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Days After Results, BJP Touches 100-Mark In Gujarat, With Some Help
The BJP has touched the 100-mark in Gujarat, where it won a sixth straight term on Monday but with a reduced margin, confined to double digits.
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Congress Declares Final List For Gujarat Polls, Supports Jignesh Mevani In Vadgam
The Congress today released its final list of 14 candidates on the last day of filing of nominations for the second phase of Gujarat polls, leaving two seats for allies and supporting dalit leader Jignesh Mevani who is contesting as an Independent from Vadgam.
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National Education Day 2017: India Celebrates Birth Anniversary Of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Since 2008, November 11 is celebrated as National Education Day. But why this particular date? Well, November 11 is the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad who was the first education Minister of independent India.
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Telangana Principal Faces Mob Attack For Unfurling Flag With Shoes On
On Tuesday, Mohammad Yaqeen, the principal of a college in Telangana, was unfurling the national flag for Independence Day celebrations when a voice from the crowd piped up: "Remove your shoes". A few more voices joined in. Mr Yaqeen finished his task and the national anthem started playing, but a group in the crowd was raring to attack him - for n...
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TSPSC Recruitment 2017 To Begin, Notification Awaited, Close To 85000 Vacancies To Be Filled
On the occasion of India's Independence Day, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has said that the government is all set to fill up close to 85000 jobs.
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Cambridge University Stages Exhibition Of Images From India's Independence, Partition
Cambridge University's Centre of South Asian Studies, to mark the 70th anniversary of Indian Independence, is staging an exhibition over four floors of the Alison Richard Building.
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BSNL's Latest Offer: Get Double Data On Recharges From Rs 78
BSNL's double data benefit starts at the STV of Rs 78, which now comes with 2 GB of data and validity of three days.
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TSPSC Notifies Major Changes In Recruitment Exam Schedule
The exam dates have been changed by the Commission due to the examinations of the Staff Selection Commission scheduled on the same days and on the request of candidates.
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PM Modi Outreach Gets A Thumbs Up In Kashmir, A Nudge For Action
Welcoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi's outreach to Kashmiris from the iconic Red Fort, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti made the state's complex relationship with the central government the crux of her Independence Day speech, underlining that there can't be any compromise on the special status of the state.
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For Virat Kohli August 15 Is Special For More Than One Reason
As the country celebrated its 71st Independence Day on Tuesday, Kohli, in a video, shared that August 15 also marks the birth date of his father.
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Before Laying Down Life, CRPF Man Unfurled Flag. Today, Wife Took His Place
The Independence Day celebrations at Srinagar's CRPF 49 battalion this year was overshadowed by grief. Thirty-two-year-old Neha Tripathi, her little daughter by her side, was unfurling the flag. Last year, it was her husband, Commandant Pramod Kumar, who performed the same task. Within a couple of hours, he was dead.
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Daughter Of UP's British-Era Magistrate Looks Back At 1942 August Kranti
Three years ago Janice Darbari got a call from Ballia in Uttar Pradesh, asking for her mother. "We have just learnt that Sheilaji is in good health and we would like to invite her to our August Kranti Diwas," the caller said. For Janice and her sister Rajalakshmi, this was the beginning of piecing together a forgotten part of their family history -...
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Chandigarh Girl, 12, Raped On Way To School For Independence Day Event
A 12-year-old girl on her way to school to celebrate Independence Day was kidnapped and raped in Chandigarh on Tuesday morning
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Motorcycle Riders Celebrate Independence Day Across India
Motorcycle riders across the country came out in the hundreds for celebratory rides on the occasion of India's 70th Independence Day.
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Independence Day 2017: Remembering Delhi University's Contribution In Freedom Struggle
The Indian Freedom struggle saw a huge participation form students across the country and saw educationists and reformists adding their contribution toward an ongoing struggle which eventually led to a free India on the morning of August 15.
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Days After Results, BJP Touches 100-Mark In Gujarat, With Some Help
The BJP has touched the 100-mark in Gujarat, where it won a sixth straight term on Monday but with a reduced margin, confined to double digits.
-
Congress Declares Final List For Gujarat Polls, Supports Jignesh Mevani In Vadgam
The Congress today released its final list of 14 candidates on the last day of filing of nominations for the second phase of Gujarat polls, leaving two seats for allies and supporting dalit leader Jignesh Mevani who is contesting as an Independent from Vadgam.
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National Education Day 2017: India Celebrates Birth Anniversary Of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Since 2008, November 11 is celebrated as National Education Day. But why this particular date? Well, November 11 is the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad who was the first education Minister of independent India.
-
Telangana Principal Faces Mob Attack For Unfurling Flag With Shoes On
On Tuesday, Mohammad Yaqeen, the principal of a college in Telangana, was unfurling the national flag for Independence Day celebrations when a voice from the crowd piped up: "Remove your shoes". A few more voices joined in. Mr Yaqeen finished his task and the national anthem started playing, but a group in the crowd was raring to attack him - for n...
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TSPSC Recruitment 2017 To Begin, Notification Awaited, Close To 85000 Vacancies To Be Filled
On the occasion of India's Independence Day, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has said that the government is all set to fill up close to 85000 jobs.
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Cambridge University Stages Exhibition Of Images From India's Independence, Partition
Cambridge University's Centre of South Asian Studies, to mark the 70th anniversary of Indian Independence, is staging an exhibition over four floors of the Alison Richard Building.
-
BSNL's Latest Offer: Get Double Data On Recharges From Rs 78
BSNL's double data benefit starts at the STV of Rs 78, which now comes with 2 GB of data and validity of three days.
-
TSPSC Notifies Major Changes In Recruitment Exam Schedule
The exam dates have been changed by the Commission due to the examinations of the Staff Selection Commission scheduled on the same days and on the request of candidates.
-
PM Modi Outreach Gets A Thumbs Up In Kashmir, A Nudge For Action
Welcoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi's outreach to Kashmiris from the iconic Red Fort, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti made the state's complex relationship with the central government the crux of her Independence Day speech, underlining that there can't be any compromise on the special status of the state.
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For Virat Kohli August 15 Is Special For More Than One Reason
As the country celebrated its 71st Independence Day on Tuesday, Kohli, in a video, shared that August 15 also marks the birth date of his father.
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Before Laying Down Life, CRPF Man Unfurled Flag. Today, Wife Took His Place
The Independence Day celebrations at Srinagar's CRPF 49 battalion this year was overshadowed by grief. Thirty-two-year-old Neha Tripathi, her little daughter by her side, was unfurling the flag. Last year, it was her husband, Commandant Pramod Kumar, who performed the same task. Within a couple of hours, he was dead.
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Daughter Of UP's British-Era Magistrate Looks Back At 1942 August Kranti
Three years ago Janice Darbari got a call from Ballia in Uttar Pradesh, asking for her mother. "We have just learnt that Sheilaji is in good health and we would like to invite her to our August Kranti Diwas," the caller said. For Janice and her sister Rajalakshmi, this was the beginning of piecing together a forgotten part of their family history -...
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Chandigarh Girl, 12, Raped On Way To School For Independence Day Event
A 12-year-old girl on her way to school to celebrate Independence Day was kidnapped and raped in Chandigarh on Tuesday morning
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Motorcycle Riders Celebrate Independence Day Across India
Motorcycle riders across the country came out in the hundreds for celebratory rides on the occasion of India's 70th Independence Day.
-
Independence Day 2017: Remembering Delhi University's Contribution In Freedom Struggle
The Indian Freedom struggle saw a huge participation form students across the country and saw educationists and reformists adding their contribution toward an ongoing struggle which eventually led to a free India on the morning of August 15.
