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India Ayodhya case: SC asks UP govt to provide security to Chairman of Sunni Wakf Board
Supreme Court of India New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the government of Uttar Pradesh to provide security to Sunni Wakf Board Chairman Zufar Ahmad Farooqui after he apprehended a threat to his life.Farooqi had informed the five-judge Constitution bench of the apex court that he feared for his life through Sriram Panchu, one of the mediators in the...
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India All you need to know about Abhijit Banerjee
Nobel Prize winners in economics, Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo stand together after giving a press conference at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts New Delhi: Indian-origin MIT professor Abhijit Banerjee, his wife and one-time Ph.D student Esther Duflo, and Harvard professor Michael Kremer have been awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics for their work...
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India Never give up, says first visually challenged woman IAS officer
Pranjal Patil, IAS officer Thiruvananthapuram: "Never be defeated, Never give up", said Pranjal Patil, the country's first visually challenged woman IAS officer, as she assumed charge as the Sub Collector of Thiruvananthapuram here on Monday. "...we should never be defeated and we should never give up because with our efforts all of us will get that one...
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India When time comes, I'll answer: Praful Patel on links with Iqbal Mirchi in land deal
Gondia: Former Union Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Praful Patel, whose name has reportedly appeared in a land deal related to Muhammed Iqbal Memon alias Iqbal Mirchi, on Monday said that he will give an answer when the 'time comes'."When the time comes, I will answer whatever I have to," Patel told ANI when asked about...
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India Aadhaar-social media linking: SC snubs plea
Representational picture New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday refused to entertain a petition seeking a direction to the Centre to take steps for linking social media accounts with Aadhaar to check the menace of "fake and paid news". The apex court granted liberty to the petitioner to approach the high court.
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India Syria thanks India for support over Turkish attack
Syrian Ambassador to India Riad Abbas New Delhi: Syria on Monday slammed Turkey over its attack on northeast Syria, which it said had the secret backing of America, and appreciated India for its support to Damascus over the present situation and ever since the Syrian crisis began in 2011.Syrian Ambassador to India Riad Abbas, addressing a press conference over the current crisis in his...
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India Dutch royals on 5-day India visit to boost strategic partnership
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Monday New Delhi: In a visit aimed to further build on the strong Indo-Dutch strategic partnership, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of The Netherlands began their five-day state visit to India, that will focus on areas such as water technology and maritime...
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India 'Nirbhaya's friend took money from channels to recount horror story'
Representational Pic New Delhi: Seven years after it shook the nation, the brutal December 16, 2012 gang-rape case is back in the headlines with senior journalist Ajit Anjum claiming that the victim's friend used to take money from various TV channels to recount the ordeal they faced that dark December night.
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India Ayodhya land dispute case: Volley of questions by SC irks Muslim side
Representational Pic New Delhi: The Muslim side on Monday objected to a volley of questions targeting it by the five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi hearing the Ayodhya title dispute .Senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan, representing Sunni Waqf Board, told the bench, "You have never asked them (Hindu parties) a question, but directed all the questions to us.
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India JeM Balakot facility reactivated, 50 terrorists including suicide bombers receiving training: Sources
Pakistani reporters and troops visit the site of an Indian airstrike in Jaba, near Balakot, Pakistan. New Delhi: Eight months after Indian Air Force (IAF) bombed the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist camp in Pakistan's Balakot, intelligence agencies have received inputs that 45-50 hardcore terrorist including suicide bombers are being...
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