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Uttarakhand’s Rs 2 lakh housing aid scheme for soldiers’ families: Eligibility, benefits and more explained
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Nitin Nabin in Uttarakhand, BJP signals early prep for assembly polls
Uttarakhand may not figure high among states ranked by political weight but it warrants enough importance in the BJP's scheme of things for its president Nitin Nabin to spend three days touching base with booth-level members, MPs and MLAs and brainstorming with them over winning seats that the party lost narrowly in 2022. While assembly election in the hill state is due early next year, it is still two years away in Karnataka where he was recently for two days, emphasising the need for...
Uttarakhand Dalit teen ‘tortured to death’ over friendship with upper caste girl
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After Assam, MP next? CM Mohan Yadav says state committed to implementing UCC
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Nepal, India encroaching on each other's land, UK must step in: PM Balen Shah
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'No role for third parties': India slams Nepal after PM Shah's UK remark on border row
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What India nets revealed: Padikkal at No. 3; Test debut beckons for one
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Nepal seeks 'transformative' ties, says no grudge against India
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‘Encroached territory’: Why India-Nepal border dispute is heating up again
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