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No more amendments to Citizenship Act to include more minorities; Indian nationality under CAA only after rules notified
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No more amendments to Citizenship Act to include more minorities; Indian...

New Delhi, Aug 4: The Centre said on Wednesday that it has no proposal under consideration to further amend the Citizenship Act for granting Indian nationality to members of other minority communities. The objective of the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), enacted in 2019, is to...
COVID-19: India records 42,625 cases and 562 deaths in a day
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COVID-19: India records 42,625 cases and 562 deaths in a day

New Delhi, Aug 4: With 42,625 people testing positive for the coronavirus infection in a day, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,17,69,132 and the active caseload increased to 4,10,353, according to data updated by the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday. The death toll climbed to...
Parliament passes Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill
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Parliament passes Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill

New Delhi, Aug 3: The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2021 following a brief discussion amid ruckus created by Opposition parties over the Pegasus snooping row and other issues. The Lok Sabha had passed the bill on July 28. The Insolvency and...
Army helicopter crashes into Ranjit Sagar Dam lake
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Army helicopter crashes into Ranjit Sagar Dam lake

Kathua/Chandigarh, Aug 3: An Army helicopter crashed into the Ranjit Sagar Dam lake in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua on Tuesday, prompting the authorities to launch a massive search operation to trace the missing, an official said. The dam is located about 30 km from Pathankot in Punjab and the...
CBSE class 10 result: Over 57,000 students score above 95 pc, over 2 lakh 90-95 per cent scorers
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CBSE class 10 result: Over 57,000 students score above 95 pc, over 2 lakh 90-95...

New Delhi, Aug 3: Over 57,000 students have scored above 95 per cent marks in class 10 while the number of candidates scoring between 90 and 95 per cent has gone up to over two lakh, according to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). The number of students in the two categories...
CBSE class 10 results to be declared at 12 noon
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CBSE class 10 results to be declared at 12 noon

New Delhi, Aug 3: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will announce class 10 results on Tuesday, according to officials. "The results will be announced at 12 noon today," a senior official said. The board exams were cancelled this year in view of the aggressive second wave of...
India adds 30,549 coronavirus infections, active cases fall after six days
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India adds 30,549 coronavirus infections, active cases fall after six days

New Delhi, Aug 3: India's COVID-19 tally climbed to 3,17,26,507 on Tuesday with 30,549 more people testing positive for the disease while the active caseload declined after six days, according to Union health ministry data. The death toll climbed to 4,25,195 with 422 fresh fatalities, the data...
Farmers from Assam, Odisha join
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Farmers from Assam, Odisha join 'Kisan Sansad': SKM

New Delhi, Aug 3: Farmer delegations from Assam and Odisha on Monday joined protestors at the Jantar Mantar here to participate in 'Kisan Sansad', the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), which is leading the stir against the Centre's three agri laws, said.It said that members of the Andhra Pradesh Farmers...
300 stray dogs poisoned in Andhra village, activists fume
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300 stray dogs poisoned in Andhra village, activists fume

Eluru, Aug 3: The killing, allegedly by poisoning, of more than 300 stray dogs by a village panchayat in Andhra Pradesh's West Godavari district has sent local animal rights activists into a fury. The gruesome incident first came to light on July 29 when animal rights activist Sri Latha...
DU to increase college seats, cut-offs likely to soar
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DU to increase college seats, cut-offs likely to soar

New Delhi, Aug 2: Delhi University (DU) has started the admission process to undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) courses across various colleges affiliated to it. This year a large number of students have secured more than 95 per cent marks in their class 12 exams as a result of which students...
Home minister trying to find solution to tensions between Assam, Mizoram
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Home minister trying to find solution to tensions between Assam, Mizoram

New Delhi, Aug 2: Amid tensions between Assam and Mizoram over the recent border clash, Mizoram Governor K Hari Babu met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday and said the Centre is trying to find a solution to the issue. Later, Babu also met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Parliament and...
Northeast BJP MPs meet Modi, blame Cong for politics over border dispute
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Northeast BJP MPs meet Modi, blame Cong for politics over border dispute

New Delhi, Aug 2: Amid the ongoing border dispute between Assam and Mizoram, BJP's MPs from the Northeastern states on Monday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and blamed the Congress for indulging in politics over the issue. Sources said that the MPs met the Prime Minister to discuss issues...
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