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40% newly-elected RS members have criminal cases against their names: Report
Kolkata: A survey of the newly-elected Rajya Sabha members conducted by the National Election Watch and Association for Democratic Rights (ADR) was released on Thursday, which stated that 40 per cent of…
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UP Police steps up security, holds meetings with religious leaders ahead of Friday prayers
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Police has stepped up security and held meetings with religious leaders ahead of Friday prayers, days after violence rocked parts of the state over now-suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur…
- Business
Rupee recovers from record low, spurts 12 paise to 78.10 per US dollar
Mumbai: The rupee recovered from its record low to close 12 paise higher at 78.10 against the American currency on Thursday, tracking the overnight weakness of the dollar and falling crude oil…
- India
Mumbai Police recovers 100 gms gold from rats in a garbage dump
Mumbai: In the latest bizarre incident of carelessness, at least 100 gms gold worth approximately Rs 5 lakh was recovered from the clutches of rats in a gutter near Mumbai’s Gokuldham Colony…
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Congress stages demonstration in Jaipur over Rahul’s questioning by ED
Jaipur: Congress staged a symbolic gherao of the Rajasthan Raj Bhavan here on Thursday and demonstrated against the alleged repressive policies of the Centre and the Enforcement Directorate’s questioning of party leader…
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Eminent Urdu scholar Professor Gopi Chand Narang passes away
New Delhi: Leading Urdu scholar Professor Gopi Chand Narang passed away on Wednesday at Charlotte in North Carolina after a brief illness, his son said. He was 91 and is survived by…
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SC to hear plea against UP govt’s ‘bulldozer action’ on June 16
In an important development, the Supreme Court of India will hear a plea by the Muslim body Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind against the illegal demolition drives by the Uttar Pradesh state government. Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind…
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Indifference to Islamophobia is complicity: Journalist Fatima Khan
“The screenshots sent shivers down my spine,” wrote journalist Fatima Khan in a tweet nearly a year ago, describing seeing a viral screenshot of an app doing the rounds on social media,…
- India
RJD MLA Anant Singh convicted in AK-47 recovery case
Patna: A special court in Patna on Tuesday convicted Bahubali MLA Anant Singh in the AK-47 recovery case of 2019. The MP-MLA court verdict was announced by judge Triloki Dubey. The quantum…
- Kerala
New flights to Abu Dhabi and Dammam from Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram: Indian low-cost airline Indigo will commence new international services from the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport here to Abu Dhabi in the UAE and Dammam in Saudi Arabia from June 15 and July…
- India
Varun Gandhi criticises PM over ’10 lakh jobs’ announcement
New Delhi: BJP MP Varun Gandhi said on Tuesday that meaningful efforts will have to be made to create new employment opportunities and to fill up over one crore “sanctioned by vacant”…
- India
India inks vision document with Vietnam, to give $500mn defence Line of Credit
New Delhi: Planning to broadbase the “scope and scale” of its defence ties with Vietnam by 2030, India has inked a vision document with the Southeast Asian country. Union Defence Minister Rajnath…
- Hyderabad
Telangana: Congress protests for 2nd day against ED summons to Rahul
Hyderabad: Telangana party leaders staged a sit-in protest in front of the ED office in Basheerbagh, Hyderabad, as part of a national protest call after Congress MP Rahul Gandhi appeared before the…
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Treating accused as convicts is unlawful: AIMPLB
Lucknow: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has said that treating accused as convicts was not only unlawful but also a way of creating terror and panic. In a statement, the…
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Kanpur violence main accused names builders, politicians in funding
Kanpur: Zafar Hayat Hashmi, the main accused in the June 3 violence in Kanpur, has revealed during interrogation that his organisation was funded by builders, businessmen and political functionaries. According to a police…
