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Powers under PD law cannot be used routinely: SC to Rachakonda police
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has said that powers under the preventive detention law are “exceptional” and cannot be exercised in a routine manner as it strikes hard on the freedom and…
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Biden signs landmark gun-control law, says ‘lives will be saved’
Washington: President Joe Biden on Saturday signed the most sweeping gun violence bill in decades, a bipartisan compromise that seemed unimaginable until a recent series of mass shootings, including the massacre of…
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Mumbai: Activist Teesta Setalvad detained by Guj anti-terrorist team
Indian civil rights activist and journalist Teesta Setalvad who runs the NGO Citizens for Justice and Peace, formed after the 2002 Gujarat riots were detained by the Gujarat anti-terrorist squad, in Mumbai…
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Historians, scholars oppose govt proposal to demolish century-old Sultan Palace in Patna
Patna: The Bihar government’s proposal to demolish the historic Sultan Palace in the heart of the city has shocked historians, conservationists and ordinary citizens who have vehemently opposed the decision and appealed for…
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Maha crisis: Section 144 imposed in Mumbai until July 10
The Mumbai police on Saturday enforced Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code banning unlawful assembly in the city and increased security at the homes and offices of all ministers, elected officials,…
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Maha crisis: Congress rules out possibility of President’s rule
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Congress on Saturday ruled out the possibility of President’s Rule in the state currently in the grip of a major political crisis that has shaken the ruling Maha Vikas…
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Maha crisis: Rebels name Shinde-led faction ‘Shiv Sena Balasaheb’
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena rebel MLAs of the Eknath Shinde faction on Saturday named their group as ‘Shiv Sena Balasaheb’. Former Minister of State for Home and rebel MLA Deepak Kesarkar told…
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Places of Worship Act validates ‘places of worship’ made by ‘barbaric invaders’: PIL
New Delhi: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been moved in the Supreme Court challenging the validity of the Places of Worship Act, 1991, stating it seeks to validate ‘places of worship’,…
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Shinde writes to Thackeray over ‘malicious’ withdrawal of security of rebel MLAs’ families
Mumbai: Amid the political crisis in Maharashtra, rebel Shiv Sena leader and state cabinet minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday wrote to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray over the alleged ‘malicious’ withdrawal of security…
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Jamiat factions look to unite to fight against increasing Islamophobia in India
The two factions of the powerful Muslim religious organisation Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind (JUH), which are both led by Deobandi clerics, are attempting to reconcile fourteen years after the JUH split. In 2008, the…
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Hindu outfit demands no fresh licence should be issued for meat sale in Gurugram
Gurugram: A Hindu outfit Friday demanded no new licences should be issued by the Gurugram municipal corporation to set up new meat shops in the city. The Hindu Sangharsh Samiti submitted a…
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India’s crude oil imports from Russia jumped over 50 times since April
New Delhi: India’s crude oil imports from Russia have jumped over 50 times since April and now make up for 10 percent of all crude bought from overseas, a senior government official…
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Congress sends landmark gun violence compromise to Biden
Washington: The House sent President Joe Biden the most wide-ranging gun violence bill Congress has passed in decades on Friday, a measured compromise that at once illustrates progress on the long-intractable issue and…
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Delay in student visas: India raises issue with several countries
New Delhi: India on Friday strongly raised with Australia, Canada, the UK, the US, Germany and a number of other countries the issue of long delays in grant of visas to the…
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Mumbai terror attack handler jailed for 15 years in Pakistan
Lahore: An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has awarded over 15 years jail term in a terror financing case to the main handler of deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks. An anti-terrorism court in Lahore…
