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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…
- India
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…
- India
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…
- India
Maharashtra: SIT formed to probe sexual abuse of 2 school girls amid protests
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government on Tuesday ordered the setting up of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the alleged sexual abuse of two female students of a school in Badlapur in…
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Founding member of J&K Apni Party resigns, set to join Congress
Srinagar: J&K Apni Party vice president and founding member Zafar Iqbal Manhas on Tuesday resigned from the primary membership of the party to join the Congress party. He was the party’s candidate…
- India
Waqf Bill: Jamiat meeting Oppn leaders, parliamentary panel members
New Delhi: The Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind is holding meetings with opposition leaders as well as members of the Parliament’s joint committee on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill to impress upon them that the proposed…
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UP: FIR against unknown persons over Sabarmati Express derailment
Kanpur: An FIR has been registered against unknown persons for alleged sabotage leading to the derailment of 20 coaches of the Sabarmati Express near Govindpuri station in Kanpur, police said on Monday,…
- India
Rahul highlights gig workers’ plight, posts video of Uber cab ride
New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Monday highlighted the plight of gig workers and asserted that the Congress governments in states would make concrete policies to…
- India
Nirbhaya’s mother slams Mamata Banerjee, says CM failed, demands resignation
Ballia: Amid protests against the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor in West Bengal, the mother of Nirbhaya, the victim of the 2012 Delhi gang rape case, on Saturday demanded…
- India
Will consult legal team to take decision on FIR against CM: Karnataka HM
Bengaluru: Following governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot’s sanction for prosecution against the Karnataka chief minister in connection with the alleged irregularities in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), home minister G Parameshwara said…
- India
Mall in Noida gets hoax bomb threat on email
Noida: People were evacuated from DLF Mall of India in sector 18 here on Saturday, following a bomb threat email, with police later saying that nothing was found following anti-sabotage checks. Additional…
- Middle East
PM Modi stresses need to deescalate situation in call with Netanyahu
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, August, 15 stressed the need for de-escalation of the situation in West Asia during a telephonic conversation with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu and…
- India
BJP allies hesitant on UCC, back simultaneous polls
New Delhi: Most BJP allies have kept their cards close to their chests on the issue of the Uniform Civil Code, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly backed in his Independence Day…
- India
Health officials urged to screen for Mpox at airports in India
New Delhi: Amid reports of Mpox cases in Sweden and Pakistan, an infectious disease expert on Friday, August ,16 urged health authorities to begin screening for the deadly infectious disease at key…
- India
Man bites off father’s thumb in property dispute in Thane
Thane: A man allegedly bit off a part of his father’s thumb during a property dispute in Wagle Estate in Thane, Maharashtra, a police official said on Friday, August,16. The incident took…
