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Punjab:Vigilance Bureau arrests Patwari taking Rs 20,000 bribe

The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB), during its ongoing campaign against corruption in the state, on Wednesday has apprehended Harsimratjit Singh, posted as Patwari in revenue Circle Chogawan, Amritsar district while he was accepting a bribe of Rs 20000.

Kerala Govt shelves controversial Forest Amendment Bill

The Left Democratic Front (LDF) government in Kerala has decided to withdraw the controversial Kerala Forest (Amendment) Bill, 2024. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan announced on Wednesday that the proposed amendments to the Forest Act, which had sparked public concerns, would not proceed.

With monsoon rains returns confusion over dengue death toll in WB

With the advent of the monsoon this year the annual confusion over the number of dengue- affected people and deaths in West Bengal has returned. So has returned the political slugfest over allegations against the state government of suppressing the figures of those affected on this count and the counter- allegations against the opposition of creating panic among the people by bloating the numbers.