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After Surat and Indore, Congress’s Puri candidate pulls out of poll race
Congress’s Puri Lok Sabha candidate Sucharita Mohanty on Saturday returned her poll party ticket citing the alleged denial of funding by the party.
Central India
Telangana Police closes Rohith Vemula case file, absolves UoH VC, BJP leaders
On Friday, the Gachibowli police, which was investigating the death of University of Hyderabad scholar Rohith Vemula, filed...
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“I have no answer when people ask me why Congress not fielded a Muslim candidate”: Arif Naseem Khan
Senior Maharashtra Congress leader Arif Naseem Khan resigned from the state party campaign committee Friday, flagging his concern about the party not fielding a single candidate from the Muslim community in the Lok Sabha elections in the state.
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TISS Mumbai issues notice defending student leader’s suspension, calls BBC documentary, ‘Ram ke Naam’ ‘propaganda’
Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) issued a public notice in response to recent news reports of the arbitrary suspension of Ramadas, a left student leader, and Dalit Ph.D. scholar, for participating in protests and questioning the ruling Hindu nationalist government. TISS referred to the BBC documentary critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as "western media propaganda" and labeled the award-winning documentary "Ram Ke Naam" as "controversial" and "propaganda."
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TISS Mumbai suspends left student leader for two years for participating in protests, questioning BJP govt
Ramadas Prini Sivanadan, a PhD scholar at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) Mumbai and a prominent left student leader in the campus was arbitrarily suspended for two years by the administration for participating in protests and questioning the ruling Hindu nationalist regime.
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Heavy rain in central India over next 3-4 days: Weather office
Widespread and extremely heavy rain is expected to continue over central India and the west coast of India over the next 3-4 days, India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Tuesday.
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Don’t decide on Eknath Shinde camp’s claim now: Supreme Court directs Election Commission
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Election Commission to not decide on the Shinde camp's claim to be the real Shiv Sena as of now.
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MP: 50-year-old Muslim man beaten to death by cow vigilantes, two Muslim men injured
A 50-year-old Muslim man Nazir Ahmad was beaten to death by cow vigilantes near Brakhad village of Madhya Pradesh’s Narmadapuram district on Tuesday.
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Malegaon blast: Explosives on bike linked to BJP MP Pragya Thakur, says expert
A forensic expert, who is a witness in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case, on Tuesday told a special Mumbai court that traces of explosives were found on several articles including the LML Vespa scooter recovered from the explosion site.
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7 years after Govind Pansare’s murder, Bombay HC transfers probe from SIT to ATS
Over seven years after the killing of activist and CPI leader Govind Pansare, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday transferred the probe into the case to the Maharashtra's Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS).
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“We’re with Sanjay Raut”: Congress slams BJP over Shiv Sena leader’s arrest
A day after Shiv Sena’s senior leader and MP Sanjay Raut was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the Patra Chawl land scam, Congress leaders called the arrest 'vendetta politics' by BJP.
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Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut detained after day-long raids in land scam case
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut was detained Sunday by the Enforcement Directorate after a day-long raids at his house in an alleged land scam case.
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MP: NSA against SDPI councillor for “anti-national slogans at victory rally”, party says video doctored
Social Democratic Party of India has alleged that the Madhya Pradesh BJP government’s imposing draconian National Security Act on its activist Samiulla Khan who won recently held urban local body polls in the state is an act with nefarious intention.
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ED raids at Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut’s house
Officials from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted searches at Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut’s residence for his alleged connection with the Patra Chawl land scam case on Sunday morning.
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Students say FTII not filling up seats for reserved categories, stage protest
Students of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune held a protest against discrepancies in the merit list and non-implementation of reservation rules in the admission process, on Friday.
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7/11 blasts: Death row convict seeks reinvestigation into serial bombing case
Ehtesham Siddiqui, a death row convict in the 7/11 train bombings in Mumbai, has approached the special MCOCA (the Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act) court seeking reinvestigation into the case.
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Maharashtra rains: 6 dead, 95 evacuated
At least six persons died in rain-related incidents over the past 24 hours and 95 people were evacuated as heavy rain battered Gadchiroli, Nandurbar, Nashik and Palghar districts of Maharashtra.
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