AIADMK to hold hunger strike to highlight TN mango farmers’ plight
Chennai, June 19 (IANS) The opposition AIADMK has announced a hunger strike in Tamil Nadu’s Krishnagiri district on Friday, demanding that the DMK government intervene to address the distress faced by mango farmers in the region. AIADMK…
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Chennai Police intensify hunt near airport for laser light offenders targeting flights
Chennai, June 19 (IANS) The Greater Chennai Police have formed special teams to identify and apprehend individuals responsible for flashing laser lights at aircraft approaching the city’s airport -- a growing menace that poses serious risks…
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TN farmers urge CM Stalin to ensure release of pending Cauvery water from Karnataka
Chennai, June 19 (IANS) Farmers from Tamil Nadu’s Delta region have appealed to Chief Minister M.K. Stalin to press the Karnataka government to release 50 thousand million cubic feet (TMC) of Cauvery water, pending since April.The farmers…
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Kaliganj bypoll: Voting underway with stray incidents in first hour
Kolkata, June 19 (IANS) Polling is underway for the bypolls to the Kaliganj Assembly constituency in Nadia district of West Bengal, one of the five Assembly constituencies in four states where by-elections are being held on Thursday.The…
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Assemblly bypolls: Voting underway in Punjab’s Ludhiana (West)
Chandigarh, June 19 (IANS) With the state ruling Aam Aadmi Party eyeing to retain the seat, and the main Opposition Congress aiming to win back the Ludhiana (West) that it had represented six times, voting for the bypoll to Punjab’s lone…
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Voting for Assembly bypolls underway on five seats in Bengal, Kerala, Punjab and Gujarat today
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) As the first electoral contest post Pahalgam terror attack and Operation Sindoor, voting for the by-elections to five Assembly seats across Punjab, West Bengal, Gujarat, and Kerala began amid tight security…
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Operation Sindhu: First flight carrying 110 citizens thank Modi govt, Indian embassies on safe…
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) After arriving safely in New Delhi on Thursday, all the 110 Indian citizens rescued from Iran by flight, thanked the Narendra Modi-led Union government as well as the Indian embassies in Iran and Armenia for…
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Flight carrying 110 Indian citizens evacuated from Iran arrives in Delhi
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) The first flight carrying 110 Indian citizens, including 90 students from Jammu and Kashmir, arrived in New Delhi after being successfully evacuated from Iran, on Thursday, amid the escalating military conflict in…
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Bengal CM gets pleasure in mocking Ahmedabad plane crash: Amit Malviya
Kolkata, June 18 (IANS) BJP's IT Cell Chief and the party's central observer for West Bengal, Amit Malviya, on Wednesday, accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of securing pleasure out of the mockery of national tragedies like the recent…
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South Africa: Gauteng confirms 181 measles cases since January
Johannesburg, June 18 (IANS) South Africa's Gauteng Department of Health announced on Wednesday that it has observed a surge in measles cases since January this year, with laboratory-confirmed cases now standing at 181.
"The outbreak…
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