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UP: With eye on Lok Sabha polls, BJP reaches out to Pasmanda Muslims
Lucknow: Aiming to win all 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP is sharpening its outreach among numerically strong Pasmanda Muslims, which have benefitted from government schemes like free ration…
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Railway Police launches investigation in namaz inside train incident in UP
Gorakhpur: Railway police have launched a probe after a video showing people offering namaz in the corridor of a train coach went viral on social media. The video is said to be of…
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Centre decided to remove all obsolete, archaic laws: Kiren Rijiju
Shillong: Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday announced that the Central government has decided to remove all obsolete and archaic laws of the Indian judiciary from the statute box stating that…
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Bharat Jodo Yatra: Rahul to wind up Karnataka leg, enter Telangana
Raichur: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ resumed from Yermarus here to make a final exit from Karnataka and enter Telangana via that state’s Gudeballur in Mahabubnagar on Sunday morning. According to…
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Darul Uloom Deoband not recognised by UP Madarsa Board: Survey
Saharanpur: Prominent Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband and other 305 madrasas in Saharanpur district are not recognised by the Uttar Pradesh Madarsa Education Board, according to a government survey. Madrasas that are…
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ISRO enters into commercial launch market by placing 36 ‘OneWeb’ satellites into orbit
Sriharikota: In a historic maiden commercial flight, an Indian heavy-lift rocket GSLV MkIII – renamed for this mission as LVM3 M2, successfully placed 36 satellites of UK-based OneWeb into orbit. With this,…
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AIMIM to contest 50 seats in Telangana?
Hyderabad: The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), which is preparing to contest in more than 50 assembly constituencies in Telangana, started the process of identifying the seats a year ago. The President…
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Rishi Sunak’s best chance of becoming PM lies in no contest
London: British Indian Rishi Sunak’s best chance of becoming prime minister of the UK lies in no other candidate mustering the support of 100 ruling Conservative party MPs — a minimum condition…
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Hyderabad: Man arrested for threatening paan shop owner with gun
Hyderabad: Police arrested a man for creating commotion in the Bibi Bazaar area in the Old City on Saturday after he threatened a pan shop owner with a gun for refusing to…
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Watch: BJP youth wing leader finds video of child abusing Mughals ‘cute’
The National Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga shared a video on October 21 that shows a minor boy hurling abuses at Mughals indirectly, targetting Muslims. Bagga…
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Karnataka: Govt allows use of loudspeakers in 10,889 mosques
Bengaluru: Ruling BJP government in Karnataka has granted permission to 10,889 mosques in the state to use loudspeakers on Saturday. The police department has issued licenses as per guidelines in this regard on…
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MP HC reduces life sentence of rape convict for ‘sparing’ child’s life
A rape convict’s life sentence was reduced on Saturday by the Madhya Pradesh High Court after it was noticed that despite committing a heinous crime, the defendant was “gentle enough” to spare…
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12 members of Dalit family convert to Buddhism in Rajasthan
Kota (Rajasthan): Twelve members of a Dalit family in Rajasthan’s Baran district have converted to Buddhism, allegedly upset over the assault of a family member by a man and the police’s refusal to…
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Study reveals yearning for old style news; 49% prefer bulletins, 12% for debates
New Delhi: News bulletins are preferred by nearly half of the news viewers compared to only 12 per cent favouring debate shows, a study on media in India found, highlighting yearning among…
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J&K govt includes 15 more castes in reservation for socially backward classes
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir government on Saturday issued a notification including 15 more castes that would now benefit through the 4 per cent reservation in jobs etc for socially backward classes. As…