EC directs FB to remove IAF pilot’s photo shared by BJP MLA

The Election Commission asked Facebook to remove two political posters with Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman’s photograph shared by BJP leader and Delhi MLA Om Prakash Sharma. Read More
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In TN, over 50 women sexually abused after being lured via FB

Over 50 women from across Tamil Nadu were allegedly lured and sexually exploited by a four-member gang from Pollachi. Police stumbled upon the case when they arrested four suspects in February for allegedly blackmailing and sexually harassing a 19-year-old girl. Read More
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BJP’s in alliance-making spree, confident to retain power

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party appears more confident than before in the final run-up to the 2019 general election, announced on Sunday, after forming alliances with regional parties and making seat-sharing arrangements with smaller groups. Read More
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In Bihar, Kanhaiya Kumar emerges as CPI star candidate

Former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union president Kanhaiya Kumar offers the only certainty for Bihar’s Begusarai Lok Sabha constituency and local units of the Communist Party of India. Read More
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Farm distress higher during Modi rule than UPA time: Report

Even as farmers saw very low increase, or even decrease, in price for their produce, the growth on agricultural wage hasn’t fallen as much. This means, while farm income has fallen labour wages remained more or less the same, squeezing the farmer’s income further. Read More
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MP/MLA’s immunity: After 21 yrs, SC to revisit JMM bribery case

Earlier, the Supreme Court had ruled that lawmakers are immune to criminal prosecution for their actions inside Parliament or a state assembly. But that may change soon, now. Read More
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UN rejects Saeed’s plea to remove his name from terrorists’ list

According to reports quoting government sources, the UN decision to continue banning the 2008 Mumbai terror attack mastermind, Hafiz Saeed, came after India provided detailed evidence and highly confidential information. Read More
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‘PAF F-16 pilot’: Identified father says ‘Shahaz-ud-Din’ not his son

In a new turn of events, a retired Air Marshal Wasim-ud-din of Pakistan, who media reports claimed as a father of downed Pakistani F-16 pilot, Wing Commander Shahaz-ud-Din (or Shahzaz-ud-Din, according to some reports), has said that Shahaz-ud-Din was not his son. Read More
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Pakistan bans Saeed’s JuD and FIF, arrests Azhar’s brother, son

A day after the Indian media reported the Mumbai terror attack mastermind, Hafiz Saeed-led Jamaat-ud-Dawa and its wing, Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation, continue to be only on the watchlist, the two terror outfits were formally placed in the list of banned organizations. Read More
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Ex-BJD MP Baijayant Jay Panda joins BJP ahead of LS election

With the general election around the corner, former Biju Janata Dal MP Baijayant Jay Panda has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, on Monday. Panda had quit the BJD nine months ago after falling out with the BJD chief and Odisha chief minister, Naveen Patnaik. Read More
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