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Himachal: Forest land eviction drive continues: 2,541 apple and pear trees axed in four days

16 Jul 2025 | 1:27 AM

Shimla, July 15 (UNI) The ongoing eviction drive in Himachal Pradesh’s Kotkhai region intensified further today, with the Special Operation Procedure (SOP) team felling 381 apple and pear trees in Village Chaithla of Gram Panchayat Pandali.

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UP govt chargesheet ex Invest UP CEO Abhishek Prakash

16 Jul 2025 | 1:14 AM

Lucknow, July 15 (UNI) The Uttar Pradesh government has handed over the chargesheet to suspended former CEO of Invest UP, Abhishek Prakash.

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India offers to work with Bangladesh to repair & reconstruct Satyajit Ray's ancestral property

16 Jul 2025 | 12:50 AM

New Delhi, July 15 (UNI) India today offered to cooperate with the Bangladesh government to repair and reconstruct the ancestral property of noted filmmaker Satyajit Ray in Mymensingh, which is set to be demolished.

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Himachal apple growers declare statewide stir, to gherao Secretariat July 29 against evictions, tree felling

15 Jul 2025 | 11:32 PM

Shimla, July 15 (UNI) Facing mounting pressure from an ongoing forest land eviction drive in Kotkhai and surrounding areas, the Himachal Pradesh Apple Growers Association (HPAGA) has announced a massive protest march and gherao of the Himachal Pradesh Secretariat on July 29, calling it a struggle to defend “land, livelihood, and Himachaliyat.”
An emergency general meeting of the HP Apple Growers Association was convened today at Hatkoti in Jubbal tehsil, where farmers, orchardists, and residents from Rohru, Jubbal, Nawar, Kotkhai, Chuharu, and Chopal voiced strong opposition to the felling of apple trees and forced evictions from homes being carried out under the Himachal Pradesh High Court’s July 2 order.

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Punjab Police foil targeted killing plot, 5 Jaggu Bhagwanpuria gang operatives arrested

15 Jul 2025 | 11:07 PM

Chandigarh, July 15 (UNI) In a major breakthrough during the ongoing drive to make Punjab a safe and secure state as per the directives of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, the Punjab Police has successfully foiled a targeted killing plot with the arrest of five operatives linked to the Jaggu Bhagwanpuria gang.

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Rajasthan CM Sharma exhorts all citizens to contribute in fight against corruption

15 Jul 2025 | 11:05 PM

Jaipur, July 15 (UNI) Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma has sought cooperation from the ACB sleuths and common man for keeping the commitment of Zero Tolerance to corruption made by his government to the people of the state.

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J&K Police crack inter-state gold fraud; accused arrested

15 Jul 2025 | 10:56 PM

Jammu, July 15 (UNI) Jammu and Kashmir Police have cracked an inter-state gold fraud and arrested one person in Majalta area of Udhampur district, an officer said today.

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Another conversion racket busted in Bareilly

15 Jul 2025 | 10:27 PM

Lucknow, July 15 (UNI) Close on the heels of arrest of Changur Baba alias Jalaluddin, allegedly converting girls of Hindu religion to Muslim religion, yet another similar racket unearthed in Bareilly.

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Himachal CM seeks centres support for repair & reconstruction of damaged roads

15 Jul 2025 | 9:56 PM

Shimla, July 15 (UNI) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu today called on Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari at New Delhi on and apprised him of massive damages caused by flash floods in the state and sought support for repair and reconstruction of damaged roads.

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Chhattisgarh deports 30 Bangladeshi nationals in first large scale operation

15 Jul 2025 | 9:46 PM

Raipur, July 15 (UNI) The Chhattisgarh government today deported 30 Bangladeshi nationals
who had been residing unlawfully in various districts of the state.

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CM Sukhu seeks enhanced central aid for flood-hit Himachal

15 Jul 2025 | 9:40 PM

Shimla, July 15 (UNI) Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi today and apprised him that Himachal Pradesh had suffered damages amounting to around Rs. 1000 crore due to flash floods and cloudbursts, even as the monsoon had just begun.

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Mahua Moitra alleges illegal detention of Bengal workers in Chhattisgarh, Police deny charge

15 Jul 2025 | 9:28 PM

Raipur, July 15 (UNI) Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra has alleged that nine labourers from
her Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal were wrongfully detained by police in Chhattisgarh’s Kondagaon district and falsely identified as illegal Bangladeshi immigrants.

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A youth commit suicide, girl critical in Etawah

15 Jul 2025 | 9:21 PM

Etawah, July 15 (UNI) A youth and a girl, said to be having an affair, tried to commit suicide by hanging themselves from a mango tree, in which the youth died, while the girl was saved as
she was timely rescued by the villagers.

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J&K Congress to intensify statehood movement

15 Jul 2025 | 9:07 PM

Jammu, July 15 (UNI) Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee today decided to intensify its statehood movement by holding protest demonstration in Jammu, Srinagar and Delhi on the eve of Parliamentary session starting from July 21.

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J&K BJP slams CM Omar for 'glorifying rioters', undermining law, order

15 Jul 2025 | 9:06 PM

Jammu, July 15 (UNI) Jammu and Kashmir Bharatiya Janata Party today criticised Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s recent actions and statements, calling them a mockery of the law-and-order system.

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