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A day after conviction, Rahul Gandhi disqualified from Lok Sabha
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A day after conviction, Rahul Gandhi disqualified from Lok Sabha

New Delhi, March 24: A day after his conviction in a criminal defamation case, Lok Sabha MP and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was on Friday disqualified from the Lok Sabha membership. The Lok Sabha Secretariat in its notification said, "Consequent upon his conviction by the court of Chief Judicial...
Oppn holds protest march alleging
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Oppn holds protest march alleging 'democracy in danger', seeks JPC probe into...

New Delhi, Mar 24: Several opposition parties on Friday held a protest march from Parliament, alleging that "democracy is in danger" and demanding a JPC probe into the Adani issue. Addressing the media at Vijay Chowk, several leaders, including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, also raised...
Active Covid cases in country rise to 7,927
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Active Covid cases in country rise to 7,927

New Delhi, Mar 24: India logged 1,249 new coronavirus cases, while the active cases have increased to 7,927, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll has increased to 5,30,818 with one death each reported by Karnataka and Gujarat, the data updated at 8 am...
World Bank President nominee Ajay Banga tests Covid positive; India meetings cancelled
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World Bank President nominee Ajay Banga tests Covid positive; India meetings...

New Delhi/Washington, Mar 24: US nominee for World Bank president, Ajay Banga, has tested positive for COVID-19 following which the meetings scheduled during his two-day visit to India have been cancelled. According to a Finance Ministry statement, Banga's meeting with Nirmala Sitharaman would...
Modi surname remarks: Gujarat court holds Rahul guilty in criminal defamation case
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Modi surname remarks: Gujarat court holds Rahul guilty in criminal defamation...

Surat, Mar 23: A court in Surat in Gujarat on Thursday convicted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a 2019 criminal defamation case filed against him over his “Modi surname” remarks. The court of Chief Judicial Magistrate HH Varma held Gandhi guilty under Indian Penal Code section 504, which...
Not prosecuted single person to date, Lokpal
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Not prosecuted single person to date, Lokpal's performance far from...

New Delhi, Mar 23: Anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal has not prosecuted a single person accused of graft to date and its performance seems to be far from satisfactory, a Parliamentary panel has said and asked it to act as an enabler rather than an inhibitor. In a report tabled in Parliament...
Leading job portal Indeed lays off 2,200 employees, CEO heartbroken
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Leading job portal Indeed lays off 2,200 employees, CEO 'heartbroken'

New Delhi, March 23: Call it ironic but leading job portal Indeed that helps thousands land their dream jobs has itself laid off 2,200 employees, or 15 per cent of its workforce. An 'heartbroken' Indeed CEO Chris Hyams announced that job cuts come from nearly every team, function, level and...
Jairam Ramesh writes to CBI chief, seeks Amit Shahs quizzing over Sangma govt most-corrupt remark
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Jairam Ramesh writes to CBI chief, seeks Amit Shah's quizzing over 'Sangma govt...

New Delhi, Mar 23: Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh has written to CBI Director Subodh Jaiswal asking the probe agency to question Home Minister Amit Shah over his remark describing the Conrad Sangma government in Meghalaya in its previous term as corrupt, and to investigate that claim.In...
Major Himalayan rivers like Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra will see their flows reduced as glaciers recede: UN Chief
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Major Himalayan rivers like Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra will see their flows...

United Nations, Mar 23: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned that major Himalayan rivers like the Indus, the Ganges and Brahmaputra, all hugely important for India, could see reductions in their flows as glaciers and ice sheets recede over the coming decades due to global warming. "Glaciers...
Daily Covid cases in India highest in 140 days
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Daily Covid cases in India highest in 140 days

New Delhi, Mar 23: India logged 1,300 new coronavirus cases, the highest in 140 days, while the active cases have increased to 7,605, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll has increased to 5,30,816 with three deaths. One death each has been reported by...
In a first, women allowed to offer Tarawih in Lucknow Eidgah
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In a first, women allowed to offer Tarawih in Lucknow Eidgah

Lucknow, March 22: With the holy month of Ramzan set to begin, the Aishbagh Eidgah in Lucknow, for the first time, will allow women to offer Tarawih namaz during Ramzan. Tarawih namaz is one of the most special prayers for Muslims which involves reading long portions of the Quran as well as...
Bilkis Bano case: SC agrees to constitute special bench to hear plea against remission to convicts
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Bilkis Bano case: SC agrees to constitute special bench to hear plea against...

New Delhi, Mar 22: The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to constitute a special bench to hear a plea against the remission of sentence of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case, which also involves the killing of seven members of her family during the 2002 Gujarat riots. A bench of Chief...
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