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Assam Congress To Cut Ties With Key 'Mahajot' Allies Over "BJP Praise"
The Assam Congress has decided to sever ties with two of its key allies in the state with whom the party took on the BJP-led alliance in this year's assembly polls. The much hyped 10-party 'Mahajot' is all set to collapse as the party's state unit di
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A Red Carpet Welcome For Olympian Lovlina Borgohain As She Reaches Assam
India's boxing sensation Lovlina Borgohain received a red carpet welcome at Assam's Guwahati when she returned home after her bronze medal win at the Tokyo Olympics.
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Assam Mob Kills 50-Year-Old Man In Alleged "Witch-Hunt", 5 Arrested: Cops
A 50-year-old man was brutally beaten to death by villagers in Assam apparently on suspicion of practicing witchcraft. Five accused have been arrested in the case so far, police sources added.
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Pfizer Praises Punjab's "Extraordinary Efforts", Says No To Sending Jabs
US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has refused to send Covid vaccines to Punjab directly making it clear that they only deal with the central government soon after Moderna too declined the state government's request.
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Pinarayi Vijayan, Kerala MPs Seek Relief For Arrested Covid+ Journalist
Eleven Kerala MPs have written to the Chief Justice of India seeking speedy hearing and interim relief of Siddique Kappan, a Delhi-based journalist who was arrested on his way to Hathras in Uttar Pradesh to report on the alleged gang-rape of a Dalit
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Families Gasp For Bed And Breath As Delhi Hospitals Stagger Under Crisis
As the ferocious second wave of coronavirus afflicts India, grieving families of patients gasp for a bed and breath at hospitals.
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Illegal Aadhaar Card Racket Busted In Assam's Dibrugarh, 3 Detained
An illegal Aadhaar card centre was busted by the police in Assam's Dibrugarh on Sunday.
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High Court To Monitor IPS Officer's Harassment Case Against Top Cop
The Madras High Court on Monday said that it will monitor a sexual harassment case by a woman IPS officer in Tamil Nadu against a high-ranking male colleague. The court had taken up the case on its own today. Justice N Anand Venkatesh ordered no politicisation in the case and said he was "deeply saddened" by the issue.
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After Journalists' Strike, Manipur To Probe Attack On Newspaper Office
Days after all newspapers in Manipur stopped publication following an attack on a leading daily's office, Chief Minister N Biren Singh announced that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) will probe the grenade attack. The office of Imphal-based daily newspaper "Poknapham" was targeted last Sunday but no one was injured, police sources said.
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Man Throws Acid On Woman Who Rejected His Proposal, Arrested: Assam Cops
A woman was attacked with acid in Assam's Dibrugarh on Sunday while she was returning home from office, police said today adding that the accused has been arrested.
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2 Arrested In UP For Cutting Birthday Cake With Pistol. Video Is Viral
Two men cut a birthday cake with a pistol amid a cheering crowd, a bizarre video from Uttar Pradesh's Hapur shows. Both men have been arrested after the 20-second video from Sunday went viral on social media.
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Opposition Boycotts Governor's Address In Kerala Assembly, Stages Dharna
The Kerala Assembly session started today on a turbulent note with the Opposition boycotting the Governor's speech and demanding the Speaker's resignation. Congress-led UDF MLAs shouted slogans against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan, demanding the latter's resignation over allegations of his connection with the dolla...
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Kerala High Court Orders Retrial In Rape, Death Case Of 2 Minor Sisters
In a crucial development, the Kerala High Court ordered a retrial in a rape and death case of two minor sisters in 2017 in Walayar. The girls were 13 and 9-years-old at the time and were from the scheduled caste community. Both sisters were sexually assaulted, police said, and were found hanging two months apart.
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Congress Protests Against Bengaluru Civic Body Over Hike In Taxes
Congress leaders and workers staged a protest in Karnataka capital Bengaluru today against hikes in taxes and rate charges by the city's civic body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). They walked from the Mysuru Bank Circle to the corporation's headquarters in the city. The police prevented all but a few representatives from entering the BBM...
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Assam Man Sentenced To Death For Rape, Murder Of 3-Year-Old In 2018
In a major judgment, a local court in Assam sentenced a man to death for the rape and murder of a 3-year-old girl in 2018.
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Assam Congress To Cut Ties With Key 'Mahajot' Allies Over "BJP Praise"
The Assam Congress has decided to sever ties with two of its key allies in the state with whom the party took on the BJP-led alliance in this year's assembly polls. The much hyped 10-party 'Mahajot' is all set to collapse as the party's state unit di
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A Red Carpet Welcome For Olympian Lovlina Borgohain As She Reaches Assam
India's boxing sensation Lovlina Borgohain received a red carpet welcome at Assam's Guwahati when she returned home after her bronze medal win at the Tokyo Olympics.
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Assam Mob Kills 50-Year-Old Man In Alleged "Witch-Hunt", 5 Arrested: Cops
A 50-year-old man was brutally beaten to death by villagers in Assam apparently on suspicion of practicing witchcraft. Five accused have been arrested in the case so far, police sources added.
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Pfizer Praises Punjab's "Extraordinary Efforts", Says No To Sending Jabs
US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has refused to send Covid vaccines to Punjab directly making it clear that they only deal with the central government soon after Moderna too declined the state government's request.
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Pinarayi Vijayan, Kerala MPs Seek Relief For Arrested Covid+ Journalist
Eleven Kerala MPs have written to the Chief Justice of India seeking speedy hearing and interim relief of Siddique Kappan, a Delhi-based journalist who was arrested on his way to Hathras in Uttar Pradesh to report on the alleged gang-rape of a Dalit
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Families Gasp For Bed And Breath As Delhi Hospitals Stagger Under Crisis
As the ferocious second wave of coronavirus afflicts India, grieving families of patients gasp for a bed and breath at hospitals.
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Illegal Aadhaar Card Racket Busted In Assam's Dibrugarh, 3 Detained
An illegal Aadhaar card centre was busted by the police in Assam's Dibrugarh on Sunday.
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High Court To Monitor IPS Officer's Harassment Case Against Top Cop
The Madras High Court on Monday said that it will monitor a sexual harassment case by a woman IPS officer in Tamil Nadu against a high-ranking male colleague. The court had taken up the case on its own today. Justice N Anand Venkatesh ordered no politicisation in the case and said he was "deeply saddened" by the issue.
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After Journalists' Strike, Manipur To Probe Attack On Newspaper Office
Days after all newspapers in Manipur stopped publication following an attack on a leading daily's office, Chief Minister N Biren Singh announced that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) will probe the grenade attack. The office of Imphal-based daily newspaper "Poknapham" was targeted last Sunday but no one was injured, police sources said.
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Man Throws Acid On Woman Who Rejected His Proposal, Arrested: Assam Cops
A woman was attacked with acid in Assam's Dibrugarh on Sunday while she was returning home from office, police said today adding that the accused has been arrested.
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2 Arrested In UP For Cutting Birthday Cake With Pistol. Video Is Viral
Two men cut a birthday cake with a pistol amid a cheering crowd, a bizarre video from Uttar Pradesh's Hapur shows. Both men have been arrested after the 20-second video from Sunday went viral on social media.
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Opposition Boycotts Governor's Address In Kerala Assembly, Stages Dharna
The Kerala Assembly session started today on a turbulent note with the Opposition boycotting the Governor's speech and demanding the Speaker's resignation. Congress-led UDF MLAs shouted slogans against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan, demanding the latter's resignation over allegations of his connection with the dolla...
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Kerala High Court Orders Retrial In Rape, Death Case Of 2 Minor Sisters
In a crucial development, the Kerala High Court ordered a retrial in a rape and death case of two minor sisters in 2017 in Walayar. The girls were 13 and 9-years-old at the time and were from the scheduled caste community. Both sisters were sexually assaulted, police said, and were found hanging two months apart.
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Congress Protests Against Bengaluru Civic Body Over Hike In Taxes
Congress leaders and workers staged a protest in Karnataka capital Bengaluru today against hikes in taxes and rate charges by the city's civic body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). They walked from the Mysuru Bank Circle to the corporation's headquarters in the city. The police prevented all but a few representatives from entering the BBM...
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Assam Man Sentenced To Death For Rape, Murder Of 3-Year-Old In 2018
In a major judgment, a local court in Assam sentenced a man to death for the rape and murder of a 3-year-old girl in 2018.
