Ensure life of dignity for Tamils: PM Modi to Sri Lanka President

India signed five agreements with debt-ridden neighbour Sri Lanka and released a bilateral vision document for economic cooperation, even as PM Narendra Modi told visiting Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe that the security interests and development of the two countries were intertwined and it was essential for them to work together keeping in mind each other’s safety and sensitivities.

July 22, 2023 at 02:24AM

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On day of Manipur mob horror, 2 gang-raped, killed 40km away

Two young tribal women from Manipur’s Kangpokpi working in an Imphal car wash were allegedly gang-raped at their workplace, dragged out and left to die by a mob rampaging through the capital city on May 4, coinciding with the strip-parade horror unfolding 40km away that very day.

July 22, 2023 at 01:46AM

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Raut aide & doc held in first arrests in Covid hosps scam

Patkar and three other partners of Lifeline Hospital Management Services (LHMS), in connivance with BMC officials, are accused of fraudulently bagging contracts for setting up or managing Covid-19 field hospitals. Bisure was dean of a jumbo centre at Dahisar. The BMC was assigned the job of providing healthcare staff and other facilities on a contract basis.

July 21, 2023 at 04:03AM

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2nd Test: Virat Kohli puts India ahead on Day 1

Playing his 500th international game, Virat Kohli inched closer to a memorable century as India finished the first day of the second Test at 288 for 4 against West Indies in Trinidad on Thursday. After a disappointing performance in the first Test, the West Indian bowlers put up a much needed fight but Kohli's unbeaten 87 ensured India's control at the close of play.

July 21, 2023 at 03:27AM

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140 crore Indians shamed by heinous incident: PM Modi

Amid an uproar on the opening day of the monsoon session of Parliament, the PM said: “What has happened to the daughters of Manipur can never be forgiven. The law with all its might will take one step after another. I assure the countrymen that not even a single culprit will be spared.”

July 21, 2023 at 02:21AM

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Gujarat to host 69th Filmfare Awards night

July 20, 2023 at 04:48AM

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Video of two Manipur women paraded naked goes viral

A May 4 video showing a large mob of men parading two naked women in Manipur's Kangpokpi district went viral on the social media on Wednesday.

July 20, 2023 at 03:28AM

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SC overrules Centre, names 4 lawyers for high court judges

The Supreme Court collegium has overruled the objections of the Union department of justice to recommend the appointment of four advocates as judges of Bombay, Madras and Karnataka high courts, saying their elevation would increase the representation of women, marginalised communities and tax experts in constitutional courts.

July 20, 2023 at 02:36AM

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Ready to discuss all issues, including Manipur: Government

Faced with the opposition’s demand for a discussion on the Manipur situation, the government on Wednesday said at the all-party meeting that it is ready to discuss every issue permitted under the rules and approved by the Chair, but said the insistence on a statement from PM Modi on the issue was a “caveat for creating disruption”.

July 20, 2023 at 02:50AM

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SC gives Teesta bail, says HC’s findings ‘totally perverse’

The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted regular bail to activist Teesta Setalvad in a case of alleged forging of documents and tutoring witnesses to implicate high functionaries of the Gujarat government in post-Godhra riots cases, after terming the high court order denying her relief as “totally perverse”.

July 20, 2023 at 02:28AM

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