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Former MLA Mukhtar Ansari, who alleged slow poisoning in UP jail, dies
Convicted politician Mukhtar Ansari, who alleged that he was being administered slow poison while in Uttar Pradesh jail, passed away on Thursday in a hospital in Banda district after...
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Sanjiv Bhatt gets 20 years in jail in 1996 drug planting case
A special Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) court in Gujarat’s Banaskantha district on Thursday sentenced former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Sanjiv Bhatt to 20 years imprisonment in a 1996 drug planting case.
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Among India’s jobless, 83% are youth: New report reveals alarming trends, Congress slams Modi govt
A report released recently by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Institute of Human Development (IHD) reveals concerning trends in unemployment in india. The report highlights that nearly 83% of the unemployed workforce in India consists of young people.
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INSAF alliance sweeps EFLU student union elections
The INSAF alliance, comprised of the Fraternity Movement, Muslim Students Federation, Telangana Students’ Forum, National Students' Union of India and PRISM EFLU secured victory in all central panel seats of the Students' Union at Hyderabad English & Foreign Languages University (EFLU).
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VBA decides to go solo in LS elections, accuses Sanjay Raut of stabbing it in back
Putting to rest any chance of joining the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance in Maharashtra, the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) chief Prakash Ambedkar Wednesday announced that his party would contest the Lok Sabha elections on its own.
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India: Twitter moves court against government’s blocking orders
Twitter has moved the Karnataka High Court on 5 July in an attempt to set aside multiple blocking orders of the Union government as well as to amend their directions to identify specific violative content rather than imposing an umbrella ban on individual accounts.
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Bhima Koregaon: Supreme Court to hear Varavara Rao’s plea for permanent medical bail
The Supreme Court will hear a plea filed by Telugu poet and accused in the Bhima Koregaon-Elgar Parishad case, P Varavara Rao, challenging the Bombay High Court order rejecting...
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Interim protection to Mohammad Zubair in Sitapur FIR to continue: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered that the interim protection granted to Alt News co-founder and prominent Muslim journalist Mohammed Zubair by the apex court in the case registered against him by Uttar Pradesh Police will continue until further orders.
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Ranchi police firing; ‘Want to bring facts on record’: Wife of injured Muslim protester tells to court
Afreen Perween, wife of Mohammad Nadeem Alam who is under treatment for bullet wounds during police violence against Muslim protesters in Ranchi on 10 June, has filed an interlocutory application (IA) with regard to a Public Interest Litigation in the Jharkhand High Court, stating that the authorities were “hostile” to the victims of police violence.
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Mandatory Gita learning in schools; Gujarat HC refuses to stay, issued notice to State, Union govts
The Gujarat High Court on Monday issued notice to the State and Union governments in a public interest litigation (PIL) petition by Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind challenging a resolution by the State's Department of Education mandating the learning of Bhagavad Gita for students of classes 6 - 12 in the upcoming academic year.
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National Herald case: ED asks Sonia Gandhi to appear before it on July 21
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has asked Congress president Sonia Gandhi to depose before it on July 21 for questioning in the National Herald newspaper-linked money-laundering case, officials said on to PTI agency.
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Kaali poster: Delhi court issues summons to filmmaker Leena Manimekalai
A Delhi Court has issued summons and notice of injunction to filmmaker Leena Manimekalai on a suit seeking to restrain her from depicting Hindu goddess Kaali smoking a cigarette.
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Exposed Sudarshan TV’s fake news; UP court sends Mohammed Zubair to jail
A local court in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri on Monday sent Alt News co-founder and prominent Muslim journalist Mohammed Zubair to 14 days’ judicial custody in a case registered against him last year after he tweeted about Sudarshan TV’s fake news.
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Flood like situation in Ahmedabad, parts of Gujarat as monsoon intensifies
The India Meteorological Department on July 10th forecasted heavy to very heavy rainfall with isolated extremely heavy showers during the next five days in south Gujarat's districts of Dang, Navsari and Valsad.
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AIADMK: OPS expelled from party after EPS takes charge as interim general secretary
The General Council of the AIADMK Monday revived the top party post, electing Edappadi K Palaniswami as the interim general secretary, while O Panneerselvam was expelled from the party.
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Undeclared Emergency in India: Telangana Chief Minister KCR
On Sunday, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao said there is an “undeclared Emergency” in India. Rao also described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the “weakest and inefficient” prime minister in the country.
Central India
MP: With 2 year-old brother’s body, 8-year-old boy sat by the road, as father searches for ambulance
In visuals shot by a local journalist in Madhya Pradesh's Morena town on Saturday, an 8-year-old boy Gulshan was seen sitting with the body of his 2-year-old brother Raja while their father Poojaram Jatav, a man of limited means, desperately looked for a vehicle to take them home.
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