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Refer BJP MP Bidhuri’s comments to privileges panel: Danish Ali to LS speaker
New Delhi: BSP MP Danish Ali wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday, demanding that the matter of BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri’s use of abusive language on the floor of the…
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My name dragged to tarnish my image: Harsh Vardhan on Bidhuri remarks row
New Delhi: BJP MP Harsh Vardhan on Friday alleged that some people with vested interest have “dragged” his name into a row over certain objectionable remarks made by his party colleague Ramesh Bidhuri…
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Stray dog bites girl during sterilisation drive by MCD in Usmanpur
New Delhi: A nine-year-old girl on her way to school was hospitalised after being bitten by a stray dog when the Municipal Corporation of Delhi was conducting a sterilisation drive for street…
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PM Modi has become a role model for several world leaders : EAM Jaishankar
New Delhi: Acknowledging the widespread popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi among international dignitaries, Union External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar said that the former has become “a sort of a role…
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Lalu Prasad blames Modi for BJP MPs’ bad behaviour
Patna: RJD president Lalu Prasad on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of giving rise to a “depraved social and political culture” which was manifest in the behaviour of BJP parliamentarians. The…
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Cough sounds analysed for assessing Covid severity in patients in a new study
New Delhi: A cough analysis could soon reveal disease severity in COVID-19 patients, researchers said. Differences in cough sounds depending on the severity of the respiratory condition were observed, the research team…
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LS Speaker warns BJP’s Bidhuri of ‘strict action’ as remarks spark outrage
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday took “serious note” of certain objectionable comments made by BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri in the House and warned him of “strict action” if…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
