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Hyderabad, Aug 25 (UNI) M. Stephen Raveendra, IPS (1999) RR Inspector General of Police (IGP) West Zone, Hyderabad, has been appointed as the Commissioner of Police, Cyberabad. He took charge from VC Sajjanar, IPS., (1996 batch) on…

Ranchi, Aug 25 (UNI) The prelim exams of the 7th JPSC will now be held on September 19. The Jharkhand Public Service Commission on Wednesday declared the new date. Earlier it was expected that the exam will be held on September 12. The…

Hitting back at Rahul Gandhi’s criticism of the National Monetisation Pipeline plan, the BJP said it shows the opposition party’s “political hypocrisy”, as Congress-led governments had monetised Mumbai-Pune expressway and airports, among…

A week into the evacuation of more than 800 people from Afghanistan — mostly Indians and some Afghans — New Delhi on Tuesday stepped up diplomatic engagement with key countries with stakes in the region. Underlining concerns about…

Celebrating the birth anniversary of former governor of Kerala and former Union minister, Sikandar Bakht, on Tuesday, the Gujarat BJP called for “maximum organisation of minorities” within the party in the state. Responding to a question…

SITTING AND former legislators are involved in 122 cases arising out of offences under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 and are being probed by Enforcement Directorate (ED), according to data presented to Supreme Court on Tuesday.…

Shimla, Aug 24 (UNI) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Tuesday defended the Director General of Police Sanjay Kundu after he was blamed by a High court lawyer Jyotika Sharma for involving her in a police case by acting as…

I New Delhi, Aug 24 (UNI) Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday inaugurated OPD services and night shelter at the newly built All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deoghar in Jharkhand. Expressing his elation at the…

New Delhi, Aug 24 (UNI) BJP president JP Nadda, said the arrest of Union Minister Narayan Rane by the Ratnagiri police is a violation of constitutional values. “We will neither be scared nor suppressed by such action,” he said in a tweet…

New Delhi, Aug 24 (UNI) Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Tuesday said the Kejriwal government is constantly monitoring the Covid situation in the states where schools have been physically reopened for children. "We are constantly…

Srinagar/ New Delhi, Aug 24 (UNI) The Gupkar Alliance, a platform that includes the NC, PDP, Congress and Left parties, on Tuesday passed a unanimous resolution demanding restoration of Article 370, and statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.…

New Delhi, Aug 24 (UNI) Union Minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday accused Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and P Chidambaram of holding a "fake and highly misleading" press conference on the National Monetization Pipeline (NMP). "Those who…

THE DELHI High Court Monday directed authorities to forthwith release an NRI couple who were detained at Delhi’s IGI Airport on the basis of a look-out circular (LOC) on arrival from the UK. “Till the next date, subject to the petitioner…

In a covert operation in Srinagar, the J&K Police on Monday killed two militants, including Mohammad Abass Sheikh, one of the most wanted militant commanders, police said. A top commander and old hand of Hizbul Mujahideen, Sheikh last…

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said the Trinamool Congress (TMC) would accept a nationwide caste-based census if all political parties reach a consensus on the matter. The TMC chairperson made the comments hours after a 10-party…

Still dousing the fires in its Punjab unit, the Congress is battling a building conflagration in Chhattisgarh, with Rahul Gandhi set to meet Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and his rival and Cabinet colleague T S Singh Deo together Tuesday.…

AN APPARENT discrepancy between the Union Government’s order setting up the Delimitation Commission and the J&K Reorganisation Act could cast a shadow over the redrawing of Assembly seats in the state, a key element in kickstarting the…

New Delhi, Aug 23 (UNI) In a first, Selection Board of the Indian Army cleared promotion of five women officers to Colonel rank on time scale basis after they completed 26 years of service in Signals, Electronic and Mechanical Engineers…

New Delhi, Aug 23 (UNI) Amid sustained demand of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and other political parties in the state for a caste census, an all-party delegation led by Kumar met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday to request for…

New Delhi, Aug 23 (UNI) Fair trade watchdog Competition Commission of India (CCI) has imposed a Rs 200- crore penalty on leading carmaker Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL) for restricting discounts by dealers. CCI found that MSIL had an…