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We will boycott Governor's Independence Day tea party over his pro-NEET stand: CM Stalin

Mon, 14 Aug 2023 17:43:43 S O Correspondent

Bihar caste survey: SC defers hearing for August 18 on plea challenging Patna HC order

Mon, 14 Aug 2023 17:41:25 S O Correspondent

Amid political chaos, Pawar says 'no confusion' within MVA, ensures 'INDIA' meet will be successful

Mon, 14 Aug 2023 17:36:55 S O Correspondent

Assam floods: 75,000 people affected, 4 rivers flowing above danger level

Mon, 14 Aug 2023 17:35:12 S O Correspondent

The flood situation in Assam deteriorated on Sunday affecting more than 75,000 people, an official bulletin said. The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) report said the floods claimed a life in Sivasagar district. With this, the death toll in this year's deluge has reached 12, an official said.

Two incidents of stone pelting on trains in Kerala

Mon, 14 Aug 2023 17:24:37 S O Correspondent

Two incidents of stone pelting on trains were reported from Kannur district in northern Kerala, Railway officials said on Monday. According to the officials, stones were pelted on the Mangaluru-Chennai Superfast Express and Netravati Express when the trains reached a region between Kannur South and Valapattanam in the district on Sunday evening.

MP: Cong stages protests over FIR against handlers of ‘X’ accounts of Priyanka Gandhi, Kamal Nath

Mon, 14 Aug 2023 17:22:56 S O Correspondent

Congress workers and leaders on Sunday staged protests in various districts of Madhya Pradesh, a day after an FIR was registered against “handlers” of social media accounts of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and MP Congress chief Kamal Nath among others.

Congress calls for wider consultations on three Bills to replace India's criminal laws

Sun, 13 Aug 2023 20:41:15 S O Correspondent

The Congress on Sunday called for wider consultations involving experts and the general public on the three Bills that seek to overhaul India's criminal justice system to stay away from the "trap of bulldozing the entire criminal law structure" without discussion.

"If Nawaz Sharif, PM Modi can meet, then why not...": Sanjay Raut

Sun, 13 Aug 2023 20:39:58 S O Correspondent

Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray faction) leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday remarked that if former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Prime Minister Narendra Modi could meet, then why not Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar?

Govt wants to bring ‘dictatorship’: Sibal slams bills to replace criminal laws

Sun, 13 Aug 2023 20:32:12 S O Correspondent

Terming the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Bill as “unconstitutional”, former law minister Kapil Sibal on Sunday alleged that the government talks about ending colonial-era laws but their thinking is that they want to “bring dictatorship” through such legislations.

Maharashtra: 18 deaths reported in 24 hours in Thane hospital; probe panel constituted

Sun, 13 Aug 2023 20:30:20 S O Correspondent

Eighteen patients have died in the last 24 hours at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital in Kalwa in Thane, civic commissioner Abhijit Bangar said on Sunday.

Worker stuck in 70-feet deep trench in Punjab's Jalandhar for over 15 hours; rescue operation on

Sun, 13 Aug 2023 20:28:10 S O Correspondent

Efforts are underway to rescue a 55-year-old worker who has been stuck for over 15 hours in a 60-70 feet deep trench in Punjab's Jalandhar district, officials said on Sunday.

New BNS Bill proposes to do away with IPC provisions on unnatural sex, adultery

Sun, 13 Aug 2023 20:27:02 S O Correspondent

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Bill which is proposed to replace the British-era Indian Penal Code (IPC) does away with two contentious provisions on unnatural sex and adultery that were diluted and struck down respectively by the Supreme Court in 2018.