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Former Shiv Sena Corporator Ashok Sawant Killed 200 Metres from Home, Had Received Extortion Calls
Ashok Sawant, a two-term corporator from Samata Nagar in suburban Kandivli, while returning after meeting a friend around 11 pm.
Govt Plans New Social Security Scheme to Cover Workers in Unorganised Sector
Inviting comments and suggestions, the government has put up the draft social security code on the labour ministry’s website.
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Mob Attacks Policemen in Howrah, SHO Critical
The incident took place when the police team from Shyampur Police Station reached a neighbourhood after reports of clash between two groups over a property dispute.
Election Commission Plans Fast Track Courts to Expedite Voter Bribery Cases
Tamil Nadu has registered the highest number of cases at 10,354, out of which 7,865 have been charge-sheeted. The southern state is followed by Punjab with 2,471 cases, Uttar Pradesh with 1,838 cases and Karnataka with 1,599 cases, respectively.
26th World Book Fair to Focus on Environment, Climate Change
With 'Environment and Climate Change' as its main theme, the 26th edition of the annual book fair, will be held here at Pragati Maidan from January 6.
With Truth About 2G Out, Raja Asks Manmohan Singh if He Too Would Come Forward in His Support
Acknowledging Raja's letter, Manmohan Singh, in a letter on January 2, 2017, said he was happy that "you stand vindicated in the 2G case".
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85% Pictorial Warning on Cigarettes, Tobacco: How One RTI Reply Defeated Centre
The RTI reply from the government convinced the Karnataka High Court that the ministry lacked reasons why the pictorial health warning should cover 85% and not 40%, as it was before the 2014 regulation, and hence the regulations were quashed.
Supreme Court Never Asked Govt to Frame a Law on Triple Talaq
What is being highlighted repeatedly by the Law Minister and various other leaders from the BJP reflects a view of the Supreme Court, which was overruled by majority of the judges on the Constitution Bench.
China Refuses to Recognise Existence of Arunachal as its Troops Intrude Border
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang's response came after a media report said that Chinese troops intruded into the Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh for about 200 meters close to a village in upper Siang district.
Decomposed Male Body Found Hanging From a Tree in JNU Campus
The decomposed body of a 40-year-old man was on Tuesday found hanging from a tree inside the forest on the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus in Delhi, said the police.
Mumbai Brought to a Halt After Protest Against Pune Caste Violence
Shops and business establishments were shut and a senior journalist of a national news channel was attacked as groups of youths from Chembur, Vikhroli, Mankhurd and Govandi joined the protest, police said.
Sharad Pawar Seeks Probe in Violence at Bhima-Koregoan Battle Anniversary Event
Appealing for peace, Pawar said such situations need to be defused patiently by those in political and social spheres without any provocative speeches being made.
'Those in Army Are Bound to Die,' Says BJP MP Nepal Singh, Sparks Row
BJP MP Nepal Singh sparked a controversy saying Armymen ought to die in fights between nations just days after five CRPF jawans died in a fidayeen attack in Kashmir.
'Like Jadhav, I Too Couldn't Hug My Mother Because of Glass Screen': Yasin Malik Writes to Sushma Swaraj
Malik, who is the chief of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), wrote he was not sending the letter as an activist, but as a common man who was moved by Swaraj's speech in Parliament when she described the ordeal of Kulbhushan Jadhav's mother and wi...