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‘Only women with 80% body covered up’: Uttarakhand temples enforce dress code
Mahant Ravindra Puri, secretary of the Mahanirvani Panchayati Akhara, on Sunday, said a formal ban has been imposed on the entry of “scantily-clad men and women” into the Daksh Prajapati Mandir (Haridwar),…
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UP BJP campaign to make ‘Modi Mitras’ among Muslims
Lucknow: The Bharatiya Janata Party in Uttar Pradesh is now launching a new campaign under which it will make an effort to convince Muslims to become ‘Modi Mitra’ (friends of PM Narendra…
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‘Arikomban’ will not be released in forest as activist moves Madras HC
Chennai: The rogue elephant ‘Arikomban’ which was tranquilised and captured by the Tamil Nadu forest department will not be released in the deep forest as a Keralite animal rights activist has filed a…
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Gujarat Titans’ Yash Dayal shares Islamophobic cartoon; deletes story later
Uttar Pradesh cricketer Yash Dayal on Monday invited fresh controversy after sharing a communal cartoon vilifying Muslims on social media. Dayal’s Instagram story, which has since gone viral on social media has…
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‘Peechey nahi hatenge…’, say wrestlers; resume duties
New Delhi: After getting evicted from Jantar Mantar on May 28, top wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat have resumed their duties in the Railways, sources said. As per reports,…
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Saudi Arabia to participate in 1st-ever int’l Yoga championship
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s national team is all set to take part in their first-ever international contest, the 2nd Mt Everest International Yoga Championship scheduled to be held in Nepal’s Kathmandu from June…
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Shangri La Dialogue, its key takeaways for India
The three-day Shangri-La dialogue, one of the most important security forums of Asia Pacific states concluded in Singapore on Thursday underscoring the need for dialogue over confrontation, specifically in the context of…
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Manish Sisodia denied interim bail; can meet ailing wife once
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to grant interim bail to AAP leader Manish Sisodia in a money laundering case arising from the alleged excise policy scam. Justice Dinesh…
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Guard feared dead in Bihar bridge collapse
Patna: A guard deployed at the four-lane bridge connecting Khagaria and Bhagalpur districts on the Ganga river that collapsed on Sunday, has gone missing, an official said here. Vibhash Kumar was hired…
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Yemeni leader, UN envoy meet over ongoing peace process
Aden: Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) Chairman Rashad Al-Alimi met UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh over the ongoing peace process. During the meeting, Grundberg briefed Al-Alimi…
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Hyderabad: Admissions into entrance based courses at MANUU to end tomorrow
Hyderabad: The extended last date for online submission of application forms for entrance based regular courses of Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) will end on June 6. The entrance tests will…
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Police arrest TDP MLA amid protest in Prakasam district
Amaravati: Tension prevailed in the Kondapi constituency in Andhra Pradesh’s Prakasam district on Monday after police arrested a local TDP MLA following protests and counter-protest by ruling YSRCP and opposition TDP. YSR…
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Telangana HC quashes land allotment to foundation headed by BRS MP
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Monday quashed allotment of 15 acres of government land in Hyderabad to a foundation headed by Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MP and Hetero Group Chairman B.…
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Two Assam villages declared ‘zero child marriage’ areas
Guwahati: Amidst the Assam government’s ongoing efforts to completely eradicate child marriages in the state, two villages in the Cachar district were declared ‘zero child marriage’ areas, an official said on Monday. Cachar…
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Gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari convicted in Cong leader’s murder
Lucknow: A court in Varanasi on Monday convicted gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari in the murder of Congress leader Awadhesh Rai more than 30 years ago. Awadhesh Rai, the brother of Congress leader Ajay…
