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Group of youth stage ‘protest’ at JNU against SC’s Ayodhya verdict

Nov 10, 2019 New Delhi (IANS) A group of youth, claiming to be students of Jamia Millia Islamia and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), gathered at JNU campus on Saturday night and made  speeches against the…

UN human rights body asks India to ‘unlock situation’ in J&K

Oct 29, 2019 Geneva: The UN Human Rights Commission on Tuesday said it is “extremely concerned” that people in Jammu and Kashmir are continued to be “deprived of a wide range of human rights” and…

SC begins examining issue on curtailing free speech

Oct 23, 2019 New Delhi: A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday began hearing whether the fundamental right to free speech can be curtailed on sensitive matters under probe. On October 5,…

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Banking operations to be hit on Tuesday due to strike

Oct 21, 2019 Chennai:  Banking operations across the country will be affected on Tuesday as about 3.5 lakh bank employees will be on strike to protest mergers of government banks, said a top leader of…

FIR against celebrities: Adoor questions legal system

Oct 4, 2019 Thiruvananthapuram: Miffed after hearing the news that an FIR was lodged in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district against celebrities, including himself, for writing an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi voicing concern over…

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Never thought seeking justice would be almost impossible: Ishrat’s mother

Oct 1, 2019 Ahmedabad:  Shamima Kausar, the mother of Ishrat Jahan, has said that she never imagined that seeking “truth and justice” in the “pre-planned” and “cold-blooded murder” of her daughter “could be such an…

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‘China harvesting organs from Uighur, Falun Gong groups’

Sep 26, 2019 New York: China has been accused in the UNHRC of widespread harvesting of human organs from “living” people of the persecuted Uighur and Falun Gong groups, and that Beijing’s involvement in crimes…

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UP too hot for Kashmiri inmates, seek transfer to valley

Sep 22, 2019 Lucknow:  Suffering from depression and unable to bear the hot and sultry weather in the plains, a large number of Kashmiri prisoners lodged in jails in Uttar Pradesh have sought a transfer…

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Kashmiri Pandits seek govt nod to visit J&K, meet leaders

Sep 21, 2019 New Delhi:  A group of Kashmiri Pandits have written to the government seeking its permission to visit Jammu and Kashmir and meet the political and religious leaders as well as civil society…

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Transport strike against amended MVA affects Delhi-NCR

Sep 19, 2019 New Delhi: A transport strike call on Thursday against the amended Motor Vehicle Act (MVA) in Delhi and the adjoining National Capital Region (NCR) areas has affected people badly as cabs, auto-rickshaws…

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