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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
