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Man marries sister to get benefits of govt scheme
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Man marries sister to get benefits of govt scheme

Firozabad (UP), Dec 16: In a bizarre incident, a man married his own sister at a mass marriage event to obtain money from the Mukhyamantri Samuhik Vivaah Yojana scheme, under which weddings are conducted by the social welfare department. Under the mass wedding scheme, the state government gives...
LS adjourns for the day amid uproar over Lakhimpur Kheri violence
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LS adjourns for the day amid uproar over Lakhimpur Kheri violence

New Delhi, Dec 16: Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned for the day amid continuous protests by opposition members demanding sacking of Union Minister Ajay Mishra from the government in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri violence. As the Lok Sabha re-assembled at 2 pm, opposition members...
9 years after, women
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9 years after, women's safety still an untouched topic: Nirbhaya's father

New Delhi, Dec 16: It's been exactly nine years since Nirbhaya rape case was reported in Delhi -- a case that still sends shivers down spine of anyone who gets to know about this horrible incident that took place in the national capital in 2012. But, lessons not learnt, women's safety continues to...
Cabinet clears proposal to increase legal age for marriage of women to 21
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Cabinet clears proposal to increase legal age for marriage of women to 21

New Delhi, Dec 16: The Union Cabinet has passed a proposal to increase the minimum legal age for marriage of women from 18 to 21 years. Sources said the government approved the proposal in a meeting of the cabinet on Wednesday. Currently, the legal minimum age of marriage for men is 21 years...
RS proceedings adjourned till 2 pm
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RS proceedings adjourned till 2 pm

New Delhi, Dec 16: Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 2 pm on Thursday amid protests by some opposition party members. Soon after the listed documents were tabled, Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu said he has not admitted notices by some members for suspension of scheduled business and take...
Gen Naravane takes charge as Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee
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Gen Naravane takes charge as Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee

New Delhi, Dec 16: As a stop-gap arrangement before the appointment of a new Chief of Defence Staff following the demise of General Bipin Rawat, the Centre has placed in an old system and appointed Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane as Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee.The...
Active COVID-19 cases in country decline to 87,245
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Active COVID-19 cases in country decline to 87,245

New Delhi, Dec 16: India added 7,974 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,47,18,602, while the active cases declined to 87,245, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll climbed to 4,76,478 with 343 fresh fatalities,...
Cabinet approves reimbursement of Rs 1,300 crore on digital transactions using UPI, Rupay debit card
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Cabinet approves reimbursement of Rs 1,300 crore on digital transactions using...

New Delhi, Dec 15: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved reimbursement of Rs 1,300 crore on digital transactions using UPI and Rupay debit cards, Electronics and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said. The minister said that the government will reimburse transaction charges levied on digital...
7-yr-old Bengal boy tests positive for Omicron
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7-yr-old Bengal boy tests positive for Omicron

Kolkata, Dec 15: West Bengal on Wednesday reported its first Omicron case as a seven-year-old boy from Murshidabad district tested positive for the coronavirus variant, a senior official of the health department said. The boy, the official said, recently returned to Bengal from Abu Dhabi...
Most wanted Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist killed in encounter with security forces in J&K
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Most wanted Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist killed in encounter with security forces...

Srinagar, Dec 15: Security forces shot dead a most wanted Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama on Wednesday. "Police and security forces neutralised an 'A+' categorised terrorist of proscribed terror outfit HM," a spokesperson of the Jammu and Kashmir police...
2 foreign nationals found positive for Omicron in Telangana
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2 foreign nationals found positive for Omicron in Telangana

Hyderabad, Dec 15: Two foreign nationals, who arrived here from abroad have tested positive for Omicron variant, a health official said on Wednesday. The first person is a 24-year-old woman, a Kenyan national, who landed at the international airport here on December 12, Telangana Director of...
CDS chopper crash: Group Captain Varun Singh passes away
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CDS chopper crash: Group Captain Varun Singh passes away

New Delhi, Dec 15: Group Captain Varun Singh, who was injured in a military chopper crash on December 8, succumbed to his injuries. He was the lone survivor of the chopper crash in which Chief of Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat and 11 other armed personnel were killed in Coonoor...
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