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Jilted lover slashes 16-yr-old girl’s throat near residence in Telangana

Hyderabad: A Class 10 girl was allegedly killed by an engineering student on the outskirts of Hyderabad for rejecting him. According to reports, the youth named Arvind entered the 16-year-old’s residence in Telangana’s Sanga Reddy district and began arguing with her. He also carried a knife and slashed her throat when the girl refused his proposal. […]

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UP man tries to sell 4-yr-old daughter to treat pregnant wife, halted by cops

UP man tries to sell 4-yr-old daughter to treat pregnant wife, halted by cops

Kannauj (Uttar Pradesh): A man was trying to sell his four-year-old daughter to get his pregnant wife treated when the Uttar Pradesh police intervened and stopped him. Arvind Banjara, a resident of Kannauj, had admitted his seven-month pregnant wife Sukhdevi in District Hospital when she developed complications. The doctors asked him to arrange blood for her […]

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Teenage girl kidnapped, forced to drink alcohol, gangraped near Noida

Teenage girl kidnapped, forced to drink alcohol, gangraped near Noida

Noida: A 16-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped and raped by two men in Greater Noida, police said on Thursday. The incident took place when the girl, a resident of Gautam Buddh Nagar district’s Dastampur village, near Jewar, was returning home on August 24, the police said. “She had gone for sewing classes near her home and […]

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Art 35-A Hearing Adjourned To January 2019

Art 35-A Hearing Adjourned To January 2019

NEW DELHI:-The Supreme Court on Friday deferred to the second week of January 2019 the hearing of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Article 35A, which gives special rights to residents of Jammu and Kashmir and bars non-natives from buying property in the state. The Supreme Court had initially deferred hearing of the petitions during […]

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Kashmir issue: India, Pakistan counters each other at UN Security Council

Kashmir issue: India, Pakistan counters each other at UN Security Council

Srinagar:-Both India and Pakistan on Wednesday countered each other at UN Security Council over the Kashmir issue. India hoped that the new government of Prime Minister Imran Khan in Pakistan would work constructively to build the region. “Pacific settlement (of disputes) requires pacific intent in thinking and Pacific content in action,” news gatherer IANS quoted India’s Permanent […]

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Union Secretary DAHDF chairs meeting on National Livestock Mission

Union Secretary DAHDF chairs meeting on National Livestock Mission

NEW DELHI: Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry Dairying and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, GoI, Tarun Shridhar chaired a meeting of Executive Committee (EC) for approval of project proposals under National Livestock Mission 2018-19 (NLM) at Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi on 28/08/2018. Joint Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry Dairying & Fisheries, Ministry of […]

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6000 railway stations will be WiFi-enabled in next 6 months: Goyal

6000 railway stations will be WiFi-enabled in next 6 months: Goyal

NEW DELHI , Around 6,000 railway stations will be WiFi-enabled in the next six-eight months, Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday. Speaking at the Smart Railways Conclave organised by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) here, Mr. Goyal said that the railways was focusing on smarter project implementation. “We believe that […]

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India, Pakistan to resume talks on Indus Waters Treaty in Lahore this week

India, Pakistan to resume talks on Indus Waters Treaty in Lahore this week

Islamabad: India and Pakistan will resume their talks on various aspects of the crucial Indus Waters Treaty in Lahore on Wednesday, the first bilateral engagement since Prime Minister Imran Khan took office. India’s Indus Water Commissioner P K Saxena is expected to reach here today to begin the two-day discussions with his Pakistani counterpart Syed […]

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Govt ignored defence procurement procedure in Rafale deal: Chidambaram

Govt ignored defence procurement procedure in Rafale deal: Chidambaram

Stepping up attack on the government over the Rafale fighter jet issue, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram today accused the Centre of ignoring the defence procurement procedure and “bypassing” several committees to secure the deal. The former finance minister also alleged the Cabinet Committee on Security was not taken into confidence by the government before […]

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BJP-RSS dividing India: Rahul in Germany

BJP-RSS dividing India: Rahul in Germany

While his party binds the people of India, the BJP-RSS divides them and spreads hatred, Congress president Rahul Gandhi has said. Addressing the Indian diaspora at a function organised by the Indian Overseas Congress in Berlin last night, he said the Congress’s thought of “unity in diversity” came from the times of Guru Nanak Dev. […]