THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Following widespread condemnation from civil society and the media, as well as voters traditionally associated with the left, the LDF government decided on Monday to withdraw Amendment 118A from Kerala Police Law that, in effect, gave the police arbitrary powers to muzzle freedom of expression in any medium. It …
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KOLKATA: Actor and deputy of the Trinamool Congress Nusrat jahan on monday he hit radical elements against inter-religious marriages saying that “love” and “jihad” do not go hand in hand and asked not to make religion a political tool in India. Speaking at a press conference at Trinamool Bhavan on …
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NEW DELHI: Amid persistent criticism from senior leaders about drift in the party, with opposition leader in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad renewing the debate, Congress said Monday that older people should desist from airing opinions private in public and observe discipline, which is a must. for any organization to …
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MUMBAI: Concerned about the prospect of an increase in COVID-19 casesThe Maharashtra government on Monday imposed strict restrictions on people traveling to the state from New Delhi, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Goa, which have recently seen an increase in numbers. Also within the state, Health Minister Rajesh Tope said the government …
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NEW DELHI: The CBI and ED won a partial victory in the Delhi High Court on Monday when it rejected various requests challenging the sanction of the central government to the CBI to appeal against the acquittal of former telecommunications minister A Raja and others in relation to the case …
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NEW DELHI: More than a month after the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir annul the Roshni Law From 2001, the J&K administration has started to publish the list of beneficiaries on its website, including leading politicians, bureaucrats, businessmen, etc., who influenced the illegal allocation of state lands to regularize …
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NEW DELHI: Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal Monday said that the Indian railways will start services from and through Punjab as the farmers unions they have announced the complete lifting of the blockades starting today. “After the postponement of the movement of farmers on the railways and stations in Punjab …
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MUMBAI: Armed with interim findings from the AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid-19 vaccine trials, which showed 70% effectiveness in preventing people from becoming infected, the Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) is ready to look for emergency regulatory approval and hopes to get the go-ahead by the end of the year. The ‘positive’ …
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NEW DELHI: India stepped up its diplomatic offensive on Monday to expose Pakistan on the issue of cross-border terrorism with Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla briefing a select group of foreign envoys, including P5 countries, on the role of forces with base in Pakistan in the Nagrota terrorist attack. Shringla told …
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NEW DELHI: Haryana Congress Leader Kuldeep Bishnoi on Monday he accused the party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad to plot a conspiracy with rivals to break the match. The Adampur MLA also charged the veteran Congress leader of ruining the party in Haryana and claimed that Congress would have formed the …
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