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Addressing a press conference, Shah Mahmood Qureshi talked in detail about India's accidental missile launch of March 9 that landed in Pakistan's Punjab province as well as the 48th Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers being hosted by Pakistan on March 22-23.
Tribal activist Soni Sori acquitted in 2011 sedition case by Dantewada court
With the exoneration in this case, Sori has finally been acquitted of all the cases lodged against her under the previous BJP regime. A tribal activist from Dantewada, Sori has been raising issues of merciless killings in Bastar by security forces and the Maoists.
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Referring to himself in the third person, Rawat tweeted: “Congress should end the evil of Harish Rawat in the Holika Dehan.”
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Reacting to the Karnataka HC hijab verdict, Maulana Madani urged the state governments and the Centre to “fulfill their responsibility of protecting the established culture and tradition of a particular community”.
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SC to pronounce verdict Wednesday on a plea seeking OROP in armed forces with automatic revision
The plea has been filed by the Indian Ex-servicemen Movement (IESM) through advocate Balaji Srinivasan against the Centre's formula of OROP.
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Ruling party orders review in 28 of 31 such constituencies where Oppn party’s vote share rose
As new CM takes oath, meet the new Punjab House
The youngest member of the 16th Punjab Assembly is 27-year-old Narinder Kaur Bharaj, who completed her LLB from Bhai Gurdas College of Law (under Punjabi University) in Sangrur.
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In an exclusive interview to The Indian Express, Kapil Sibal slammed the Congress party’s decision to hold a brainstorming session and stated that the leadership is living in “cuckoo land” if it is not aware of the reasons for the party’s decline even after eight years.
Sonia Gandhi asks state Congress chiefs to resign over poll debacles
The development comes two days after the Congress Working Committee (CWC) discussed threadbare the reasons for the grand old party's debacle in the Assembly polls
MPs corner government in Lok Sabha on delayed railway recruitments, unemployment
In January, both Uttar Pradesh and Bihar had seen widespread protests over the railway recruitment exams.
The Newsmaker: Surprise Speaker choice and BJP upper caste face who took on Nitish
A civil engineering diploma holder, Vijay Kumar Sinha’s family runs a business, and he is a first-generation politician.
Crossovers, booths, local polls: After Delhi, Punjab, AAP eyes next-door Haryana
The party, which got barely 60,000 votes contesting 46 of the 90 Assembly seats in the 2019 Vidhan Sabha elections, claims to have already created a base at the ground level in Haryana.
No plans to introduce cryptocurrency: Govt
RBI is currently working towards a phased implementation strategy for introduction of CBDC and examining use cases which could be implemented with little or no disruption, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said
BJP to use lessons from UP success to retain power in Karnataka; Hindutva, nationalism, development to be key poll planks
The party's recent victories to retain power in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur have shown that "principled politics can defeat caste politics", said Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.
Desperate attempt by certain political leaders to take advantage of Ukraine evacuation: Modi
According to party sources, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing the BJP MPs in parliamentary party meeting on Tuesday, took exception to the way some Opposition-ruled states reacted to the crisis when the Indian students got stranded in Ukraine.
No decision yet on country-wide NRC: Govt to LS
An update of the NRC (also referred to as NRIC) has been carried out only in Assam.
India has substantial dealings with both Russia & Ukraine, assessment in this regard by the Govt underway: Jaishankar
In his statement in the Rajya Sabha on the matter, Jaishankar said India’s position on the Ukraine conflict has been steadfast and consistent.
SC stays Centre’s order banning telecast of Malayalam news channel ‘MediaOne’ on security concerns
The Supreme Court bench said the news and current affairs channel will continue its operations as it was operating prior to the ban of telecast
Mann’s mascot, Punjab’s pride: Everyone loves Bhagat Singh
Wear basanti turbans and dupattas, CM-designate Bhagwant Singh Mann has requested — the colour is associated with the martyr — as he called upon people to join his government in making “Bhagat Singh’s dream” come true.
PM Modi on The Kashmir Files: Entire ecosystem worked to hide truth, now rattled by a film
Referring to the uproar over 'Kashmir Files', the Prime Minister said while addressing the BJP’s Members of Parliament in the parliamentary party meeting that the reluctance over presenting history and historical figures in the right perspective has led to the delayed recognition of Mahatma Gandhi as well.
Two Punjab govt officials nominated to IAS
Gulpreet Singh Aulakh and Dr Sona Thind are the two Punjab state service officers appointed to the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre.
Hijab verdict: Karnataka CM welcomes decision; Mehbooba, Owaisi call it rights violation
The court said the headscarf is not an essential religious practice of Islam. The ban by the state government last month had sparked protests by some Muslim students and parents, and counter-protests by Hindu students.
As Sibal criticises Gandhis, Cong’s LS whip asks: ‘Why he is speaking language of RSS/BJP’
Congress party's Lok Sabha whip Manickam Tagore, a staunch Rahul Gandhi loyalist, said the RSS and the BJP want the Gandhis to be out of leadership position in the party in order to kill the Congress party.
Lakhimpur Kheri case: Prime witness attacked, court told; SC to hear plea challenging Ashish Mishra’s bail Wednesday
Advocate Prashant Bhusan told the Supreme Court that the people who attacked the witness in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case said, “now that BJP has won (the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections), they will take care of him".
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