Wed, 09 Feb 2022 16:50:33
The battle for Uttar Pradesh will begin on Thursday with polling scheduled to take place in 58 assembly seats spread across 11 districts in the western part of the state.
Campaigning in the constituencies going to vote in the first round of the seven-phase election in the politically crucial state ended on Tuesday evening.
The polling will start at 7 am in these constituencies according to
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Wed, 09 Feb 2022 16:42:01
Customs officials at the Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) have seized foreign currency notes worth Rs 25.18 lakh from the illegal possession of two passengers in the last two days.
The passengers were attempting to smuggle the foreign currency notes out of the country, a customs release here said on Wednesday.
US dollars 10,000 was seized from a passenger from Kasaragod in Kerala, who w
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Wed, 09 Feb 2022 16:38:27
“My best friend is Muslim. She has always worn a (head)scarf to college — and today she is stuck there,” a 19-year old Hindu student at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College, Udupi, tells ThePrint.
She’s pointing to a throng of hijab-clad students protesting outside the college, facing off against another crowd wearing saffron scarves — both clamouring for “justice” amid the ongoing row over the hija
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Wed, 09 Feb 2022 15:39:22
The single Bench of Justice Krishna Dixit while hearing the matter refered the case to a larger bench. The Justice observed in the order that the question of interim relief will also be considered by the referred bench.
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Wed, 09 Feb 2022 13:54:00
Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Elamaram Kareem has written to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan urging him to intervene "on unfortunate incidents happening in Karnataka" saying that Muslim girl students in Udupi are being "deprived of their right to attend classes" for wearing Hijab.
"You may kindly note the fact that an unnecessary controversy is being created in the state wit
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Wed, 09 Feb 2022 13:50:54
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said that his government has decided to oppose Tamil Nadu's Hogenakkal hydroelectric project and Cauvery, Gundar and Vaigai river linking project by filing objections in the court.
Speaking to media persons in New Delhi after chairing a meeting with senior counsels who represent the state in the legal battle, State Advocate General and senior
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Wed, 09 Feb 2022 13:48:45
Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said that the Karnataka government should resolve the hijab row and Opposition parties should not use the controversy for political gains.
Speaking to ANI, Kharge said, "The government should resolve the hijab row according to the rules. Opposition parties should not use the hijab controversy for po
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Wed, 09 Feb 2022 13:45:53
Palakkad (Kerala) : The Indian army team on Wednesday rescued a youth who was stuck in a steep gorge in Kerala's Malampuzha mountains since Monday.
Earlier in the day, Army teams have undertaken a rescue operation to extricate him. For the rescue operation, two Army teams have been moved on requisition from the state government.
"One team of 12 personnel from Madras Regiment Centre, Wellingto
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Wed, 09 Feb 2022 13:38:18
Calm prevailed on Wednesday in the educational institutions which witnessed tense moments over the Hijab row earlier, as the Karnataka government had ordered closure of all high schools and colleges in the state for three days.
Most of them returned to the online mode of teaching, sources said.
Primary schools functioned as usual across the state without any interruption.
Protests for and
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