Kerela’s Muslim Educational Society, which controls a total of 150 educational institutions, banned“ dresses that covers the face” for girls on all its campuses. However, it says the decision to ban veils was taken before Sri Lankan banned the burqa after the April 21 bombings.
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China, which had blocked moves to blacklist Masood Azhar four times, finally dropped its objections saying it “found no objection after a careful study of revised materials.”
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Mamata Banerjee demanded cancellation of Narendra Modi’s candidature for “shamelessly indulging in horse trading” during the Lok Sabha election after the PM claimed that “about 40 TMC MLAs are in touch with him and would switch sides once the BJP wins the election.”
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The former woman employee of the Supreme Court who alleged sexual harassment by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi said she is “not likely to get justice from this committee,” and will not participate in proceedings before an in-house committee.
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The Congress released the names of its candidates for six out of seven Delhi constituencies for the Lok Sabha election. Three-time chief minister Sheila Dikshit will contest from Delhi Northeast, where she faces the BJP’s Manoj Tiwari.
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The Pakistan army spun the fresh statement given by the external affairs minister, Sushma Swaraj, claiming that “no Pakistani civilian or soldier” was killed in the Balakot air strike, and used the statement to “propagate” their version of the attack.
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The Supreme Court, on Monday, issued a notice to the Congress president, Rahul Gandhi, on a contempt petition filed against him by BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi, the court has asked Gandhi to explain his remarks made on the Rafale case verdict.
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French newspaper Le Monde reported that a French subsidiary of Anil Ambani’s Reliance Communications received a tax waiver from France worth €143.7 million soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced India would buy 36 Rafale jets.
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Both the leaders, Giri and Gurung, are accused in the 2010 Madan Tamang murder case and it is reported that several other cases are pending against them in West Bengal.
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