Sat 06 March 2021: A court in Gujarat’s Surat on Saturday acquitted 122 persons arrested under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for participating in a meeting organised in Surat in December 2001 as members of the banned outfit Students’ Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). The court of Chief Judicial Magistrate AN Dave acquitted 122 persons arrested […]
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Sat 06 March 2021: In a show of strength, Prime Minister Imran Khan secured 178 votes – 6 more than required – on Saturday to win the vote of confidence from the National Assembly. The special session was called after the premier voluntarily sought a trust following an upset in Senate elections. The premier needed […]
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Fri 05 March 2021: As the farmer agitation against the centre’s three farm laws enters its hundredth day on Saturday, union leaders have asserted that their movement is far from over and they are “going strong”. The marathon movement has sent out a message of unity, made “farmers visible once again” and brought them back […]
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Fri 05 March 2021: The Delhi High Court Friday granted time to the centre, AAP government and the police to respond to a plea seeking reopening of the Nizamuddin Markaz which has been locked since March 31 last year after several people who attended the Tablighi Jamaat congregation there contracted COVID-19. Justice Mukta Gupta said […]
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Fri 05 March 2021: The White House has said that the situation on the ground in Myanmar is “troubling” and the Biden administration has been working closely with its partners in the region. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters at her daily news conference on Thursday that the Biden administration has taken sanction […]
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Thu 04 March 2021: Mumbai’s famous Karachi Bakery has shut shop months after it was attacked by Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) over its name. In a tweet earlier this week, the MNS sought to claim credit for Karachi Bakery closing down. “After massive protest on Karachi Bakery for its name #Karachi led by […]
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Thu 04 March 2021: India’s status as a democracy and free society has been downgraded to “partly free” in the latest annual report on global political rights and liberties by Freedom House, a US government-funded NGO that studies political freedom around the world. The democracy research institute, which is independent but receives funding from the […]
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Thu 04 March 2021: Pope Francis said on Wednesday the hopes of the people of Myanmar cannot be “suffocated by violence” and again called for the release of political prisoners. At least 30 people have been killed since a coup on Feb. 1. The pope, who visited Myanmar in 2017, made his comments at the […]
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Thu 04 March 2021: The Taj Mahal in Agra was briefly shut and tourists evacuated this morning after Uttar Pradesh Police received a hoax call about a bomb at the iconic monument. The call was made to the police helpline following which the police informed the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel, who asked visitors […]
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Wed 03 March 2021: Relatives of a man who was injured in a road accident have alleged that doctors declared him dead and sent him for post-mortem, where he was found alive. Shankar Gombi, 27, suffered head injuries at Mahalingpur in Bagalkot on Monday. He was referred to a private hospital in Belagavi, where doctors […]
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