In West Bengal, amid the last phase of Lok Sabha election 2019, campaigning took a violent turn during BJP president Amit Shah’s roadshow in Kolkata as bottles, bricks and stones were thrown freely and a bust of Bengal icon Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was destroyed.
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Facebook’s WhatsApp urged users to upgrade to the latest version of its popular messaging app as an added precaution after reporting that users might be vulnerable to having malicious spyware installed on phones without their knowledge.
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The rape of a three-year-old girl by a teenager has triggered massive protests across Jammu & Kashmir with protesters demanding stringent punishment against the accused who committed the crime. The governor has ordered the probe to be fast-tracked.
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Sri Lanka widened the countrywide curfew after successive days of mob attacks on mosques and Muslim-owned shops in the North Western Province in the aftermath of the Easter Sunday bombings. Authorities have also blocked social media to stop people inciting violence.
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Andhra Pradesh chief minister and Telugu Desam Party leader N Chandrababu Naidu met Congress president Rahul Gandhi and discussed plans to hold meeting of opposition parties on May 21, two days ahead of Lok Sabha result to make strategy about post poll alliance.
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A 23-year-old dalit man died days after he was allegedly beaten up by some members of so called “upper caste” community for eating in front of them at a wedding reception in Uttarakhand’s Tehri district.
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In a reply to an application filed by review petitioners, the Centre told the Supreme Court that “categorical and emphatic” findings recorded by the top court in its December 14, 2018, verdict in the Rafale deal case has no apparent error warranting its review.
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Ahead of the last phase of polling for the Anantnag parliamentary seat, political parties have expressed concerns over the low voter turnout in the constituency. On top of this, terrorist outfit Hizbul Mujahideen issued a stern warning to people who are planning to vote.
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The Central Bureau of Investigation made a startling revelation in the Supreme Court that 11 girls were allegedly murdered by the key accused in the Muzaffarpur shelter-home sexual-abuse case, Brajesh Thakur, and his accomplices.
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At least 16 people, including 15 policemen from Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district, were killed when Maoists trigged a blast using an improvised explosive device to blow up the vehicle the jawans were travelling on.
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