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Nearly 100 schools in Delhi shut over bomb threat, officials say it appears to be hoax
On Wednesday, around 100 schools in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) received a bomb threat email. These include at least five schools in the southwest, three in...
India
“Genociders are not welcome”: Palestine protest force JNU admin to cancel US envoy event
On Monday, the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) administration cancelled an event with the United States ambassador to India...
Elections 2024
Rajasthan elections: Congress hopes to overturn BJP sweep
As voting in Rajasthan state wrapped up on Friday, with a low turnout at around 56 per cent,...
India
Licences of 14 Patanjali products suspended, Uttarakhand State Licensing Authority tells Supreme Court
Amidst the trial for misleading advertisements, the Uttarakhand State Licensing Authority on Monday informed the Supreme Court that...
India
Expelled for condemning Modi; BJP Minority Morcha leader Usman Ghani arrested in Bikaner
Bharatiya Janata Party Minority Morcha leader Usman Ghani, who was expelled by the party for criticising PM Modi's hate speech, got arrested by Rajasthan Police in an alleged 'breach-of-peace' case.
India
UP: Police inspector sent to jail for raping mother of a rape survivor
A policeman in Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh has been accused of raping the mother of a 17-year-old rape survivor.
India
Haridwar hate assembly: SC asks Jitendra Tyagi to surrender, refuses to extend interim bail
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to extend the interim bail granted on medical grounds to Jitendra Tyagi in the case for making anti-Muslim hate speeches at the Haridwar Dharam Sansad or Hindu Parliament.
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India
Jamia Millia Islamia cancels student leader Safoora Zargar’s MPhil admission
Jamia Millia Islamia on Monday, 29 August, cancelled the MPhil admission of student activist Safoora Zargar.
India
Siddique Kappan’s bail plea: SC seeks response of UP govt
The Supreme Court on Monday sought a response from the Uttar Pradesh government on the bail plea of Muslim journalist Siddique Kappan, arrested under draconian UAPA in October 2020 while on his way to Hathras where a Dalit woman had died after being gang-raped.
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Features
Kin, neighbours refute allegations against Delhi man arrested for terror funding
On August 18, Mohammad Yaseen, a resident of Delhi's Turkman Gate, was arrested in a joint operation by police from Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir, along with central agencies.
India
UP: 26 Muslims booked of offering Namaz at home
The Moradabad police have booked 26 Muslims for offering namaz in a house. The cops said they were praying without prior permission from local authorities and it was an "unlawful assembly."
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India
Rajasthan governor hosts ‘Ram Katha’ by former RSS pracharak at Raj Bhavan
Many have raised objections to Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra’s decision to organise a “Ram Katha” program at the Raj Bhavan presided over by a former Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) pracharak.
India
Noida demolitions; Supertech says it lost ₹500 crore
Realty firm Supertech Ltd has incurred a loss of about ₹500 crore, including construction and interest costs, because of the demolition of its twin towers in Noida, the company’s Chairman R.K. Arora said on Sunday.
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India
Noida twin towers set for demolition blast, 5000 residents evacuated
Around 5,000 residents of Emerald Court and ATS Village societies near the Supertech Twin Towers in Noida were evacuated ahead of the demolition set to take place at 2:30 pm on Sunday.
India
Sidhu Moose Wala murder: Police files charge sheet against 34 people
Punjab Police on Friday filed a charge sheet against 34 people in relation with the murder of punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala.
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India
Delhi police deny permission for Munawar Faruqui’s show
Licensing unit of Delhi police on Saturday rejected permission to stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui to perform on 28 August in Delhi, ANI reported.
This comes after the Central district police...
India
There’s a new serial killer in town, say Kejriwal and Sisodia in Delhi Assembly
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Friday that the “BJP is acting like a serial killer to topple state governments," calling the CBI FIR filed against Sisodia completely “fake and fabricated."
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