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Surge in COVID cases in villages: Haryana CM urges farmers to susp
Updated : 3 hours, 9 min ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], May 14 (ANI): Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday urged farmers to suspend their protest against farm laws amid the Covid-19 situation, claiming that their movements to and from dharna sites were spreading the infection in villages.
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Centre moves SC seeking review of judgement setting aside law on M
Updated : 11 hours, 4 min ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 13 (ANI): The Central government on Thursday filed a review petition before the Supreme Court urging it to review its judgement where it unanimously declared a Maharashtra law which provided reservation benefits to the Maratha community, taking the quota limit in the s
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Domestic violence cases against Pakistani women increased during C
Updated : 18 hours, 36 min ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] May 13 (ANI): The Sustainable Social Development Organization (SSDO), of Pakistan, reported a rise in domestic violence cases against women due to COVID-19 restrictions. Government should implement laws to protect Pakistani women and children, SSDO said.
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Maharashtra: Son of former Cong MLA held for thrashing doctor at G
Updated : 20 hours, 2 min ago IST
Gadchiroli (Maharashtra) [India], May 13 (ANI): Maharashtra Police on Thursday arrested Lawrence Gedam, son of former Congress MLA Anandrao Gedam for allegedly thrashing Dr Abhijit Marbade, a nodal officer on duty at Armori Government COVID centre.
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US report says Pak's blasphemy laws, attacks on minorities hamperi
Updated : 1 day, 6 hours ago IST
Washington [US], May 13 (ANI): The 2020 report International Religious Freedom released by the United States on Wednesday (local time) has highlighted a downward spiral of religious expression in Pakistan, most notably in the form of blasphemy laws, punishment for which ranges up to the deat
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NHRC to investigate woman farmer activist's gangrape and death
Updated : 1 day, 10 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has decided to investigate the case of alleged rape and death of a woman activist from West Bengal, at Tikri border where the farmers protest is going on against Centre's three farm laws.
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12 opposition parties write to PM Modi, seek free mass COVID-19 va
Updated : 1 day, 13 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): Twelve opposition leaders including Sonia Gandhi, Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray, Mamata Banerjee, MK Stalin, Hemant Soren and Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday wrote a joint letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi slamming the government over its handling of COV
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Journalism in PoK: A saga of intimidation, oppression and censors
Updated : 2 days, 16 hours ago IST
Gilgit [PoK]/Bern [Switzerland], May 11 (ANI): Journalists and political activists from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit-Baltistan have blamed Islamabad for subjugating their voice and harassment by using draconian anti-terrorism laws.
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Plea seeking to stop construction on Central Vista Projects 'sheer
Updated : 2 days, 18 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): Defending ongoing work on Central Vista projects, the Central government on Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that the petition seeking to stop the construction of the project is "sheer abuse of the process of law and is one more attempt to stall the project.
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MCC to discuss proposal of bamboo bats in next Laws sub-committee
Updated : 2 days, 18 hours ago IST
London [UK], May 11 (ANI): The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the Guardians of the Laws of Cricket, has gone through the research study from the University of Cambridge which has suggested the use of bamboos to make bats offers a more suitable alternative to the traditional use of willow. Th
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In Imran Khan's Pakistan, military is the de facto ruler
Updated : 3 days, 17 hours ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 10 (ANI): Imran Khan once targeted the armed forces for its anti-democratic political interventions when he was deeply involved in a lawyer's movement that aimed to end Pakistan's military dictatorship, but now his elected government is effectively run by ex-soldier
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Chinese lawyer involved in Hong Kong fugitives' case barred from l
Updated : 4 days, 2 hours ago IST
Beijing [China], May 10 (ANI): A lawyer in mainland China, who was deregistered after taking up the case of one of the Hong Kong fugitives captured while trying to flee to Taiwan, has been barred from leaving the country to the United States on national security grounds.
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