Category: NATIONAL
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Major Galaxy Plaza fire at the Greater Noida Mall forces people to jump from the third floor
On Thursday, two persons in Greater Noida leaped from the third story of Galaxy Plaza when a large fire broke out at Avenue 1 in Gaur City 1 inside the boundaries of Bisrakh police station. According to early evidence, the fire was caused by a short circuit. The two, a man and a woman, were…
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India Has Proven That Harmony Can Exist Despite Diversity: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India, which is the world’s biggest democracy, has shown that it is possible for unity to exist despite differences. He also said that it is normal to expect that the international system and institutions will need to change to give India its proper place. In an interview with the…
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Emotional Politics in High Societies
On a rainy July day, more than six men have gathered at the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) shakha in a nice part of south Delhi. The ground is wet and dirty, and the sky is cloudy. “We usually have about 50 men here, but because it’s raining today, there aren’t as many,” says Saurabh Goyal,…
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BJP MP Gautam Gambhir: “Delhi Has Become Gutter, Price Of Freebies”
The Delhi BJP stepped up its attacks on the Kejriwal government. Party MP Gautam Gambhir said that the city has become a “gutter” as a result of the freebies. On Thursday, water from the rising Yamuna reached places like ITO and Civil Lines. Gambhir told the people of Delhi to “wake up” because nothing is…
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On Martyrs’ Day, Political Leaders Face Restrictions and Condemn Attempts To Rewrite History
On Martyrs’ Day, political leaders in Jammu and Kashmir were limited in what they could do. This is a worrying turn of events because it shows that people are trying to change history and stop them from honoring the dead. Mehbooba Mufti, the head of the PDP, and Omar Abdullah, the head of the National…
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The government may use the slogan “Minimum Funds, Maximum Research” Slogan: Chidambaram Takes Shot at Institutes ‘Not Getting Funds’
Senior Congress leader P Chidamabram took a shot at the Centre on Thursday because the country’s top research institutions apparently haven’t gotten any money since April. He said that maybe the government will come up with a new slogan: “less money, more research.” Chidambaram pointed to a news story that said scientists at top research…
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Light Rainfall in Delhi Adds to City’s Waterlogging in Some Areas
Again on Thursday, light to moderate rain fell in the national capital. This made the flooding in the low-lying parts of the city even worse. Parts of central and southern Delhi, such as Lajpat Nagar, Saket, Malviya Nagar, Hauz Khas, and Jangpura, had brief, light rain. “Thursday will be mostly cloudy with light to moderate…
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Another group of pilgrims departs for the Amarnath Shrine under security
Over 9,200 people, the biggest group so far, left the base camp here early Thursday morning to go to the Amarnath shrine in the south Kashmir Himalayas. At 3.30 a.m., a group of 194 vehicles carrying 6,035 pilgrims left for Pahalgam. At the same time, another group of 112 vehicles carrying 3,206 hikers left for…
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Meeting with Lavrov in Indonesia is EAM Jaishankar’s Russian counterpart
The Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov and Indonesia’s external affairs minister S. Jaishankar met on Thursday in Jakarta, Indonesia, to discuss bilateral economic concerns and the situation in the Ukraine. On the margins of the ASEAN-India Ministerial in the Indonesian capital, Jaishankar and Lavrov spoke. “Had a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov today…