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Cal HC grants relief to TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee, rules against coercive action by ED
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday granted relief to TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee, directing the ED not to take coercive steps against him in connection with its probe into the school…
- India
Women’s reservation bill be implemented immediately: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday demanded that the women’s reservation bill be implemented immediately and alleged that the government does not want to do this while distracting from the…
- India
SC to hear pleas on marital rape in mid-October
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said it would list pleas on the issue of marital rape for hearing in mid-October. The pleas raise the legal question of whether a husband…
- India
PM Modi felicitated at BJP headquarters over women’s reservation bill passage
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was accorded a warm welcome at the BJP headquarters here on Friday by the party’s women wing, a day after Parliament passed the women’s reservation bill.…
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Kashmir separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq released from house arrest after 4 yrs
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was released from house arrest on Friday, four years after he was taken into detention in the wake of the abrogation of the provisions of…
- India
Maha govt puts on hold women empowerment scheme within 24 hrs of announcement
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has put on hold a women empowerment scheme within 24 hours of issuing an order regarding its implementation. The scheme Mukhymantri Mahila Sashaktikaran Abhiyan’ was to be implemented…
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Tripura: Man tries to open emergency door of flight mid-air, detained
Agartala: Passengers of a Guwahati-Agartala Indigo flight had a mid-air scare when a passenger attempted to open an emergency door, an Airports Authority of India official said. The man, identified as Biswajit…
- India
3 women gangraped in front of family members in Haryana
Chandigarh: Three women were allegedly raped by four unidentified men in front of their family members in Haryana’s Panipat, police said on Thursday. The incident took place late Wednesday, police said, adding…
- Kashmir
Family stages protest in Jammu over mysterious death of soldier
Jammu: The army on Thursday said an inquiry is underway into the death of a soldier in West Bengal last week, hours after the grieving family staged a protest here against his…
- India
Women’s reservation bill incomplete without OBC quota, caste census: CM Gehlot
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday said the women’s reservation bill has been welcomed by everyone but is incomplete without OBC reservation and the caste census. Speaking to reporters after…
- Pakistan
Pakistan’s general elections to be held in last week of January 2024: EC
Islamabad: General elections in Pakistan will take place in the last week of January 2024, the election commission announced on Thursday, amid mounting pressure from political parties and the international community to…
- World
Ramaswamy calls for declaring economic independence from China
Washington: Indian-American Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has called for declaring economic independence from China, for which he proposed a slew of measures including an expanded relationship with countries like India. In…
- World
US supports Canada’s efforts in investigation against India: Jake Sullivan
Washington: The US on Thursday said it supports Canada’s efforts to investigate allegations of India’s involvement in the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in Surrey. Hardeep Singh Nijjar, 45, the chief…
- India
Nirav Modi transferred to privately-run prison in London
London: Nirav Modi, the fugitive diamond merchant wanted in India to stand trial on fraud and money laundering charges, has been transferred out of one of the largest and most overcrowded prisons…
- India
Aadhaar-voter ID linking: Will make ‘clarificatory’ changes in forms, EC tells SC
New Delhi: The Election Commission has told the Supreme Court that it would make “clarificatory” changes in its forms meant for adding new voters and updating records of old ones in the…
