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THE TIMES OF INDIA | Feb 19, 2020, 14:56:45 IST
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Hegde and Ramachandran escorted by police to the protest site
We hope to speak to all protesters, Hegde tells reporters ahead of meeting
The Supreme Court had appointed senior advocates Sanjay Hegde, Sadhana Ramachandran and former CIC Wajahat Habibullah to mediate with the protesters and persuade them to move their protest to an alternative site where no public place is blocked.
SC-appointed mediators are at Shaheen Bagh to hold talks with protesters
Arbitrariness in top judicial institutions fatal for democracy says Congress on Central Vigilance Commissioner appointment (PTI)
Additional Chief Secretary UP Avanish Awasthi and Ayodhaya DM Anuj Jha nominates as ex officio members of the Ramjnbhoomi temple trust
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In total, 10 operations in which 2 have taken place in Jammu and 8 in Kashmir have been successfully conducted in the year 2020; 19 terrorists in Kashmir and 4 in Jammu have been neutralised so far
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Huge cache of ammunition recovered from the 3 terrorists that were killed earlier today in Tral, one of them, Jahangeer was a commander of Hizbul Mujaheedin &was involved in 8 big terror activities which resulted in a fearful environment in region
DGP Jammu&Kashmir, Dilbag Singh (As reported by ANI)Special court adjourns hearing in CBI vs CBI alleged graft case, summons ex-IO AK Bassi (ANI)
CBI vs CBI: Court raps probe agency for not conducting psychological, lie detector tests on Asthana (PTI)
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India to switch to world's cleanest petrol, diesel; oil cos on track to supplying BS-VI fuel from Apr 1
IOC Chairman (As reported by PTI)The Centre told Delhi HC that task force has been constituted to study issue of age of girl entering motherhood, the court was hearing PIL, seeking equal minimum age of marriage for men and women (ANI)
Kerala to set up 12,000 public toilet complexes on national and state highways (PTI)
Bihar: A portion of a school building blown up by Naxals in Gaya's Bankey Bazar area, no injuries reported (ANI)
Dozens of crude bombs found in front of panchayat office, TMC office, bank in West Bengal's Birbhum district (PTI)
Chennai: People sing National Anthem during the march towards the State Secretariat from Walajah
#WATCH Chennai: People sing National Anthem during the march towards the State Secretariat from Walajah Road to pro… https://t.co/7sFuciOZ5P
— ANI (@ANI) 1582097319000SC directs Rajasthan govt, all collectors and SPs to stop illegal sand mining in state (PTI)
Seeks action taken report from govt within 4 weeks and directs its central empowered committee to conduct an inquiry into illegal sand mining in Rajasthan
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Central govt's pressure has claimed so many lives. Three people died due to this pressure by the agencies. Sultan Ahmed (former TMC MP), TMC MP Prasun Banerjee’s wife passed away and now Tapas Pal.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on the death of former TMC MP Tapas Pal (As reported by ANI)Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah at 2:30 pm (PTI)
Chief Justice of India SA Bobde expresses inclination to discuss with transport minister Nitin Gadkari the issues relating to Centre’s policy of switching all public transport and government vehicles to electric vehicles over a period of time in order to curb air pollution (ANI)
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