NEW DELHI: During excavation work for a fishpond in Rangutia, West Tripura district, labourers discovered a total of 27 mortar shells believed to date back to the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, police reported. “The mortar shells, estimated to be around 50...

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Bihar witnessed its 15th bridge collapse in four weeks on Tuesday evening. The latest incident involved a bridge over the Parman river at Amhara village in Araria district’s Forbesganj block, which was swept away by floodwaters, an official reported. Araria...

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Two soldiers were injured during an encounter with terrorists in Jaddan Bata village, located in the Kastigarh area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district. The incident occurred around 2:00 am when terrorists attacked a temporary security camp set up in a...

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Highlighting the severity of child marriage and the necessity for stronger legal measures, a new study reveals that three girls are married every minute in India, yet only three cases were registered per day in 2022. On average, only one child marriage case per...

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The government is set to reduce the income threshold for middle-income group (MIG) beneficiaries in the next phase of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) for urban areas. The new cap will be reduced from Rs 18 lakh to Rs 10 lakh to better target the scheme, while...

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NEW DELHI: Puja Khedkar, a probationary IAS officer, has been relieved from the District Training Programme of the Maharashtra government following allegations of misuse of power. Khedkar, who has now been recalled to the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of...

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