Fri, 27 Dec 2019 19:02:24
Raipur: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday termed the National Register of Citizens (NR C) and National Population Register (NPR) as an attack on the poor people of the country and said that it was akin to taxing them.
Talking to reporters here, the Congress leader said, "Whether it is NRC and NPR, it is a tax on poor people of the country. Demonetisation was a tax on poor people of the c
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Fri, 27 Dec 2019 19:00:20
Panaji, Dec 27 (PTI) Goa Governor Satya Pal Malik has said that the state has been "cheated" on the issue of Mahadayi river and Karnataka's plan to divert its water for irrigation purposes was "unacceptable".
He was talking to a local TV channel here on Thursday.
"It is unacceptable that Karnataka wished to divert the river water for irrigation, when Goa, which is located downstream, needed
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Fri, 27 Dec 2019 18:51:55
Lucknow: Internet services have been suspended in 21 districts and security has been tightened as part of measures adopted to prevent any untoward incident in the state on Friday.
Apart from internet suspension which is aimed at checking rumours, the police have also made strategic deployment in sensitive areas, according to state DGP OP Singh.
"We have suspended internet services in 21
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Fri, 27 Dec 2019 18:48:05
Almaty: A Kazakhstan plane with 98 people aboard has crashed shortly after takeoff early Friday, killing at least 15 people, officials in Almaty said.
At least 66 others survived with injuries, 50 of them hospitalized.
The Bek Air aircraft hit a concrete fence and a two-story building after takeoff from Almaty International Airport. It lost attitude at 7:22 a.m. (0122 GMT), the airpor
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Fri, 27 Dec 2019 18:46:19
Mumbai, Dec 27 (PTI) Students and social activists on Friday held a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
The protesters gathered at the Azad Maidan in south Mumbai and gave slogans against the government. They carried banners decrying the Modi government over the move.
"This is a authoritarian regime. It thinks they can do anything. It is
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Fri, 27 Dec 2019 18:43:53
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah of plunging the nation into turmoil and unrest with their ill-thought-out Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens.
Accusing the Centre of fuelling unrest and disrupting communal harmony in the state, the Congress leader asked the government to revoked the
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Fri, 27 Dec 2019 18:41:53
The Karnataka State Human Rights Commission (KSHRC) chairman Justice DH Vaghela has called for a full bench sitting on December 31 over reports of alleged police action which took place during the anti-CAA protests in Mangaluru earlier this month.
The sitting has been called in response to a petition filed before the KSHRC, urging it to "initiate action against the Commissioner of Police, Manga
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Fri, 27 Dec 2019 18:39:49
MANGALURU: Mangaluru MLA UT Khader has sought clarification from the state government over withdrawal of compensation announced by CM BS Yediyurappa for the duo killed during police firing in Mangaluru.
Addressing media persons here on Thursday, Khader said that Yediyurappa had announced Rs 10 lakh compensation to each of the deceased persons and after two days, he withdrew the compensation. No
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Fri, 27 Dec 2019 18:38:13
New Delhi, Dec 27 (PTI) Braving cold weather, hundreds of people gathered outside the iconic Jama Masjid in Old Delhi on Friday to protest against the amended citizenship law.
Congress leader Alka Lamba and former Delhi MLA Shoaib Iqbal were among those who joined the demonstrations.
Lamba hit out at the central government, saying "unemployment is the real issue in the county, but you (PM) a
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