The Election Commission sought a report after Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath called the Indian Army “Modiji ki Sena” at an election rally. The poll panel has asked for a factual report from the Ghaziabad district election office and asked it to submit it by Tuesday.
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Economist-activist Jean Dreze and two other “Right to Food” activists were detained by the Jharkhand Police in Garhwa district, on Thursday, for allegedly organizing a public meeting without taking permission from police.
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While releasing her party manifesto at her Kalighat residence in south Kolkata, Mamata Banerjee also made an “appeal” to the prime minister, Narendra Modi, to engage in an open debate with an opposition leader ahead of the general election.
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According to experts, although the Congress’s proposed Nyuntam Aay Yojana shows commitment to social security, implementation of such scheme would be a tough job.
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The founder-chairman of Jet Airways, Naresh Goyal, and his wife, Aneeta Goyal, have stepped down from the airline’s board, on Monday. The beleaguered airline was struggling to meets its expenses over rising debt.
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The special cell of Delhi police arrested a man, who was a “close aide” of the mastermind behind the February 14 Pulwama attack, from near Lajpat Nagar market.
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The CBI also added that during the 1984 anti-Sikh pogrom, the attacks on the Sikhs were “spearheaded by dominant political actors, like Sajjan Kumar, and duly facilitated by law enforcement agencies.”
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The Tamil Nadu governor, Banwarilal Purohit, has granted consent to the transfer of the Pollachi sexual assault case to the Central Bureau of Investigation. The matter came to light when a 19-year-old reported her sexual abuse and blackmail to the police.
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China has yet again blocked India’s bid to label the Jaish-e-Muhammed chief, Maulana Masood Azhar, as a global terrorist in the UN security council. This is the fourth time China has placed technical hold on the bid to brand Azhar as a global terrorist at the UNSC.
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The government has warned Twitter that a failure to remove posts/accounts that are carrying/posting “objectionable and inflammatory content” could lead to its top executives facing up to seven years of jail along with financial penalties.
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