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Bengal remembers Dr Syama Prasad on his birth anniversary

Kolkata, July 6 (UNI) West Bengal today fondly remembered Dr Syama Prasad Mookherjee, the founder of erstwhile Bharatiya Jana Sangh and India's first commerce minister, on his birth anniversary.
On this day Dr Syama Prasad Mookherjee, the freedom fighter and India's first minister for industry and supply (now known as minister of Commerce and Industries) under then Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru, was born in then Calcutta in 1901.
State chief minister Mamata Banerjee paid tributes to Mookherjee to mark his birth anniversary.
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Assam Mine Tragedy: Sixth schedule committee demands transparency, accountability over delayed judicial report

12 Jul 2025 | 6:22 PM

Guwahati, July 12 (UNI) More than six months after the devastating rat-hole coal mine tragedy in Assam's Dima Hasao district, a key regional organisation has demanded that the state government immediately make public the findings of the judicial commission that probed the incident.

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Heat waves in India expected to intensify in future: Dr Srivastava

12 Jul 2025 | 6:12 PM

Bhubaneswar, July 12 (UNI) Heat waves in India are expected to intensify in the coming years, leading to a rise in heat stress, said Dr. Akhil Srivastava from the National Weather Forecasting Centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

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Over 74 pc Bihar electors have submitted their enumeration forms under electoral revision drive

12 Jul 2025 | 6:03 PM

Patna, July 12 (UNI) With 14 more days left before the last date of collection of Enumeration Forms, over 74 percent of the 7,89,69,844 (nearly 7.90 crore) electors in Bihar have already submitted their forms.

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Common Servicing Centres promoting rural entrepreneurship across India: Pradhan

12 Jul 2025 | 6:01 PM

Bhubaneswar, July 12 (UNI) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today said Common Service Centres (CSCs) have emerged as a cornerstone of the Digital India initiative, playing a crucial role in bridging the digital divide and promoting rural entrepreneurship across the country.

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Bihar govt plans to offer 100 units of free electricity ahead of crucial polls

12 Jul 2025 | 5:48 PM

Patna, July 12 (UNI) Ahead of the crucial assembly elections in Bihar, the state government is
all set to offer 100 units of electricity for free to domestic consumers every month.

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