NIA court sentences six to life imprisonment for trafficking of Bangladeshi girls

New Delhi, 7/11: A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court at Hyderabad has sentenced to life imprisonment all the six accused in a 2019 human trafficking case of Bangladeshi girls who were forced into prostitution after being smuggled into India. The accused, identified as Mohd Yousuf Khan, his wife Bithi Begum, Sojib, Ruhul Amin Dhali,…

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‘Will get bachelors married…’: promises NCP (SP) candidate in Parli

Chhatrapati,7/11: A candidate of the NCP(SP) in central Maharashtra’s Marathwada region has promised to arrange marriages of bachelors in his constituency if he won the assembly election. The novel promise made by Rajesaheb Deshmukh, who is contesting from Parli in Beed district, highlighted the issue of men of marriageable age in rural areas failing to…

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MUDA decides to withdraw 50:50 sites once probe is completed

Mysuru,7/11: Members of the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) unanimously decided to withdraw the sites allotted under 50:50 scheme, once the probe by the one-man judicial commission is completed. The members, including people’s representatives, nominated members and officials, held a meeting, under chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner G Lakshmikantha Reddy, on Thursday      

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Kolkata rape-murder case: Supreme Court refuses to transfer trial outside West Bengal

New Delhi, 7/11: The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to transfer the rape and murder trial pertaining to a doctor in Kolkata outside West Bengal. A bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud said the trial court judge had sufficient powers to order another investigation upon feeling it necessary after examining the evidence  …

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Harris, Trump agree on importance of unifying country as they speak over phone

Washington DC, 7/11:President-elect Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Vice President Kamala Harris spoke over the phone on Wednesday during which they agreed on the importance of unifying the country, his spokesperson said. President-elect Trump acknowledged Vice President Harris for her strength, professionalism, and tenacity throughout the campaign, and both leaders agreed on the importance…

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Usha Chilkuri Vance, Indian-American wife of new US VP-elect

Washington, 6/11: In July, Indian-American lawyer Usha Chilukuri Vance burst into the national spotlight after her husband J D Vance was named by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as his running mate. With the Trump-Vance victory on Wednesday, Usha, 38, is set to become America’s Second Lady — the first Indian-American in that role. Usha…

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