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Babul Supriyo heckled in Jadavpur University, Governor terms it reflection
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Jadavpur (West Bengal) [India], Sept 19 (ANI): Union Minister Babul Supriyo was allegedly heckled by a section of students at Jadavpur University (JU), where he went to participate in an event organised by Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the RSS.
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India to raise target of restoring degraded land, says PM Modi
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sept 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that India will raise its 'ambition' of restoring degraded land from 21 million hectares to 26 million hectares between now and 2030.
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India pledges to restore 50 lakh hectares of degraded land by 2030: Javade
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 27 (ANI): Underlining that desertification is a worldwide problem, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday said that India will aim to convert degraded land of nearly 50 lakh hectares to fertile land by 2030.
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'You don't deserve to represent us': Pakistani accuses Maleeha Lodhi of co
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], Aug 13 (ANI): Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Maleeha Lodhi had to leave from an event after a man heckled and accused her of corruption, saying "You are a thief and don't deserve to represent Pakistan".
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Maharashtra floods: 40,000 trucks struck, 1 lakh hectares of agricultural
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 9 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Secretary Ajoy Mehta informed that nearly 40,000 trucks are stuck on National Highway-4 and approximately 1 lakh hectares of agricultural land is affected due to flood.
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University looted, women professors abused for just 3.75 bigha land: Azam
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI): Amidst raids at Mohammad Ali Jauhar University, Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan on Wednesday came down heavily on the administration and said they have "looted his university", while claiming that women professors at the institution were "heckled and a
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K'taka: Yediyurappa wins trust vote, Speaker resigns from post
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 29 (ANI): In yet another day of hectic developments in Karnataka politics, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Monday won a vote of confidence in the Assembly whose Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar resigned from the post shortly after that.
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More trouble for Azam Khan's university: Court suspends lease of 7-hectare
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Rampur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 27 (ANI): A SDM Court here has suspended 30-year lease of over seven hectares of land of Rampur MP Azam Khan's Mohammad Ali Jauhar University.
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Farhan Akhtar, Shibani Dandekar are living their best lives!
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India) July 26 (ANI): Farhan Akhtar, who is busy prepping for his upcoming film 'Toofan', took some time off his hectic schedule to spend some quality time with his lady love Shibani Dandekar.
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Venezuelan govt, opposition agree to initiate 'permanent peace dialogue'
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Caracas [Venezuela], July 12 (ANI): After three days of intense talks, the Venezuelan government and the opposition on Thursday agreed to engage in a "permanent peace dialogue".
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Two more Cong MLAs quit Assembly, Speaker not to accept resignations overn
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 10 (ANI): On a day of drama, arrests and hectic developments, the beleaguered Congress-JD(S) government suffered further blow with two Congress MLAs quitting the Assmebly even as Speaker Ramesh Kumar ruled out accepting resignations "overnight".
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Research points to employment and eco-friendly potential of Eucalyptus
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] July 04 (ANI/NewsVoir): Every year around 1.5 lakh hectares of clonal eucalyptus plantation is raised in agroforestry in India, creating employment of around 70 million man-days in rural areas, states a new research study undertaken by OUTREACH, a Bengaluru based social NGO
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