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Bihar’s showpiece scheme of ensuring drinking water to the poor through taps at their homes has been successful in many ways. but one Inquiry by Indian Express has revealed that political patronage has also been given in awarding contracts for the on-ground implementation of the scheme. At the top of the list are family members and colleagues. BJP Legislature party leader and Deputy Chief Minister Tarkishore Prasad got projects worth over Rs 53 crore under the scheme.
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In its first reaction to the Australia-UK-US (comprehensively referred to as AUKUS) deal, India said AUKUS is a “Security Alliance” and it is Not relevant as India is not a party to. This comes ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US to attend the first individual Quad leaders summit.
Pakistan’s proposal to include a representative of Taliban SAARC Foreign Ministers Meeting It was shot down by the remaining members, and canceled due to “lack of consensus”. Pakistan was against the participation of representatives of the previous Ashraf Ghani regime.
An operation to trace a group of terrorists who are believed to have infiltrated into Kashmir from across the border Urik entered the third day on Tuesday. While some are suspected to have returned after an exchange of gunfire in which one soldier was injured, some could have gone inside. The infiltration attempt was launched late Saturday, coinciding with the fifth anniversary of a suicide attack. Army’s Brigade Headquarters at Uri, North Kashmir.
Radheshyam, a priest at a Delhi cremation ground where a nine-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped and murdered before performing her last rites in a hurry, has allegedly sexually assaulted her in the past. Was. The police chargesheet registered in the case states. Shyam, 55, and three other employees – Kuldeep Singh, 63, Laxmi Narayan, 48, and Salim Ahmed, 49 – are arrested in the case.
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“Our hands and feet are not tied… we are making sure there is room for women and their voices.” Fatima Tahlia, for accusing the party’s leadership of trying to hide allegations of sexual harassment, despite being sacked from the post of National Vice President of Muslim Students Federation (MSF), the student wing of IUML determined to take the fight forward. Tahilia was the face and voice of Harita, the women’s wing of MSF, which was disbanded last month.
A 12-member National Steering CommitteeIt was appointed by the government, headed by former ISRO chief K Kasturirangan, to draft a document setting out broad guidelines for revising NCERT textbooks. The document, known as the National Curriculum Framework (NCF), was last prepared in 2005 under the UPA government, and before that, it was revised in 1975, 1988 and 2000.
At least 800 families with about 4,500 bighas of land in Assam’s Darrang district The evictions were carried out as part of the state government’s campaign against “illegal encroachment”.. Earlier, a similar campaign had evicted 70 families in Hojai’s Lanka and 25 families in Sonitpur’s Jamugurihat in June.
Retired soldier Talib Naik was among the residents of J&K to receive Sena Medal whose premises were raided by the NIA The first ever drone strike on a defense base earlier this year was in the searches. The NIA is trying to find a link to a suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba conspiracy to plant IEDs in Jammu and a drone strike on the Indian Air Force station in the city, hours after it took place on June 27.
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Virat Kohli The second phase of IPL 2021 didn’t have the most promising start. During Royal Challengers Bengal’s opening game against Kolkata Knight Riders, he was dismissed for just five runs. we explain How Virat Kohli got out against KKR, and his long-standing LBW problem.
Delhi Confidential: On Tuesday, I&B Minister Anurag Thakur met Netflix co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings, who is currently touring India. According to government sources, the newly enacted information technology rules were among the topics that came up for discussion.
in today’s episode ‘3 Things’ PodcastIn this article, we look at why Britain’s new travel rules are being seen as discriminatory, promises made by the new Punjab chief minister and Kerala’s ‘narcotic jihad’ controversy.
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