गुरुवार, 31 मार्च 2022

https://ift.tt/FnSXPgY cheap oil deal would be deeply disappointing: US communication secretary



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https://ift.tt/vA6z4ic govt retrenches 5 ‘deadwood’ officials with corruption charges



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https://ift.tt/zMOXu2E money seized in Jammu; 1 held, ex-minister declared absconding



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https://ift.tt/e5kqRKY involved in Sopore petrol bomb attack arrested, claims police



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https://ift.tt/qUBmcpS registers first FIR on Lokpal directive



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PHOTOS में देखिए सांसदों की विदाई:कभी अलविदा ना कहना... गाकर राज्यसभा से विदा हुए 72 सांसद, समारोह में PM मोदी भी रहे मौजूद https://ift.tt/lKhV5AN



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बुधवार, 30 मार्च 2022

https://ift.tt/rq4f73d was SIT plea to contest Ashish’s bail not heeded: Supreme Court



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https://ift.tt/9PEIVxW man posing as ‘journalist’ among 2 terrorists killed in Srinagar



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https://ift.tt/6vQXsuT years on, trial begins against JKLF leader Bitta Karate after slain Kashmiri Pandit’s kin moves court



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https://ift.tt/XNO6xrR committee clears first deal for indigenous combat helicopters



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https://ift.tt/3KiYDmy diesel locos still in game: Rlys to use 2,200 engines till their max service life



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मंगलवार, 29 मार्च 2022

https://ift.tt/oOdITAm Ashish bail, can still move to cancel: UP in SC

The Uttar Pradesh government told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that police are providing security to 98 witnesses in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case of last year and accused a petitioner, seeking cancellation of main accused Ashish Mishra’s bail, of conflating all subsequent incidents.

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https://ift.tt/wfmRk0n minister blames Putin’s war, UPA oil bonds for fuel price hike

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that the war in Ukraine had resulted in higher petrol and diesel prices and the government is seeking to respond to the situation. The statement came as oil prices raised pump prices again on Tuesday, pushing petrol beyond the Rs 100 a litre mark in the capital.

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https://ift.tt/8oUzWrY stares at blackout as Centre allots Dadri-II capacity to Haryana



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https://ift.tt/Ez94kgs 15,014 passengers travel through SIA on a single day



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झाड़ू ने हिमाचल में पैदा की सियासी हलचल:कांग्रेस-भाजपा से कई बड़े चेहरे छिटकने की चर्चाएं, 6 अप्रैल का दिन हिमचाल की राजनीति में अहम https://ift.tt/uEJhCoO



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सोमवार, 28 मार्च 2022

https://ift.tt/9UvDPYt flying high in the armed forces but still a miniscule minority

Slowly but steadily, often with help from the Supreme Court, women are shattering multiple glass ceilings in the overwhelmingly male-dominated environs of the armed forces. There are now 15 women IAF fighter pilots as well as 145 women helicopter and transport aircraft pilots in the three Services, while 28 have also been deployed on frontline warships and 100 have become trained military policewomen.

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https://ift.tt/ZlWNSmz eases Covid-19 travel rating for India from high-risk level to low

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and State Department eased government Covid-19 travel ratings for India and some other countries on Monday. The CDC said had changed its Covid-19 travel recommendation for India to "Level 1: Low" from "Level 3: High," which urges unvaccinated Americans to avoid travel to those locations.

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https://ift.tt/VWiNfQM to include Tripura's Darlong community in ST list sees rare bonhomie between govt and opposition in LS



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https://ift.tt/U0udhGx in Bihar assembly over attack on CM Nitish Kumar; opposition hits out at govt over law and order situation



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अनुराग ठाकुर का अलग अंदाज:केंद्रीय मंत्री ने दुबई में बॉलीवुड एक्टर रणवीर सिंह के साथ मल्हारी सॉन्ग पर किया डांस, जमकर बजीं तालियां https://ift.tt/w0PyuAa



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मंत्री-विधायकों का आयकर मामला:हिमाचल हाईकोर्ट ने सरकार को दिया नोटिस; याचिकाकर्ता ने सरकारी खजाने से आयकर भरने पर जताई आपत्ति, असंवैधानिक घोषित करने की प्रार्थना https://ift.tt/w0PyuAa



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रविवार, 27 मार्च 2022

https://ift.tt/SPp4hTv 2 year gap, Amarnath Yatra starts on June 30



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https://ift.tt/Bp2Zhfm case: NIA raids house of jailed activist in J&K



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https://ift.tt/Msocgq7 fresh NRC exercise: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday upped the ante over the state’s updated National Register of Citizens (NRC), calling for a fresh exercise to collate citizenship data rather than just partially reverifying the rolls. “The old NRC should be reviewed; it should be new and done again,” he told the media on the sidelines of an event in the city. “The government is in touch with All Assam Students’ Union in this regard.”

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https://ift.tt/kPTeMA8 cooperate with CBI, but protest if probe biased: Didi

CBI recorded on Sunday statements of at least three wounded prime witnesses of the Bogtui village carnage as part of its probe into the burning of eight of a family in Bengal’s Birbhum district, while CM Mamata Banerjee said her government will cooperate with the central agency, but protest if it follows instructions from BJP, CPM or Congress.

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https://ift.tt/s85hEng industry welcomes Centre's decision to reopen international flights



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शनिवार, 26 मार्च 2022

https://ift.tt/dcFMTLe ration plan extended for 6 months, to cost 80,000 crore

The government on Saturday cleared a six-month extension of the PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PM-GKAY), offering an extra 5 kg of free ration to 80 crore families, which will cost the central exchequer an additional Rs 80,000 crore. The decision came weeks after the scheme turned out to be a key element of BJP’s electoral success in Uttar Pradesh. Several government functionaries had suggested that the scheme should be discontinued as economic activity was back to pre-pandemic levels.

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https://ift.tt/NkpeqQG tail-enders jump queue, grab med seats

MBBS aspirants who missed out in the initial rounds of seat allotment and pinned their hopes on vacant NRI quota seats have been bested by students at the tail end of the NEET qualifying list helped by NRI sponsors.

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https://ift.tt/y7o61Ps international flight operations begin, one-stop transits set to be available again



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https://ift.tt/gLbnXFw budget vows 20 lakh jobs in 5 years; education gets top billing

Focusing on economic revival in the post-Covid era, Delhi finance minister Manish Sisodia presented what he called a “Rozgar Budget” on Saturday which promises to create 20 lakh new jobs in the next five years by promoting retail and wholesale markets, setting up a new electronic city and developing Delhi as a popular tourist destination.

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https://ift.tt/mTMBtWL cop killed, brother wounded in terror attack



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https://ift.tt/HbgYNDP on Katra’s Shankaracharya Temple to resume after 19 years



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https://ift.tt/xRrf84I repatriates 3 Pakistani prisoners after completion of jail terms



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शुक्रवार, 25 मार्च 2022

https://ift.tt/qU1aMRJ of new school session, 1 crore kids aged 12-14 get 1st Covid shot

Ahead of the new academic session that is set to begin from April, Covid vaccination among adolescents of 12-14 years picked up pace this week with over one crore youngsters in this age group initiating immunisation in the last 10 days. The government lowered the eligible age for Covid vaccination to 12 years from March 16 to bring adolescents of 12-14 years under the span of the programme.

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https://ift.tt/6F4QVtx High Court stops Bengal SIT, asks CBI to probe Birbhum case

The Calcutta high court handed CBI on Friday the investigation into the Bogtui village carnage in which eight people of a family were charred to death inside a cluster of houses in Bengal’s Birbhum district on March 21 in an alleged revenge attack over a panchayat representative’s murder an hour earlier.

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https://ift.tt/ymwtb5q freshers in 52-strong Yogi ministry, 1 deputy CM replaced

Yogi Adityanath took oath on Friday for a second consecutive term as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, heading a team which has 32 new faces and a new deputy CM in Brajesh Pathak who made a strong entry at Dinesh Sharma’s cost. Just like last time, the ministry included only five women, including the party’s prominent Jatav face and former Uttarakhand governor Baby Rani Maurya.

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https://ift.tt/o9cIvwe, China agree to disagree on LAC as India seeks border peace, China long-term view

India pressed China for an early and complete disengagement of troops in the remaining areas along the LAC in eastern Ladakh, as foreign minister S Jaishankar and NSA Ajit Doval met Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi Friday, saying normalisation of the border situation is a prerequisite for normalisation of ties.

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https://ift.tt/Tyqsbkc calls India's position over Ukraine 'unsatisfactory' but unsurprising

A senior White House official said on Friday India's position at the United Nations over the crisis in Ukraine has been "unsatisfactory" but was also unsurprising given its historical relationship with Russia.

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गुरुवार, 24 मार्च 2022

https://ift.tt/umMcvyV visits Birbhum village, gets TMC neta arrested

Accused of not doing anything to prevent the carnage at Birbhum's Bogtui village despite being aware of the threat, a Trinamool block president was arrested on Thursday soon after CM Mamata Banerjee told DGP Manoj Malaviya that Anarul Hossain "should surrender at the police station or be hunted down". "He didn't alert the police on time. Lives could have been saved had Anarul done so," Mamata said.

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https://ift.tt/vCpDZrK cracks IIT masters entrance, ranks 54



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https://ift.tt/eWaiCS9 to resume hearing on Kashi temple-Gyanvapi Mosque issue from March 29

The Allahabad high court on Thursday adjourned till March 29 the cases relating to Varanasi’s Kashi Vishwanath Temple-Gyanvapi Mosque complex, directing that the arguments shall continue thereafter on regular basis till their conclusion in all connected matters.

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https://ift.tt/tQN7B9h talks with China in parallel to stand-off show foreign, defence policies joined at hip: Jaishankar



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हिमाचल में देश की पहली स्नो-मैराथन कल:लाहौल-स्पीति के सिस्सू में हो रहा आयोजन, देशभर के 150 प्रतिभागी लेंगे भाग, पूरा ट्रैक बर्फ से ढका https://ift.tt/eGhgzQk



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बुधवार, 23 मार्च 2022

https://ift.tt/PSAoiT3 activists pay tribute to Bhagat Singh, raise demand to rename Lahore's Shadman Chowk after him



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https://ift.tt/3xiLagF on Class 12 subjects, but no bar on any course

The Common University Entrance Test (Undergraduate) 2022, to be conducted by NTA, will be the basis for admission to close to 1.8 lakh seats across 45 central universities and their affiliated/constituent colleges. ​​The application process and the test and admission criteria need to be understood to let you choose your preferred course and college across the country. Ahead of NTA’s own announcement over a week later, TOI simplifies things for you.

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https://ift.tt/PXNGvAr years on, national Covid-19 plan to end on March 31

Two years after the Centre imposed a nationwide lockdown in view of the Covid-19 outbreak and followed it up with monthly review of health protocols, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has decided against invoking provisions of the Disaster Management Act beyond March 31 for management of the pandemic.

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https://ift.tt/nrxk4To govt with Congress as alliance partner damaged anganwadi system: BJP leader



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https://ift.tt/RMGocqe attempting to destabilise Jharkhand govt, spreading lies through social media: CM Hemant Soren



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मंगलवार, 22 मार्च 2022

https://ift.tt/bQ5mnfp burnt to death after murder of TMC neta

Eight Bengal villagers, most of them possibly women and children, burned to death in a blaze that engulfed a row of houses at Bogtui village in Rampurhat within an hour of a TMC deputy panchayat head’s murder on Monday, putting the state back on a familiar trail of allegations about political violence and reprisal. The victims couldn’t be immediately identified as bodies were charred beyond recognition, officials said.

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मॉर्निंग न्यूज ब्रीफ:8 साल बाद घरेलू गैस सिलेंडर के दाम 1 हजार के पार, इमरान खान बोले- डेढ़ अरब मुसलमान कश्मीर के लिए कुछ नहीं कर पाए https://ift.tt/CB42bXd



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https://ift.tt/uv1PfUj issues guidelines for legal assistance in international criminal cases



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https://ift.tt/Zk1BNJl says its Covid vaccine gets India authorisation for adolescents

Novavax Inc on Tuesday said that the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted emergency use authorisation for its Covid-19 vaccine for adolescents aged 12 to 17 in the country. The authorization is a global first for the age group for the vaccine, which is manufactured and marketed in India by the Serum Institute of India under the brand name Covovax. Novavax last month said its vaccine was 80% effective against Covid-19 in a late-stage trial testing the shot in 2,247 childern.

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https://ift.tt/49uRFWY and girl cadets to be trained in ‘absolute gender neutral’ mode: NDA

The National Defence Academy (NDA) said on Tuesday that a majority of military training activities of boy and girl cadets would be conducted together, and it was “geared up” for training the first batch of girl cadets in an absolutely gender-neutral manner from June 2022. The move was crucial keeping their employability in mind, wherein the women officers are required to command the troops of men, the NDA said in a press release.

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https://ift.tt/hVs47xC attaches Uddhav Thackeray kin’s assets; MVA cries vendetta

The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached properties worth Rs 6.45 crore, including 11 residential flats at Thane, belonging to a company controlled and owned by Shridhar Madhav Patankar, brother-in-law of chief minister Uddhav Thackeray. Patankar is brother of Rashmi Thackeray, wife of the CM and editor of Saamna newspaper.

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https://ift.tt/ouPt8ws on India as Russia, West seek UN vote on Ukraine

India’s position on the Ukraine crisis will be put under the microscope again by its Western partners later this week with the UN General Assembly likely to meet and vote on a resolution brought by France and Mexico on the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the war-ravaged country. UNGA president Abdulla Shahid announced that he would convene an emergency special session of the General Assembly on Wednesday following a letter from 22 countries.

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सोमवार, 21 मार्च 2022

https://ift.tt/Z8oagrK demand not based on sound logic, infeasible to implement, says Supreme Court panel

The demand for legalising procurement of crops at minimum support price (MSP) is not based on sound logic and is infeasible to implement, said the Supreme Court-appointed committee in its report which also flagged how the repeal of farm laws would be “unfair to the silent majority” who supported it.

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https://ift.tt/WbNA0SF & India: Can’t allow a Ukraine in the Indo-Pacific

While Australian PM Scott Morrison called for holding Russia to account for its Ukraine offensive in the virtual summit with PM Narendra Modi, Australia also expressed understanding of India's position on Ukraine, Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla said after the meeting on Monday.

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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/photo/90362001.cmsBJP’s Dhami move clears way, Maurya may keep deputy CM chair

The BJP leadership’s decision to continue Pushkar Singh Dhami as Uttarakhand CM seems to have cleared the way for the retention of Keshav Prasad Maurya as deputy CM in the new Yogi government in UP. Like Dhami, Maurya suffered defeat in his home constituency of Sirathu. However, the decision regarding who helms the saffron regime in neighbouring Uttarakhand may have removed what could have been a hurdle for the OBC leader.

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https://ift.tt/Dd9ptXL has proved it is second to none in combating climate change: Tirumurti



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हिमाचल में कांग्रेस में मेजर सर्जरी की तैयारी:सोनिया गांधी ने दिल्ली तलब किए सभी आला नेता, नए प्रदेशाध्यक्ष, नेता प्रतिपक्ष और इलेक्शन कैंपेन कमेटी के अध्यक्ष को लेकर फैसला संभावित https://ift.tt/AHrKkx7



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रविवार, 20 मार्च 2022

https://ift.tt/bRJyAYr PM Naftali Bennett to visit India on ‘friend’ Narendra Modi’s invitation

Israel announced Sunday that PM Naftali Bennett will pay his first official visit to India on April 2 at the invitation of his counterpart Narendra Modi. The three-day visit will mark the establishment of 30 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries. The visit will also take place against the backdrop of the Ukraine crisis in which Bennett reportedly is playing a peacemaker.

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https://ift.tt/8MHbQpF has accepted India’s Russia stand, won’t hit ties: Australian high commissioner

While Australian PM Scott Morrison has said he will raise with his counterpart Narendra Modi Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, an issue that dominated Japan’s agenda with India in the summit on Saturday, Australian high commissioner Barry O’Farrell said Quad countries have accepted India’s position and that it wasn’t going to affect cooperation among them.

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https://ift.tt/bXCmjzv Class 12 re-exam for hijab protesters: Karnataka govt

Hundreds of pre-university (PU) II students in Karnataka who had participated in hijab protests will not be given a second chance to appear for their practical examinations, which they boycotted in February-March. In Karnataka, Class 12 is called PU II. Two days after hinting at a re-exam, the government on Sunday categorically ruled out that option for students who were “absent” for the practicals conducted as part of the board examinations.

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https://ift.tt/oTUO1vX Covid deaths drop below 200, lowest in 2 years

India recorded less than 200 deaths from Covid-19 in the week ending Sunday, the lowest toll from the pandemic since the week after the country went into total lockdown on March 25, 2020. Even as global cases of Covid surged by 4% in the last seven days (till Saturday), India again reported a 40% fall in infections in the week ending Sunday.

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https://ift.tt/J2kzqiQ cases rise elsewhere, govt set to cut Covishield shots gap

The government’s top vaccination advisory panel, National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI), has recommended reducing the interval between the two primary doses of Covishield to 8-16 weeks, while the Centre is evaluating the need for expanding the booster programme as emerging evidence suggests that a third shot can significantly enhance protection against the highly transmissible Omicron, official sources said.

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शनिवार, 19 मार्च 2022

https://ift.tt/hOU5lD8 We can’t live in fear over surge elsewhere, says ICMR expert



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https://ift.tt/O1s5QZ4 Zoji La reopens ahead of schedule amid LAC tension

With Indian soldiers remaining forward-deployed in the continuing 22-month-long military confrontation with China in eastern Ladakh, the BRO on Saturday reopened the forbidding Zoji La on the Srinagar-Kargil-Leh road much ahead of schedule. The pass, key to maintaining operational preparedness of the armed forces, usually remains closed from end-November to mid-April due to heavy snow, leaving the Ladakh region cut off.

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https://ift.tt/cYLuler control over Pakistan-backed terrorism in J&K after abrogation of Article 370, says Amit Shah

Security forces have taken a “decisive control” over Pakistan-sponsored terrorism in J&K following the abrogation of Article 370 two-and-a-half-years ago, Union home minister Amit Shah said. Democracy has returned to J&K and the Union territory has been recording “inclusive development” through corruption-free governance as a result of Article 370’s removal, said Shah.

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https://ift.tt/LKwIrq2 held for 'death threats' to judges over hijab verdict

Tamil Nadu police arrested two men on Saturday on the charge of issuing death threats to Karnataka high court judges who delivered the 'hijab verdict' on March 15 that upheld a ban on students wearing the Islamic headscarf in class. Kovai Rahmathullah was arrested in Tirunelveli, while S Jamal Mohammed Usmani, 44, was taken into custody in Thanjavur.

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https://ift.tt/G3WklqT opposition leaders give Republic Day parade a miss

Top opposition figures, including Congress's Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, NCP patriarch Sharad Pawar and Le...