President Droupadi Murmu appoints governors for several states | India News – Times of India

President Droupadi Murmu appointed governors to several states late Saturday night: Haribhau Kisanrao Bagde (Rajasthan), Jishnu Dev Varma (Telangana), Santosh Kumar Gangwar (Jharkhand), C P Radhakrishnan (Maharashtra), Lakshman Prasad Acharya (Assam & additional charge of Manipur), Gulab Chand Kataria (Punjab), Ramen Deka (Chhattisgarh), C H Vijayashankar (Meghalaya), Om Prakash Mathur (Sikkim).K Kailashnathan will be LG…

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Secure communication lines in SCS key for peace: EAM Jaishankar | India News – Times of India

VIENTIANE (LAOS): External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Saturday stressed the need for a substantive and effective code of conduct to secure sea lines of communication in South China Sea which he said are critical for peace and stability of the Indo-Pacific region, amid growing concerns about China’s maritime coercion.Addressing the 14th East Asia Summit…

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Karnataka high court steps in, national-level swimmer gets MBBS seat | India News – Times of India

BENGALURU: Karnataka high court has ordered authorities to enrol national-level swimmer Siri Srikanth in an MBBS course after she was illegally denied admission for the 2022-23 session.Srikanth had appeared for CET and NEET examinations, securing the 24th position among 618 candidates qualified for MBBS admission under the sports quota. The list was revised in Oct…

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Day after his jibe at Amit Shah, BJP netas seek Sharad Pawar’s apology | India News – Times of India

MUMBAI/AKOLA/SAMBHAJINAGAR: Sharad Pawar must apologise to Union home minister Amit Shah for his statement that Shah had been “externed” by SC for misusing the law, Union minister and BJP MP Piyush Goyal said Saturday. While BJP state president Chandrashekhar Bawankule said the courts had given Shah a clean chit, BJP minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil said…

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Gaurav Gogoi writes to Birla on mantris’ ‘threatening remarks’ against opposition | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Deputy leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi has written to Speaker Om Birla expressing concern “about the deteriorating standards of parliamentary conduct” in the House. He has alleged that “often it is the ministers of govt themselves who make unparliamentary, objectionable and threatening remarks against members of opposition parties”.While asserting that…

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Mahayuti rallies behind ‘ladki bahin yojana’, opposition scoffs at freebies gambit | India News – Times of India

NAGPUR: Maharashtra’s deputy CM and finance minister, Ajit Pawar, on Saturday defended Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana that will provide Rs 1,500 to eligible women aged 21-60, rejecting the opposition‘s criticism of it as a populist move.“These schemes are designed to empower citizens and provide support in these challenging times,” Ajit said.In a departure from…

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