Pakistan to support Iran at all forums: PM Sharif

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Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Tuesday committed to support Iran at all forums and discussed the rapidly evolving situation in West Asia with envoys from Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Pakistan foreign office expressed deep concern and alarm at the serious escalation in the security situation in the region, a government statement said here. Prime Minister Sharif committed to support Iran at all forums, as a ceasefire was announced by President Donald...

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Big relief: EPFO raises auto-settlement limit for advance claims to Rs 5 lakh

EPFO Employees Provident Fund Organisation

New Delhi: In a big relief for millions of people, the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has raised the auto-settlement limit for advance claims (ASAC) from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 5 lakh, Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said Tuesday. The move will enable withdrawal of the amount without the requirement of manual verification. EPFO first introduced auto-settlement of advance claims during the Covid-19 pandemic to provide quick financial assistance to its...

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Death toll from Israeli attacks in Iran exceeds 600: Officials

Death toll from Israeli attacks in Iran

Tehran: The death toll from Israeli strikes across Iran over the past 12 days has reached 606, with 5,332 others injured, Iran's Health Minister Mohammad-Reza Zafarghandi said Tuesday. Zafarghandi described the past 24 hours as witnessing the "most horrific attacks and aggressions" by Israel since the start of the aerial conflict June 13, resulting in 104 deaths and 1,342 injuries. Meanwhile, Israel's Health Ministry has reported 28 fatalities and 3,238 injuries...

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Cross-border terrorism must be punished, Doval says at SCO meeting

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Beijing: NSA Ajit Doval Tuesday called on the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to hold perpetrators, organisers, and financiers of cross-border terror to account, widely seen as a demand to act against Pakistan-backed terrorism. In his address at a conclave of top security officials of the SCO, Doval said India is "deeply concerned" about the continued threat from UN-proscribed terror groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Al Qaeda, ISIS and its...

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A17-year-old girl was beaten to death by her father for not getting good score in a mock test for the pre-medical National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) in Sangli, Maharashtra, recently. The bright girl who had scored 95 per cent in Plus II lost her life at the altar of parental and societal expectation. These kinds of...

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No theft of ‘modak’ from Puri Jagannath temple: Minister

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan Tuesday clarified that there was no theft of “modak” from the Jagannath temple in Puri as alleged by a section of servitors. “Modak” is a special type of ladoo offered to the deities of the temple as part of one of the rituals ahead of the Rath Yatra festival. “There was...

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Group clash turns deadly in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj; one killed, four injured

Baripada: One person was killed and four others were seriously injured in a group clash in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district Tuesday, police said. The clash took place in Kalikapur area Tuesday afternoon over a previous rivalry, Baripada Town police station inspector-in-charge Karunakar Rout said. The deceased was identified as Raju Ghadei (38). His mother Sabitri, and three others...

Odisha: Man posing as doctor arrested for sexually abusing minor in Berhampur

Berhampur: The police in Odisha's Berhampur, Tuesday, arrested a 'homeopathy doctor' over the charges of sexually abusing a minor girl on the pretext of facilitating the victim to get her BSc nursing degree and provide her free education and accommodation, police sources said. Two women associates of the doctor were also apprehended by the police for abetting...

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Pakistan to support Iran at all forums: PM Sharif

Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Tuesday committed to support Iran at all forums and discussed the rapidly evolving situation in West Asia with envoys from Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Pakistan foreign office expressed deep concern and alarm at the serious escalation in the security situation in the region, a government statement said here. Prime Minister Sharif committed...

EPFO Employees Provident Fund Organisation

Big relief: EPFO raises auto-settlement limit for advance claims to Rs 5 lakh

New Delhi: In a big relief for millions of people, the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has raised the auto-settlement limit for advance claims (ASAC) from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 5 lakh, Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said Tuesday. The move will enable withdrawal of the amount without the requirement of manual verification. EPFO first introduced auto-settlement...

Ticket shock: Railways likely to hike fares for AC and non-AC passengers

New Delhi: The Railway Ministry is considering increasing fares of non-AC class in Mail/Express trains by 1 paisa and all AC classes by 2 paise per kilometre from July 1, 2025, officials said Tuesday. “As compared to the previous fare revisions in 2020 and 2013, the current increase will be the lowest,” a railway official said. “So...

 

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