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Jharkhand: CCL concludes vigilance awareness festival, honours winners & artists

27 Oct 2026 | 7:09 PM

Ranchi, Oct 27 (UNI) Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) on Tuesday concluded its two-day Vigilance Awareness Festival 2026 at its headquarters in Darbhanga House, Ranchi, with winners of various competitions and participating artists being felicitated.

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BJP makes major rural inroads in Punjab as 31 sarpanches join party in Gurdaspur

27 Oct 2026 | 7:06 PM

Neeraj Bali
Chandigarh, Oct 27 (UNI) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claimed a significant political breakthrough in Punjab's rural belt on Tuesday as 31 village sarpanches joined the party in Gurdaspur district, alongside 15 other local leaders, strengthening its grassroots network in the Dinanagar assembly constituency.

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Cyclone: Kakinada SP visits Uppada coastal villages, urges residents to move to safety

27 Oct 2026 | 7:06 PM

Kakinada, Oct 27 (UNI): Kakinada Superintendent of Police Bindu Madhav, along with a State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) team, visited coastal villages in Uppada on Tuesday and urged residents to move to safer places in view of the approaching cyclone.

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Panchkula DC mandates 'Work in Progress' signboards, crakdown on traffic violators

27 Oct 2026 | 7:06 PM

Panchkula, Oct 27 (UNI) In a sweeping move to bring down road accidents and eliminate fatal black spots across the district, Deputy Commissioner Satpal Sharma on Tuesday issued a string of stringent directives to all departments, making it mandatory to display 'Work in Progress' signboards at every sewerage, road repair and construction site to enable commuters switch to alternative routes and avoid mishaps.

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Cyclone: Kakinada Collector, SP inspect rehabilitation centre at Gadimoga

27 Oct 2026 | 7:04 PM

Kakinada, Oct 27 (UNI) Kakinada District Collector M.N. Harendhira Prasad and Superintendent of Police Bindu Madhav on Tuesday inspected a rehabilitation centre at Gadimoga village in Thallarevu mandal as part of the district administration's cyclone preparedness and relief measures.

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Haryana orders transfer of officials caught red-handed in vigilance trap cases

27 Oct 2026 | 7:04 PM

Neeraj Bali
Chandigarh, Oct 27 (UNI) Government employees arrested in corruption sting operations in Haryana will no longer be allowed to return to their previous postings after securing bail, under new rules aimed at preventing interference with witnesses and criminal proceedings.

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Khilafat Committee challenges Waqf Tribunal jurisdiction over Mumbai property dispute

27 Oct 2026 | 7:01 PM

Mumbai, Oct 27 (UNI) The All India Khilafat Committee has challenged the jurisdiction of the Maharashtra Waqf Tribunal to hear petitions concerning construction and renovation work at Mumbai's historic Khilafat House, maintaining that the property is not registered as Waqf land.

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ECoR mobilises emergency teams to tackle cyclone threat

27 Oct 2026 | 7:01 PM

Bhubaneswar, Oct 27 (UNI) East Coast Railway (ECoR) has stepped up preparedness for Cyclone Arnab, likely to affect Odisha and Andhra Pradesh from October 27 to 29, with five Odisha districts — Ganjam, Gajapati, Rayagada, Koraput and Malkangiri — identified as vulnerable. Most sensitive railway sections fall under Rayagada Division, said officials on Tuesday.

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Haryana Assembly Speaker Harvinder Kalyan attends 12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum in New Delhi

27 Oct 2026 | 6:52 PM

New Delhi, Oct 27(UNI) Haryana Assembly Speaker Harvinder Kalyan participated in the two-day 12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum held at the Central Hall of Parliament House in New Delhi, where delegates discussed ways to strengthen parliamentary cooperation and promote people-centric development.

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Jewellery worth Rs 3 Cr looted from a shop in Bihar

27 Oct 2026 | 6:50 PM

Sasaram (Bihar), Oct 27 (UNI) Four armed masked criminals looted jewellery worth approximately Rs 3 crore from Kanchan Jewellers holding the shop owner hostage at gunpoint near Mahatma Gandhi Chowk in Kochas town of Rohtas district on Tuesday afternoon.

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Army Sports Institute conducts talent scouting trials in Tawang

27 Oct 2026 | 6:49 PM

Itanagar, Oct 27 (UNI) The Army Sports Institute (ASI), Pune, in collaboration with the Indian Army’s Gajraj Corps, the Tawang district administration and the Tawang District Archery Association (TDAA), commenced a three-day talent scouting and selection trial at Tawang on Tuesday to identify promising sportspersons from Arunachal Pradesh.

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Haryana Minister Krishan Lal Panwar Stops Convoy, Rushes Accident Victim to Hospital

27 Oct 2026 | 6:46 PM

Jind, Oct 27 (UNI) Haryana Development and Panchayats and Mines Minister Krishan Lal Panwar stopped his convoy to help a seriously injured pickup driver after a collision between a pickup vehicle and a canter on the NH-152D near Julana in Jind district on Tuesday.

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Kashmiri Pandit activist Rakesh Handoo gets five-day police remand in ‘cyberterrorism’ case

27 Oct 2026 | 6:42 PM

Srinagar, Oct 27 (UNI) A Kashmiri Pandit activist, Rakesh Handoo, arrested in connection with a ‘cyberterrorism’ case registered in north Kashmir’s Baramulla, was on Tuesday remanded to five days of police custody.

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Maha: 3.5 acres of sugarcane crop gutted in fire in Sakri; distressed farmer attempts suicide

27 Oct 2026 | 6:41 PM

Dhule, Oct 27 (UNI) A farmer allegedly attempted suicide after a fire destroyed sugarcane crops spread across 3.5 acres of his field in Bhongaon village of Sakri taluka in the district today.

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Panipat tops NCR pollution chart with AQI of 274; Manesar, Bhiwadi in ‘poor’ category; Delhi Outer North records 197

27 Oct 2026 | 6:38 PM

Panchkula, Oct 27 (UNI) Panipat recorded the highest Air Quality Index (AQI) among the cities covered in the October 27 NCR air quality bulletin, with a reading of 274 in the ‘Poor’ category. Manesar in Haryana also reported poor air quality at 219, while Bhiwadi in Rajasthan recorded an AQI of 244. Delhi’s Outer North area recorded an AQI of 197, placing it in the moderate category.
The bulletin, at 4 pm, which presents average air quality readings for the preceding 24 hours, showed that Panipat was the most polluted among the listed NCR cities.

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