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What drives a Twitter storm like #ModiJobDo

The struggle of Ajeet Sonkar from Allahabad offers an insight into why over 5 million youths last week stormed Twitter with the hashtag “Modi job do (Modi, give us jobs)”. Sonkar, who has cleared the combined graduate level (CGL) examination of 2019 after three unsuccessful attempts, has not made it to the merit list although he has got more than the cut-off marks. The CGL examination is conducted by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) to select employees for various central government ministries and department...

Bailed, hospital trip for trauma

Trade unionist Shiv Kumar, who suffered grievous injuries in alleged torture while in Haryana police’s custody, was released on bail on Thursday and soon afterwards...

Swamy stirs farm and other pots

BJP Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy on Thursday urged the Centre to either scrap the farm laws or adopt his three-point compromise formula to break the prolonged deadloc...
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EPFO rate stays at 8.5%

Retirement fund body EPFO on Thursday decided to retain the annual rate of interest on provident fund deposits at 8.5 per cent for the current financial year.  The centr...
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Security personnel scan the premises of the Taj Mahal on Thursday

Taj Mahal evacuated after bomb hoax call

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Bar Council splits hairs on criticism

The Bar Council of India on Thursday deprecated what it called the rising trend of politicians and activists attacking judges and the judiciary even o...

Shiv Kumar with Nodeep Kaur outside the Sonipat district jail after he was released on bail on Thursday

Govt’s alleged misuse of central agencies

RSS, Church leaders meet in Kerala

A senior RSS leader has met members of two influential Christian denominations in Kerala who are looking to settle an old property dispute, the ses...

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TMC asks EC to remove deputy commissioner

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According to the survey carried out between September to January, the ten DLSAs found wanting on vis-a-vis personnel, infrastructure and other facilities included Baksa, Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Chirang, Darrang, Dhubri, Goalpara, Hailakandi, Kokrajhar and Udalgiri

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Union minister of state for housing and urban affairs placed Ranchi at the 42nd spot in the country while Patna occupied the 33rd place on the list of cities with over a million population

Ranchi lags behind Patna on central list

Myanmar police break up protests

Police in Myanmar broke up demonstrations in several places with tear gas and gunfire on Thursday as protesters took to the streets again undeterred b...

Axar Patel celebrates with Virat Kohli on Day 1 of the final Test in Ahmedabad on Thursday.

Eng run out of excuses as spinners make hay

Opec extends output cut

Members of oil producer cartel Opec and allied countries have agreed to leave most of their existing oil production cuts in place as the spread of new...

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Barca script super comeback

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Dispo: Instagram’s new rival

2016: Instagram introduces a feature inspired by Snapchat stories. Called Stories, it is now so integral part of the Instagram-Facebook experience tha...

Golden rules for a flat tummy

Spotify turns 2 in India

In the last few days something amazing is playing out on Spotify — Bruce Springsteen and former US President Barack Obama are chatting about rac...

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We are undeniably going through topsy-turvy times; and it’s not just the pandemic that is causing all the turbulence. In Bengal, tergiversation seems to be the name of the game. Film ...
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Death by wish

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A member of parliament, Mohan Delkar, was not a widely-known politician. However, in Dadra and Nagar Haveli, the tiny Union territory, and in the tribal districts in south Gujarat, he was seen as quit...
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Rahul Gandhi hugs Narendra Modi.
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Refusal to associate with the party was often treated with exemplary violence; the massacre of refugees of Marichjhanpi is a case in point.
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Paramilitary personnel take out a route march at Memari in East Burdwan on Wednesday.
According to Tea Board numbers, the total export in 2019 was 252.15 million kilos, with the average price being Rs 227.55 per kilo. In 2020, the quantity of export declined by around 50 million kilos and came down to 207.58 million kilos. However, at Rs 248.55 in 2020, the average price per kilo increased from 2019.
In Raiganj, a fire broke out in the outer part of the house of a BJP leader on Wednesday night. Jayashree Chakraborty, the leader who recently joined the saffron camp from Trinamul, and her party colleagues accused workers of her former party of arson. Jayashree’s family members doused the flames with the help of neighbours.
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An elderly person gets a Covid vaccine dose at a health centre in Bijoygarh on Thursday.
A senior citizen gets a Covid-19 vaccine dose at Peerless Hospital.
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BJP youth leader Pamela Goswami.
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The availability of blood is crucial at RIMS as most road accident victims are brought there.
Five members of a tribal family were hacked to death in Buruhatu Amtola in Kamdara block of Gumla district in the intervening night of February 23 and 24.
Dust sweeping machines lie unused at the Dhanbad Municipal Corporation’s Hirapur Compactor Station on Thursday.
Mohan Ahuja Stadium, headquarters of Jharkhand Badminton Association, in Jamshedpur.
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According to the survey carried out between September to January, the ten DLSAs found wanting on vis-a-vis personnel, infrastructure and other facilities included Baksa, Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Chirang, Darrang, Dhubri, Goalpara, Hailakandi, Kokrajhar and Udalgiri
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra plucks tea leaves at the Sadhuru tea garden in Assam on Tuesday.
The Congress-led alliance’s show of solidarity after the BPF joined in Guwahati on Sunday
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Dipankar Bhattacharya in the CPI-ML (Liberation) office in Calcutta.
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Police in Myanmar broke up demonstrations in several places with tear gas and gunfire on Thursday
On February 1 military coup in Myanmar overthrew the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi
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A bench of Justices Bhushan and R. Subhash Reddy agreed to examine the anticipatory bail plea of Aparna Purohit, Amazon Prime Video’s India head, over the screening of the web series Tandav, which allegedly depicts Hindu gods in a disrespectful manner

'Pornography shown on OTTs at times'

Metroman E Sreedharan visits Palarivattom Bridge, in Kochi, Thursday
The court said though the witnesses were there, yet no judicial test identification parade has been conducted and the alleged identification of the accused had taken place on the basis of their black and white photographs
While granting bail, the court said according to the prosecution both the accused were not driving the tractor nor did they attempt to kill or hurt any police personnel themselves
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra meets relatives of Navreet Singh in Rampur in February
A frontline worker receives Covid-19 vaccine.
BJP leaders during the meeting at the party headquarters in New Delhi on Thursday.
Security personnel scan the premises of the Taj Mahal on Thursday
WhatsApp said there has been a significant increase in people calling one another on WhatsApp over the last year and often for long conversations.
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Rs 50,000cr Mittal plan for Odisha

ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel (AM/NS) India has reached an understanding with the Odisha government to set up a 12-million tonne plant in the state at an investment of Rs 50,000 crore, as the world&rsquo...
Arcelor Mittal chairman L.N. Mittal with Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneswar on Thursday.
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Opec extends output cut

Members of oil producer cartel Opec and allied cou...
EPFO has more than five crore active subscribers.
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Since the pandemic broke out, the unemployment rate in the US has hit 4 per cent and inflation has ticked in at 1.4 per cent.
Domestic IT services firms such as Wipro have been witnessing positive growth since the onset of the pandemic as clients across industries have opted for digital transformation.
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Ben Stokes rues missed chance against India

Ben Stokes was probably the only player, along with Jonny Bairstow, who understood what skipper Joe Root had meant by urging England batsmen to be “brave” in their approach. Braving a sto...
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Axar Patel celebrates with Virat Kohli on Day 1 of the final Test in Ahmedabad on Thursday.
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Mumtaz Sorcar in the recently released Tamil film C/o Kaadhal
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Dhoni prays at Dewri temple before IPL

Former Indian captain a frequent visitor, seeks blessing before every tournament
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The calm amid the storm

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R-Day celebrated across the country

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Vaccination drive underway as hopes soar

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Sankranti: state taps into tradition

 
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