IndiaNew Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Stepping up its attack on the Congress party over the conduct of its senior party leaders during the recitation of the National Song Vande Mataram at the Independence Day event at Indira Bhawan (Congress headquarters), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday asked the former to "stop claiming monopoly as the custodian of freedom movement."
A man allegedly strangled his wife to death and threw his two minor children into a pond following a dispute over his suspicions about his wife’s character in Madhya Pradesh's Indore district, police said on Tuesday.
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Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 18 (IANS) As Vizhinjam International Seaport commences full-fledged Export-Import (EXIM) operations, the Rs 16,000-crore Phase 2 expansion will raise annual capacity to 5.7 million TEUs ( twenty-foot equivalent units), add 1,200 metres of container berth and bring permanent rail connectivity, enhanced road connectivity, logistics parks, warehousing and other supporting infrastructure, it was announced here on Tuesday.
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Lucknow, Aug 18 (IANS) BJP National General Secretary Vinod Tawde was on Tuesday appointed as the party's in-charge for Uttar Pradesh, as the preparations for the crucial 2027 Assembly elections intensify.
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New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Amid the row over the murder of a MCD sanitation worker and AAP MLA Kuldeep Kumar's bid to get the family justice, the party's chief Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday asked the Centre about the whereabouts of his party's MLA. He alleged that the Delhi Police picked him up from his home, smashed CCTV cameras and took away the DVR.
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