Delhi court frames charges against ex-WFI chief Brij Bhushan Singh in sexual harassment case

New Delhi, 21/5: A Delhi court on Tuesday framed charges of sexual harassment, intimidation and outraging the modesty of women against ex-Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in a criminal case filed by female wrestlers. Singh pleaded not guilty to the charges before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Priyanka Rajpoot and…

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‘Lord Jagannath bhakt of PM Modi’: Sambit Patra’s gaffe sparks stir

Bhubaneswar, 21/5: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday appealed to the BJP to keep Lord Jagannath above the political discourse, after the saffron party’s Puri candidate Sambit Patra’s remark that the state’s most revered deity is a “devotee of  PM Modi” Patra, however, later clarified that it was a slip of tongue and he…

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Biggest allegation I faced is owning 250 pairs of clothes, says PM Modi

Bhubaneswar, 20/5: Often the opposition target for his sartorial choices, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the biggest allegation he faced in his political career was that he owned 250 pairs of clothes. In an interview to PTI, Modi said the allegation was levelled by Congress leader and former Gujarat chief minister Amarsinh Chaudhary and…

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18 killed as mini goods vehicle plunges into valley in Chhattisgarh’s Kabirdham

Kawardha, 20/5: : Seventeen women and a man were killed and four others injured when a mini goods vehicle they were travelling in plunged into a valley in Chhattisgarh’s Kabirdham district on Monday, police said. The accident occurred around 1.45 pm on Banjari Ghat near Bahpani village under Kukdur police station limits, an official said….

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JD(S) leader H D Revanna gets bail in sexual harassment case

Bengaluru, 20/5: A special court has granted bail to former Karnataka minister and JD(S) leader H D Revanna in a sexual harassment case. The case was registered against Revanna and his son Prajwal Revanna, MP from Hassan, at Holenarasipura police station. The special court for cases involving MPs/MLAs had earlier granted him interim anticipatory bail…

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ICMR junks BHU claim over 30% Covaxin takers faced adverse effects

New Delhi, 20/5: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has distanced itself from Banaras Hindu University (BHU) research on ‘adverse effects’ of Covaxin and has labelled it a ‘poorly designed study’, news agency ANI reported.   The study, with an acknowledgement to the council, claimed that over 30 per cent people who took the jab…

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