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Parliamentary panel chief urges ministry intervention over eviction notices to Auroville’s Annapurna Farms | Chennai News

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Puducherry/New Delhi: Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth & Sports Mukul Wasnik has written a letter to higher education secretary Deepti Gaur Mukerjee expressing serious concern over eviction notices served to residents of Annapurna Farms by the Auroville Foundation.Wasnik in the letter highlighted that the Auroville Foundation recently directed residents of Annapurna Farms…

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‘Rahul now BJP’s papa’: Congress hits back at Mohan Yadav’s ‘Jhooth Ki Goonj’ dig | India News

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Senior Congress leader said: “They kept calling him ‘Pappu’, but now he has become everyone’s ‘Papa’.” NEW DELHI: The BJP and the Congress, two arch political rivals, sparred over Rahul Gandhi‘s student-outreach event, “Chhatron Ki Goonj”, with Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav dubbing it “Jhooth Ki Goonj” (echo of lies).Striking a combative note over…

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Lashing rain poses challenge to Ganesh mandals on eve of festival in Mumbai | Mumbai News

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File pic for representation. Mumbai: Showers of lashing rain greeted families as they arrived to collect their Ganpati idols on the eve of the festival Sunday. Sarvajanik mandals fortified their mandaps as moderate to heavy rain soaked the weekend.Chinchpokli Cha Chintamani and Navi Mumbaicha Raja reported that preparations had slowed down or stalled. “We are…

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Left to contest in Tamil Nadu bypolls but continue to back TVK govt | Chennai News

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CPM state secretary P Shanmugam making the announcement in Trichy TRICHY/CHENNAI: CPI and CPM have decided to contest the Oct 6 byelections in Madurantakam and Dharapuram, emphasising their position of political non-alignment with TVK while backing its govt to “keep BJP away”.CPM state secretary P Shanmugam on Sunday announced his party would contest in Madurantakam…

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PK stresses need for Muslims’ greater political representation | Patna News

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Bankipur MLA Prashant Kishor at a conference in Sabzibagh, Patna, on Sunday Patna: Jan Suraaj founder and Bankipur MLA Prashant Kishor on Sunday said the minority community must be concerned about its political participation and representation, asserting “merely following someone will not work”.He was speaking at a conference on political participation and representation of the…

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Padma Shri awardee teacher, colleague thrashed, abused in North Kolkata | Kolkata News

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Kazi Masum Akhtar was assaulted and abused by construction workers in North Kolkata KOLKATA: Padma Shri awardee teacher Kazi Masum Akhtar and his woman colleague Swati Banerjee were allegedly assaulted and abused when they confronted construction workers after debris from an under-construction high-rise fell on them while they were returning from census duty in North…

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