Delhi HC to hear plea seeking Arvind Kejriwal’s removal from CM post

Delhi HC to hear plea seeking Arvind Kejriwal’s removal from CM post

New Delhi, March 27 - The Delhi High Court will hear on Thursday a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's removal from office.

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‘Elect Nitin Gadkari with record majority’, Fadnavis urges voters

‘Elect Nitin Gadkari with record majority’, Fadnavis urges voters

Nagpur, March 27 - The MahaYuti partners in Maharashtra -- BJP, Shiv Sena, NCP, and factions of the Republican Party of India -- staged a show of strength on Wednesday as Union Minister and BJP nominee Nitin Gadkari filed his nomination from Nagpur.

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Delhi HC denies interim relief to Kejriwal on plea against ED arrest, remand

Delhi HC denies interim relief to Kejriwal on plea against ED arrest, remand

New Delhi, March 27 - The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused interim relief to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in an excise policy case.

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India highlights need for data integrity at UN meet on climate change

India highlights need for data integrity at UN meet on climate change

New Delhi, March 27 - Data integrity is essential for a fair audit assessment of any national climate action plan, an absence of which may result in biases in climate data and misguided policy decisions, the Comptroller & Auditor General of India, Girish

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Indian Coast Guard rescues man from tugboat off Gujarat coast

Indian Coast Guard rescues man from tugboat off Gujarat coast

Ahmedabad, March 27 - The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on Wednesday evacuated a critically-ill man from a tugboat off Gujarat's Veraval coast and shifted him to a government hospital for further treatment, officials said.

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Aspirational Districts and Blocks programme transforming lives of crores of people across 112 districts

Aspirational Districts and Blocks programme transforming lives of crores of people across 112 districts

New Delhi, March 27 - The Aspirational Districts Programme, one of the flagship schemes of Narendra Modi-led government launched in 2018, is bringing tranformational change in people's lives across 112 districts of the country.

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India, China hold crucial meet to resolve issues along LAC

India, China hold crucial meet to resolve issues along LAC

New Delhi, March 28 - The 29th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairs was held in Beijing to discuss and resolve the remaining issues along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

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Nobel-winning economist Daniel Kahneman dies at 90

Nobel-winning economist Daniel Kahneman dies at 90

Jerusalem, March 28 - Daniel Kahneman, an Israeli-American cognitive psychologist and Nobel laureate in economics, has died at the age of 90.

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India’s Disaster Management Authority head appointed UN Asst Secretary-General

India’s Disaster Management Authority head appointed UN Asst Secretary-General

United Nations, March 28 - Kamal Kishore, the head of India's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), has been appointed UN Assistant Secretary-General with the disaster risk reduction portfolio.

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Households across all continents wasted over 1 billion meals a day: UN report

Households across all continents wasted over 1 billion meals a day: UN report

Nairobi, March 27 - Households across all continents wasted more than 1 billion meals a day in 2022, while 783 million people were affected by hunger and one-third of humanity faced food insecurity.

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Ukraine’s foreign minister arrives in India on March 28 to discuss bilateral ties

Ukraine’s foreign minister arrives in India on March 28 to discuss bilateral ties

New Delhi, March 27 - In a first high-level visit by a Ukrainian leader since the start of war with Russia in 2022, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba will arrive in India on Thursday to discuss bilateral relations and regional and global issues of

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EAM Jaishankar lauds Malaysian PM’s ‘vision’ for stronger bilateral ties

EAM Jaishankar lauds Malaysian PM’s ‘vision’ for stronger bilateral ties

Kuala Lumpur, March 27 - External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Wednesday met Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and said that his vision would help craft a "more ambitious agenda" for the India-Malaysia relationship.

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US-India aviation partnership is about ensuring a free, open Indo-Pacific: US envoy

US-India aviation partnership is about ensuring a free, open Indo-Pacific: US envoy

New Delhi, March 27 - US Ambassador Eric Garcetti said on Wednesday that the US-India aviation partnership is about creating jobs and ensuring a free and open Indo-Pacific as he met Minister for Civil Aviation, Jyotiraditya Scindia, and had a 'fruitful discussion' with

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SP faces trouble in Rampur, Moradabad over double candidates

SP faces trouble in Rampur, Moradabad over double candidates

Lucknow, March 27 - The Samajwadi Party is facing a piquant situation in two Lok Sabha constituencies -- Rampur and Moradabad -- in western UP with more than one candidate filing their nominations.

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India summons US envoy, day after ‘unwarranted’ remarks on Delhi CM’s arrest

India summons US envoy, day after ‘unwarranted’ remarks on Delhi CM’s arrest

New Delhi, March 27 - India on Wednesday summoned the US Acting Deputy Chief of Mission and took strong objection to his remarks on the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, asking the country for "a fair, transparent, and timely legal process"

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LS polls: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari files nomination from Nagpur seat

LS polls: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari files nomination from Nagpur seat

Mumbai, March 27 - Union Minister and BJP nominee Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday filed his nomination from the Nagpur Lok Sabha seat.

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Lucknow Police to get mobile drone vehicles

Lucknow Police to get mobile drone vehicles

Lucknow, March 27 - The new hi-tech Mobile Drone Vehicle (MDV) will soon join the Lucknow Police to make policing more effective.

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Why is Akhilesh losing friends ahead of LS polls?

Why is Akhilesh losing friends ahead of LS polls?

Lucknow, March 27 - On the eve of the 2022 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav was a much-envied politician.

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Balakot like ops show that given political will, aerospace power can be effectively used beyond enemy lines: IAF Chief

Balakot like ops show that given political will, aerospace power can be effectively used beyond enemy lines: IAF Chief

New Delhi, March 27 - Air Chief Marshal V. R. Chaudhari on Wednesday said Balakot-like operations have shown that given political will, aerospace power can be effectively carried out beyond enemy lines.

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Newspaper delivery-boy to Mumbai 26/11 hero, IPS officer Sadanand V Date to helm elite NIA

Newspaper delivery-boy to Mumbai 26/11 hero, IPS officer Sadanand V Date to helm elite NIA

Mumbai, March 27 - Sadanand V. Date, an IPS officer decorated with the President’s Medals and one of the heroes of the deadly 26/11 Mumbai terror strikes (2008), has been named as the new Director General of the much-feared National Investigation Agency (NIA),

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