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TASMAC strike: 245 suspended as Tamil Nadu shops reopen
Liquor shops reopened after a flash strike over the empty-bottle return scheme, but unions seek withdrawal of suspensions and more staff and scanners.
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NEET-PG: Expert panel urges rank-based merit system in SC
The 12-member committee's report, annexed to the Centre's affidavit, also seeks fee cuts and relaxed service bonds for non-clinical seats to reduce vacancies.
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Shah offers special Parliament session on SIR, attacks Congress
Speaking in Raipur, the Union home minister also claimed the state is free of Naxalism; no response from the Congress was available at the time of writing.
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Iran says Indian ships exempt from Hormuz restrictions
An Iranian parliamentary committee official said India, China, Iraq and Qatar are exempt, citing medicine imports for India, as Qatar-led diplomacy continues.
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Centre proposes instant licence suspension for substandard drugs
The Health Ministry's draft amendment to the Drugs Rules would drop the show-cause notice step for critical quality failures, and is open for comment for 30 days.
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Cabinet approves two-year extension for Agniveers
The Chief of Defence Staff said Agniveers due to leave after four years will get two more years with higher pay, and a route to regular service.
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Modi calls opposition 'obstructive force' in Ekta Diwas speech
Speaking on Sardar Patel's 151st birth anniversary, the Prime Minister accused the opposition of obstruction, while the BJP dismissed the INDIA bloc's mock impeachment of the CEC.
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Cyclone Murasu likely to hit Andhra coast on November 3
The weather office expects a Bay of Bengal depression to intensify and cross between Nellore and Narasapur, though the exact landfall point remains uncertain.
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INDIA bloc, BJP hold rival marches in Delhi on CEC row
Opposition leaders will walk to Ramlila Maidan demanding the Chief Election Commissioner's resignation, while the BJP marks the 1984 riots anniversary in West Delhi.
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Modi approves Northern Bullet Train Corridor to Guwahati
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the line will run through Lucknow, Varanasi, Patna and Siliguri, though no cost or construction date has been announced.
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Bengaluru–Mumbai Vande Bharat Sleeper train flagged off
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw launched the 16-coach overnight service, which runs six days a week and covers the route in about 16 hours.
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Cyclone Murasu: red alert for five Andhra districts ahead of landfall
IMD says the storm may become a severe cyclone; NDRF and SDRF teams are deployed and Odisha, still recovering from Cyclone Arnab, expects more rain.
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