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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…
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RSS raising religious conversion issue to distract from BJP’s failures: Mayawati
Lucknow: BSP president Mayawati alleged on Saturday that the RSS is raising issues related to religious conversion and the population policy to divert people’s attention from the failures of the BJP government…
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MP min compares Rahul Gandhi to specially abled performer; slammed for insensitivity
Ahmedabad: Madhya Pradesh minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vishvas Sarang on Friday purportedly compared Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to `Kamo’, a specially abled performer. Congress slammed the BJP for mocking the…
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Telangana: Congress won’t win Munugode, says Komatireddy Venkat Reddy in viral video
Hyderabad: Hours after the leak of an audio clip in which Congress’ Komatireddy Venkat Reddy was heard urging a party leader to back his brother and BJP candidate Komatireddy Rajgopal Reddy, another…
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RSS affiliate opposes complete ban on firecrackers in Delhi
New Delhi: Swadeshi Jagaran Manch (SJM), the economic wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, on Saturday strongly opposed a complete ban on firecrackers in the national capital during Diwali, terming it “inappropriate”…
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Hindu Mahasabha announces it will fight Bengal rural polls, weeks after Mahishasur row
Kolkata: The Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, which hit the headlines earlier this month for organising a Durga Puja in Kolkata that had the idol of Mahishasur resembling Mahatma Gandhi, announced that it will…
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MJ engineering college fee hiked – Know fees of minority colleges in Telangana
Hyderabad: After the Telangana government gave a nod to the recommendations of the Admission and Fee Regulation Committee (AFRC), the fee of Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology (MJCET) increased by…
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Kerala human sacrifice: HC quashes plea of accused against police custody
Kochi: Kerala High Court has dismissed the plea of all three accused persons in the Kerala human sacrifice case challenging the order of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court of Ernakulam granting…
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Pak must continue to take ‘credible’ action against terrorism: India on FATF decision
New Delhi: India has said that Pakistan must continue to take “credible, verifiable, irreversible and sustained” action against terrorism and terrorist financing emanating from territories under its control. The remarks were made…
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Ahead of MP assembly polls, AIMIM throws biryani fests to woo voters
Bhopal: With an aim to increase the strength of the party in Bhopal ahead of the assembly elections in 2023, Asaduddin Owaisi’s All India Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has launched a unique campaign.…
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Shahnawaz Hussain hits out at Shivraj Patil for drawing link between jihad and Gita
New Delhi: Spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Syed Shahnawaz Hussain hit out at former Union Minister Shivraj Patil for drawing a link between jihad and the Bhagwad Gita and termed it…
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BJP lost several Assembly polls but formed govts by purchasing MLAs: Yechury
Agartala: The BJP, after losing elections in different states, purchased the MLAs and formed the government undemocratically through the backdoor, CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury said here on Friday. Addressing a mammoth…