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- Politics
Election for new president becomes challenge for Congress
New Delhi: The election for the post of president has now become a challenge for the Congress with the reluctance of party leader Rahul Gandhi to contest the polls. The Congress party…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP govt impleads itself in ‘freebies’ case, calls them ‘social investment’
Amaravati: While the TRS government in Telangana is taking on BJP politically over the current row on freebies, Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy-led YSRCP government in Andhra Pradesh is keen to wage a…
- India
Freebies are never free; inform voters of its impact: RBI member
New Delhi: Freebies are never ‘free’ and when political parties offer such schemes, they must be required to make the financing and trade-offs clear to voters, RBI Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) Member…
- Politics
BJP will do better in 2024 if Kejriwal becomes Opposition face: Assam CM
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would win by a better margin if his Delhi counterpart and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind…
- Hyderabad
Munawar Faruqi show: BJP supporters attempt to barge into venue, detained
Hyderabad: Amid heightened security, the Cyberabad police took into custody 20 workers of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha when they tried to disrupt the show of…
- India
Hate-crime Tracker: Karnataka leads in anti-Muslim bigotry again
July bore witness to yet another series of hate crimes against Muslims in India. Aside from the resurgence of the debate on the hijab ban, communally charged murders also took place. This…
- India
CBI team leaves Sisodia’s house after 14-hour-long raid, seizes computer, cellphone
New Delhi: Central Bureau of Investigation officials left the residence of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia after a 14-hour-long raid in the Excise police case on Friday. As per sources, the…
- Hyderabad
Munawar Faruqui show: Security tightened around Hyderabad venue
Hyderabad: A security blanket has been thrown around Shilpakala Vedika in Madhapur (Hitec City), where standup comedian Munawar Faruqui is to perform on Saturday evening. Senior police officials of the Cyberabad police…
- Hyderabad
ECI takes U-turn; linking of Aadhar to voter ID now compulsory?
Hyderabad/National: In a move that will raise privacy concerns, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has pretty much made linking Aadhar to voter ID mandatory. A notification from the ECI to election…
- India
Crime against women: Allahabad HC questions delay in registering cases
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has questioned the delays by police in registering cases related to crime against women. During the hearing of a PIL, the court, showing strictness, asked the state…
- India
Politicians who condemned the release of Bilkis Bano’s convicts
The release of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case has left the country speechless. Anger seeped through the country when the news of the release hit headlines on Independence Day. Many…
- India
Two BJP MLAs in Bilkis Bano remission panel, claims Chidambaram
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram took to Twitter criticising the panel members who granted remission to the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang rape and mass murder case. He claimed that…
- India
Give back my right to live without fear: Bilkis appeals to Gujarat govt
Two days after the release of 11 men who were found guilty of committing mass murder and gang rape of family members of Bilkis Bano in the 2002 Gujarat riots, a distraught…
- India
Rahul Gandhi’s plan to take on PM Modi in 2024 Lok Sabha elections
New Delhi: The fight for the next Lok Sabha elections seems to be gaining pace with over a year yet to go. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is looking to up the ante…
- India
Not prima facie sexual harassment if woman dressed ‘provocatively’: Kerala court
A Kozhikode Sessions court in Kerala observed that a sexual harassment offence cannot be prima facie applied if a woman was wearing a ‘sexually provocative dress.’ The order was passed while granting…
