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Top Sikh body extends support to wrestlers’ protest, calls it ‘protest for dignity’
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) expressed its support to the wrestlers who are protesting against sexual abuse by Brij Bhushan, the president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), at Jantar Mantar in Delhi.
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Supreme Court defers Allahabad HC order to conduct scientific survey at Gyanvapi mosque
The Supreme Court on Friday deferred the Allahabad High Court’s order to conduct a scientific survey of an object in the ablution tank found in Gyanvapi mosque till the next hearing,...
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Delhi: 17-year-old boy tied to pole, beaten to death; 2 arrested
Two men were arrested a day after a 17-year-old boy was tied to a pole and beaten to death by a mob in Shahdara.
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BJP tried to manipulate UP civic polls but didn’t succeed: Mayawati
Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BSP chief Mayawati on Thursday claimed the BJP did not succeed in the recent urban local body elections in UP despite its efforts to "manipulate" the polls, except for the Mayor's posts.
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At Delhi University, ad hoc teachers shunt out of their jobs after years of waiting
At Delhi University (DU), an ad hoc teachers' crisis has been simmering for a long time. When regular faculty interviews weren't held for an extended period, the colleges continued...
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Uttar Pradesh: Dalit youth in Raebareli attacked over suspicion of theft, FIR registered
A Dalit youth was held hostage and beaten up with wires over suspicion of theft in Korihar village of Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh. The victim’s father has lodged a case at Gurubaks...
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FIR against Anurag Thakur’s “goli maaron saalon ko” speech; SC grants time to Delhi Police to respond
The Supreme Court, on Monday, granted time to Delhi Police to file a counter affidavit in a plea filed by CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat seeking registration of FIR against BJP leaders Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Verma for delivering hate speeches in 2020.
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Jharkhand: 35-year-old Adivasi man beaten to death by mob
A 35-year-old Adivasi man was lynched by a mob in Jharkhand on suspicion of theft on Thursday, 11 May.
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Allahabad HC orders ‘scientific survey’ of ‘shivling’ in Gyanvapi mosque
The Allahabad High Court Friday set aside a lower court order and ordered a “scientific survey”, including carbon dating of what Hindu religious groups have claimed is a 'Shivling' inside the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi.
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UP: Police officers face charges after custodial torture leaves Muslim student in critical condition
Mohammad Danish, a 19-year-old polytechnic student from the Delhupur area of Pratapgarh district in Uttar Pradesh, is in critical condition after being beaten by police while in custody.
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Police brutality against women in Tughlakabad: Residents reel from trauma of demolished homes
As the residents of Delhi’s Tughlakabad still reel with the trauma of losing their homes last week when their houses were demolished Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), women in the area have alleged they were thrashed and detained for hours by the police on May 9.
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Two convicted for gang rape during Muzaffarnagar violence
A trial court in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district on Tuesday convicted two men accused in a case of gang rape of a Muslim woman during the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots....
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