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TNCC holds state-wide protests against fuel price hike

11:58 pm July 8, 2021

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Congress Committee on Thursday held state-wide protests against the Central government over rise in fuel and cooking gas prices and demanded its immediate rollback. Alongside protests in front of fuel pumps in the state, signature campaign was also held across Tamil Nadu to press the union government to roll back the […]

Bengaluru court junks private plaint for graft probe against Karnataka CM, others

11:55 pm July 8, 2021

Bengaluru: Citing absence of valid sanction, a city court on Thursday dismissed a private complaint for a probe into allegations of corruption against Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, his son, relatives and a minister, relating to a residential project. Activist T J Abraham had filed the complaint against Yediyurappa, his son and BJP state vice […]

Nisith Pramanik, Ajay Kumar take charge as MoS, Home

11:52 pm July 8, 2021

New Delhi: Nisith Pramanik, the youngest minister in the government, and Ajay Kumar took charge as Union ministers of state for home at their offices in the North Block on Thursday. Pramanik (35), a Lok Sabha MP from Cooch Behar in West Bengal, and Kumar (60), a Lok Sabha MP from Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, […]

Shiv Sena to conduct outreach campaign

9:46 pm July 8, 2021

Mumbai: The Shiv Sena will conduct a public outreach campaign from July 12 to 24 to strengthen the organization and expand its base, senior party leader Anil Desai told reporters here on Thursday. Sena president and Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray addressed district chiefs of the party virtually during the day and asked them to […]

Dilip Kumar a cinematic legend, says Nitish Kumar

11:55 pm July 7, 2021

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday condoled the death of actor Dilip Kumar and described him as a “cinematic legend”. In a condolence message, the chief minister said that Dilip Kumar was conferred with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, Indian cinema’s highest honour for an artiste, for his contribution to Hindi cinema in 1995. […]