Doc among 3 killed by Chinese manja on Makar Sankranti | India News

Courts and state govts have banned Chinese manja but enforcement has struggled to keep pace with demand VARANASI/HYDERABAD/BIDAR: Razor-sharp Chinese manja – glass-coated kite string, banned but still widely used – sliced through necks and faces Wednesday, killing at least three people in UP, Telangana and Karnataka while injuring well over 100 across states as…

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Deported to Bangladesh, widow moves SC, says born in India, 16 of family in NRC | India News

NEW DELHI: A 43-year-old widow from Assam, who was deported recently to Bangladesh, has approached the Supreme Court alleging she was wrongly declared an illegal migrant even though all 16 members of her family are in National Register of Citizens. The court has ordered officials to verify the documents submitted by her brother.Aheda Khatun was…

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Kathua anti-terror op intensified, cordon extended | India News

JAMMU: Security forces on Wednesday intensified the ongoing anti-terror operation in Najote village in J&K’s Kathua district by extending the cordon to at least a dozen surrounding villages, officials said. Yet another such operation was launched in Rajbagh, also in Kathua, after a resident reported sighting two terror suspects.The cordon-and-search operation in Najote was launched…

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If religious places are to be profiled, then start with temples: Mehbooba Mufti | India News

SRINAGAR: Former J&K chief minister and PDP Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday denounced what she called “profiling of mosques” by police, saying it amounted to interference in religious affairs and was an attempt to humiliate Kashmiri Muslims. It’s Hindu temples that needed to be “profiled”, she said.“If religious places are to be profiled, then start with…

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BDO office vandalised in Murshidabad: BJP blames TMC’s Manirul, Mamata for ‘instigation’; FIR registered, 2 held | India News

A case has been registered after the Block Development Office (BDO) in Farakka, Murshidabad, was allegedly ransacked by a group of unidentified men on Monday afternoon, leaving a poll official injured. BJP MLA Gouri Sankar accused the ruling TMC Farakka MLA Manirul Islam of leading the vandalism caused at the government property.In a sharp attack,…

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Rahul Gandhi’s support for Vijay’s ‘Jana Nayagan’: Message to DMK or push for new coalition with TVK in Tamil Nadu? | India News

NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi’s strong support for actor-politician Vijay after delay in censor certification for Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief’s film ‘Jana Nayagan’ has set tongues wagging about a possible political realignment in poll-bound Tamil Nadu. ‘Jana Nayagan’, which is widely publicised as Vijay’s final film before his full-fledged entry into politics, was slated for…

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‘40 years of warnings’: Indian envoy to Canada calls out decades of inaction on terrorism – watch | India News

NEW DELHI: India’s high commissioner to Canada Dinesh Patnaik strongly pushed back against allegations linking the Indian government to the killing of NIA-designated terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, sharply questioning the absence of evidence during a televised interview.Responding to a question during CBC News’ “Power & Politics” on allegations primarily made by former Canadian Prime Minister…

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