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Maldives prez alleges his predecessor took orders from ‘foreign ambassador’
Male: Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu has alleged that his predecessor, President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, operated on orders from “a foreign ambassador.” Muizzu, however, neither named any country nor any diplomat. The president…
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‘Sunita Kejriwal preparing to hold CM’s post…’: Hardeep Puri
New Delhi: Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday compared Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s wife Sunita to former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi, and said she is perhaps preparing to hold the…
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‘Tax terrorism’: Congress to hold nation-wide protest against fresh I-T notices
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday has received fresh notices from the income-tax department, asking it to pay Rs 1,823.08 crore, and accused the ruling BJP of indulging in “tax terrorism” to…
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44% of sitting MPs face criminal charges, 5% are billionaires: ADR
New Delhi: Out of the 514 sitting Lok Sabha MPs analysed, 225 (44 per cent) have declared criminal cases against themselves, according to the self-sworn affidavits analysed by poll rights body Association…
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Kangana Ranaut launches LS poll campaign with roadshow in Mandi
Shimla: Actor Kangana Ranaut began her Lok Sabha election campaign in Mandi constituency on Friday with a roadshow, hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi with “Jai Shri Ram” and asserting that the BJP’s…
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TMC seeks ECI’s intervention against ‘misuse’ of central agencies by BJP
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress leaders on Monday approached the Election Commission of India alleging misuse of central agencies by the ruling BJP, and sought its intervention. The TMC leaders will meet the…
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Mahagathbandhan announces LS seat-sharing for Bihar, RJD to contest 26, Congress 9
Patna: The Mahagathbandhan, the opposition coalition in Bihar, on Friday announced that the RJD, its largest constituent, will contest 26, out of the state’s 40 Lok Sabha seats. The Congress will contest…
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Special court convicts 7 people in BSP MLA Raju Pal murder case
New Delhi: A special CBI court in Lucknow on Friday convicted seven people in the killing of former BSP MLA Raju Pal in 2005, a case in which murdered gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad…
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UP ranks first in custodial deaths, all cases warrant probe: Congress leader
Noida: Congress leader from Uttar Pradesh Pankhuri Pathak on Friday called for a judicial probe into every death in police custody, saying the state government and the police administration “becoming so uncontrolled”…
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ASI’s survey of Bhojshala complex continues on Day 8; security tightened
Dhar: The court-mandated survey of the Bhojshala/Kamal Maula Mosque complex in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar, being conducted by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), continued on the eighth day amid heightened security arrangements.…
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LS polls: More than 79,000 violations reported so far through C-Vigil app, says EC
New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) on Friday said its C-Vigil mobile application has become an effective tool in the hands of people for flagging poll code violations and since the announcement…
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Akhilesh demands probe supervised by SC judge into ‘doubtful’ cases
Lucknow: Raising a question mark on the law-and-order situation in Uttar Pradesh after the death of mafia don-turned-politician Mukhtan Ansari following a cardiac arrest in Banda, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav…
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PM Modi govt trying to make Congress party bankrupt, says KC Venugopal
Alappuzha: The Congress on Friday sharply reacted to the Income Tax Department’s notice to the grand old party to pay a penalty of over Rs 1,750 crore and said the officials were…
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Kejriwal’s wife launches WhatsApp campaign to garner support for AAP leader
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s wife Sunita launched a WhatsApp campaign on Friday, urging people to support her husband, who is in the ED’s custody in an excise policy-linked money-laundering…
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Congress gets fresh IT notice of Rs 1,700 cr, say party insiders
New Delhi: The Income Tax department has served a fresh notice of Rs 1,700 crore to the Congress for discrepancies in tax returns for previous years, dealing another blow to the cash-strapped…
