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November 6, 2024 1:45 PM

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Campaign for 7 Assembly seats intensifies in Rajasthan

The campaign for the bye-elections to be held on November 13 on 7 assembly seats of Rajasthan has intensified.   Out of these, five seats - Dausa, Deoli-Uniara, Jhunjhunu, Chaurasi and Khinvsar have become vacant due to the MLAs being elected as MPs. While Salumber and Ramgarh seats have been v...

November 6, 2024 1:10 PM

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Second Day of festival Chhath Puja being observed today

In Bihar, the ritual of Kharna is being performed today on the second day of Chhath Puja celebrations. After offering prayers to Sun God and her mother Chhati Maiya, devotees will consume Kheer and Roti as Kharna prasad. After the Kharna a 36 hours fast of devotees will begin in which they abstain w...

November 6, 2024 12:44 PM

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Comprehensive Family Survey begins in Telangana

In Telangana, the door-to-door comprehensive family survey, aiming at assessing the Social, Economic, Educational, Employment, Political and Caste status of the people began across the state today. About 85 thousand enumerators and 0ver 19 thousand supervisors have been deployed to collect the infor...

November 6, 2024 1:32 PM

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J&K Legislative Assembly passes resolution seeking special status for UT

In Jammu and Kashmir, the Legislative Assembly today passed a resolution seeking special status and constitutional guarantees for the Union Territory.   As the house assembled this morning, the deputy Chief Minister, Surinder Kumar Choudhary, moved a resolution that seeks to reaffirm the import...

November 6, 2024 12:23 PM

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Madhya Pradesh: Bandhavgarh elephants died after eating infected kodo plant

In Madhya Pradesh, cyclopiazonic acid has been found in the viscera of elephants died in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve. According to the report, elephants have eaten large amounts of spoiled kodo plants. The actual toxicity of cyclopiazonic acid found in the samples is being calculated.   Additiona...