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Girl gang-raped, sold for Rs 50k in Bihar; 3 held
Patna: Three people, including a woman, have been arrested in connection with the gang-rape and selling of a minor girl in Madhubani district of Bihar. According to police, the girl was sexually…
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UP: High Court dismisses petition against CM Adityanath
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking registration of a complaint against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for his “objectionable” speech while campaigning in Alwar during the…
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Tamil Nadu Police commence sealing of PFI offices in state
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Police have commenced sealing the offices of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) in the state after Chief Secretary V. Irai Anbu issued a notification terming the…
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Karnataka HC allows rape accused Lingayat seer to sign cheques
Bengaluru: Karnataka High Court on Friday allowed the rape-accused Lingayat seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, currently under judicial custody, to sign cheques. A bench headed by Justice Nagaprasanna passed the order as thousands…
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Bengaluru civic polls: Karnataka HC asks govt to conduct polls by Dec 31
Bengaluru: Rejecting the plea of the BJP government to provide 16 weeks to rectify and finalise the list of reservation of wards in Bengaluru, the High Court on Friday asked the government…
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Auto-rickshaw driver, who invited Kejriwal for dinner, is ‘PM Modi’s fan’
Ahmedabad: Vikram Dantani, an auto-rickshaw driver in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad, who had recently invited Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to his house for dinner, on Friday said he is a big fan of…
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Telangana: Parties exchange barbs over KTR’s ‘Sagaraharam’ comment
Hyderabad: Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) working president and state minister KT Rama Rao (KTR), on Friday, set off a chain reaction with all major players in Telangana politics- all with a single…
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Victory shines over Sharifs as court overturns Maryam Nawaz’s conviction in corruption case
Islamabad: In a massive shift of tides in Pakistan’s political turmoil, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has overturned the June 2018 decision of the Accountability Court against former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s…
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Gen Anil Chauhan takes charge as India’s Chief of Defence Staff
New Delhi: Lieutenant General Anil Chauhan on Friday assumed charge as the second Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of the country. The post was lying vacant for over nine months since the…
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Hyderabad: Leftover Rajiv Swagruha flats to be allotted through lotteries
Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Thursday said it would allot leftover Rajiv Swagruha flats through a lottery system. The flats in Bandlaguda and Pocharam are being given to those who have already…
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ED: 3 TV channels indulged in financial ‘hera-pheri’, money laundering
Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has claimed that three private television channels — ‘Fakht Marathi’, ‘Box Cinema’ and ‘Mahamovie’ — their owners and companies, had allegedly indulged in financial misappropriation and money…
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I have my own vision for Congress, will not pull out: Tharoor
New Delhi: After filing nomination for the Congress presidential poll on Friday, Shashi Tharoor said he has his own vision for the party which he will soon share with all the delegates,…
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Replay of Chandigarh video leak in Kanpur, one held
Kanpur: In a frightening replay of the Chandigarh incident, a sanitary worker has been caught red handed making video of girls in a private girls’ hostel in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur. The incident…
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Taj Mahal dazzles after recent rains as Yamuna level rises
Agra: With the second spell of monsoon rains last week, the dry and polluted Yamuna river is again in full flow, adding visual delight to tourists’ experience at the rain-washed Taj Mahal…
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Man-eater tiger dodges hunter, flees with goat bait
Patna: The Bihar Forest Department hired noted wildlife hunter Nawab Shafath Ali Khan to tranquilise a man-eater tiger – which had killed three people and injured many others – near the Valmiki Tiger…
