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Under the overhauled system, the three Lok Sabha seats in minority-dominated Murshidabad district, which were till date managed by two district committees, will now be handled by three committees with each overseeing one Lok Sabha seat in the district.The lone Lok Sabha seat in Darjeeling will be overseen by two district committees — one for the hill areas in Darjeeling, Kurseong and Kalimpong, and the other for the plains that come under the Darjeeling parliamentary constituency.The announcement of the overhaul in the organisational structure was made by state BJP President and Lok Sabha MP Sukanta Majumdar. In the changed system,…

Himanshu Jangra scored for Delhi FC in the 6th minute while Ramhlunchhunga equalized for Hyderabad FC in the second half.Both teams struggled to get going in the game because of the conditions as it was raining heavily. Delhi FC seemed to manage the conditions well and as a result, took the lead in the 6th minute of the game.Bhupinder Singh put in a cross from the right wing which was misjudged by HFC goalkeeper Gurmeet Singh. Himanshu Jangra who forced the mistake, poked it into the empty goal giving the side from Delhi the lead.Hyderabad FC players who rely on…

The incident took place in the Aband district in the wee hours, leaving three women dead and another injured, all of whom were from the same family, a statement issued by provincial police added, Xinhua news agency reported.In war-torn Afghanistan, people are mostly living in mud houses, especially in the countryside, which is vulnerable to natural disasters such as quakes, rainstorms, flooding, and snowfall.–IANSint/svn

Addressing a function organised here on the occasion of virtual laying of foundation stone under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme by the Prime Minister, the Chief Minister said 15 railway stations in Haryana, which will be redeveloped and modernised under the scheme includes Ambala City, Bhiwani Junction, Faridabad, Pataudi Road, Hisar, Bahadurgarh, Jind Junction, Narwana Junction, Narnaul, Kalka, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonipat, Yamunanagar-Jagadhri.Besides, 34 stations of the state will also be included in the second phase of the scheme.Under this scheme, redevelopment works of 508 railway stations across the country will be ensured in the first phase.The Chief Minister said…

Confirming the number of casualties, Commissioner Benazirabad division Abbas Baloch said in a statement at least 25 died in the incident while passengers are still stuck in in a bogie, Geo News reported.Relief and rescue operation, are underway to pull out passengers from the mangled bogies. The Army has also joined in the relief works.Train operations to and fro from interior Sindh districts have been affected and Railway authorities have said that it may take 18 hours to resume services on the affected track. The injured were being rushed to hospitals in Nawabshah.Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah and Sindh Chief Minister…

A senior police officer said that 10 companies (around 900 personnel and some officers) of CAPF -– CRPF, BSF, ITBP and SSB –- arrived here on Saturday night, and they would be deployed in different districts.After the ethnic violence broke out in Manipur on May 3, the Defence Ministry and the Ministry of Home Affairs deployed over 40,000 Army, Assam Rifles and various CAPF personnel.Both the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), an umbrella body of the Meitei community and the leading tribal organisations — Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum (ITLF) and Kuki Inpi Manipur (KIM) -– have been alleging that…

The L-G office said that during investigation it emerged that “deep rooted conspiracy” was hatched under the garb of democratically opposing the Citizenship Amendment Bill which led to the riots in the North-East district of Delhi.The present case relates to the death of Shahid alias Allah Mehar (25), who was shot dead.“L-G granted prosecution sanction in the case FIR No 84/2020 lodged on March 1, 2020 at police station Dayal Pur, against Mohd Firoz, Chand Mohd, Rais Khan, Md Junaid, Irshad and Akil Ahmed for the commission of offences punishable under section 153 A and 505 of the Indian Penal…

The Pakistani skipper is part of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) for the first time and is excited to play the matches as well as finetune his performance ahead of the upcoming series and tournaments.”This is my first league and I am looking forward to playing all the matches. I joined the team a couple of days back and felt really happy after meeting my teammates. We have a young team and everyone is looking forward to giving their best, improving and performing well for the franchise,” commented Babar Azam.Babar Azam’s side Colombo Strikers is led by Niroshan Dickwella, while…

During 2022-23, a total of 6.23 crore Jan Dhan accounts were opened.According to Finance Ministry data, Bihar tops the list of states with maximum beneficiaries of the scheme, which stood at 84,89,231 in 2022-23.Uttar Pradesh held the second position with 68,08,721 beneficiaries, while Tamil Nadu stood third with a total of 64,06,513 PMMY beneficiaries.Under PMMY, collateral-free institutional credit of up to Rs 10 lakh is provided by the member lending institutions (MLIs), i.e., scheduled commercial banks (SCBs), non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) and micro finance institutions (MFIs).Any individual, who is otherwise eligible to take a loan and has a business plan…

Pinehurst (USA) Aug 6 (IANS) Vedika Bhansali, the emerging star from Bengaluru, turned in a superb final round of 3-under 33 to leap into Top-4 of the Girls 7 years category of the US Kids Golf World Championships, here. As many as four Indians finished in Top-six of the final placings in their respective categories.Vedika Bhansali, coached by former India pro, Rahul Ganapathy, was fourth as were Nihal Cheema (Boys 6) and Ojaswini Saraswat (Girls 10). Adding to the fine showing were Kabir Goyal (T-6 in Boys 8) and Shambhavi Chaturvedi (T-15 in Girls 11). Later this year, Vedika will…