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Lok Sabha Elections 2024 | Employment, traffic major issues in UP's Jaunpur constituency

For young voters of Uttar Pradesh's Jaunpur parliamentary constituency, employment seems to be a major concern. Traffic jams in some areas is also a concern for the voters in the constituency which shares borders with Pratapgarh and Prayagraj districts.

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Take your ‘sajni' on a voting date: EC resorts to Bollywood to improve turnout

The Election Commission of India has attempted to take the Bollywood-way-out of the persistent problem of a low voter turnout that the country is facing in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections 2024. In its bid to improve the overall voter turnout with a focus on women voters, the Election Commission on May 22 posted a meme on social media plarform X (formerly known as Twitter) from the movie Laapataa Ladies.

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Rishi Sunak’s call for a July 4 election puts the Tories out of their misery

A British general election on July 4th almost certainly means the end of 14 years of Tory rule. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has finally put the Conservative administration out of its misery. The government has been bleeding out in public for months. Today, Sunak finally decided to put an end to it by calling the vote.

There was no obvious trigger for the decision. The latest inflation figure — a less-than-expected fall to 2.3 per cent — may have removed any last hope that the Bank of England would start cutting interest rates as soon as June.

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Maharashtra Congress MLA P N Patil passes away

Patil, who represented the Karvir assembly constituency in Kolhapur district, suffered a severe head injury on Sunday after falling in the bathroom of his house, according to sources.

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Lok Sabha Elections 2024 | EC wrong in directing Congress not to 'politicise' Agnipath scheme: Chidambaram

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday said the Election Commission was "egregiously wrong" in directing his party not to 'politicise' the Agnipath scheme, asserting that it is the right of an Opposition party to criticise a policy of the government.

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BJP holds protest over killing of woman party worker in Bengal's Nandigram

A woman BJP worker was killed in Nandigram in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district, triggering large-scale protests by the saffron party activists there on Thursday, police said.

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BREAKING | Massive explosion in industrial unit in Maharashtra's Dombivli

A massive explosion and fire was reported in an industrial unit in Thane's Dombivli on Thursday afternoon. The unit where eyewitnesses reported a chain of explosions is located in the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation complex.

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Drugs with labels of Animal Husbandry Veterinary Sciences panic patients in Karnataka

Patients visiting government hospitals in Karnataka recently were shocked when they noticed that some drugs had labels of Animal Husbandry Veterinary Sciences (AHVS) but the department concerned has said it was only a logo related issue and that the medicines were indeed meant for human use.

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Lok Sabha Elections 2024: 'Who made Haryana number 1 in unemployment', asks Congress to BJP

The Congress on Thursday alleged that despite repeated promises, the BJP government has 'failed' to provide permanent employment opportunities in Haryana and instead, it is promoting temporary contractual jobs through the skill employment corporation.

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Chief Minister Sai speaks on phone to Chhattisgarh students in Kyrgyzstan, assures all help

Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai has spoken to some students from Chhattisgarh studying in Kyrgyzstan following incidents of violence there and assured them of all possible assistance and safe return to India. As many as 15,000 students from India, including 70 from Chhattisgarh, are pursuing medical and other courses in Kyrgyzstan, officials here said in a release issued on Wednesday night.

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All you need to know about today's accordion Google Doodle

The artwork on the landing search page of Google on Thursday morning depicts dancers decked in German outfits with the accordion playing in the background as one can also read the letters 'G O O G L E' contracting and expanding as the Doodle moves.

Cyrill Demian, an Armenian piano maker is credited with inventing the accordion. The name accordion is derived from the German word "Physharmonikaz” - a compound word that comes from the Greed words 'Physa' meaning bellows, and 'Harmonikos' meaning harmonic.

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Adani Group overcharged for coal, new evidence bolsters allegations: Report

At least 25 shipments originally priced as low-quality coal reached the coast of Tamil Nadu between January and October 2014, following which the Adani Group sold it to the state power company for triple the amount, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project reported.

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Thiruvananthapuram International Airport receives zero waste to landfill accolade

The international airport has received the zero waste to landfill (ZWL) accolade by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII-ITC) Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development, the TIAL said. The Thiruvananthapuram International Airport Ltd in a release, has claimed that it was the first airport in the country to receive this 'prestigious recognition'.

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Calcutta HC order slap in face of those indulged in vote bank politics: Chhattisgarh CM

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Thursday hailed the Calcutta High Court’s decision to scrap the OBC status of several classes in West Bengal, calling it a slap in the face of those indulged in appeasement politics through “religion-based" quota.

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#BREAKING | Hassan sex abuse case: Deve Gowda issues warning to Prajwal Revanna; asks JD(S) MP to surrender

'If he does not heed to this warning, he will have to face my anger and anger of all family members,' the veteran politician further added.

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#JUSTIN | 'Kejriwal was at home, I screamed for help but no one came to my aid': Maliwal on assault case

Maliwal alleged that Kumar had slapped her 7-8 times and also kicked her after she fell down and hit her head.

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Maliwal 'assault' case: Kejriwal travelling with accused shows where his loyalty lies, says Smriti Irani

The BJP said on Thursday that no one should hamper the probe into the alleged assault on AAP MP Swati Maliwal, claiming it is part of the investigation to ascertain who were present at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence and the role they played when the incident happened.

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