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16 Mar

Alia Bhatt Celebrates Birthday With ‘Most Important Women’ Including Future ‘Saasu Maa’ Neetu Kapoor

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Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt turned a year older on Monday and the celebration had begun on Sunday night at filmmaker Karan Johar's house. The actress turned 28 and to celebrate the occasion, Karan Johar threw a party. The party was attended by Deepika Padukone, Arjun Kapoor, Malaika Arora and others. Alia's boyfriend Ranbir Kapoor who contracted the COVID-19 pandemic was absent from the bash but his absence was compensated by his sister Riddhima Kapoor Sahni. Post this, Alia seems to have an intimate celebration with her family and loved ones. Last night, the young actress celebrated her birthday with Neetu…

16 Mar

Nationwide bank strike enters day 2; unions warn of stir similar to farmers’

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The two-day bank strike led by nine unions of public sector banks (PSBs) in the country has severely affected the banking operations. Customers are facing inconvenience in parts of the country due to the strike called against the Centre's policy to privatise the lenders. The strike has affected services like cash withdrawals, deposits, cheque clearances, remittance services. Government transactions related to treasury as well as business transactions have also been impacted. The national strike called by the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) said that the strike may take a form similar to the farmers’ protests against the agri reforms…

16 Mar

British PRIME MINISTER Boris to visit India at the end of April

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is scheduled to visit India at the end of April. This was stated by the Prime Minister's Office in that country on Monday. This will be his first visit to India as Prime Minister after leaving the European Union and, of course, the first important international visit. He was scheduled to arrive in India on January 26 during Republic Day. But the visit was cancelled due to the growing number of diseases in Britain. That's when Boris Johnson, however, said he would come to India soon. It is finally learnt that he is coming to…

16 Mar

‘Maitri Setu’ project completed in Tripura

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A pan-India infrastructure consultancy firm, Rodic Consultants Pvt Ltd completed the 1.9 km long ‘MaitriSetu’ project over river Feni. It was inaugurated by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on Tuesday. As Authority Engineer, Rodic was responsible for the supervision of construction of the Bridge over river Feni at Sabroom on Indo-Bangladesh Border on NH-8 in Tripura. Steered by the National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL), the bridge will establish direct connectivity from South Tripura to Chattogram (Chittagong) in Bangladesh. The Bridge will provide much shorter access of this landlock North-Eastern Region to the port from present 1,700 km to…

16 Mar

Vi launches new prepaid packs starting at Rs 401

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Vi (India’s leading telecom brand) collaborates with Disney+ Hotstar (one of India’s leading video streaming platforms) to bring high-quality entertainment and a year full of Cricket to Vi customers. This coming-together aims to bring the best of video content to Indians across the two most popular genres of Entertainment and Cricket. Vi customers will now be able to watch everything that Disney+ Hotstar VIP has to offer – right from 12 months of non-stop cricketing action to the latest blockbuster movies in Hindi & Tamil, the best of global movies and shows dubbed in Hindi, Tamil & Telugu, including Marvel’s…

16 Mar

‘World consumer rights day’ observed across the state: Nagaland

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Organisations and institutions observed “world consumer rights day” on March 15 with an aim to raise awareness on consumer rights and to spread awareness about the common concerns of consumers. MPCS Ltd. Changtongya: Multi Purpose Cooperative Society (MPCS) Ltd. Changtongya in collaboration with the Department of Legal Metrology & Consumer Protection (LM&CP), Kohima organised “world consumer rights day” was observed at Changtongya town at GA rest house Changtongya town. According to DIPR report, theme speaker SDO (C) Changtongya, Moakumzuk Tzudir highlighted on the importance of the day and the rights of the consumer. He informed that the government protected all…

16 Mar

BJP-led govt in Manipur celebrates 4 years in power

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311 PROJECTS WORTH RS 1096.05 CRORE INAUGURATED On Monday a total of 311 projects worth Rs 1096.05 crores were inaugurated and foundation stone for 39 new projects costing Rs 278.77 crore were laid as BJP-led coalition government in Manipur celebrated its four years in power. The N Biren Singh led BJP’s coalition government was sworn-in on this day in 2017. The N Biren Singh led government celebrated its four years in power as completion of four years of “citizen-centric governance,” while highlighting its achievements accomplished during the period in a grand function titled, ‘Emerging Manipur - Celebration of 4 years…

15 Mar

A public rally on Covid-19 vaccination held in Jalukie: Nagaland

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To reach out to the mass in general and targeting the gathering of people at the bazaar area, public rally on COVID-19 vaccination awareness was held at Jalukie Town, bazaar area on March 12. A press release issued by district media officer CMO office Peren, Pezanguno Celine Secü stated that representatives from district administration, chief medical office, St. Xavier’s College Jalukie, Integrated Child Development Scheme, Nagaland Rural Livelihood Mission -Jalukie Block, Jalukie Youth Organisation and ASHAs attended the programme. Exhorting the gathering, president Zeme Council Nagaland, Dr. Tumda Newme, expressed his appreciation to the gathering and also lamented that the…

15 Mar

24-hour total shutdown throws life out of gear in the hill districts of Manipur

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On Saturday a 24-hour total shutdown to protest against delay in elections to the autonomous district councils (ADCs) affected life throughout the hill districts of Manipur. All Tribal Students’ Union Manipur (ATSUM) imposed the 24-hour shutd The strike that commenced from Friday midnight evoked good response with most of the market places, schools and colleges, business establishment and banks remaining shut. Hundreds of Imphal-bound transport vehicles including inter-state buses and taxis were reportedly stranded at Nagaland-Manipur border along NH-2 and at Jiribam along NH-37 owing to the strike. Transport services including inter-state and inter-district were also suspended. Protesters came out…

15 Mar

Dutch engineer and Audio cassette inventor Lou Ottens has died at the age of 94

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Lou Ottens was born on 21st June 1926. From a very young age, he created a lot of things, as a teenager his keen interest in engineering ended up him building a radio for his parents.Cassette tapes were developed in the 60's. Otten's invention brought about a profound change in the lifestyle of music listeners around the world. However, in the long run, the business of cassette wheels slowed down as the era of CDs was over and songs could be easily carried on pen drives. In the 1960s, Ottens was chairman of Philips' product development department. He with his…