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Hardik Patel gets 2 years in jail for rioting in 2015
A Gujarat court on Wednesday sentenced Patidar agitation spearhead Hardik Patel and two of his associates to two years in jail on charges of vandalising a BJP legislator's office in Mehsana district in 2015.
This was after a rally…
32 killed as Pakistan votes to elect new Government
At least 32 people were killed and several injured mostly in a suicide bombing in Balochistan on Wednesday as millions of voters queued up across Pakistan to elect a new government.
The Balochistan bombing targeted the convoy of Deputy…
Voting underway for Pakistan General Election
Voters in large numbers on Wednesday morning started flocking outside polling stations across the country to cast their votes in Pakistan's 11th general election.
The first vote was cast in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Charsadda, according to…
Violence mars Maratha quota stir, Mumbai shutdown today
A policemen and four others were injured, four persons attempted suicide, over a dozen vehicles damaged or torched, road and rail links blocked while a MP and MLC were roughed up, as the stir for the Maratha quota turned violent in parts of…
Congress notice on Privilege Motion against Modi, Nirmala
The Congress on Tuesday submitted a notice to Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to move a privilege motion against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for allegedly misleading the House by not revealing the…
Centre issues advisory to states to check Mob violence, Lynching
The Central government on Tuesday asked states to appoint nodal officers of the rank of Superintendent of Police in each district to monitor social media content and conduct publicity and awareness campaigns to check incidences of mob…
Parliament passes Anti-Graft Bill that punishes bribe givers too
The Parliament on Tuesday passed an anti-corruption Bill that provides for punishment to bribe givers and takers, and extends prior nod for prosecution to former public officials with the Lok Sabha given its assent to the law.
The…
Court convicts all 15 accused in Ara hooch tragedy of Bihar
A Bihar court on Tuesday convicted all the 15 accused in the 2012 Ara hooch tragedy in Bhojpur district of the state, which had claimed 21 lives, a government lawyer said.
Ordering judicial custody of all the 15 convicts, R.C. Diwedi,…
Indian deposits in Swiss Banks falling sharply since 2014: Piyush Goyal
Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday dismissed as "baseless" the allegations of a 50 per cent jump in deposits by Indians in Swiss banks and said the Congress was trying to tarnish India's image on the international stage by "spreading…
Pakistan set for Elections amid uncertainty
Pakistanis will vote on Wednesday to elect a new National Assembly and provincial assemblies in an election campaign marred by terror attacks, hundreds of arrests and accusations of interference by the military.
With former Prime…