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India

ED arrests AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan in Waqf Board money laundering case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday arrested Aam Admi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan in connection with a money laundering case linked to the Delhi Waqf Board. The arrest comes...

“It’s a trap”: Why Bengali Hindus in Assam are opting out of Citizenship through CAA

Forty-three-year-old Montu Das was happy after the Indian government announced the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) rules on March...

We will fund development only if you vote for ruling alliance, Ajit Pawar tells voters in Maharashtra

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar stated on Wednesday that funding for state development initiatives will be provided if the voters select the ruling Mahayuti alliance in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, PTI reported.

Unauthorised cash seized from BJP functionary near Coimbatore, suspected to be for voters

On Wednesday, an election flying squad team seized ₹81,000 in unauthorised cash and a voter list from a local BJP functionary in Pooluvapatti village in the Coimbatore district.

Supreme Court asks EC to probe over EVMs giving extra votes to BJP during mock polls in Kerala

The Supreme Court of India on Thursday directed the Election Commission to verify the allegation that during a mock poll...

Unnao: Murder FIR filed, autopsy finds ‘no external injury’

Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday filed an FIR against unknown persons on charges of murder and attempt to hide evidence, upon the complaint of the family of two Dalit girls, aged 13 and 16 who were found dead on their family’s field in Unnao district on Wednesday.

Bhim Army Chief Chandrashekhar Azad in TIME magazine’s list of 100 emerging leaders

Bhim Army chief Chandrasekhar Azad featured in TIME magazine’s annual list of 100 “emerging leaders who are shaping the future”.
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Protesting farmers to hold 4-hour ‘rail roko’ at 12 PM

Farmers protesting against the Narendra Modi government's three contentious agri laws have called for a four-hour nationwide ‘rail roko’ protest between 12 PM and 4 PM on Thursday.

Unnao: Shift Dalit girl immediately to AIIMS, demands Chandrashekhar Azad

After two minor Dalit girls aged 13 and 16, were found dead in a field in Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh while another minor Dalit girl (17) is very critical, Dalit groups, activists and Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Azad have demanded that the Dalit girl who is struggling for survival be immediately shifted to AIIMS-Delhi for better treatment.
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In Unnao, 3 Dalit girls found with hands and legs tied; 2 dead, 1 injured

In a shocking incident, two minor Dalit girls were found dead in Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh while another minor Dalit girl is very critical.

Congress sweeps Punjab municipal polls. Amarinder Singh says ‘2022 teaser’

The ruling Congress won six municipal corporations and emerged as the largest party in the seventh, sweeping the urban body polls in Punjab on Wednesday.
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Court acquits Priya Ramani in criminal defamation case by MJ Akbar

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate on Wednesday acquitted #Metoo whistle blower Priya Ramani in criminal defamation case by former minister MJ Akbar. "Right of reputation can't be protected at the...

Toolkit case: Bombay HC grants transit bail to Nikita Jacob

Bombay High Court Wednesday granted three weeks transit pre-arrest bail to Adv Nikita Jacob in connection with the case registered by Delhi Police over the toolkit shared by Greta Thunberg for farmers protest.
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UP police claim 2 PFI members arrested with explosives, PFI says police fabricated charges

Hours after Uttar Pradesh Police''s Special Task Force claimed that two members of the Popular Front of India (PFI) who "were planning a series of terrorist attacks at various places in the country" were arrested with a huge quantity of explosives, PFI strongly condemned the arrests of its members and alleged that UP STF is "creating a ridiculous fake story of terror attack."

RSS marking houses of donors for Ram Temple, just as Nazis did: Kumaraswamy

Former Karnataka chief minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy on Monday accused the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) of marking houses of those who gave donations for Ram Temple in Ayodhya and said it was similar to what the Nazis did in Germany.
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West Bengal: How the defection from TMC to BJP affect the state polls?

At the same time, Both Kishor and Abhishek Banerjee, who invited him to work with TMC in the first place, are confident that Mamata Banerjee would successfully retain a third term. Kishor took to Twitter to claim that BJP will struggle to cross double digits in the polls, alleging that he would quit Twitter in the event that he gets proven wrong. Banerjee too had gone on record during a public meeting in South 24 Parganas district to say that his party would easily win over 250 seats, and that the BJP would fail to do so.

Asmat Jamil, who started Kolkata’s historic anti-CAA protest dies at 46

Asmat Jamil, 46 year old Muslim woman leader in Kolkata, who was an important leader of the historic anti-CAA sit-in protest in Kolkata's Park Circus Maidan, died on Monday.
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