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All backward states should get special category status: Nitish
Patna: Maintaining that “all backward states” should be given special category status, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday said it will boost progress in those states and, in turn, the country…
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ATS detains 17 people in Gujarat for questioning over PFI links
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has detained 17 people for their alleged links with the Popular Front of India (PFI), the group often accused of being linked to radical Islam, an…
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Ankita murder case: Accused Pulkit Arya’s family absconding
Dehradun: Amid the ongoing probe in the Ankita Bhandari murder case, the family of main accused Pulkit Arya has gone missing. Three accused including Pulkit Arya have been arrested so far in…
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Oman, UAE to be guest countries at next year’s G20 summit in India: Shringla
Mumbai: India has invited Oman and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as guest countries for the Group of 20 leaders’ summit to be held in New Delhi in September next year, India’s…
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Designate one child welfare police officer in every police station: NCPCR to DGPs
New Delhi: Apex child rights body NCPCR has asked director generals of police (DGPs) of all states and Union territories to designate at least one child welfare police officer in every police…
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SC Constitution bench to hear petitions against demonetisation
New Delhi: A five-judge Constitution bench will on Wednesday hear petitions challenging Centre’s decision to demonetise currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 in November 2016. A bench of Justices S.…
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416 projects worth Rs 1,300 cr incomplete in Nagaland: CAG Report
Kohima: The Nagaland government has spent over Rs 1,300 crore on 416 projects which are incomplete for almost 20 years, a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report said. This was revealed in…
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Maha: VHP demands prohibition of entry to non-Hindus at garba venues in Vidarbha
Nagpur: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) in Nagpur on Monday demanded that entry to garba and dandiya events during Navratri festival should be allowed only after checking identity cards and non-Hindus should…
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Gehlot MLAs oppose Pilot as CM, reach Speaker’s residence to submit resignations
Jaipur: Politics in Rajasthan took a new twist on Sunday with around 70 MLAs, who are staunch supporters of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, gathering at the residence of state minister Shanti Dhariwal,…
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Tamil Nadu: Two arrested for hurling petrol bombs at house of RSS member in Madurai
Madurai : Two persons were arrested for their involvement in hurling petrol bombs into the house of a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) member in the Madurai district of Tamil Nadu on September…
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CBI cracks down on child porn, raids 56 locations in 20 states
New Delhi: In a mega crackdown against the sales and distribution of online child pornography, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is condcuting raids at 56 locations across 20 states on Saturday.…
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PFI hartal: Kerala police beefs up security; warns of stern action against law breakers
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala police have beefed up security in the state and issued directions to the district police chiefs to ensure law and order after the radical Islamic outfit Popular Front of India (PFI)…
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SC notice to Centre on plea seeking action against forced religious conversion
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from the Centre and others on a plea seeking direction to take stringent steps to control fraudulent religious conversion by “intimidation” and through “gifts…
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Rape accused in UP’s Pratapgarh gets life term after 10-day trial
Pratapgarh: A POCSO court in Uttar Pradesh‘s Pratapgarh district completed a trial in ten days by convicting the accused in a rape case and awarding life sentence to him. The court of…
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Adhir Ranjan writes to Speaker over govt’s decision to take back IT panel post from Congress
New Delhi: Leader of Congress in the Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Choudhury, has expressed his dismay in a letter to Speaker Om Birla over the government’s decision to withdraw the allocation of…
