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NHRC Special Monitor arrives in Aizawl to review early childhood education

Aizawl, April ृृ20 (UNI) Poonam Malakondaiah, Special Monitor of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), arrived in Aizawl on Sunday on a three-day visit to Mizoram to assess
early childhood education and related welfare programmes.
She was received by officials from the School Education and the Women & Child Development departments.
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Bihar: Former NSUI president Rashid Fakhri expelled from Congress for 6 years

13 May 2026 | 9:24 PM

Patna, May 13 (UNI) The Bihar Pradesh Congress Disciplinary Committee has expelled former state president of the National Students’ union of India (NSUI), Rashid Fakhri, from the primary membership of the party for six years on alleged charges of indiscipline and anti-party activities.

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TMC councillor arrested on extortion charges in Bengal's Baranagar

13 May 2026 | 9:24 PM

Kolkata, May 13 (UNI) A Trinamool Congress councillor of Baranagar Municipality under West Bengal'sNorth 24 Parganas district was arrested on Wednesday on the charges of extortion, criminal intimidation and forcibly interfering in a tenancy dispute.

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Mahua Moitra faces criminal complaint over army operation comments

13 May 2026 | 9:18 PM

Krishnagar, May 13 (UNI) A fresh political and legal storm erupted around Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Wednesday after a criminal complaint accusing her of making “anti-national” and “seditious” remarks on “Operation Sindoor” was filed before the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) in Krishnagar, Nadia.

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Arunachal: Three held in anti-drug crackdown at Deomali

13 May 2026 | 9:17 PM

Itanagar, May 13 (UNI) In a major breakthrough against drug abuse and narcotics trafficking, the police administration in Arunachal Pradesh’s Deomali, in collaboration with the sub-divisional administration, apprehended two suspected female drug peddlers during a crackdown conducted at CRPF Colony on May 11.

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ZSI discovers two new spider species, revives century-old study on ‘Vinegaroons’

13 May 2026 | 9:14 PM

Siliguri, May 13 (UNI) India’s hidden world of spiders and whip scorpions has come into fresh scientific focus after researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) discovered two new spider species in Nagaland and revived scientific studies on the country’s little-known whip scorpions after more than a century.

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