Lalu Prasad Yadav, Nitish Kumar meet Sonia Gandhi, discuss Opposition unity

Patna, 25/9: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD patriarch Lalu Prasad met Congress president Sonia Gandhi here on Sunday evening to discuss the contours of Opposition unity ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The meeting came hours after a section of senior Opposition leaders attended a rally organised by INLD to celebrate late…

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Ankita Bhandari murder: Last rites held finally, NH 58 blocked in protest

Uttarakhand, 25/9: People’s anger over the murder of Ankita Bhandari, who worked as a receptionist at a resort in Uttarakhand’s Pauri district and was reportedly being forced to provide “special services” to guests, continued with the National Highway (NH) 58 being blocked in protest, even as her last rites were finally conducted on Sunday evening….

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JD(U), SAD, Shiv Sena left BJP-led NDA to save Constitution, democracy: Tejashwi Yadav

Patna, 25/9: RJD leader and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday said the JD(U), SAD and the Shiv Sena left the BJP-led NDA to save the Constitution and democracy. Addressing an INLD rally to mark former deputy prime minister Devi Lal’s birth anniversary here, he also accused the BJP of making false claims…

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Uttarakhand murder: Ankita Bhandari’s family refuse to perform last rites

Uttarakhand, 25/9: The family of a 19-year-old woman receptionist who was killed in Uttarakhand allegedly by her employer refused on Sunday to conduct her last rites until they get the final postmortem details, even as a preliminary report said she died due to drowning. The draft report released by the All India Institute of Medical…

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Not a fan of the way Deepti ran out Dean but it depends how India feel about it: England skipper

London, 25/9: The dismissal of Charlie Dean hasn’t gone down well with the England women’s cricket team with their skipper Amy Jones saying she was “not a fan” of the way India’s bowler Deepti Sharma ran out her player at the non-striker’s end during her delivery stride on Saturday.Freya Davies and Charlie Dean had put…

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CBI raids 59 locations in massive crackdown against circulation of child sex abuse material

New Delhi, 24/9: The CBI on Saturday carried out searches at 59 locations across 21 states and a Union Territory in an internationally coordinated law-enforcement crackdown on online circulation of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), with officials here saying more than 50 suspects in the country are under the scanner. The raids, part of Operation…

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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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