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Sharad Pawar Speaks on Degree Row, BJP Expresses Concern: Just Political Issues?

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Sharad Pawar Speaks on Degree Row, BJP Expresses Concern: Just Political Issues?

After differing on Adani issue, Sharad Pawar on Sunday said someone’s educational degree can’t be a political issue. Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday raised questions over whether someone’s education degree can be a political issue in the country at a time when the country is facing unemployment, law and order issues and inflation. The statement comes amid speculations triggered by his recent statement on Adani. The issue has been raked up by the Aam Aadmi Party and jailed AAP leader Manish Sisodia wrote a letter from Tihar…

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Violence erupts in Jamshedpur as two groups resort to Stone Pelting and Arson

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Violence erupts in Jamshedpur as two groups resort to Stone Pelting and Arson

Tension prevailed in parts of Jamshedpur after two groups from different communities resorted to stone pelting, arson and damaging vehicles in Jamshedpur’s Shastri Nagar area under Kadma police station on Sunday evening, police said adding that the situation is under control now and a few people have been detained. “Some sporadic incident led to violence in Shastri Nagar area. Two groups from different communities resorted to stone pelting. Some anti-social elements are trying to vitiate the social order. I appeal people not to fall for it and maintain peace. People…

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Rahul Gandhi Compares Groceries Prices from 2013 to 2023, Raises Concerns about Adani Issue

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Rahul Gandhi Compares Groceries Prices from 2013 to 2023, Raises Concerns about Adani Issue

Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday stepped up his attack on the BJP-ruled central government, this time over the rising inflation and posted a chart on social media comparing the price of essential items during the UPA government in 2013 with current rates. Rahul Gandhi alleged that inflation is not easing because the government’s focus is on increasing the income of beleaguered billionaire Gautam Adani and protecting him from investigation. “How will inflation come down, How will the pain of the public be visible!” Gandhi wrote on Twitter along…

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Mask Mandate Returns as Covid Cases Surge in Several States

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Mask Mandate Returns as Covid Cases Surge in Several States

With the rising cases of Covid over the last few days triggers an alarming situation, several states have issued Covid guidelines and made masks mandatory again. India on Sunday logged 5,357 new infections, a slight dip from Saturday’s figures, taking the total tally to 44,756,616. On Saturday 6,155 new Covid-19 cases were reported, According to the data released by the health ministry, the active infections stand at 32,814. 11 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours, taking the death tally to 53,09,65 deaths. The fatality rate stands at 1.19…

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PM Modi Voices Concern: ‘People with Baadshahi Mentality Now Threaten to Dig My Grave’

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PM Modi Voices Concern: 'People with Baadshahi Mentality Now Threaten to Dig My Grave'

PM Narendra Modi on Thursday addressed the party workers on the occasion of the BJP’s foundation day and said the party draws inspiration from Lord Hanuman and his ‘can- do’ attitude. As Hanuman Jayanti is being celebrated across the country, PM Modi said, “Like Hanumanji fought the rakshasas, we will fight corruption and dynasty politics strongly.” “BJP is such a party which considered nation’s interest as higher than anything,” PM Modi said. Social justice is not a political slogan for the BJP, PM Modi said adding that in the past…

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NCERT-Mughals Row: Kapil Sibal says PM Modi’s Bharat history should start from 2014

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NCERT-Mughals Row: Kapil Sibal says PM Modi’s Bharat history should start from 2014

Amid the raging controversy over the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) allegedly removing certain portions on Mughal courts from class 12 history textbooks, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Wednesday took a swipe at the BJP government. Taking to Twitter, Sibal remarked that the decision was in sync with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Bharat’, where ‘modern Indian history’ begins from 2014. The BJP government came to power at the Centre in 2014. Referring to reports that some parts of the 2002 Gujarat riots and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh…

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Imam in Maharashtra assaulted and beard forcibly removed after he refused to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’

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Imam in Maharashtra assaulted and beard forcibly removed after he refused to chant 'Jai Shri Ram'

Unidentified individuals attacked an Imam at a mosque in Maharashtra’s Jalna district for refusing to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’. An Imam who led the prayer at a mosque in Maharashtra’s Anwa village was attacked by unidentified individuals who entered the place of worship and beat him up for refusing to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’. Speaking to India Today, the Imam, Zakir Sayyed Khaja, said the incident took place on Sunday at around 7.30 pm when he was sitting inside the mosque reading the Quran. Unidentified individuals entered the mosque with…

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Hindu Rashtra demand raised by saints as Chhattisgarh padyatra comes to a close

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Hindu Rashtra demand raised by saints as Chhattisgarh padyatra comes to a close

The padyatra, supported by the BJP and right wing groups Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), is seen as a move to polarise and consolidate Hindu votes in the state ahead of the Assembly elections. The month-long padyatra (footmarch) of Akhil Bhartiya Sant Samiti across Chhattisgarh ended on Sunday at a ground in Raipur city with a demand for “Hindu Rashtra” (Hindu country). The padyatra, supported by the BJP and right wing groups Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), is seen as a move…

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Concerns rise as India experiences sixth earthquake in March

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Concerns rise as India experiences sixth earthquake in March

Earthquake In India: The epicentre of the earthquake was in the Hindu Kush mountains, in Badakhshan, the US Geological Survey said. At least nine people were killed and 44 injured in Pakistan by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that struck Afghanistan late on Tuesday, news agency Reuters reported. In Afghanistan, at least two people were killed in the temblor that was felt in Pakistan, India, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. The epicentre of the earthquake was in the Hindu Kush mountains, in Badakhshan, the US Geological Survey said, while…

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Divisive Rhetoric in Maharashtra: 50 Rallies in 4 Months Focused on ‘Love Jihad’, ‘Land Jihad’, and ‘Economic Boycott’

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Divisive Rhetoric in Maharashtra: 50 Rallies in 4 Months Focused on 'Love Jihad', 'Land Jihad', and 'Economic Boycott'

At one such rally, at Mumbai’s Mira Road on March 12, speeches were made against “Islamic aggression”, “love jihad” and “land jihad”, with some of the speakers calling for an economic boycott of Muslims. Starting November last year, at least 50 ‘Hindu Jan Aakrosh Morcha’ rallies have been held across Maharashtra, in almost all of the state’s 36 districts. Each of these events has followed a set pattern: a brief march through the heart of the city, amid a sea of saffron flags and caps, followed by a short rally,…

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