Centre bans Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh, its Indian branches for promoting terrorism

The Home Ministry said the group was responsible for the 2014 bomb blast in Burdwan, West Bengal, and the 2018 blast in Bodh Gaya town in Bihar.

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· Yesterday · 11:06 pm

Two more Indians, an Austrian die on Mount Everest, toll rises to seven over the last week

The deaths were caused due to a situation akin to a ‘traffic jam’ near the summit of the mountain.

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· Yesterday · 09:21 pm

Meghalaya HC sets aside single judge order that said India should have become a Hindu Rashtra

The court said the December 2018 verdict was inconsistent with Constitutional principles.

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· Yesterday · 09:07 pm

Aligarh: Sending AMU’s Jinnah portrait to Pakistan is top priority, claims BJP MP Satish Gautam

In 2018, Gautam had triggered a controversy over the decades-old portrait being hung in the AMU student union office.

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· Yesterday · 05:49 pm

Plea seeks EC inquiry into discrepancy in affidavit filed by BJP MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar

The PIL alleged that Chandrasekhar has not disclosed in his election affidavit that he owns a luxury car and two residential properties.

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· May 22, 2019 · 08:12 pm

Pulwama attack, Sri Lanka blasts made India determined to fight terrorism, says Sushma Swaraj

The Union minister made the statement while addressing a meeting of foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Kyrgyzstan.

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· May 22, 2019 · 03:27 pm

Delhi court reserves order on plea seeking FIR against Rahul Gandhi for offensive comment about Modi

At a public meeting in Delhi in 2016, the Congress president accused the prime minister of using the deaths of soldiers for political gains.

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· May 22, 2019 · 01:19 pm

Ahead of NDA meeting, Nitish Kumar says special category status for Bihar remains a key demand

The Bihar chief minister said the issue remains a key concern and his party is committed to pursuing the matter.

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· May 22, 2019 · 09:42 am

Enforcement Directorate officials in Delhi barred from interacting with media

The agency said the order was issued after information about ongoing investigations were leaked to the press.

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· May 21, 2019 · 10:59 pm

Indian Coast Guard intercepts Pakistani vessel carrying suspected narcotics off Gujarat coast

The coast guard had deployed a ship, dornier aircraft and two fast interceptor boats to intercept the vessel.

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· May 21, 2019 · 07:46 pm

Indian Air Force officer removed in connection with chopper crash at Budgam in February, says report

The Air Force is contemplating if it should press criminal charges against officers found guilty.

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· May 21, 2019 · 02:55 pm

Malegaon blasts case: Pragya Thakur, two other accused exempted from appearing in court this week

The Bhopal BJP candidate cited the Lok Sabha election results as her reason for seeking exemption.

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· May 21, 2019 · 01:39 pm