Shiv Sena compares Amritsar train mishap to 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre

The Shiv Sena on Monday compared the train accident in Amritsar, which killed at least 62 people celebrating Dussehra last week, to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1919. “While the massacre at Jallianwala Bagh took place under British rule, the massacre at Amritsar happened under an Indian government,” it said.

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#MeToo: Film industry workers’ union issues showcause notices to Alok Nath and Sajid Khan

The Federation of Western India Cine Employees on Monday issued showcause notices to actor Alok Nath and director Sajid Khan after both were accused of sexual harassment in the wake of the #MeToo campaign.

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Delhi hotel brawl: Court extends judicial custody of former BSP MP’s son by 14 days

The Patiala House Court on Monday extended the judicial custody of Ashish Pandey, who was seen threatening a couple with a gun outside a hotel earlier this month. The court said he would remain in custody for 14 more days.

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CBI arrests its own official in bribery case involving officer Rakesh Asthana: Reports

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday arrested its Deputy Superintendent of Police Devender Kumar in connection with a bribery case involving the agency’s Special Director Rakesh Asthana.

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Congress supporters misinterpreted comments on opposition alliance, claims Salman Khurshid

Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Monday said his comments about whether his party will be able to come to power in the next general elections on its own were misinterpreted, and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was trying to get his remark misinterpreted.

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Uttar Pradesh legislator’s wife arrested for allegedly killing her son

The Uttar Pradesh Police on Monday arrested Meera Yadav, the wife of Legislative Council chairperson Ramesh Yadav for allegedly killing their 23-year-old son Abhijit Yadav. Superintendent of Police Sarvesh Mishra said she had confessed to the crime.

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Number of individual taxpayers with annual income above Rs 1 crore rose 68% in last four years

The number of individual taxpayers earning above Rs 1 crore annually rose 68% in the last four years, the Central Board of Direct Taxes said on Monday. The number has risen from 48,416 in assessment year 2014-’15 to 81,344 in assessment year 2017-’18.

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Pakistan condemns civilian deaths in Kashmir

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said he strongly condemns the “new cycle of killings of innocent Kashmiris by Indian security forces”. His statement follows the deaths of seven civilians in an explosion at an encounter site in Kulgam in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday.

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Rahul Gandhi reacts to discord in CBI, attacks Modi

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday attacked the government after the Central Bureau of Investigation named Special Director Rakesh Asthana, its second-in-command, in a bribery case. Gandhi called Asthana, who is a 1984-batch Gujarat cadre Indian Police Service officer, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “blue-eyed boy”.

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BJP leader H Raja apologises to Madras High Court judges for derogatory remarks about judiciary

Bharatiya Janata Party leader H Raja on Monday apologised to the Madras High Court for making derogatory remarks about the judiciary, The New Indian Express reported. He tendered the unconditional apology to a division bench of Justices CT Selvam and M Nirmal Kumar, who closed the contempt petition.

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Priest who deposed against rape-accused bishop found dead in Jalandhar

Father Kuriakose Kattuthara, 60, who had deposed before police against rape-accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal, was found dead in Jalandhar on Monday morning, reported Mathrubhumi. He was a prosecution witness against Mulakkal in the case. He had age-related ailments, but the cause of his death will be known only after the autopsy, the report said.

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#MeToo: Supreme Court refuses urgent hearing on plea seeking FIRs based on sexual harassment claims

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to urgently hear a public interest litigation that sought the registration of first information reports in connection with India’s #MeToo movement. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice SK Kaul said that the petition can come up hearing in due course of time

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Rahul Gandhi not confirmed as PM candidate, alliance partners will decide, says P Chidambaram

Congress leader and former Union Minister P Chidambaram on Monday told News18 that the party had not projected its president, Rahul Gandhi, as its prime ministerial candidate ahead of the General Elections. Chidambaram said the Congress and its alliance partners will take that decision only after the election.

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Supreme Court to decide on Tuesday when to hear review petitions against Sabarimala verdict

The Supreme Court will decide on Tuesday when to list the petitions seeking a review of last month’s verdict that allowed women of all ages to enter the Sabarimala temple in Kerala. The National Ayyappa Devotees Association and the Nair Service Society are among those who have filed review petitions in the top court.

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Labourer dies while cleaning Jal Board sewer in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri

A 32-year-old labourer died while cleaning a Delhi Jal Board sewer in Jahangirpuri area on Sunday morning. The deceased has been identified as Dooman Ray from Bihar.

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Separatists call for shutdown after 7 civilians were killed at J&K encounter site

Separatist outfit Joint Resistance Leadership on Monday called for a shutdown after seven civilians were killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district during a blast at an encounter site a day before. The state police took to Twitter to “express their regret over the deaths” but stressed that “such sites should be avoided till properly sanitised”.

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Sabarimala set to close on Monday night, women not yet allowed entry

The Sabarimala temple in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta district is set to close at 10 pm on Monday after five days, bringing an end to the first period of pilgrimage since the Supreme Court’s landmark verdict last month allowing women of all ages to enter the shrine. Protestors have stopped 10 women from praying at the hill shrine in Kerala’s Patthanamthitta district since it opened on Wednesday.

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Man allegedly rapes tribal woman and mutilates her in Jalpaiguri, two arrested

West Bengal Police on Sunday arrested two men for their alleged role in raping a tribal woman in Jalpaiguri the day before, reports said. The women is undergoing treatment at a local hospital. Her neighbours reportedly ransacked the houses of the accused after the incident came to light and demanded action against them.

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Fuel prices drop for fifth straight day

Oil companies reduced fuel prices for the fifth straight day on Monday with petrol costing Rs 81.44 per litre in Delhi, a decrease of Rs 0.30. Diesel prices in the national Capital came down to Rs 74.92 per litre, down from Rs 75.19 on Sunday. In Mumbai, a litre of petrol cost Rs 86.91, down from Rs 87.21 on Sunday, while the price of a litre of diesel decreased from Rs 78.82 to Rs 78.54.

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Rakesh Asthana accuses CBI Director Alok Verma of trying to frame him in graft case

Central Bureau of Investigation Special Director Rakesh Asthana, who is the agency’s second-in-command, has accused the agency’s Director Alok Verma and Joint Director Arun Kumar Sharma of trying to falsely implicate him in a corruption case. This comes a day after it was reported that the agency has named Asthana in a First Information Report in a bribery case.

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Muslim body expels Rehana Fathima, who attempted to enter Sabarimala temple, from community

A Muslim council issued a notice announcing the expulsion of activist Rehana Fathima, who made an unsuccessful attempt to enter the Sabarimala temple in Kerala, from the community. The Kerala Muslim Jama’ath Council, on October 20, said the BSNL employee was expelled for “hurting the sentiments of lakhs of Hindu devotees”.

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Punjab DGP chief says Amritsar accident due to negligence, will investigate and fix accountability

The Director General of Police in Punjab said on Sunday that the train accident in Amritsar on Friday happened due to negligence. Suresh Arora said Additional Director General of Police (Railways) Iqbal Preet Singh Sahota will conduct an inquiry to fix accountability.

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Autos, taxis and petrol pumps go on day-long strike in Delhi-NCR

Commuters in Delhi and the National Capital Region are set to be inconvenienced on Monday as auto-taxi unions have called a one-day strike, and the Delhi Petrol Dealers Association called a separate day-long strike.

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