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The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Wednesday formed a group of 50 elected members to keep a watch on the performance of different departments of the recently formed Odisha government.
The BJD has assigned responsibilities to its elected members to play the role of a strong opposition.
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In Assam's Goalpara district, 65-year-old Sahadut Ali Sheikh and his family are now living in a small makeshift tent near their original house after he lost his house and land due to erosion of the Brahmaputra river.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit the BJP headquarters tomorrow, July 18, at 6 PM, where he will address and meet with party workers, according to sources familiar with the matter told ANI.PM Narendra Modi To Visit BJP Headquarters Tomorrow
Prime Minister Narendra Modi likely to visit BJP headquarters tomorrow at 6 PM, he will address and meet party workers at the office: Sources
(file pic) pic.twitter.com/U0vQSxEWaE— ANI (@ANI) July 17, 2024
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Mohinder Bhagat, newly elected AAP MLA from Jalandhar West, was sworn in by Punjab Assembly Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan in a ceremony attended by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday, July 17.
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On Wednesday, July 17, the Delhi High Court reserved its order regarding CM Arvind Kejriwal's plea to challenge his arrest by the CBI and seek interim bail in the excise policy case.
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Arvind Kejriwal's blood sugar level had dropped to 50 while sleeping, claimed his lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi while arguing on his behalf in the Delhi high court on Wednesday. He said the sudden drop in the sugar level was dangerous because the patient might not wake up from the slumber.
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Ajit Pawar's party suffered a major setback when four of its top leaders from Pimpri-Chinchwad resigned and are set to join the NCP (SP).
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A 21-year-old man was arrested near the Republican National Convention site in Milwaukee days after the assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump. The suspect, armed with an AK-47 pistol and wearing a ski mask, was stopped by Capitol Police and Homeland Security Investigations near the Fiserv Forum on July 15, where Trump was scheduled to appear later that day.
Mumbai, July 17: Four Indian Army soldiers, including an officer who was critically injured in a gunfight with terrorists on Monday night, died in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda. The encounter started after the troops of Rashtriya Rifles and Special Operations Group of J&K Police launched a joint cordon and search operation at Dhari Gote Urarbagi in the Desa forest area around 7:45 pm.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday arrested two more accused from Patna, Hazaribagh, in connection with the NEET paper leak case. The accused, identified as Pankaj Kumar and Raju Singh, were allegedly involved in stealing and circulating the NEET question paper. Earlier, the CBI had arrested nine people in the NEET paper leak case, one each in connection with alleged manipulation in Latur and Godhra and one from Dehradun in connection with a general conspiracy.
Trainee IAS officer Puja Khedkar's training has been put on hold amid a row over her selection in the civil services exam. She has also been asked to report back to the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie, as soon as possible and no later than July 23. The decision comes days after a controversy erupted over Khedkar's selection into the civil service. She is facing allegations of misusing the disability and Other Backward Class quotas to secure a position in the service.
The Shehbaz Sharif-led government in Pakistan decided to ban the jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, the country's Information Minister announced on Monday. The PTI is Pakistan's biggest opposition party.
Senator JD Vance of Ohio, chosen as Donald Trump's running mate on Monday, has stirred a controversy after he said the UK could become the first "truly Islamist country that will get a nuclear weapon" after the Labour Party won the election.