PM Modi announces 75,000 new medical seats, calls for revival of Nalanda’s spirit to position India as a global education hub | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Expressing his dismay and disbelief over the fact that Indian students are forced to seek medical education in various parts of the world, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day address to the nation on Thursday announced a significant initiative – the creation of 75,000 new medical seats across the country over…

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Modi becomes 3rd Prime Minister to deliver 11 speeches on Independence Day, after Nehru and Indira Gandhi | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hoisted the tricolor at the Red Fort for the 11th consecutive year, celebrating 78th Independence Day, also marking his first Independence Day in his third term as Prime Minister. With this achievement, he becomes only the third Prime Minister to do so, following Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi.Jawaharlal…

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‘Country indebted to freedom fighters’: Top quotes from PM Modi’s speech at Red fort on 78th Independence day | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the 78th Independence Day. During his speech, PM Modi acknowledged the sacrifices made by freedom fighters, and said that today “is a day to remember their sacrifices”. During his address PM Modi said that “if we resolve and…

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Colonel, 3 others who laid down lives in J&K conferred Kirti Chakra | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Colonel Manpreet Singh and deputy superintendent of J&K Police Humayun Muzzammil Bhat, who laid down their lives while battling terrorists in a fierce encounter in Anantnag district of J&K last September, and two others have been awarded Kirti Chakra, the nation’s second-highest gallantry medal during peacetime, on Independence Day.The other Kirti Chakra awardees…

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PSUs, mining companies to pay states royalty, tax dues from 2005: Supreme Court | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: In a financial bonanza for mineral-rich states, Supreme Court on Wednesday asked public sector undertakings and private entities engaged in mining activities, as well as those using mineral produce as raw material, to pay arrears of royalty and tax on mineral-bearing land to states from 2005 in a staggered manner over the next…

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Chaos, vandalism at RG Kar post-midnight amid protest against Kolkata doctor rape-murder | India News – Times of India

A major chaos broke out at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital after a group of miscreants broke barricades and manhandled the protesting doctors, damaging hospital property at the emergency building. The vandalism took place as the ‘Reclaim the nights’ protest rallies seeking justice for the brutal rape and murder of a young PGT…

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