror mayhem on Mumbai railway trains is a faint memory

Mumbai, July 11:On the rainy evening of July 11, 2006, as millions of commuters hurried to their homes by the Western Railway (WR) suburban trains, they were stopped dead in their tracks at the high peak hour, at around 18:24 hours (6.24 pm). For the next 11 minutes, seven of the chock-a-block local...
633 villages in 12 UP districts affected by floods
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633 villages in 12 UP districts affected by floods

Lucknow, July 11: Rising water levels in major rivers have affected 7,97,176 people in 633 villages across 12 districts of Uttar Pradesh, authorities said. At least 19 people have died in incidents of lightning, drowning, and snake bites in the last 24 hours in various districts. The Relief...
In a first, Centre allows IRS officer to change name, gender in official records
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In a first, Centre allows IRS officer to change name, gender in official records

Guwahati, Jul 10: For the first time in the history of the Indian Civil Service, an IRS officer posted in Hyderabad is set to undergo a name and gender change, and the request was approved by the centre.The request was made by M Anusuya to be associated as ‘he’ with the name ‘M Anukathir Surya', and...
Retail vegetable prices: Task force begins action on Bengal CM’s directive
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Retail vegetable prices: Task force begins action on Bengal CM’s directive

Kolkata, July 10: The task force set up by the West Bengal government to check prices of essential commodities in retail markets, sprang into action on Wednesday. The task force made spot visits to different retail markets to review the situation a day after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee directed...
‘Alimony, not charity, but right of women’, says SC
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‘Alimony, not charity, but right of women’, says SC

Guwahati, July 10: The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a divorced Muslim woman can seek alimony from her husband under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which addresses maintenance for wives.Justices BV Nagarathna and Justice Augustine George Masih, while dismissing a plea filed by...
Collegium recommends appointment of 7 permanent judges in Bombay HC, extension of 2 judges
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Collegium recommends appointment of 7 permanent judges in Bombay HC, extension...

New Delhi, July 10: The Supreme Court Collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud, has recommended the appointment of seven additional judges of the Bombay High Court as permanent judges and an extension of term of two additional judges for a year.In April this year, the Collegium of...
18 dead, several injured after bus rams into milk tanker in Uttar Pradesh
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18 dead, several injured after bus rams into milk tanker in Uttar Pradesh

Guwahati, Jul 10: At least 18 people died and several others were injured after a double-decker sleeper bus collided into a milk tanker on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway, Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district, on Wednesday.The terrifying incident occurred during the early hours of Wednesday...
CM Nitish Kumar to inaugurate third phase of Patna’s Marine Drive today
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CM Nitish Kumar to inaugurate third phase of Patna’s Marine Drive today

Patna, July 10: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will inaugurate the third phase of the JP Ganga Pathway, also known as the Marine Drive of Patna, on Wednesday. The 12.5 km stretch from Digha to Gaighat is already operational, and an additional 4.5 km stretch has been built, extending it to Patna...
In a first, woman IRS officer turns man
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In a first, woman IRS officer turns man

Hyderabad, July 10: A woman Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, serving as the Joint Commissioner in the regional bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Hyderabad, has turned a man. This is said to be the first case of a sex change in the Indian Civil Services.The...
Unnao accident: PM Modi announces Rs 2 lakh ex gratia for victims
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Unnao accident: PM Modi announces Rs 2 lakh ex gratia for victims' families

Lucknow, July 10: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh from PMNRF for the next of kin of the deceased in the bus-tanker accident in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao in which 18 people died. The injured would be given Rs 50,000 each.At least 18 people were killed and more than 30...
Bengal Assembly bypolls: Reports of violence in Ranaghat-Dakshin seat
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Bengal Assembly bypolls: Reports of violence in Ranaghat-Dakshin seat

Kolkata, July 10; Reports of violence have surfaced from different pockets in the four Assembly constituencies where the bypolls were being held on Wednesday. The maximum number of complaints were coming from the Ranaghat-Dakshin Assembly constituency in the Nadia district.Tension was mounting in...
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