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Blog: My Wedding Had An Uninvited Guest - Covid
Our wedding was called off indefinitely. In less than two weeks, a national lockdown was announced in India, all flights were cancelled. In April, my mother and father tested positive for Covid in Long Island. What I had been reading about in news articles was happening to my own people. It was painful and scary, but they survived.
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A Letter, 100 Tweets Had Warned About Mumbai Bridge Where 22 Were Killed
A city that will soon have a bullet train doesn't even have a safe railway bridge, commented angry residents in Mumbai after a stampede left 22 dead and over 30 wounded this morning.
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In Meeting Of Akhilesh Yadav, Mulayam Singh, An Invitation And A Sign
Akhilesh Yadav today visited his father Mulayam Singh Yadav at his Lucknow home and invited him to a key meeting next week of the Samajwadi Party, which he now heads after a bitter tussle for power early this year. It is believed to be the first meeting between the two in many months.
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Kamal Nath's Remarks Suggest Congress Has Picked Jyotiraditya Scindia
The Congress should pick Jyotiraditya Scindia as its presumptive Chief Minister for Madhya Pradesh, said Kamal Nath, the party's most senior leader from the state, to reporters today.
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Rahul Gandhi Taunts Government, P Chidamabaram Pats Yashwant Sinha On The Back
As Congress leaders gleefully weigh in with an I-told-you-so over BJP senior Yashwant Sinha's lacerating criticism of the government's handling of the economy, the opposition party's vice president Rahul Gandhi has tweeted a taunt from Gujarat, where he is wrapping up a three-day election campaign tour.
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Rahul Gandhi In Gujarat LIVE: To Interact With Traders, Industrialists In Rajkot
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, on a three-day visit to Gujarat, is scheduled to visit Tankara and Dhrol in Jamnagar district and Wankaner in Morbi district today - the second day of his tour. Mr Gandhi will then travel to Rajkot, where he is scheduled to interact with traders and industrialists in the afternoon.
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Ukraine Envoy's Phone, Stolen While Taking Selfie At Red Fort, Recovered
Ukraine's ambassador to India whose phone was stolen on Wednesday has been recovered by Delhi Police. Ambassador Igor Polikha was clicking a selfie near the Red Fort when his mobile was snatched away. One person has been arrested in the case.
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Case Against Rajasthan 'Godman' For Alleged Sexual Assault
A self-styled godman in Rajasthan was on Wednesday booked for alleged sexual exploitation of a 21-year-old woman from Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh, police said.
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Donald Trump's First Speech At United Nations: Threatens To 'Destroy North Korea', Calls Kim Jong Un 'Rocket Man'
US President Donald Trump is delivering his first address at the United Nations amid global anxiety over North Korea and Iran. Trump took the podium at the General Assembly just after Brazil's Michel Temer, presenting his message to the world as he pushes his nationalist "America First" agenda. At a first UN appearance on Monday, Trump vowed to pus...
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Shinzo Abe In Gujarat LIVE: After Bullet Train Foundation, PM Narendra Modi, Japanese PM Sign Agreements
On Day 2 of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Gujarat, he and PM Narendra Modi jointly launched the high-speed bullet train project between Ahmedabad and Mumbai which is expected to be completed by 2022. On Wednesday night, PM Modi hosted a grand dinner for his Japanese counterpart and his wife Akie at Ahmedabad's famous 'Agashiye' rest...
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PM Modi, Shinzo Abe Visit Iconic Mosque In Ahmedabad
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe today visited the Sidi Saiyyed Ki Jaali mosque in Ahmedabad, the last of the major Mughal era shrines in the Gujarat city.
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For Divorce, Supreme Court Changes 6-Month 'Cooling Off' Rule
Ruling that it is pointless to "perpetuate a purposeless marriage and to prolong the agony of the parties", the Supreme Court today made a big change to the rules for Hindu couples looking to divorce.
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Nitish Kumar Agrees With Another PM Modi Proposal
Nitish Kumar is showing no burnout when it comes to agreeing with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Yesterday, the Bihar Chief Minister said the PM is correct to claim that his shock demonetisation move animated the war against black money. Today, Mr Kumar said the Prime Minister's pushing of simultaneous state and general elections is sagacious.
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BJP Notice To Ram Guha, Who Linked Gauri Lankesh Murder To Sangh Parivar
The BJP has sent a legal notice to historian Ramachandra Guha, who had alleged that journalist Gauri Lankesh's killers could be from the Sangh Parivar - a group of organisations led by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the BJP's ideological mentor. Mr Guha has been warned of civil and criminal action if he doesn't offer an unconditional apolog...
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'Deplore Current Measures In India To Deport Rohingyas': UN Body
India cannot carry out collective expulsions or return people to a place where they risk torture, the UN said today in a sharp statement amid reports that the government plans to deport thousands of Rohingyas who have fled violence in Myanmar.
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Blog: My Wedding Had An Uninvited Guest - Covid
Our wedding was called off indefinitely. In less than two weeks, a national lockdown was announced in India, all flights were cancelled. In April, my mother and father tested positive for Covid in Long Island. What I had been reading about in news articles was happening to my own people. It was painful and scary, but they survived.
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A Letter, 100 Tweets Had Warned About Mumbai Bridge Where 22 Were Killed
A city that will soon have a bullet train doesn't even have a safe railway bridge, commented angry residents in Mumbai after a stampede left 22 dead and over 30 wounded this morning.
-
In Meeting Of Akhilesh Yadav, Mulayam Singh, An Invitation And A Sign
Akhilesh Yadav today visited his father Mulayam Singh Yadav at his Lucknow home and invited him to a key meeting next week of the Samajwadi Party, which he now heads after a bitter tussle for power early this year. It is believed to be the first meeting between the two in many months.
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Kamal Nath's Remarks Suggest Congress Has Picked Jyotiraditya Scindia
The Congress should pick Jyotiraditya Scindia as its presumptive Chief Minister for Madhya Pradesh, said Kamal Nath, the party's most senior leader from the state, to reporters today.
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Rahul Gandhi Taunts Government, P Chidamabaram Pats Yashwant Sinha On The Back
As Congress leaders gleefully weigh in with an I-told-you-so over BJP senior Yashwant Sinha's lacerating criticism of the government's handling of the economy, the opposition party's vice president Rahul Gandhi has tweeted a taunt from Gujarat, where he is wrapping up a three-day election campaign tour.
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Rahul Gandhi In Gujarat LIVE: To Interact With Traders, Industrialists In Rajkot
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, on a three-day visit to Gujarat, is scheduled to visit Tankara and Dhrol in Jamnagar district and Wankaner in Morbi district today - the second day of his tour. Mr Gandhi will then travel to Rajkot, where he is scheduled to interact with traders and industrialists in the afternoon.
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Ukraine Envoy's Phone, Stolen While Taking Selfie At Red Fort, Recovered
Ukraine's ambassador to India whose phone was stolen on Wednesday has been recovered by Delhi Police. Ambassador Igor Polikha was clicking a selfie near the Red Fort when his mobile was snatched away. One person has been arrested in the case.
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Case Against Rajasthan 'Godman' For Alleged Sexual Assault
A self-styled godman in Rajasthan was on Wednesday booked for alleged sexual exploitation of a 21-year-old woman from Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh, police said.
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Donald Trump's First Speech At United Nations: Threatens To 'Destroy North Korea', Calls Kim Jong Un 'Rocket Man'
US President Donald Trump is delivering his first address at the United Nations amid global anxiety over North Korea and Iran. Trump took the podium at the General Assembly just after Brazil's Michel Temer, presenting his message to the world as he pushes his nationalist "America First" agenda. At a first UN appearance on Monday, Trump vowed to pus...
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Shinzo Abe In Gujarat LIVE: After Bullet Train Foundation, PM Narendra Modi, Japanese PM Sign Agreements
On Day 2 of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Gujarat, he and PM Narendra Modi jointly launched the high-speed bullet train project between Ahmedabad and Mumbai which is expected to be completed by 2022. On Wednesday night, PM Modi hosted a grand dinner for his Japanese counterpart and his wife Akie at Ahmedabad's famous 'Agashiye' rest...
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PM Modi, Shinzo Abe Visit Iconic Mosque In Ahmedabad
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe today visited the Sidi Saiyyed Ki Jaali mosque in Ahmedabad, the last of the major Mughal era shrines in the Gujarat city.
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For Divorce, Supreme Court Changes 6-Month 'Cooling Off' Rule
Ruling that it is pointless to "perpetuate a purposeless marriage and to prolong the agony of the parties", the Supreme Court today made a big change to the rules for Hindu couples looking to divorce.
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Nitish Kumar Agrees With Another PM Modi Proposal
Nitish Kumar is showing no burnout when it comes to agreeing with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Yesterday, the Bihar Chief Minister said the PM is correct to claim that his shock demonetisation move animated the war against black money. Today, Mr Kumar said the Prime Minister's pushing of simultaneous state and general elections is sagacious.
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BJP Notice To Ram Guha, Who Linked Gauri Lankesh Murder To Sangh Parivar
The BJP has sent a legal notice to historian Ramachandra Guha, who had alleged that journalist Gauri Lankesh's killers could be from the Sangh Parivar - a group of organisations led by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the BJP's ideological mentor. Mr Guha has been warned of civil and criminal action if he doesn't offer an unconditional apolog...
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'Deplore Current Measures In India To Deport Rohingyas': UN Body
India cannot carry out collective expulsions or return people to a place where they risk torture, the UN said today in a sharp statement amid reports that the government plans to deport thousands of Rohingyas who have fled violence in Myanmar.
