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फुटबॉल टाइमDealing a massive blow to the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the opposition United Democratic Front (UDF), BJP candidate Suresh Gopi won the Thrissur Lok Sabha seat by a margin of 74,686 votes, becoming the first saffron party nominee to win a Parliament seat in Kerala. The role that the slogan “A Union Minister for Thrissur, Modi’s Guarantee” played in Gopi’s victory was significant. On Sunday, the actor-turned-politician took oath as a Minister of State (MoS) in the third Modi government. Suresh Gopi, who scripted an unprecedented win for the NDA from the Thrissur constituency, has been made the Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and the Ministry of Tourism. He will be reporting to Hardeep Singh Puri and Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, the Ministers of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Tourism, respectively.

If you always had to decide between north and south Goa due to the distance between them, you might not have to make that choice anymore, thanks to a helicopter service in the state that will cover the distance in minutes. This comes as good news to people who are uncomfortable with long car rides, don’t have the time to cover the distance in hours.French Open postponed to May 30 amid COVID-19 crisis Drawn from diverse background ranging from a primary teacher in Pune to a technology analyst in Chandigarh,a team of about five Indians are set to join the main crew on February 28 in Ushuaia,Argentina,the southernmost city in the world,before heading to Antarctica on March 3.

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In 2014, as part of the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Delhi’s seven MPs — all from the ruling BJP — picked a village each under their constituency and were tasked with ensuring its development: proper roads, water supply or sanitation among other things.

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For now, she just fights for 8-year-old Fatma. The child has spent virtually all her life with her mother and aunt — Hamrouni’s eldest daughters — raised in detention in Libya, where the women wound up after leaving home as teenagers and joining Islamic State group extremists.

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According to authorities, the shopkeeper had purchased 1,000 plates in bulk from a factory; of these, only a few were found to have a picture of the deity printed on them. The paper used to make the plates were recycled from the cover of a book named Ramayana Unravelled, they added. Subway India takes away free cheese slice, offers sauce as inflation bites The MacBook Air remains the most popular Mac on the market, and there is a reason why people like this computer so much. The MacBook Air is one of the fastest laptops in its segment, but it is also lightweight and costs about the same as popular ultra-portable Windows laptops. If the latest rumours are to be believed, the Air will get a major refresh, and the new model could be announced as early as next week at WWDC.

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The Anandpur Sahib Lok Sabha seat, under the Ropar district of the state, is said to have a sizeable vote share of the BSP but the party’s performance has remained poor and it has only managed the cadre vote in the last three parliamentary elections. The BSP has not been able to improve its vote share in the last three Lok Sabha elections in the area which is the birthplace of the party’s founder Kanshi Ram. The party’s candidates have remained at either the third or the fourth position in these Lok Sabha elections.

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Will Smith’s slap seen round the world at the Oscars was clearly a crime, legal experts say, but the chances of prosecution are slim and even if convicted he’d likely face little more than a slap of his own — on the wrist. Smith left millions of witnesses stunned Sunday when he marched onto the stage of the Dolby Theatre and smacked Chris Rock in the face after the comedian made a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, who was sitting with the actor in the front row.

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फुटबॉल टाइमActor Robert Downey Jr has shared the first poster of the Netflix documentary Sr., which is based on the life of his father and late Hollywood director, Robert Downey Sr. The countercultural filmmaker passed away in July last year. He was 85. The documentary will stream on Netflix from December 2.

Consuming ghee ‘has some contraindications’; find out what they are फुटबॉल टाइमThe Andhra Pradesh government Saturday constituted a one-man commission of inquiry to probe into the two recent stampedes at Telugu Desam Party (TDP) events in which 11 people were killed.The actor claimed that he wants to live an eventful life when he’s not shooting, so he can channel his experiences when he goes in front of the camera.