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The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, aimed at amending the Wakf Act, 1995 - a law governing Waqf boards to ensure more accountability and transparency in their functioning and mandatory inclusion of women in these bodies, has drawn the ire of…
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Ajit Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Saturday defeated Sharad Pawar's NCP(SP) in 29 seats in the Maharashtra assembly election, months after the former's rebellion prompted a vertical split in the party. Sharad Pawar's party…
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Posters depicting Devendra Fadnavis as the next chief minister of Maharashtra surfaced in Washim on Saturday, as the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti alliance inched closer to a sweep in the state. According to the EC data, deputy chief…
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Since it was formed in 2000, the mineral-rich state of Jharkhand has been riven by multiple fault lines. But none were as prominent as the social one between the tribal communities, which form a little over a fourth of the state’s…
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The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti alliance crossed the majority mark in Maharashtra, early trends showed on Saturday morning. The party was leading in 214 out of the state's 288 seats. The Congress-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) is…
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Delhi's air quality turned severe again on Saturday as the city logged an AQI of 420. Out of 38 monitoring stations in the National Capital, nine recorded the city's air quality in the 'severe plus' category with AQI exceeding 450. Nineteen…
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The Election Commission will announce the results of the Maharashtra and Jharkhand elections today. The counting of votes is underway. In Maharashtra, the ruling Mahayuti alliance – comprising BJP, Shiv Sena, and NCP – took on the…
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The Centre will provide additional 90 companies of the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) to Manipur, over and above the 198 companies that are already in the violence-hit state. Manipur's state security advisor Kuldiep Singh said the…
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पिछले कुछ दिनों से दिल्ली की वायु गुणवत्ता ‘गंभीर’ से लेकर ‘अति-गंभीर’ श्रेणियों के बीच बनी हुई है. इसके चलते दिल्ली में ‘वॉकिंग निमोनिया’ के मामले बढ़े हैं. ये एक तरह की नई बीमारी है या ये भी कह सकते हैं कि ये हल्के निमोनिया का मामला है.…
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As Maharashtra is set to count votes for its 288-member assembly on November 23, cracks seem to have surfaced in both the ruling Mahayuti and the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) over who will lead the next government. Leaders from both…
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