Naqvi bats for one nation, one voter list as essential electoral reform

New Delhi, 24/9: Senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday batted for the ‘one nation, one voter list’, saying that there is a need for paramount and path-breaking reforms in the electoral process of the country. The former minority affairs minister was addressing a conference at an event organised here to celebrate the birth…

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Shashi Tharoor gets nomination form for Congress presidential poll

New Delhi, 24/9: The nomination process for the Congress president election started on Saturday with senior MP Shashi Tharoor becoming the first to collect the papers from the AICC headquarters. Sources said Tharoor is likely to file nomination papers on September 30, the last date, as he plans to collect endorsements from party delegates from…

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Uttarakhand resort receptionist killed for refusing to have sex with guests, says friend

Uttarakhand, 24/9: A Facebook friend of the 19-year-old receptionist, whose body was retrieved from a canal on Saturday, has reportedly said that his friend was killed because she refused to have sex with guests as demanded by the owner of the resort where she worked. A receptionist at a resort owned by a BJP leader’s…

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Country that wants peace would never shelter planners of 26/11 attack,India slams Pak PM’s UNGA remark

Islamabad, 24/9: In a strong response to Pakistan, India has said in the UN General Assembly that a country that claims to seek peace with its neighbours would never sponsor cross-border terrorism nor would it shelter planners of the horrific Mumbai terrorist attack, disclosing their existence only under pressure from the global community. India exercised…

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Cambridge University ‘benefited directly’ from slavery, study finds

London, 23/9: Cambridge University benefited directly from enslavement and the slave trade, a three-year enquiry has found.   While Cambridge has often celebrated its well-known abolitionists, like Thomas Clarkson and William Wilberforce, a new report shows that the institution benefitted substantially from the slave trade over many years, with a significant part of the university’s…

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