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Ahead of President election, Rajya Sabha poll result boost for BJP
New Delhi: The BJP’s strength in state assemblies suggested that the party could retain only 20 of the 24 Rajya Sabha seats it held in the biennial polls for 57 seats but…
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Maha: Over 100 booked for unlawful assembly following protests in Aurangabad
Aurangabad: An offence has been registered against over 100 demonstrators who staged an agitation in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad demanding action against suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma and her former party colleague Naveen Jindal…
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UAE: 31-year-old Indian expat wins Rs 21 lakh in Mahzooz draw
Abu Dhabi: A 31-year-old United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Indian expatriate won the grand prize of 100,000 Dirham (Rs 21,26,067) in the 79th Mahzooz weekly draw. The winner of the draw Mohammed Akram…
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Remarks against Prophet: Massive protest held outside Indian Consulate in New York
New York: A huge protest was held outside Indian Consulate in New York on Friday demanding punishment for those who made objectionable remarks against Prophet Mohammed. Protests also took place in other…
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Prophet row: Fresh violence reported in pockets of Howrah
Kolkata: Fresh violence has erupted in certain pockets of Howrah district on Saturday morning as agitators staged demonstrations over the recent controversial remarks over Prophet Muhammad. Tension broke out in the minority-dominated…
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Royal sand bath in waterless Yamuna
Agra: Scores of Yamuna river activists on Friday evening, on the festive occasion of Ganga Dussehra, took a ritualistic bath, not with water but with dry and hot sand to highlight the…
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UP cops arrest Javed Mohammad, call him ‘Mastermind’ of Prayagraj violence
The Uttar Pradesh police on Saturday arrested Javed Mohammad, an activist with the Welfare Party of India, in connection with the protests that erupted in Prayagraj after Friday prayers. Protests occurred around…
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Prophet remarks row: Bangladesh sees protests, calls to boycott Indian products
Dhaka: Several political parties and Islamists of Islami Andolon Bangladesh (IAB), Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam Bangladesh, and Islami Oikyajote demonstrated countrywide after prayers on Friday noon against the remarks on Prophet Mohammad by BJP…
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Karnataka: Students clash at University College over Savarkar’s portraits
Mangaluru: Two groups of students clashed at the University College in the city over a few mounting the portraits of Veer Savarkar and Bharat Mata in the classroom a few days ago,…
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Bangladesh govt under pressure to act on Prophet remarks row: Ruling Awami League leader
Dhaka: Amid protests over the remarks against Prophet Mohammad by two now-suspended BJP functionaries, a senior leader of the ruling Awami League has said that the Bangladesh government is under pressure to…
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Rajya Sabha election results at a glance; BJP wins big
Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Piyush Goyal, Randeep Surjewala and Jairam Ramesh of the Congress and Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut were among the 16 candidates elected to the Rajya Sabha from four…
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‘Do you want bodies dumped on roads?’ HC raps Karnataka govt
The Karnataka high court questioned the state government caustically as to if why remains of dead bodies had to be thrown on the roads, citing that the state claimed failure to provide…
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KCR likely to float national party Bharat Rashtra Samithi
Hyderabad: After failing to make any progress on his idea of a national front, Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao appears to have made up his mind to float a national party.…
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Stop talking against Savarkar: Fringe group threatens Kannada litterateur
Chitradurga: A Hindu fringe group in Karnataka has threatened Kannada litterateur B.L. Venu over his comments on the textbook revision issue in the state, police said on Saturday. A letter, containing threats…
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Delhi Police files FIR in connection with protests outside Jama Masjid over Prophet remarks
New Delhi: Police have registered a case in connection with Friday’s protest outside Jama Masjid to demand the arrest of suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma for her controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammad,…
