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WWC: I was thinking to time the ball, says Shafali Verma against SA
Christchurch: India opener Shafali Verma on Sunday said her intention was to time the ball well during her lazing knock of 53 off 46 balls in a must-win match against South Africa…
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Karnataka: As election year nears, state sees deepening of communal divide
Bengaluru: Karnataka is witnessing unprecedented communal polarization before the next Assembly elections scheduled for May 2023. Analysts have raised concerns that it is the first time in the 75 years of the post-independence…
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DU Campus Law Centre cancels Prashant Bhushan’s lecture
New Delhi: The Delhi University’s Campus Law Centre (CLC) on Saturday cancelled its seminar citing unmanageable behaviour of the students a day after they faced-off with the administration. The seminar, Challenges to Indian…
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Digvijaya Singh sentenced to one year jail in decade-old case, gets bail
Bhopal: The district court in Indore on Saturday convicted veteran Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh and six others in an 11-year-old case, and sentenced them to one-year imprisonment. The court…
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BJP doing politics, no rehabilitation under their rule: Kejriwal
New Delhi: Since the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has ruled for eight years at the Centre, but there has not been a single rehabilitation under their government, said…
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Participation of women in Parliament much less than desired: CEC
New Delhi: Stating that the first Lok Sabha had 15 women MPs while the 17th Lok Sabha had 78, Chief Election Commissioner, Sushil Chandra on Saturday rued the fact that the participation of…
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Fake call centre duping US, Canada citizens busted in Gurugram
Gurugram: A team from the chief minister’s flying squad, DLF Phase-2 police station and cyber crime police busted a fake call centre and arrested 24 people, including 10 women and the owner, during…
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Minorities Commission urges Centre to clear salary dues of Madrasa teachers in three states
New Delhi: The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) will write to the Central government to clear salary dues of Madrasa teachers in Chhattisgarh, Bihar, and Jharkhand. Speaking to ANI on Friday, Syed…
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India reports 1,660 new COVID-19 cases, 4,100 deaths in 24 hrs
New Delhi: With the 1,660 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, India’s cumulative caseload reached 4,30,18,032, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday. A total of…
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PM Modi created connectivity with regional parties : G Kishan Reddy
New Delhi: Union Minister of Culture G Kishan Reddy on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had created political connectivity with the regional parties that ensure smooth governance and development of the…
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The Kashmir Files: Assam CM urges Kejriwal not to rub salt into Hindus’ wounds
Guwahati: A Day after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal urged makers of the film ‘The Kashmir Files’ to put the film on YouTube and denied the film to be made tax-free for…
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Tamil Nadu revokes order on state government buses halting only at vegetarian hotels
Chennai: The State Transport Corporation in Tamil Nadu on Friday revoked the condition barring serving of non-vegetarian food at eateries where state government buses halt. The Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation and…
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Photos: Students in Mangalore protest against hijab ban
By Syed Mueen After the Karnataka high court’s judgement upholding the state’s hijab ban on March 15, pro-hijab protests erupted across the country. On Friday, scores of students from Mangalore University’s affiliated…
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Uniform Civil Code: US body condemns Uttarakhand govt’s move
The Indian American Muslim Council on Friday unequivocally condemned the BJP-ruled Uttarakhand state’s decision to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC). On Thursday, a day after being sworn in, the Uttarakhand cabinet…
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Female CISF constable suspended for strip-searching elderly woman at Guwahati airport
Guwahati: A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) female constable was suspended after a complaint that a wheel-chair bound elderly woman passenger, who had undergone a hip implant, was reportedly strip-searched at the Guwahati…
