Nirahua's 'simplicity' won him hearts and votes in Azamgarh
Lucknow, June 27 (IANS) Stars are rarely known for their simplicity; but, it was this star's simplicity that won him his most keenly contested election.
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General IANS Special Se 11:06 PMWith Sangrur defeat, AAP loses Lok Sabha presence
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General IANS Special Se 10:20 PMSC to hear on Monday pleas by Shinde, rebels against disqualification notices (Lead)
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Sreekumar, Teesta sent to 5 days police custody
Ahmedabad, June 26 (IANS) An Ahmedabad court on Sunday sent former state DGP R.B. Sreekumar and activist Teesta Setalvad to five days police custody.
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SIT formed to probe conspiracy allegations against Teesta, two others
Ahmedabad, June 26 (IANS) Gujarat Director General of Police Ashish Bhatia has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) under Deputy Inspector General Dipan Bhadaran to probe allegations of forgery and conspiracy against former DGP R.B. Sreekumar, former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt and activist Teesta Setalvad.
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Kerala: Railway police on hunt for men accused of molesting minor girl in train
Thiruvananthapuram, June 26 (IANS) Railway police in Kerala are on the hunt for five men who had allegedly molested a 16-year-old girl who was travelling on a train from Thrissur to Ernakulam. A case has been registered at the Thrissur Railway police in which the girl and her father alleged that five men had inappropriately touched her and when her father intervened, he was manhandled.
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Murmu suffered many personal losses in journey to top post
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) NDA Presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu has suffered several personal losses during her journey from Mayurbhanj, a tribal dominated district in Odisha, to the country's top constitutional post. Murmu has been through many struggles in her life.
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Maha political pickle: MVA's 'josh' high, rebels worry & BJP wary
By Quaid Najmi
Mumbai, June 26 (IANS) As an unsavoury political 'roganjosh' is being vigorously whipped up in Maharashtra for the sixth day, the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi seems high on 'josh', the rebels group holed up in a Guwahati hotel is worried stiff and the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party remains starkly wary.
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Complaint filed against rtd IAS officer for illegally buying agriculture land
Kheda (Gujarat), June 26 (IANS) The Kheda executive magistrate has filed a complaint with the revenue department against retired IAS officer S.K. Langa, alleging that though he was not a farmer, he bought four hectares of agricultural land in the Viroja village here.
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SP MLA booked for damaging govt property
Pratapgarh (Uttar Pradesh), June 26 (IANS) Samajwadi Party MLA R.K. Varma has been booked for damaging the government property.
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We should never forget that dreadful period of emergency: PM
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that when the country is celebrating 75 years of its independence it should never forget that dreadful period of emergency.
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Mann keeps his promise of zero tolerance to corruption
By Vishal Gulati
Chandigarh, June 26 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)has been in power in Punjab for a little over three months and in an unprecedented action Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann himself announced the sacking of his Cabinet colleague from the council of ministers and his subsequent arrest for alleged corruption.
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As AIADMK gets mired in internal strife, BJP senses an opportunity
By Arun Lakshman
Chennai, June 26 (IANS) The principal opposition party in Tamil Nadu, the AIADMK is in the midst of a crisis with the Edappadi K. Palaniswami faction emerging stronger and edging out the party coordinator and former Chief Minister, O. Panneerselvam and his associates.
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Upholding Fair Play: From Hockey India to other sports bodies, Delhi HC lays down the law
By Jaison Wilson
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) "Sports is a celebration of fair play and there can be no clandestine ways to win," the Delhi High Court had observed recently while dealing with a plea against the appointment of Narinder Batra and Elena Norman as Life Member and CEO, respectively, of Hockey India (HI).
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Families of Indian students who fled Ukraine step up pressure on govt
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Indian students who returned home from Ukraine about three months ago, will sit on a hunger strike along with their parents at Delhi's Jantar Mantar on Sunday so that the Prime Minister looks at their demands and problems.
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Emaar Group CEO detained at Delhi airport, released after questioning
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Emaar Group CEO Amit Jain, who was detained by immigration authorities at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport and handed over to Punjab Police, was later released after brief questioning at the airport.
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Medical facilities after every 2 km for Amarnath pilgrims
Srinagar, June 25 (IANS) Health department officials of Jammu and Kashmir government said on Saturday that for this year's Amarnath Yatra, medical facilities would remain available for pilgrims after every 2 km on both Pahalgam and Baltal routes.
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Shekahwat was hand in glove with Pilot in conspiracy to topple govt: Gehlot
Jaipur, June 25 (IANS) Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday launched a scathing attack on Union minister and senior BJP leader Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, alleging that the latter was hand in glove with Sachin Pilot in the conspiracy to topple the state government.
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Media has right to report FIRs, court cases, without attracting libel: Bombay HC
Nagpur, June 25 (IANS) In a significant judgement, the Bombay High Court has upheld the rights of the media to report registration of first information reports (FIRs) with the police and cases filed in the courts without attracting defamation proceedings.
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Graft accused Punjab IAS officer's son dies of bullet wound; family alleges foul play
Chandigarh, June 25 (IANS) Days after the arrest of Punjab IAS officer Sanjay Popli on bribery charges by the Vigilance Bureau, his only law graduate son Kartik allegedly committed suicide on Saturday at his residence here with his licensed pistol.
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Secunderabad violence mastermind remanded to judicial custody
Hyderabad, June 25 (IANS) A railway court here on Saturday remanded alleged mastermind in Secunderabad railway station violence case Avula Subba Rao to judicial custody for two weeks.
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Textbook crisis looms as Pak in grip of acute paper shortage
By Hamza Ameer
Islamabad, June 25 (IANS) Pakistan's economic crisis and imposition of taxes coupled with rising inflation is now taking a toll on the education sector, as publishers have warned of an acute shortage of textbooks this year if the prices of locally manufactured paper are not fixed.
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Maha crisis: Congress rules out possibility of Prez rule
Mumbai, June 25 (IANS) The Maharashtra Congress on Saturday ruled out the possibility of President's Rule in the state currently in the grip of a major political crisis that has shaken the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi government.
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Goa Cong welcomes SIT probe, demands sacking of minister involved in land grabbing
Panaji, June 25 (IANS) The Goa Congress on Saturday welcomed the state BJP government's decision of forming a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate land grabbing cases and demanded sacking of a cabinet minister allegedly involved in it.
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Litterateurs urge K'taka CM to 'establish peace' in state by 'protecting' Muslims
Bengaluru, June 25 (IANS) In a set back to ruling BJP government, litterateurs, thinkers have written an open letter to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai urging him to "establish peace in Karnataka by protecting Muslims".
