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Indira Gandhi was example of love and courage: Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi, Nov 19 (PTI) The Congress paid rich tributes to former prime minister Indira Gandhi on her birth anniversary on Tuesday with Rahul Gandhi saying that it is from his grandmother that he learnt that real strength is to fearlessly walk on the path of national interest. Indira Gandhi, often described as the ‘Iron Lady of India’, was born on November 19, 1917 in Uttar Pradesh’s Allahabad. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi paid floral tributes to Indira Gandhi at her memorial ‘Shakti Sthal’ here. Rahul Gandhi also paid floral tributes at the Indira Gandhi Memorial at 1,

Government plans minority stake sale in Central Bank of India, Indian Overseas Bank, UCO Bank, and Punjab and Sind Bank, source says

NEW DELHI, Nov 19 (Reuters) – The Indian government is considering selling minority stakes in four state-run banks to comply with public shareholding norms mandated by the country’s markets regulator, a government source told Reuters. The finance ministry is likely to seek approval of the federal cabinet in the coming months to dilute the stake in Central Bank of India, Indian Overseas Bank, UCO Bank and Punjab and Sind Bank, the source said. The Indian government owns more than 93% in Central Bank of India, 96.4% in Indian Overseas Bank, 95.4% in UCO Bank and 98.3% in Punjab and Sind

One dead as renewed unrest erupts in Manipur

GUWAHATI, India, Nov 18 (Reuters) – At least one person died in the past 24 hours during a third straight day of ethnic unrest in the troubled eastern Indian border state of Manipur, a government official said on Monday. The state of 3.2 million people, which borders Myanmar, has been hit by a fresh spate of violence over the last week, part of long-standing strife between its ethnic Kuki and Meitei communities. The bloodshed has killed at least 250 people and displaced 60,000 people in the region since May last year. Late on Sunday night, Meitei residents in the Jiribam

Centre to modernise online public grievance redressal system with AI says Jitendra Singh

New Delhi, Nov 18 (PTI) Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Monday said that the Centre’s online public grievance redressal system will be further modernised using next-generation technologies, including Artificial Intelligence (AI). Addressing a National Workshop on Effective Redressal of Public Grievances through a virtual platform, Singh highlighted that the average time for grievance resolution has dropped from 30 days to just 13 days and it “will soon be reduced further”. The Minister of State for Personnel underscored this achievement as a testament to the government’s commitment to responsive and citizen-centric governance under leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Singh said

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