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Updated - December 22, 2023 10:54 pm IST

Published - December 18, 2023 11:12 pm IST

**EDS: GRAB VIA PTI VIDEO** New Delhi: Wrestler Bajrang Punia holds his Padma Shri award near the Kartavya Path, in New Delhi, Friday, Dec. 22, 2023. The Olympic medallist grappler on Friday decided to return the Padma Shri award in protest over the election of Sanjay Singh, a Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh loyalist, as the president of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI). (PTI Photo) (PTI12_22_2023_000303B)

**EDS: GRAB VIA PTI VIDEO** New Delhi: Wrestler Bajrang Punia holds his Padma Shri award near the Kartavya Path, in New Delhi, Friday, Dec. 22, 2023. The Olympic medallist grappler on Friday decided to return the Padma Shri award in protest over the election of Sanjay Singh, a Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh loyalist, as the president of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI). (PTI Photo) (PTI12_22_2023_000303B) | Photo Credit: -

Calcutta High Court allows demonstration by State government employees till Saturday 4 p.m.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced an additional 4% DA to the State government employees from January.

Bajrang Punia to return Padma Shri in protest over WFI chief election

Sports Ministry said Punia’s decision to return his Padma award is a personal one but it will still try to convince him to rethink the move

Centre to decide on Karnataka’s plea for drought relief on Saturday, says CM Siddaramaiah

Siddaramaiah told reporters in Mysuru that he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah during his recent visit to New Delhi, and explained the drought situation in Karnataka.

Navakerala Sadas campaign concludes on Saturday

The government and the Opposition struck stridently recriminatory positions as tit-for-tat violence between Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] and Congress workers escalated on the eve of the culmination of the Cabinet’s public outreach programme Navakerala Sadas in the capital on Friday.

JNUSU march over varsity manual on Saturday

The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) called for a protest march on Saturday against the revised Chief Proctor Office manual, which restricts protests on the university campus and lists punishment for 28 types of misconduct.

NDMC to organise Winter Rose Show in Chanakyapuri on Saturday, Sunday

The New Delhi Municipal Council will organise the Winter Rose Show this weekend in Chanakyapuri, it said in a statement on Thursday.

3 foreign nationals are among the wounded after a Prague university shooting in which 14 died

Leaders from many countries, including the United States, and the UN Secretary-General conveyed their condolences. The Czech government declared Saturday a national day of mourning to honour the victims.

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