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Bihar
Nitish wants Centre to bear burden of pay hike
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday asked the Union government to bear the additional financial burden to be borne by the States in the wake of the Centre’s decision to implement the recommendations of the Sixth Pay ...

Undertrial commits suicide in court
Patna: An undertrial prisoner committed suicide in the Barh civil court premises in Patna district on Friday. Kanhaiya Mahto (30) hanged himself from the ventilator of a toilet using a towel in the sub-division court premises at ...

Haryana
Haryana to implement pay panel proposals
Governor lauds role of the State in nation’s progress

PGIMER celebrates I-Day
‘A matter of pride that today India is a free nation’

Himachal Pradesh
Dhumal launches CFL scheme
HPSEB is implementing the scheme at a cost of Rs.80 crore

Madhya Pradesh
Govt. successful in ensuring economic progress: Chauhan
BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan said in his Independence speech here on Friday that his Government had been successful in ensuring economic progress with a human face. In his message to the people after ...

Rajesh Khanna prefers Rajya Sabha to contesting for Lower House
Bhopal: The noted film star and former Congress MP from the national capital Rajesh Khanna said here on Friday that he is more interested in getting into the Rajya Sabha instead of contesting the Lok Sabha polls. “Congress ...

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Puducherry
Rangasamy seeks people’s support for good governance
Unfurls the National Flag and inspects the guard of honour

Eradicate poverty to fight HIV: Lt. Governor
PUDUCHERRY: Lieutenant Governor Govind Singh Gurjar on Friday stressed the need to eradicate poverty and emancipate women to fight Human Immunodeficiency Virus. “Unequal power relations and the low status of women, as expressed by ...

Fervour marks schools’ celebrations
PUDUCHERRY: Various government agencies and schools organised functions to celebrate the 61st anniversary of Independence Day. A release issued by Chief Superintendent of Jails R. Venkatasubramanian said the Inspector-General of Police ...

Meritorious police personnel rewarded
PUDUCHERRY: The Puducherry government on Friday rewarded four police personnel for their meritorious service even as four uniformed personnel including two belonging to the Fire Service in the Union Territory had been selected for ...

“Consider Ramanathan Committee report”
PUDUCHERRY: Members of the Federation of Village Panchayat Presidents Association on Monday appealed to the government to consider the report submitted by the Ramanathan Committee on devolution of powers to village panchayats in the Union ...

BSNL introduces new scheme
PUDUCHERRY: The BSNL, Puducherry has launched several new schemes for its customers to commemorate the 62nd Independence Day. A release issued by the BSNL Puducherry, office said customers can send SMS to “04132900198” to ...

Lt. Governor, CM participate in festival
PUDUCHERRY: The annual car festival of Sengazhuneeramman temple at Veerampattinam was celebrated with piety on Friday. Lieutenant Governor Govind Singh Gurjar and Chief Minister N. Rangasamy participated in the festival. Member of ...

Birth anniversary
PUDUCHERRY: The 136th birth anniversary of Sri Aurobindo was celebrated here on Friday at the ashram. A large number of devotees from different parts of the country and from abroad visited the ashram and paid homage at the samathi of ...

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Punjab
PGIMER celebrates I-Day
‘A matter of pride that today India is a free nation’

Rajasthan
16 officials honoured
Jaipur: Ajit Singh, IGP, CID (Crime) was on Friday honoured with the President Police Medal for his outstanding contribution to the police department. Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje presented the medal to him during a ...

One killed, 72 injured in two road accidents
Jaipur: One person was killed and at least 72 others, including ten school children, injured in two separate road accidents in Rajasthan on Friday. A man (23) was killed and 22 others injured when a bus overturned between Lacchusar and ...

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Uttar Pradesh
Pankaj Agarwal new GNIDA CEO
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government on Friday appointed Pankaj Agarwal as the Chief Executive Officer of Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA), an official release said. Agarwal was earlier posted as Principal ...

UN to support ‘Banarasi sari’
Varanasi: The Secretary General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Supachai Panitchpakdi on Friday said that the global body will support the Geographical Indicators (GI) registration of ‘Bhadohi ...

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Uttaranchal
‘Renew pledge to fulfil dreams of freedom fighters’
Dehra Dun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister B. C. Khanduri on Friday said people should renew their pledge to fulfil the dreams of freedom fighters who laid down their lives for the liberation of the country. During his Independence Day ...

West Bengal
A show of freedom
Kolkata: A dozen HIV-affected people, including women and children, on Friday took part in an Independence day rally in Purulia district of West Bengal in a show of freedom from social taboos. The rally, also attended by public ...




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