Himachal Assembly polls: Congress names 17 more candidates, 5 still pending

Pratibha ChauhanShimla, October 20Ending the uncertainty over ticket allocation in 17 of the remaining 22 seats, Congress issued the list of candidates while yet again trusting its old faces.The seats from where Congress is yet to take a call on tickets include Kinnaur, Paonta Sahib, Manali, Jaisinghpur and Hamirpur.A decision…

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‘Let people of Delhi breathe clean air’: SC refuses to urgently hear plea against firecracker ban

New Delhi, October 20The Supreme Court on Thursday refused an urgent hearing of a plea seeking the removal of complete ban on firecrackers in the national capital, saying “let the people of Delhi breathe clean air”.The plea was filed by BJP MP Manoj Tiwari.A bench of Justices M R Shah…

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On his birthday, jailed Congress leader Navjot Sidhu taken to hospital for check-up

Aman Sood Patiala, October 20 Congress leader Navjot Sidhu, who is lodged in Patiala Central Jail in a road rage case, on Thursday arrived at Rajindra Hospital amid tight security for a thorough check-up. It was Sidhu’s birthday today when he complained of some breathing issues in the jail…

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Android devices: Competition Commission slaps Rs 1,337-crore penalty on Google for anti-competitive ways

New Delhi, October 20 The Competition Commission on Thursday slapped a steep penalty of Rs 1,337.76 crore on Google for abusing its dominant position in multiple markets in relation to Android mobile devices and ordered the internet major to cease and desist from various unfair business practices. The regulator, which…

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Competition Commission of India slaps Rs 1,337 crore penalty on Google

New Delhi, October 20 The Competition Commission on Thursday imposed a penalty of Rs 1,337.76 crore on Google for abusing its dominant position in multiple markets in the Android mobile device ecosystem. Besides, the fair trade regulator has directed the internet major to cease and desist from unfair business practices….

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‘Straight trees are always cut first’: Haryana cadre IAS officer Ashok Khemka over appointment of his batchmates as secretaries

New Delhi, October 20″Straight trees are always cut first,” said senior bureaucrat Ashok Khemka while reacting to appointments of some of his batchmates as secretaries in different Central government departments.Khemka, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1991 batch, is currently serving as Principal Secretary (Additional Secretary level) in…

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Congress president poll: ‘One face for me, another for media’, Mistry slams Tharoor over allegations of ‘irregularities’

New Delhi, October 20Congress central election authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry on Thursday accused Shashi Tharoor’s team of having two faces—one for the party’s poll body and another for the media—as he rejected allegations of irregularities during the just-concluded AICC presidential poll, according to sources.In his response to Team Tharoor’s letter…

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Liz Truss resigns as British Prime Minister after just 45 days amid open revolt

London, October 20 Embattled British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Thursday resigned as the Conservative Party leader saying she can no longer deliver the mandate she was elected on last month, ending her tenure at 10 Downing Street in London after just 45 days in the job following an open…

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Delhi Firecracker Ban : 'ജനം ശുദ്ധവായു ശ്വസിക്കട്ടെ, ആ പണം മധുരം വാങ്ങാൻ ചിലവഴിക്കൂ'; ഡൽഹിയിലെ പടക്കം വിലക്കിനെതിരെയുള്ള ഹർജി തള്ളി സുപ്രീം കോടതി

Delhi Firecrackers Ban ഡൽഹിയിൽ പടക്കം പൊട്ടിക്കുന്നതിനും വിൽക്കുന്നതിനും ജനുവരി ഒന്ന് വരെയാണ് വിലക്കേർപ്പെടുത്തിയിരിക്കുന്നത് Source | zeenews.india.com…

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Gurugram school murder case: SC grants interim bail to accused days after JJB ruled he be tried as adult

New Delhi, October 20The Supreme Court on Thursday granted interim bail to a man who was barely 16 years old when he killed a 7-year-old boy in a private school in Gurugram, three days after a Juvenile Justice Board ruled he will be tried in the case as an adult.The…

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