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Assam: Resolute to develop Modati, independent candidate says he's ready t
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Dhubri (Assam) [India] April 5 (ANI): Sukur Ali, an independent candidate from Modati village in Assam, has claimed he will sell his kidney if he failed to accumulate funds to contest the ensuing Lok Sabha elections.
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As potato crop prices plunge, farmers woes continue in North Bengal
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Coochbehar (West Bengal), Apr 5 (ANI): With prices of potatoes plunging by 50 per cent, potato farmers in northern regions of West Bengal are faced with an acute crisis since the beginning of this year.
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AP: ACB Director Shankha Brata Bagchi given additional charge of Director
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Apr 4 (ANI): Director of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Shankha Brata Bagchi has been given the full additional charge of the Director General of the bureau with immediate effect.
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Ethnic Dhimals await tribal recognition from successive governments
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], Apr 4 (ANI): With only thousand-odd members, 'Dhimal' one of the oldest indigenous tribes of North Bengal 'Dhimal' who are facing a threat of extinction say they continue to await tribal status recognition.
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Mindtree board to meet on Mar 20 to ward off takeover bid by L&T
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 18 (ANI): IT services major Mindtree's board will meet on March 20 to consider a share-buyback proposal amid reports of a hostile takeover bid by engineering major Larsen & Toubro (L&T).
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EC officials demonstrate working of EVM, VVPAT machines
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 21 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday demonstrated the mechanism of EVM and VVPATs with the help of demo machines during an awareness program here.
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India’s largest cancer institute begins recruitment for 2705 posts
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (India) Feb 17 (ANI): Around 2705 posts have been created at India’s largest cancer institute - National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the recruitment process for the same also commenced on Sunday.
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India's first national online integration course to begin from next week a
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 16 (ANI): For the first time in India, a national online integration course under Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will be operational from next week at Safdarjung Hospital here.
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Childcare institutions in Odisha indulging in acts of religious conversion
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 5 (ANI): A fact-finding exercise of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has revealed that childcare institutions in Odisha indulge in the practice of religious conversion.
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Hindu, Sikh refugees from Pak eagerly waiting for passage of Citizenship B
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 13 (ANI): Thousands of Hindu and Sikh refugees from Pakistan, who were eagerly awaiting the passage of a bill by Parliament that would grant them Indian citizenship, are disappointed that it could not fructify in the just-concluded Winter session but have not given
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Craftsmen struggle to continue traditional Jaipur blue pottery
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Dec 17 (ANI): "Who value artists in India? Art is in the most deplorable condition here in our country" claimed Durgesh Doraya, the 10th generation who is carrying forward the traditional craft of pink city - the Jaipur blue pottery.
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Ancient "Bassi" Art on the brink of extinction
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Chittorgarh (Rajasthan) [India], Nov 29 (ANI): One of the ancient indigenous art-form of Rajasthan, "Bassi" Art is on the brink of extinction.
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