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Indian Oil Corporation buys Russian crude oil at deep discount
New Delhi: Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the nation’s top oil firm, has bought as much as 3 million barrels of crude oil that Russia had offered at a steep discount to prevailing…
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Congress dissenters meet at Azad’s residence after poll debacle
New Delhi: The Congress dissenters, called the G23 group, are meeting in Delhi at Ghulam Nabi Azad’s residence to chalk out their strategy after the humiliating defeat of the party in recently…
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HC allows reopening of Nizamuddin Markaz during Shab-e-Barat
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday allowed reopening of three floors of Nizamuddin Markaz, where the Tablighi Jamaat congregation was held in March 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic and has remained…
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‘Hijab is our dignity’ graffiti surfaces in Karnataka, removed by officials
Ballari: A day after the Karnataka High Court dismissed a batch of petitions from some Muslim girls seeking permission to wear hijab inside classrooms, graffiti surfaced in a few government education institutions…
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North Railways get Rs 13,147 crore more than south in Union budget
The Indian government in its budget for the fiscal year 2022-23 has allocated Rs 13,200 crore for the northern railway which is far more than the meager amount of Rs 59 crore…
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Samajwadi Party scored moral victory over BJP in UP polls: Akhilesh
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said his outfit scored a moral victory in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls as it is “expanding” while the BJP has “shrunk”, apparently referring…
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UP: Water tanks painted in saffron, Samajwadi alleges communalism
Moradabad: Seven water tanks, owned by the Nagar Nigam, have been painted with pictures of men on horses, holding saffron-coloured flags. Samajwadi Party councillor, Shiri Gul said, “It is a deliberate attempt…
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Hijab ban: Muslims shut shops, girls protest against Karnataka HC judgment
Following the verdict of the Karnataka high court over the hijab row, a number of protests by Muslims have broken out across the state against the “unconstitutional” judgment. The HC on Tuesday…
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India objects to UN resolution on international Islamophobia day
United Nations: As the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on Tuesday to proclaim March 15 as International Day to Combat Islamophobia, India expressed concern over phobia against one religion being elevated…
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India taking up Russian discounted oil offer will not violate US sanctions on Moscow: White House
Washington: India taking up Russia’s offer of discounted crude oil would not be a violation of American sanctions on Moscow, the White House has said, as it also underlined that countries should…
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Asaduddin Owaisi awarded the ‘Parliamentarian of the year’
MP Asaduddin Owaisi has been awarded the “Parliamentarian of the Year” by Lokmat Parliamentary awards on Wednesday. The MP from Hyderabad and AIMIM chief took to Twitter to announce his award and…
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Karnataka HC’s verdict to uphold hijab ban is deplorable: IAMC
The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), an advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India’s pluralist and tolerant ethos, today strongly and unequivocally condemned the Karnataka High Court’s verdict to uphold the discriminatory ban…
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Rahul attacks Facebook, says it’s ‘worse for democracy’
New Delhi: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi attacked social media giant Facebook on Wednesday and alleged that it was “worse for democracy”. Gandhi shared a compilation of news reports on Twitter, accusing…
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Amid wave of ‘basanti’, Mann takes oath in Bhagat Singh’s ancestral village
Khatkar Kalan (Punjab): Amid a wave of ‘basanti’ and chants of ‘Rang de Basanti’, a revolutionary song, AAP leader and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, who donned his traditional ‘basanti’ turban, took oath…
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End Facebook’s interference in Indian Democracy: Sonia Gandhi
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday urged the government to put an end to the alleged “systematic interference” of Facebook and other social media giants in India’s electoral politics. Making…
