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EC failed to provide substantive response to 'genuine concerns' over EVMs: Congress

Mon, 08 Jan 2024 17:46:55 S O Correspondent

Bilkis Bano case: Witness welcomes SC verdict, relatives burst firecrackers in Gujarat town

Mon, 08 Jan 2024 17:45:42 S O Correspondent

'Those questioning law and order situation trying to malign West Bengal': Mamata Banerjee

Mon, 08 Jan 2024 17:44:27 S O Correspondent

Manipur: Editor of local daily, arrested for publishing 'sensitive details', granted bail

Mon, 08 Jan 2024 17:43:33 S O Correspondent

The editor of a vernacular newspaper in Manipur, who was arrested for allegedly publishing sensitive details in a report, has been released on bail, an official said on Monday.

SC to consider listing pleas for review of verdict upholding validity of 'Jallikattu' law in TN

Mon, 08 Jan 2024 17:42:36 S O Correspondent

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider listing pleas seeking review of its 2023 judgement upholding the validity of amendments made in a Tamil Nadu law to allow bull-taming sport 'Jallikattu' in the state.

Bilkis Bano case: SC quashes remission granted to 11 convicts

Mon, 08 Jan 2024 14:01:31 S O Correspondent

The Supreme Court on Monday quashed the Gujarat government's decision to grant remission to 11 convicts in the case of gangrape of Bilkis Bano and murder of seven of her family members during the 2002 riots in the state, saying the orders were "stereotyped" and passed without application of mind.A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan directed the convicts to surrender before jail auth

Al Jazeera says two Gaza journalists killed in Israeli strike

Mon, 08 Jan 2024 12:00:36 S O Correspondent

Al Jazeera on Sunday said two of its Palestinian journalists in the Gaza Strip were killed in an Israeli strike on their car, in what the Qatar-based media network claimed was a "targeted killing".

Lok Sabha polls: PM Modi likely to kick-start election rally from Bihar’s Bettiah on January 13

Mon, 08 Jan 2024 11:56:26 S O Correspondent

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to kick-off his campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from Bihar’s Champaran on January 13 by addressing a rally at the Raman Maidan in Bettiah city, the sources said on Sunday.

Two die of suffocation after lighting fire to beat cold in Haryana's Hisar

Mon, 08 Jan 2024 11:54:43 S O Correspondent

Two men were suspected to have died of asphyxiation as they fell asleep at night after lighting a fire in a room to beat the cold, police said here on Sunday.

Congress urges people to participate in Yatra, calls for strengthening commitment to justice

Mon, 08 Jan 2024 11:51:36 S O Correspondent

The Congress on Sunday invited people, civil society organisations and all movements that stand for justice and protecting Babasaheb Ambedkar's Constitution to join the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra from Manipur to Mumbai starting January 14.

Court in Delhi allows jailed AAP leader Sanjay Singh to visit Returning Officer for RS polls

Mon, 08 Jan 2024 11:49:54 S O Correspondent

A court here has allowed AAP leader Sanjay Singh, arrested in a money laundering case linked to the alleged Delhi excise scam, to physically visit the returning officer for the Rajya Sabha election in connection with the filing of nomination papers.

Ajmal asks Muslims not to travel during Ram Temple consecration ceremony period

Mon, 08 Jan 2024 11:48:29 S O Correspondent

AIUDF chief and MP Badruddin Ajmal on Saturday asked Muslims to avoid travel during the period coinciding with the Ram Temple consecration ceremony in Ayodhya later this month to avoid “any untoward incident”.