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Santacruz manhole death: Contractor arrested for engaging men for manual scavenging

India, Sept. 30 -- A day after the death of a sanitation worker, the Vakola police arrested a private contractor, Vilas Jadhav, for hiring two workers to clean a private colony's sewer line and openin... Read More


Punjab: Giani Harpreet mobilises support for Sikh prisoners' release march

Chandigarh, Sept. 30 -- Shiromani Akali Dal (Punar-Surjit) president Giani Harpreet Singh has appealed to human rights organisations, political and social groups and Sikh sangats to participate in the... Read More


State to absorb ex-Agniveers in police, coastal security and other forces: CM

India, Sept. 30 -- The Maharashtra government will induct former Agniveers into uniformed services such as the police, fire brigade and coastal security after they complete their four-year military te... Read More


Omar withdraws bills on legislators' salary hike

Srinagar, Sept. 30 -- Chief minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday withdrew two bills proposing an increase in salaries and allowances of ministers and members of the Jammu and Kashmir legislature after ob... Read More


Govt, aided physiotherapy seats missing from Maha CET portal

India, Sept. 30 -- Students applying for physiotherapy courses in Maharashtra are currently unable to choose government and government-aided colleges during CAP choice filling, as the institutions are... Read More


Statehood resolution to widen Delhi-J&K gulf, says LoP Sharma

Srinagar, Sept. 30 -- The statehood resolution passed by the J&K assembly, with references to earlier resolutions on autonomy and special status, has not gone down well with the Bharatiya Janata Party... Read More


State CEC seeks 4 changes in EC software

India, Sept. 30 -- A day after it came to light that two of the three election commissioners had objected to the centralisation of electoral roll databases and the role of the EC's IT division, Mahara... Read More


5 months to polls, AAP govt in Punjab battling multi-front crisis

Chandigarh, Sept. 30 -- The AAP government in Punjab is no stranger to political controversies, but its challenges appear to be steadily mounting with barely five months left for the state's assembly ... Read More


CBI court takes prosecution sanction on record in Punjab vigilance DGP's reader's bribery case

Chandigarh, Sept. 30 -- The special CBI Court in Chandigarh has taken on record the original prosecution sanction against Om Parkash Singh Rana, reader to the Punjab Vigilance Bureau's director genera... Read More


UDF wins 22 of 38 wards, loses 3 seats to LDF in local bypolls

Thiruvananthapuram, Sept. 30 -- The ruling Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) won 19 of the 38 local body wards, where bypolls were conducted on Monday, in Keralam, suffering setbacks, both in... Read More