The Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government of Uttar Pradesh has decided to issue caste certificates to members of 17 other backward classes. This decision is seen as a political ploy for the 2022 assembly election.
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Two days after the vandalism of a Durga temple in Lal Kuwan area of Old Delhi’s Chawri Bazar, the Delhi Police have arrested a total of four people. A juvenile has also been detained in the case.
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In a major breakthrough, the customs department has seized 532kg of suspected heroin and 52kg of suspected mixed narcotics worth ₹2,700 crore that was smuggled in to India from Pakistan in a truck through Attari border trade route in Punjab.
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In an attempt to pursue Congress president Rahul Gandhi to withdraw his resignation from his post, chief ministers of states from the party urged Rahul Gandhi that nobody else except him was capable of reviving the organization at this stage.
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The CBI has registered a case against unknown officials of the Air Force, defence ministry, businessman Sanjay Bhandari, and Switzerland-based company Pilatus Aircraft Ltd over charges of irregularities and corruption in procurement of 75 basic trainer aircraft in 2009.
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India is expecting the Pakistani government to fully comply with the action plan set out by global body Financial Action Task Force by September 2019, which is less than three months from now, to show progress on curbing terror financing.
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After the BJP ally Shiv Sena, in Lucknow, suggested that the Centre might bring an ordinance to clear the decks for a Ram temple in Ayodhya, the Babri Masjid Action Committee has cautioned the Narendra Modi government against bringing such an ordinance.
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Nitish Kumar visited Muzzaffarpur district for the first time since an outbreak of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome 17 days ago and was met by a crowd of angry parents and protesters chanting “wapas jao (go back)”.
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A day after doctors called off the nationwide strike as West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee agreed to their demands, the Supreme Court refused an urgent hearing on a plea seeking safety and security of doctors in government hospitals across the country.
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15 more officials, all of whom have corruption allegations against them, were made to retire compulsorily by the centre as part of its renewed tough stance on criminal misconduct.
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