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India will become developed country by 2047: PM Modi
Bhuj: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday pledged to make India a developed country by 2047. The Prime Minister, who is on a day-long visit to Kutch, said: “After the devastating 2001…
- India
Is felicitating Bilkis Bano rapists ‘Hindu culture’?: Shiv Sena
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena on Sunday questioned the silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the release of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case and…
- India
Rectify ‘horrendously wrong decision’ of remission in Bilkis Bano case: 134 ex-bureaucrats to CJI
New Delhi: More than 130 former civil servants on Saturday wrote an open letter to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) against the premature release of 11 men who were jailed in…
- India
Gujarat: Boy kills teen girl by slitting her throat, two held
Ahmedabad: A boy along with his two accomplices allegedly murdered a teenage girl by sliting her throat in Gujarat’s Valsad district. In a similar incidents, seven days ago a teenage girl was…
- India
Gujarat: Bhartiya Kisan Sangh threatens statewide blockade
Gandhinagar: Members of the Bhartiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) staged a protest here on Thursday over the pending issues of farmers in Gujarat. Their main demand is that the state government should provide…
- India
Bilkis Bano case: SC issues notice to Gujarat govt on release of convicts
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a notice to the Gujarat government, seeking its response to a plea challenging the state’s decision of granting remission to 11 convicts who gang-raped Bilkis Bano…
- India
Give justice to Bilkis Bano, says Priyanka Gandhi
New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday demanded justice for Gujarat riots survivor Bilkis Bano and said the government has made its stand clear with its silence on the release…
- India
Bigger platform of secular forces needed to counter challenges posed by BJP: Yechury
Agartala: CPI(M) general secretary Sitram Yechury on Wednesday stressed the need for forming a bigger platform of secular forces to counter the challenges posed by the saffron camp. Attempts are being made…
- India
Rahul to launch Congress campaign for Gujarat polls on Sep 5
Ahmedabad: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will launch his party’s campaign for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections during his visit to the BJP-ruled state on September 5, it was announced on Wednesday. Making…
- India
Sisodia may be arrested in 2-3 days, says Kejriwal
Bhavnagar: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, facing a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe over the national capital’s excise policy for 2021-22, may be arrested in two to three days, CM…
- India
Felicitating convicts in Bilkis Bano case was in `absolute bad taste’: judge who presided over trial
Mumbai: Granting remission of sentence is within the government’s powers but the `felicitation’ of the convicts in the Bilkis Bano case by some people was distasteful, the judge who convicted them 14…
- India
Bilkis Bano case: Fadnavis calls felicitation of convicts ‘wrong’
Mumbai: The convicts in the 2002 Bilkis Bano case of Gujarat were released following a Supreme Court order, but it was wrong if a person accused of a crime is “felicitated” and…
- India
Bilkis Bano case: SC agrees to examine plea against remission of convicts
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine a plea challenging the remission granted to the 11 who were convicted for the rape and murder in the 2002 Bilkis Bano…
- Bollywood
Veteran Bollywood ‘masala films’ producer A. G. Nadiadwala passes away
Mumbai: Veteran Bollywood producer of ‘multi-starrer masala films’ Abdul Gaffar Nadiadwala passed away here following a prolonged illness, his son Mushtaque Nadiadwala said on Monday. He was 92 and breathed his last…
- India
Gujarat BJP MLA threatens police, video goes viral
Valsad: A video clip of BJP’s sitting MLA in Valsad showing his heated argument with police and threatening them during the Ganesh Utsav procession has gone viral. In the video clip, BJP…
