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In election season, Jayalalithaa summoned to court in April
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has been asked to appear in a Chennai court on April 3 to face criminal charges for not filing her income tax returns 20 years ago.
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Finish trial of lawmakers within one year: Supreme Court
In an important move to decriminalise politics, the Supreme Court has today ordered that trial in criminal cases against lawmakers must be concluded within a year of charges being framed.
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Outrage over sedition charges against students who cheered Pakistan
Sedition charges against a group of students who cheered for Pakistan in a cricket match against India provoked outrage today, much of it expressed on Twitter.
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Arvind Kejriwal's family watches as Congress, BJP launch attack
Arvind Kejriwal's mother, wife and young son watched today as he was attacked in the Delhi legislature by leaders from other parties.
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Dumb Starbucks offers Dumb Coffee, but who's the owner?
In Los Angeles, people waited in line for several hours over the weekend to buy a coffee. At Dumb Starbucks.
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13 dead as boat capsizes in Odisha's Hirakud reservoir
At least 13 people, including five women and two children, have died and 20 others are missing after a boat carrying over 100 people capsized on the Hirakud reservoir in Odisha's Sambalpur district on Sunday.
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Roller coaster ride crashes at theme park near Mumbai, two injured
A roller coaster at a fancy theme park near Mumbai skid off the rails this morning; a woman and her teen daughter were reportedly injured.
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Centre's Telangana push to surge as Parliament meets today
The controversial proposal that sanctions the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh to turn the region of Telangana into its own state will be reviewed by the cabinet on Thursday. The government is determined to introduce the bill in Parliament in this session, which begins today.
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Two Manipuri women allegedly assaulted by a group of men in Delhi
Two Manipuri women were allegedly assaulted by a group of men who are also reported to have hurled racist abuses at them in south Delhi's Kotla Mubarakpur area.
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Arunachal Pradesh student Nido Taniam's death: protests called off after assurance from Delhi Police
Nearly 2000 protesters gathered at a market in South Delhi today to demand justice for Nido Taniam, a 20-year-old student from Arunachal Pradesh who was found dead in his bedroom hours after he was allegedly beaten up by a group of 5-6 men. His attackers allegedly included shopkeepers from this market. Nido's body was flown to Itanagar this mornin...
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Delhi power prices hiked by upto 8% after threat of blackouts
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday derided the companies that supply power to Delhi for "blackmail" after one of them warned of all-day electricity outages starting today in Central and East Delhi.
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Not so fast Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi, Mulayam Singh Yadav is prepping for PM too
While the general elections due by May are increasingly being pitched as a clash between the BJP's official prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and the Congress' Rahul Gandhi, there is another man who believes he has a shot at being PM and his name is not Arvind Kejriwal.
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Birbhum gang-rape: Alleged letter of settlement with Trinamool panchayat member's signature emerges
A photocopy of an alleged letter signed by a local Trinamool panchayat member outlining the settlement between the villagers of Sabalpur where a tribal girl was allegedly gang-raped and the man she was in a relationship with has emerged.
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Culprits deserve corporal punishment: West Bengal Governor on alleged gang-rape in Birbhum
West Bengal Governor MK Narayanan today said he wanted corporal punishment for the men who allegedly gang-raped a 20-year-old tribal girl in Birbhum on Monday on the orders of a village council.
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Not in habit of shouting, this protest is needed: AAP's Ashutosh
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said he will not truncate his protest in the heart of the city against the union government and the Delhi Police. For the second day in a row, four metro stations were closed as a result of his sit-in. Yesterday, huge traffic jams were reported during rush hour as a result of his demonstration.
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In election season, Jayalalithaa summoned to court in April
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has been asked to appear in a Chennai court on April 3 to face criminal charges for not filing her income tax returns 20 years ago.
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Finish trial of lawmakers within one year: Supreme Court
In an important move to decriminalise politics, the Supreme Court has today ordered that trial in criminal cases against lawmakers must be concluded within a year of charges being framed.
-
Outrage over sedition charges against students who cheered Pakistan
Sedition charges against a group of students who cheered for Pakistan in a cricket match against India provoked outrage today, much of it expressed on Twitter.
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Arvind Kejriwal's family watches as Congress, BJP launch attack
Arvind Kejriwal's mother, wife and young son watched today as he was attacked in the Delhi legislature by leaders from other parties.
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Dumb Starbucks offers Dumb Coffee, but who's the owner?
In Los Angeles, people waited in line for several hours over the weekend to buy a coffee. At Dumb Starbucks.
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13 dead as boat capsizes in Odisha's Hirakud reservoir
At least 13 people, including five women and two children, have died and 20 others are missing after a boat carrying over 100 people capsized on the Hirakud reservoir in Odisha's Sambalpur district on Sunday.
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Roller coaster ride crashes at theme park near Mumbai, two injured
A roller coaster at a fancy theme park near Mumbai skid off the rails this morning; a woman and her teen daughter were reportedly injured.
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Centre's Telangana push to surge as Parliament meets today
The controversial proposal that sanctions the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh to turn the region of Telangana into its own state will be reviewed by the cabinet on Thursday. The government is determined to introduce the bill in Parliament in this session, which begins today.
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Two Manipuri women allegedly assaulted by a group of men in Delhi
Two Manipuri women were allegedly assaulted by a group of men who are also reported to have hurled racist abuses at them in south Delhi's Kotla Mubarakpur area.
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Arunachal Pradesh student Nido Taniam's death: protests called off after assurance from Delhi Police
Nearly 2000 protesters gathered at a market in South Delhi today to demand justice for Nido Taniam, a 20-year-old student from Arunachal Pradesh who was found dead in his bedroom hours after he was allegedly beaten up by a group of 5-6 men. His attackers allegedly included shopkeepers from this market. Nido's body was flown to Itanagar this mornin...
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Delhi power prices hiked by upto 8% after threat of blackouts
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday derided the companies that supply power to Delhi for "blackmail" after one of them warned of all-day electricity outages starting today in Central and East Delhi.
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Not so fast Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi, Mulayam Singh Yadav is prepping for PM too
While the general elections due by May are increasingly being pitched as a clash between the BJP's official prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and the Congress' Rahul Gandhi, there is another man who believes he has a shot at being PM and his name is not Arvind Kejriwal.
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Birbhum gang-rape: Alleged letter of settlement with Trinamool panchayat member's signature emerges
A photocopy of an alleged letter signed by a local Trinamool panchayat member outlining the settlement between the villagers of Sabalpur where a tribal girl was allegedly gang-raped and the man she was in a relationship with has emerged.
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Culprits deserve corporal punishment: West Bengal Governor on alleged gang-rape in Birbhum
West Bengal Governor MK Narayanan today said he wanted corporal punishment for the men who allegedly gang-raped a 20-year-old tribal girl in Birbhum on Monday on the orders of a village council.
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Not in habit of shouting, this protest is needed: AAP's Ashutosh
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said he will not truncate his protest in the heart of the city against the union government and the Delhi Police. For the second day in a row, four metro stations were closed as a result of his sit-in. Yesterday, huge traffic jams were reported during rush hour as a result of his demonstration.
