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BJP’s Birbhum Candidate’s Nomination Rejected in Scrutiny

April 26, 2024 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Apr 26: The nomination of BJP’s official nominee for the Birbhum Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal Debasish Dhar was rejected in scrutiny on Friday on technical grounds. However, his cover candidate Debtanu Bhattacharya is likely to be adopted as the party’s candidate for the seat. Mr Dhar, a former IPS officer could not […]

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Two Militants Suspected Dead in Sopore Operation

April 26, 2024 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Apr 26: Two unidentified militants are suspected to be lying dead at the site of the gunfight as anti-militant operation by the security forces in north Kashmir’s Sopore entered the second day on Friday. A gunfight against hiding militants had broken out on Thursday afternoon. Classes were suspended in all educational institutes in […]

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Centre to CBSE: Work out Logistics to Hold Board Exams Twice a Year

April 26, 2024 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Apr 26: The Ministry of Education has asked the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to work out logistics for conducting board exams twice a year from the 2025-26 academic session, official sources said. The plan for introduction of a semester system has been ruled out, they said. The Ministry and the CBSE will […]

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Brisk Polling Recorded in Phase II, over 64% by 5 PM

April 26, 2024 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Apr 26: With still about an hour to go before the completion of the second phase of polling in 88 constituencies in 1 states and union territories on Friday, a brisk polling was reported from across the country with more than 64 per cent turnout by 5 PM itself amid a […]

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Bengal Government Moves SC against CBI Probe into Sandeshkhali Incident

April 26, 2024 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Apr 26: Within hours after the Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday conducted raids on multiple locations in connection with the January 5 attack on some officials of Enforcement Directorate in Sandeshkhali, the West Bengal government approached the Supreme Court against a Calcutta High Court ordering CBI investigation into the allegations of extortion, […]

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SC Upheld EVM – VVPAT Polling System, Rejects Return to Ballot Paper Plea

April 26, 2024 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Apr 26: The present voting system on Friday received a big thumbs up from the Supreme Court which upheld the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) system of polling and refused a plea to revive paper ballots, saying “blind distrust” of an institution or a system breeds unwarranted scepticism and impedes progress. A […]

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Football: Marta to retire from Brazil’s national team

April 26, 2024 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi, April 26: Marta Vieira da Silva, 38, announced her retirement from Brazil’s national football team at the end of 2024, the media reported on Friday. A two-time Olympic silver medallist, she revealed that she is in the last stage of her career. “There’s a moment when we have to understand that the time […]

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Olympics: British long jumper Jazmin Sawyers to miss the 2024 Games

April 26, 2024 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi, April 26: British track and field athlete Jazmin Sawyers will not be able to compete at the Olympics Games 2024 in Paris because of a serious injury she received during training, the media reported on Wednesday Jazmin,29, suffered Achilles on her right leg and has been forced to undergo a surgery. “It’s devastating to […]

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Roving Periscope: As in India, professional protestors bring US varsities to a halt

April 26, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Crowds seldom mean supporters. Many do not even know why they are part of a protest—wily professional protest managers selectively exploit and coax the media and the people, to support and join a protest, any protest, even without a cause. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has aptly called them “Aandolanjeevi” (professional […]

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First in Asia: With the IMF nod, Sri Lankan law to seize proceeds from crime

April 26, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Limping back to normalcy after the 2022 socio-political-economic upheaval, a cautious Sri Lanka has approved a new law backed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), allowing the state to seize any proceeds from criminal activities. The Proceeds Of Crime Act (POCA) was proposed as part of efforts under the IMF program […]