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17 Oct

Firemen Sprinkle Water On Delhi Roads To Battle Air Pollution.

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The Delhi Fire Services (DFS) has joined anti-pollution efforts in the national capital by sprinkling water across the city on Saturday."For this exercise, 13 hotspots across the city have been identified… Today, water was sprayed on the roads of Wazirpur area - one of the identified hotspots," Chief Fire Officer Atul Garg said. The special drive aims to reduce air and dust pollution in the city, Mr Garg added. Delhi's Air Quality Index has remained in the "very poor" category all week due to slowing wind speeds that allow deadly pollutants such as PM2.5 particles to remain suspended in the…

17 Oct

Amazon’s new FC to serve WB and NE states

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Amazon India launched a new Fulfilment Centre (FC), the largest in West Bengal. This expansion marks a significant increase in Amazon India’s infrastructure in the State. Amazon will now offer a storage capacity of more than 3.4 million cubic feet across 5 fulfilment centres. This expansion will help the 25,000 sellers in West Bengal offer a wider selection and enable faster deliveries of customer orders within the region and neighbouring States ahead of the upcoming festive season. According to Akhil Saxena, VP, Customer Fulfilment Operations, APAC, MENA & LATAM, Amazon, West Bengal is a very important market for Amazon as…

16 Oct

CM to lay foundation stone of martyrs’ memorial on Dec 10

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Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal would lay the foundation stone of a martyrs’ memorial at the Swahid Smarak Udyan at West Boragaon in the city on December 10 on the occasion of Martyrs’ Day observed by the State Government. On the same day, an informative book encompassing the events of Assam Movement leading to its culmination with the historic signing of Assam Accord in 1985 would also be released. Chief Minister Sonowal today directed the Assam Accord Implementation Department, in a review meeting, to take necessary steps in this regard for immortalising the martyrs’ sacrifices. Directing the PWD to expediently complete…

15 Oct

BSF-BGB MEETING HELD AT TAMABIL.

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A Nodal Officer level meeting between the Border Guarding Forces of India and Bangladesh was held at Tamabil, Bangladesh on Thursday. BSF delegation led by Sh. U K Nayal DIG with 05 other officials were from India side and from Bangladesh side 05 delegates led by Lt. Col. Abdul Kader Md Ashraf Ali Mamun, Border Guard Bangladesh North-East RegionSarail, attended the meeting. In the meeting various border related problems faced by both the Border Guarding Forces like smuggling of cattle, Drugs & Narcotics, Fake currency and other contraband items were discussed. The construction of ICPDawki also figured in the discussion…

15 Oct

BSF APPREHENDED ONE BANGLADESHI CATTLE SMUGGLER AND RESCUED 47 CATTLES

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In operations, troops of Border Security Force under Guwahati Frontier apprehended one Bangladeshi cattle smuggler and rescued 47 cattle heads from the bordering areas of District Coochbehar (West Bengal), Dhubri & South Salmara (Assam) on intervening night of 14/15 Oct’ 2020. Acting on tip off, on 14 Oct’ 2020, troops of BSF BOP Diara of 06 Bn BSF under Guwahati Frontier carried out a special operation in general area of village Okhrabari, PS-Mankachar, Distt- South Salmara (Assam) and apprehended one Bangladeshi cattle smuggler along with cattle heads, while these were being smuggled from India to Bangladesh. Apprehended cattle…

14 Oct

3 Arrested For Obtaining Rs 2 Crore Loan With Forged Papers

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Three people, including a woman, have been arrested for allegedly obtaining a loan of over Rs 2 crore by using forged property documents, police said on Wednesday.Two of the accused have been identified as Rohit Bhutan and Subhash Bhutan, they said. According to police, Rohit and the other accused, residents of Preet Vihar in east Delhi, availed a loan of Rs 2,55,60,613 from the complainant company. "The loan was availed by the accused against creation of equitable mortgage of a property at Preet Vihar with averment being the absolute owner of the property and it is free from all the…

14 Oct

Farm leaders walk out of talks called by Centre, demand minister’s presence, tear copies of farm Laws.

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A meeting of 30 protesting farmers' groups from Punjab with the government regarding the contentious farm bills ended abruptly today over the absence of the Union minister for agriculture Narendra Singh Tomar. The Centre had called the meeting and the farmers' groups had finally decided yesterday that they would attend.The meeting was attended by the agriculture secretary, but the farmers demanded the presence of the minister. Upset over his absence, the farmers started raising slogans inside the ministry and tore up copies of the contentious farm laws. They also said their agitation against the new laws will continue. Prime Minister…

14 Oct

Daughter of Aamir Khan Ira reveals she has depression

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Aamir Khan’s daughter Ira has said that she is suffering from clinical depression. Aamir Khan's daughter from his former wife Reena Dutta, Ira posted an Instagram video on World Mental Health Day to share her condition. Ira captioned the video, “A lot has been going on, a lot of people have a lot to say. Things are really confusing and stressful and simple and okay but not okay and… life altogether. There’s no way to say it all in one go. But I’d like to think I’ve figured some stuff out, or at least figured out how to make it…

12 Oct

Khushbu Sundar dropped as AICC spokesperson; actress likely to join BJP today.

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Congress national spokesperson Kushboo Sundar on Monday tendered her resignation from the party, amid rumours that she’s joining the BJP. Following this, Pranav Jha, AICC secretary in-charge of Communications announced the dropping of Ms. Kushboo as spokesperson of the party with immediate effect. “Kushboo Sundar is hereby dropped as AICC spokesperson with immediate effect,” said a statement from AICC secretary in-charge of communications Pranav Jha. Speaking to Outlook, Khushbu confirmed the news and said she will be meeting JP Nadda today at 1 pm today. Asked why she was crossing over to BJP she replied, “I will let that known…

12 Oct

Governor and first lady inaugurate a Banquet Hall in Raj Bhavan

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The First Lady of Assam Prem Mukhi along with Assam Governor Prof. Jagdish Mukhi inaugurated a Banquet Hall in Raj Bhavan today. A banquet hall was a long felt need for Raj Bhavan, Assam to host dignitaries of national and international eminence. Speaking at the inaugural function, the Governor termed the occasion as a proud moment for Raj Bhavan to have owned a banquet hall in its premises. He said that there was a need for a standard and a permanent banquet hall in the Raj Bhavan. He also lauded the hard work of the PWD for having completed…