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New Delhi: Amid rising incidents of deaths in pet dog attacks, the Centre has banned sale and breeding of 23 breeds of ferocious mixed and crossbreed dogs. A directive was issued to the states and union territories in this regard on…
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New Delhi: Former bureaucrats Balwinder Singh Sandhu and Gyanesh Kumar were on Thursday appointed as the new Election Commissioners in a high-level meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury…
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New Delhi: As per the Supreme Court order, the State Bank of India (SBI) submitted necessary data regarding electoral bonds to the Election Commission of India (ECI) by 5.30 pm on Tuesday. The Commission will upload the data on its…
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New Delhi: The Central government on Monday notified implementation of Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) rules. “Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) will be notifying today, the Rules under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA-2019).…
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New Delhi: Dismissing State Bank of India’s (SBI) plea for more time for disclosure of the data on electoral bonds, the Supreme Court on Monday directed the bank to disclose details with Election Commission by March 12. The top court…
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New Delhi: The retirement of Anup Chandra Pandey and the surprise resignation of Arun Goel have left the Election Commission of India (ECI) with just one member – Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar. The crucial vacancies of…
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Kolkata: Popular actress Rachana Banerjee, who had acted in several Odia, Bengali and Hindi movies, will fight the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from Hooghly in neighbouring West Bengal as a Trinamool Congress candidate. Notably, West…
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New Delhi: In a sudden turn of events, Arun Goel resigned as Election Commissioner (EC) on Saturday, leaving the poll body with only Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar at the helm with Anup Pandey’s having retired from the same…
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New Delhi: Election Commissioner Arun Goel has resigned just weeks before the Lok Sabha elections are expected to be held, and President Droupadi Murmu has accepted his resignation. "In pursuance of clause (1) of Section 11 of The Chief…
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented the first-ever National Creators Award today at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi. He also had a brief interaction with the winners. The National Creators Award is an effort to recognize…
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