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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...

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.

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.

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).

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.

Karnataka BJP minister caught in ‘sex for job’ scandal resigns

Karnataka Water Resources Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) politician Ramesh Jarkiholi Wednesday submitted his resignation to Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa following allegations of sexual harassment against him.

Delhi MCD bypolls: AAP wins 4/5 seats

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Wednesday swept the bypolls for the five municipal wards in the national capital held on February 28 by winning four of five wards. The Congress, meanwhile, won.
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First, Gaurav Sharma molested me and now he has killed my father: Woman in Hathras

“First, he molested me and now he has shot my father. He had come to our village. There were six-seven people. My father had no enmity against anyone. His name is Gaurav Sharma.”

Manipur: Rahul Gandhi seeks disqualification of 12 BJP MLAs in 2018 ‘office of profit’ case

Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday demanded the disqualification of 12 BJP legislators from Manipur in the 2018 'office of profit' case.
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Father of Dalit labour activist Shiv Kumar alleges his son tortured in police custody

Shiv Kumar, a Dalit labour-rights activist and president of the Mazdoor Adhikar Sangathan, faced severe custodial torture at the hands of the Haryana Police, his father Rajbir said to Maktoob.

Congress’ Bengal camp defends alliance with Left-ISF, says “do not follow BJP agenda”

A day after senior Congress leader Anand Sharma criticised the Congress-Left-Indian Secular Front (ISF) alliance in West Bengal in the run up to the state polls, state Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury defended the tie-up and said that the Congress and the Left are leading a secular alliance to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party.
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Retired HC judge who delivered casteist speech during tenure, joins BJP

During Tamil Brahmin’s Global Meet in July 2019, he delivered a casteist speech and said that the persons with the qualities of a Brahmin should always be at the helm of affairs.

A year after Delhi pogrom, this school brings hope to survivors

Saleem enrolled his three kids in Sunrise Public School in Loni, a town on the border between Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. "More than 180 children, affected by the pogrom, were selected after scrutiny for admission," says Kishwar Shahzad, Principal of the school.
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Tejashwi Yadav offers full support to Mamata Banerjee in Bengal polls

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav met West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee Monday afternoon and offered his full support to her in the coming assembly polls in Bengal.

Dissecting the new rules for social media and OTT

Last week IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar released the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021 at a press conference in New Delhi. Although the government had raised the issue in 2018, work on issuing the new rules for social media and OTT platforms gained acceleration after the spat between IT ministry and Twitter over removal of certain accounts affiliated with farm protests to which Twitter disagreed.
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Hyderabad University: ASA demands investigation into SC student’s suicide over online classes

Ambedkar Students' Association in University of Hyderabad has submitted a representation to the National Commission for Scheduled Castes demanding a thorough investigation of the death of Asarelli Harshavardhan, a Master's student from the university who died by suicide on Saturday.

“Will you marry her?” Supreme Court asked accused in a rape case

"If you want to marry (her) we can help you. If not, you lose your job and go to jail. You seduced the girl, raped her," Chief Justice of India SA Bobde told a rape accused Monday.
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