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Delhi court orders release of Kashmiri separatist Shabbir Shah in one of 3 cases
New Delhi: A Delhi court has ordered release of Kashmiri separatist leader Shabbir Ahmad Shah in one of the three cases in which he is currently in jail in the national capital.…
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Political shuffle: Leaders switch sides ahead of assembly elections in J-K
Srinagar: A significant political reshuffle is underway in Jammu and Kashmir as it gears up for its much-anticipated assembly elections, with several leaders switching sides amid personal disputes and dissatisfaction with their…
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Ban on Jamaat-e-Islami should be revoked: Mufti
Srinagar: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) said on Sunday banned Jamaat-e-Islami’s (JeI) willingness to contest the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir is a good step, but the ban on the organisation should…
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Odisha: Woman tonsured, ostracised after Kangaroo court order; 4 held
Bhubaneswar: A woman was allegedly ostracised and tonsured following the order of a kangaroo court for hitting her during a quarrel in Odisha’s Jharsuguda district, police said on Sunday. The incident took…
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Anil Ambani reviewing Sebi order, to take appropriate steps: Statement
New Delhi: Businessman Anil Ambani is reviewing a Sebi order imposing a fine and banning him from capital markets for five years in an alleged fund diversion case and will take appropriate…
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NC, PDP can’t ensure Article 370 restoration, fooling J-K voters: BJP
Jammu: BJP Mahila Morcha president Vanathi Srinivasan on Sunday said it “impossible” for the opposition parties NC and PDP to ensure Article 370 restoration but they are fooling people by guaranteeing it…
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My govt did more for women in 10 years than since Independence: PM Modi
Jalgaon: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said his government has done more for women in the last 10 years than was done by all the previous regimes since Independence. Addressing a…
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Assam teen gangrape: Massive protests on streets
Guwahati: A 14-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by three persons in Assam’s Nagaon district, triggering massive protests by people on the streets. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma promised that stern action would…
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14-year-old gang-raped in Assam; CM Sarma warns of stern action
Guwahati: A 14-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped when she was returning home from a tuition centre in the Dhing area in Assam’s Nagaon district. According to police, the crime took place on…
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Nepal bus accident: UP govt sends SDM to incident site
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has sent an SDM to the incident site in Nepal where a bus carrying over 40 Indian passengers plunged into a river. An ADM has also been…
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Bomb threat scare on Air India flight from Mumbai a hoax: Police
Thiruvananthapuram: A bomb threat message in the washroom of an AI flight from Mumbai that resulted in a full emergency being declared at the Thiruvananthapuram airport here on Thursday turned out to…
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New RG Kar vice-principal reaches CBI office for questioning
Kolkata: Bulbul Mukhopadhyay, the newly-appointed medical superintendent-cum-vice principal (MSVP) at the R G Kar medical college and hospital in Kolkata, where a junior doctor was raped and murdered earlier this month, reached…
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Govts, parties must ensure safe environment for women: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: In the wake of the Badlapur sexual assault incident, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi Wednesday said it “forces us to think where are we heading as…
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JNU V-C meets protesting students, urges them to end hunger strike
New Delhi: JNU Vice-Chancellor Santishree D Pandit on Wednesday met the students protesting against the university’s alleged unresponsive attitude to their various demands, including increasing scholarship amounts, and urged them to end…
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Maha sexual abuse case: Parents made to wait for 11 hrs, claims Oppn
Mumbai: Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra assembly Vijay Wadettiwar on Tuesday alleged that the parents of a girl who was sexually abused at a school in Badlapur were made to sit…
