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Face blackened, ‘thief’ inscribed, three sisters & mother paraded in Ludhiana streets

22 Jan, 2025 6:09 PM

Ludhiana, Jan 22 (IANS) In a distressing incident in Punjab, a garment manufacturing unit owner in this industrial city has allegedly humiliated three sisters, their mother and a youth, blackened their faces with ink, and paraded each with a placard hanging around their necks that read “I am a thief”.

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K'taka BJP to hold 'Atal Virasat Conference' from Feb 15 to mark veteran leader's birth centenary year

22 Jan, 2025 6:09 PM

Bengaluru, Jan 22 (IANS) The Karnataka BJP has announced a month-long campaign from February 15 to celebrate former Prime Minister and veteran leader late Atal Bihari Vajpayee's centenary year.

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JD-U reiterates to play opposition’s role in Manipur

22 Jan, 2025 5:53 PM

Imphal, Jan 22 (IANS) The Janata Dal-United (JD-U) which has a lone MLA in the 60-member Manipur Assembly, in a letter to Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla on Wednesday reiterated that the party would play as an opposition party in the state as it withdraw its support from the BJP government in 2022.

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Sentinels at sea: Indian Coast Guard launches 10-day motorcycle expedition

22 Jan, 2025 5:51 PM

Amritsar, Jan 22 (IANS) As part of its 49th Raising Day celebrations, the Indian Coast Guard has launched the 'Samudra Ke Prahari Sarhad Se Samandar' Motorcycle Expedition. The event was officially flagged off at the Attari Border in Amritsar by Inspector General Bhishma Sharma, PTM, TM, Commander Coast Guard Region (West), and Dr Atul Fulzele, Inspector General, BSF Punjab Frontier.

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‘Are you improving under Knight and Jon Lewis?’ asks Hussain after England lose Women’s Ashes

22 Jan, 2025 5:50 PM

New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Following England losing the Women’s Ashes, former men’s captain Nasser Hussain has raised the question if the side has been making any improvement under skipper Heather Knight and head coach Jon Lewis.

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CJI-led SC bench fixes Jan 29 to hear suo moto RG Kar case

22 Jan, 2025 5:47 PM

New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday fixed January 29 for hearing the matter where it has taken suo moto cognisance of the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata in August 2024.

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As US shuts door, thousands of Afghans in Pakistan have nowhere to go

22 Jan, 2025 5:47 PM

Islamabad, Jan 22 (IANS) US President Donald Trump's executive order to suspend the refugee programme has put a big question mark on the fate of thousands of Afghans living in Pakistan who had fled from the Taliban-ruled Afghanistan and have been waiting for years to resettle in the United States.

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India’s eSankhyiki data platform cruises to 134 mn records milestone in 7 months

22 Jan, 2025 5:42 PM

New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) on Wednesday announced that eSankhyiki, India’s platform for statistical data dissemination, has reached the milestone of 134 million records in its repository within just seven months of its launch in June 2024.

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Himachal Dy CM calls on HM Amit Shah, seeks funds for cooperative sector

22 Jan, 2025 5:40 PM

New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri on Wednesday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah here and urged him to allocate adequate funds to the state for schemes in the cooperative sector, especially for computerisation of primary agricultural credit societies and the Institute of Cooperative Management (ICM).

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Sindhu, Lakshya to lead 14-member Indian team in Asia Mixed Team Championship

22 Jan, 2025 5:38 PM

New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Two-time Olympics medallist PV Sindhu and Paris Olympics semifinalist Lakshya Sen will lead a 14-member strong Indian team in the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships to be played in Qingdao, China from February 11-16. India bagged a bronze medal in the last edition of the championships held in Dubai in 2023 and will be hoping to change the colour in their latest outing.

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