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'Drought in China, low yield in India can fuel domestic edible oil prices'

Rajkot, Aug 26: Gujarat State Edible Oil and Edible Oil Seeds Association (GSEOEOSA) president has expressed fears that drought in China and low cultivation of groundnut in South Indian states can fuel the groundnut oil prices in the coming season. GSEOEOSA president Samir Shah, speaking to local...
Pendency of cases
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Pendency of cases 'huge challenge', says CJI N V Ramana

New Delhi, Aug 26: Terming pendency of cases a "huge challenge", Chief Justice of India N V Ramana on Friday expressed regret for not being able to pay much attention to issues of listing and posting of matters for hearing in the Supreme Court. The CJI, who is to demit office on Friday, said...
Pizza delivery man shot for refusing to accept torn note
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Pizza delivery man shot for refusing to accept torn note

Shahjahanpur, Aug 26: A 21-year-old pizza delivery man in Uttar Pradesh was shot by two men when he refused to accept a torn Rs 200 note as payment. The victim, Sachin Kashyap, was rushed to a district hospital, from where he was taken to a specialised medical centre in Bareilly. His condition is...
Fraudster messages officials, demands gift cards in Mumbai police commissioner
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Fraudster messages officials, demands gift cards in Mumbai police...

Mumbai, Aug 26: Several persons in the city including junior police officials recently received a fraudulent message seeking digital gift cards "urgently" in the name of Mumbai police commissioner, an official said on Friday. The unidentified person or persons sending WhatsApp messages used...
Ghulam Nabi Azad quit from Cong party positions, including primary membership
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Ghulam Nabi Azad quit from Cong party positions, including primary membership

New Delhi, Aug 26: Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday resigned from all party positions, including its primary membership, delivering another blow to the embattled party that has seen a series of leaders leave it. In a five page letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, he said...
Ghulam Nabi Azad resigns from Congress
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Ghulam Nabi Azad resigns from Congress

Jammu, Aug 26: Former Chief Minister and senior Congress leader, Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday resigned from all positions in the Congress party, including its basic membership as was expected following his differences with the party high command. Azad had earlier resigned as the head of the...
New video shows continued torture of Assam elephant in TN temple
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New video shows continued torture of Assam elephant in TN temple

Chennai, Aug 26: Just when it looked like that life was improving for this temple elephant, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), India, has submitted a new veterinary inspection report to forest department officials in Tamil Nadu and Assam showing the continued abuse of the...
UP issues advisory on tomato flu
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UP issues advisory on tomato flu

Lucknow, Aug 26: The Uttar Pradesh government has issued an advisory on tomato flu, a hand foot and mouth disease (HFMD) that is identified by the symptom of tomato-shaped blisters. "The best thing for prevention is maintaining proper hygiene and sanitisation of the surroundings. Parents should...
Active Covid cases in country decline to 90,707
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Active Covid cases in country decline to 90,707

New Delhi, Aug 26: India logged 10,256 new coroanvirus infections taking the total tally of cases to 4,43,89,176, while the active cases declined to 90,707, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll climbed to 5,27,556 with 68 fatalities which includes 29...
India Post gearing up to provide services at doorstep, open 10k more post offices: Secretary
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India Post gearing up to provide services at doorstep, open 10k more post...

New Delhi, Aug 25: India Post is working on projects and technologies to provide government services at the doorstep and add 10,000 post offices this year to enhance its reach, a top official of the department said on Thursday. Department of Posts Secretary Aman Sharma at a CII conference said...
Protest against AAP govt
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Protest against AAP govt's failure in Punjab to provide Rs 1,000 per month to...

Patiala, Aug 25: Former External Affairs Minister and MP Patiala Preneet Kaur on Thursday held a protest along with women from various constituencies of Punjab before handing over a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner of Patiala. Addressing the gathering, she said, "The Aam Aadmi Party led by...
Gadkari hits out at detractors for nefarious, fabricated campaign
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Gadkari hits out at detractors for nefarious, fabricated campaign

New Delhi, Aug 25: Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday hit out at its detractors for "concocting" his statements for a "nefarious and fabricated" campaign for political mileage. The outspoken minister, who last week was dropped from the BJP parliamentary board, hinted...
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