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NSG upgrades security cover of its VIPs; matches SPG drills

NSG upgrades security cover of its VIPs; matches SPG drills

New Delhi, Sep 30 : The NSG, which provides top category security cover to select VIPs like Home Minister Rajnath Singh and a number of chief ministers, has upgraded its protocol and armour on lines of the Special Protection Group (SPG) in view of the upcoming election season in the country. The elite counter-terror force has […]

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PM stresses on importance of character building

PM stresses on importance of character building

New Delhi, Sep 29 :  Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday emphasised the importance of character-building over literacy and called for ‘wholesome’ education in the country. He was addressing the inaugural ceremony of ‘Conference on Academic Leadership on Education for Resurgence”‘ organised by the Ministry of Human Resource Development. “Knowledge and education are not restricted to […]

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China to make CPEC more favourable for Pakistan

China to make CPEC more favourable for Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Sep 29: In a strategic decision, China has decided to pull out Pakistan from its economic morass by making the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) a demand-driven programme, a top official at the commerce ministry revealed. To this end, it would extend significant unilateral trade concessions to Pakistan, to be announced in the presence […]

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Pakistanis selling properties on throwaway prices in ME city

Pakistanis selling properties on throwaway prices in ME city

KARACHI, Sep 29: Around Rs20 billion worth of properties owned by Pakistanis have been sold in a city of a Middle East country since June 2018. The property owners of Pakistan in the city have started selling their properties with minimal prices as the operation against allegedly illegal money has beefed up in the country. […]

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Khattar cancels gurdwara visit over authorities’ refusal to remove Bhindranwale’s photo

Khattar cancels gurdwara visit over authorities’ refusal to remove Bhindranwale’s photo

Karnal (Hry), Sep 29 :  A day after a group of Sikh devotees in Dachar village here protested the cancellation of Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar’s scheduled visit to a local gurdwara, he said the decision was taken after the shrine authorities refused to remove a picture of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, a separatist militant. Khattar […]

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Koregaon-Bhima case: SC refuses to interfere with arrests of five activists

Koregaon-Bhima case: SC refuses to interfere with arrests of five activists

New Delhi, Sep 28 : The Supreme Court Friday refused to interfere with the arrest of five rights activists by the Maharashtra Police in connection with the Koregaon-Bhima violence case and declined to appoint a SIT to probe their arrest. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, in a 2:1 verdict, refused the plea […]

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Dissent is symbol of vibrant democracy: Justice D Y Chandrachud

Dissent is symbol of vibrant democracy: Justice D Y Chandrachud

New Delhi, Sep 28:  Dissent is a symbol of “vibrant democracy” and the voices in opposition cannot be “muzzled” by persecuting those who take up unpopular causes, Justice D Y Chandrachud of the Supreme Court said Friday in his dissenting judgement in the Koregaon-Bhima violence case. Justice Chandrachud, writing a separate minority verdict in which […]

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Pak Army chief confirms death sentences to 11 ‘hardcore terrorists’

Pak Army chief confirms death sentences to 11 ‘hardcore terrorists’

Islamabad, Sep 28 : Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday confirmed death sentences to 11 “hardcore terrorists”, nearly three weeks after he approved the execution of 13 others. General Bajwa approved the capital punishment handed down to the terrorists by a military court for committing “heinous offences” related to terrorism, including killing of […]

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SC lifts ban in Sabarimala temple; allows entry of women of all ages; activists hail verdict

SC lifts ban in Sabarimala temple; allows entry of women of all ages; activists hail verdict

New Delhi, Sep 28 :  In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court Friday lifted a ban that prevented women and girls between the age of 10 and 50 from entering the famous Sabarimala temple in Kerala, holding this centuries-old Hindu religious practice is illegal and unconstitutional. Women activists hailed the judgement that paved the way […]

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Activist who led Shani Shingnapur stir hails SC Sabarimala  order

Activist who led Shani Shingnapur stir hails SC Sabarimala  order

Mumbai, Sep 28 :  Activist Trupti Desai, who led an agitation earlier to allow women to enter the Shani Shingnapur temple in Maharashtra, Friday hailed the Supreme Court’s order on Kerala’s Ayyappa Temple at Sabarimala. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, in its 4:1 verdict, Friday said banning entry of women […]