India
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Modi’s troll army brings down India’s rank in World Press Freedom Index
New Delhi– India dropped down to 138th rank, two points below the previous year, in the 2018 World Press Freedom…
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Painstaking investigation helped CBI arrest Kotkhai rape-murder accused
By Anand Singh and Rajnish Kumar Sing New Delhi– Painstaking scientific investigations virtually starting from the scratch, including use of…
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India now pays more attention to environment: Venkaiah Naidu
Dehradun– Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday said India now pays much more attention to environment than earlier. Addressing…
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Life term to Asaram in minor’s rape case, two others get 20-year jail
Jodhpur– A Special Court in Jodhpur on Wednesday convicted self-styled godman Asaram for raping a minor girl at his ashram in…
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Saroj Khan sparks fresh row on casting couch, apologises
Mumbai– Veteran choreographer Saroj Khan’s brazen comment that the casting couch “provides livelihood at least” in showbiz received a divided…
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SC stops construction in illegal Delhi colonies
New Delhi– The Supreme Court on Tuesday halted all construction, not in confirmity with building bye laws, in 1,797 unauthorised…
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Modi for social movement against sexual crimes, launches Gram Swaraj Abhiyan
Mandla (Madhya Pradesh)– Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called for a social movement for protecting girls in the wake…
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37 Maoists, including 19 women, killed in Maharashtra operations
Gadchiroli (Maharashtra)– As many as 19 women, including a commander, are among 37 Maoists gunned down in two pitched battles…
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Why death penalty for child rape doesn’t mean swifter, better justice
Mumbai— About 90 per cent of child rape cases were pending trial in India in 2016, no more than 28…
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Absence of benchmarks impacting quality of education in government schools
By Vishal Narayan New Delhi– Thanks to the Right to Education Act (RTE) of 2009, India has been able to…
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