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National Triple talaq petitioner threatened for attending Hanuman Chalisa recital in Hijab
Kolkata: Ishrat Jahan, a petitioner in the triple talaq case in the Supreme Court, has filed a police complaint alleging she was threatened and verbally abused by relatives and community members for attending a Hanuman Chalisa recital in a hijab. In her complaint at Golabari police station in Howrah, she accused her brother-in-law and her landlord of hurling abuses...
- 6 hrs ago
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National The rise and fall of 'Dosa King' Rajagopal
Chennai: From a remote village to ruling the taste buds of Indians across the world, Saravana Bhavan founder and ‘Dosa King’ P Rajagopal saw it all – a meteoric rise due to dint of hard work and landing behind bars for obsession for a married woman much younger to him. However, his detailed platter of mouth-watering south Indian delicacies never disappointed his avid customers as his chain of...
- 7 hrs ago
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National IMD red alert in 3 districts of Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram: With the southwest monsoon set to intensify in Kerala over the next few days, the India Meteorological Department has sounded a red alert in Idukki, Pathanamthitta and Kottayam districts of the state. The alarm has been sounded for Idukki district from July 18 to 20, Pathanamthitta and Kottayam districts for July 19. The red alert has been given from July 19 as heavy to very heavy...
- 8 hrs ago
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National Sedition case: HC suspends one-year sentence imposed on Vaiko by lower court
Chennai: In a major relief to MDMK chief Vaiko, the Madras High Court Thursday suspended the one-year sentence awarded to him by a lower court in a 2009 sedition case. Justice P D Audikesavalu, before whom the appeal filed by Vaiko came up, suspended the sentence imposed by a special court on July 5. Counsel for Vaiko argued that there was no audio or video evidence...
- 8 hrs ago
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National ICJ verdict in Jadhav case complete vindication of India's stand: MEA
New Delhi :India on Thursday said the verdict of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case is a complete vindication of its stand and it is incumbent on Pakistan to implement the ruling. In a major victory for India, the ICJ on Wednesday ruled that Pakistan must review the death sentence awarded to Jadhav and asked it to provide consular access to...
- 9 hrs ago
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National Kerala student's eardrum ruptures after being slapped by seniors outside college, six booked
Palakkad: In a case of ragging, a first year student of a college here was allegedly slapped on the face by seniors, resulting in the rupturing of his right eardrum, police said Thursday. Following this, a case has been registered against six students, the police said. The complainant is a student of Islamic Studies at MES Kalladi College in Manarkkad,...
- 9 hrs ago
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National I-T dept attaches Rs 400 cr 'benami' plot in Noida belonging to Mayawati's brother, wife
New Delhi: The Income-Tax Department has attached a ‘benami’ commercial plot worth Rs 400 crore in Noida belonging to BSP supremo Mayawati’s brother and his wife, an official order said. The provisional order for the attachment of the seven-acre plot, beneficially owned” by Anand Kumar and his wife Vichiter Lata, was issued on July 16 by the...
- 10 hrs ago
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National 'Uncle Nelson' first told me to join politics, says Priyanka on Mandela's 101st birth anniversary
New Delhi: Calling Nelson Mandela her inspiration and guide, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday said the anti-apartheid icon told her that she ought to be in politics long before anyone else did. Remembering the former South African president on his 101st birth anniversary, she said the world misses men like Mandela more...
- 10 hrs ago
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National Shah to head ministerial panel on Air India sale, Gadkari dropped: Report
New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah will head a reconstituted group of ministers (GoM) on Air India disinvestment and Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has been dropped from the panel, sources said. The panel, which is to work out modalities for sale of Air India, will now have four ministers – Shah, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Commerce and Railway Minister...
- 10 hrs ago
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National Some Cong, NCP MLAs to join BJP soon, claims Patil
Solapur: Some Congress and NCP MLAs will resign and join the BJP within a week or 10 days, the saffron party’s newly-appointed Maharashtra unit chief Chandrakant Patil claimed on Thursday. The NCP was quick to hit back at Patil over his claim, saying he was making such a statement to create confusion in the opposition camp ahead of the Assembly polls. “There will be resignations of lot many...
- 11 hrs ago
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