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Workplace harassment data reveals corporate sector’s patchy compliance with POSH Act: Report
A decade after India's groundbreaking Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act mandated strict measures to prevent and address workplace sexual harassment, a new analysis of compliance data raises...
Elections 2024
66.95% voter turnout in first four phases, says Election Commission
The Election Commission on Thursday released cumulative voter turnout data for the first four phases of the General Elections 2024.
India
Sunil Chhetri announces retirement from international football, last match on June 6 against Kuwait
Indian men’s football team captain Sunil Chhetri on Thursday announced that he will retire from international football after...
India
India blocks over 1,000 Skype accounts used for ‘digital arrests’ by cyber fraudsters
India's anti-cyber fraud agency, the Indian Cyber Coordination Centre (I4C), has blocked over 1,000 Skype accounts linked to...
Central India
SC quashes FIR against Muslim academics over alleged ‘Hinduphobic’ book in Indore college library
The Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed a case registered against staff and faculties of a government-run college in Indore for...
India
Assam Police killed 51 people in 13 months, 22 were Muslims
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Since May 2021, soon after BJP’s Himanta Biswa Sarma took over as chief minister of Assam, 161 incidents of police action took place across Assam resulting in the death of 51 people and injuries to 139 others, informed Gauhati High Court.
India
India’s daily COVID-19 Cases (17,336) at four-month high
Amid concerns of a fresh wave India has registered 17,336 new coronavirus cases and 24 deaths in the past 24 hours, the highest daily figure since February 20.
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India
Agnipath: Union govt fulfilling Savarkar’s goal of militarising Hindu society, says CPI(M)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has alleged that through the Agnipath scheme, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Union government is fulfilling Vinayak Damodar Savarkar's goal of "militarising Hindu society."
India
Gujarat genocide: SC dismisses Zakia Jafri’s plea challenging SIT clean chit to Modi, others
The Supreme Court Friday dismissed a plea filed by Zakia Jafri, widow of former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, challenging a clean chit given by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and several others in the 2002 Gujarat Muslim genocide.
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India
Custodial death: Tripura HC orders ₹10 lakh compensation for Muslim youth’s family
The Tripura High Court on Wednesday directed the state government to pay a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the family members of Jamal Hossain, who died due to custodial torture in police lockup.
India
Presidential Elections 2022: NDA’s Draupadi Murmu, opposition’s Yashwant Sinha
The Presidential Elections 2022 is scheduled for July 18th 2020. Meanwhile, the NDA and opposition have announced their respective candidates — Draupadi Murmu and Yashwant Sinha.Â
On Tuesday, BJP chief...
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India
Rupee hits all-time low of 78.32 against dollar
The rupee hit an all-time low of 78.32 against the dollar for the second consecutive time on Thursday after closing at the same value in the last session.
North India
UP: Railway police assaults AMU students
Three students of Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh Muslim University on Thursday have been allegedly beaten up by Aligarh Railway Police personnel in the station toilet, when asked for assistance.
According...
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India
Uppercaste men told me they would not take meal from Dalits: Zomato delivery partner who faces casteism
On 18 June, a Zomato customer refused to collect the food from a Zomato delivery partner after learning he belonged to a Dalit community in Luncknow's Ashiana locality. The customer allegedly spat in the face and ruthlessly beat up the delivery partner afterwards.
Central India
Eknath Shinde, 17-20 rebels are on ED radar: Sanjay Raut
Shiv Sena leaders alleged Thursday that at least 17-20 party MLAs have been on the radar of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and want to "get out of their predicament" by jumping ship.
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India
Kranti Sena’s conclave in UP demands sterilisation system to curb Muslim population in India
The speeches during the Hindu militant group Kranti Sena's first activist convention on 1 June in Muzaffarnagar, in Uttar Pradesh, were filled with misinformation and hate speech targeting Muslims.
Central India
Maharashtra: Three more Shiv Sena MLAs join Eknath Shinde camp
Three more Shiv Sena MLAs have left Mumbai to back senior leader Eknath Shinde, at the centre of a rebellion that threatens to split the party.
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