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Kaziranga's first ever grassland bird survey records critically endangered & vulnerable birds species

14 Jul 2025 | 6:24 PM

Guwahati, July 14 (UNI) The first Grassland Bird Survey of the Kaziranga national park and tiger reserve has recorded a total of 43 grassland bird species including one critically endangered, two endangered, and six vulnerable species, along with several species endemic to the region, as per
the IUCN Red List.

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Palamu fourth-grade recruitment to be held through written examination

14 Jul 2025 | 6:12 PM

Palamu, July 14 (UNI) The recruitment process for fourth-grade posts in Palamu district will now be conducted through a written examination.

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Odisha Law Minister condemns Kangaroo Courts over tribal couple humiliation, orders strict action

14 Jul 2025 | 4:42 PM

Bhubaneswar, July 14 (UNI) Odisha Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan today strongly condemned the public humiliation of two tribal couples by kangaroo courts in separate incidents in Rayagada and Koraput districts.

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ED arrests two top Sahara group officials in money laundering case

ED arrests two top Sahara group officials in money laundering case

14 Jul 2025 | 4:37 PM

Kolkata, July 14 (UNI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested two top Sahara Group officials - Anil Vailaparampil Abraham, executive director of Core Management (CCM) Office, and Jitendra Prasad Verma, a long-time associate and property broker of the Sahara Group - in an alleged money laundering case.

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Jharkhand to go fully digital by Jan 2026: e-Office rollout gains pace

14 Jul 2025 | 4:36 PM

Ranchi, July 14 (UNI) The Jharkhand government has set January 2026 as the deadline to implement the e-Office Lite system across all state departments. Chief Secretary Alka Tiwari reviewed the status of the initiative in a meeting with senior officials and technical representatives from RailTel, NIC, and JAP-IT today.

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What happened to an elected CM in J&K is unacceptable: Mamata

What happened to an elected CM in J&K is unacceptable: Mamata

14 Jul 2025 | 4:36 PM

Kolkata, July 14 (UNI) TMC chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today batted for her Jammu and Kashmir counterpart Omar Abdullah and asked what is wrong if visits a graveyard of martyrs in Srinagar to pay homage.

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Nitish Kumar needs five more years to ruin Bihar: Prashant Kishor

14 Jul 2025 | 3:18 PM

Patna, July 14 (UNI) Taking on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for the "complete collapse of law and order", Jan Suraaj leader Prashant Kishor today accused Nitish government of failing to address the state's employment crisis. Bihar will go Assembly polls are due in a few months.

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Tribal girls in Jharkhand take Wheel in male-dominated auto sector

14 Jul 2025 | 3:12 PM

Ranchi, July 14 (UNI) In a first-of-its-kind initiative in Jharkhand, Tata Motors has successfully trained and certified an all-girls batch of tribal youth in motor mechanics under its Kaushalya Programme.

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BJP calls Khejuri shutdown to protest two 'mysterious deaths' in E Medinipur

14 Jul 2025 | 2:08 PM

Kolkata, July 14 (UNI) Leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari today demanded filing of an FIR and a fair probe into the "mysterious" death of two persons at Khejuri on Friday night for which the BJP sponsored an eight-hour shutdown at Khejuri in East Medinipur from this morning.

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Violence erupts during BJP bandh in Khejuri

14 Jul 2025 | 2:05 PM

Kolkata, July 14 (UNI) Tension gripped West Bengal’s Khejuri area in East Midnapore district on Monday during the 12-hour bandh called by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to protest the alleged unnatural deaths of two residents.

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Nabanna turns into a fortress to prevent march to state secretariat

14 Jul 2025 | 1:51 PM

Kolkata, July 14 (UNI) Nabanna in Howrah today turned into a veritable fortress as thousands of riot police, equipped with batons, shields and tear gas shells stood guard around the state secretariat to prevent the march of the dismissed untainted teachers and non-teaching staff demanding their reinstatement in the state aided schools across the state.

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Bengal secretariat turns into fortress to prevent march by teachers

14 Jul 2025 | 12:30 PM

Kolkata, July 14 (UNI) Nabanna, the West Bengal state secretariat in Howrah, today turned into a veritable fortress with thousands of riot police, equipped with batons, shields and tear gas shells standing guard to prevent the march of the dismissed untainted teachers and non-teaching staff demanding reinstatement of jobs in the state-aided schools across the state.

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Three more arrested in murder of TMC leader in Bengal's Bhangar

Three more arrested in murder of TMC leader in Bengal's Bhangar

14 Jul 2025 | 11:36 AM

Kolkata, July 14 (UNI) Police have arrested three more suspects in the murder of Razzak Khan, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) area president of Chaltaberia in Bhangar, taking the total number of arrests to four.

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DoNER officials visit proposed Agar processing unit

14 Jul 2025 | 11:34 AM

Agartala, July 14 (UNI) Officials of Ministry of Development for North East Region (DoNER) visited Phulbari and Burgul villages of Kadamtala in North Tripura along Assam border- proposed sites for setting up an Agar (main ingredient of perfume) processing unit yesterday.

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Three more arrested in murder of TMC leader Bengal's Bhangar

14 Jul 2025 | 11:21 AM

Kolkata, July 14 (UNI) Police have arrested three more suspects in the murder of Razzak Khan, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) area president of Chaltaberia in Bhangar, taking the total number of arrests to four.

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