Bar Association writes to Shah to probe international conspiracy angle in BBC documentary on Modi

New Delhi, ,23/1: The All India Bar Association (AIBA) on Sunday wrote to Union Home minister Amit Shah seeking a 360-degree probe into the “international conspiracy angle” in the BBC documentary India: The Modi Question. The government had on Friday directed social media platforms Twitter and YouTube to block links to the documentary titled India:…

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Odisha: Assembly Speaker dismisses BJD, Cong’s demand to disqualify 11 MLAs for RS polls cross-voting

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy has dismissed the Opposition BJD and Congress petitions to disqualify the membership of 11 of their MLAs on the charge of cross-voting during the March 16 Rajya Sabha election.While BJD chief whip Pramila Mallik sought the disqualification of eight of its MLAs, Congress Legislature Party leader Rama Chandra Kadam…

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Indian Embassy in Kuwait slams Shashi Tharoor for retweeting anti India post

New Delhi, 19/2: India’s embassy in capital of Kuwait took to Twitter on Friday to express its displeasure after senior parliamentarian, Shashi Tharoor retweeted a tweet by a lawyer, who claimed that 22 lawmakers of the emirate had demanded ban on entry of anyone linked to the Bharatiya Janata Party into the country. The Embassy…

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Odisha: Differently-abled elderly woman crawls for kilometres to collect pension despite Govt promises

Patnagarh: Despite assurances by Odisha’s Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (SSEPD) Minister, Nityananda Gond, that elderly beneficiaries would receive pensions at their doorstep, the harsh reality on the ground tells a different story. In a distressing incident from Patamunda Panchayat in Balangir district, the differently-abled elderly woman, Surekha Nayak from Pandesara village under…

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