Mon, 19 Jul 2021 20:32:14
Provisions of a new Gujarat law which penalises forcible or fraudulent religious conversion through marriage has been challenged in the state High Court, where it was mentioned before a division bench on Monday.
The Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Act, 2021, was notified in the state on June 15.
The matter was mentioned before the division bench of Chief Justice Vikram Nath and Justi
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Mon, 19 Jul 2021 20:29:51
Suspended BSP MLA Aslam Raini has termed the Bahujan Samaj Party as a "sinking ship", and claimed that the party's love for Brahmins is only an "election stunt".
"People from backward class, upper castes and minorities are no longer with the BSP. There was a time when prominent Brahmin leaders like Brajesh Pathak were there in the party. Today, the Brahmins will not board the sinking ship of th
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Mon, 19 Jul 2021 20:27:46
A fire broke out in the laboratory of a school near Ullal in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka on Monday while students were taking the SSLC examination in an adjacent room, police sources said.
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Mon, 19 Jul 2021 20:23:41
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Monday ruled out scope for talks with Karnataka over the Mekedatu dam issue. Based on the Centre''s assurances, his government is confident that Karnataka cannot go ahead in its initiative and legal options would also be pursued in the dam matter, Stalin told reporters in the national capital after calling on President Ram Nath Kovind. Stalin said the Tamil
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Mon, 19 Jul 2021 20:21:17
All the professional courses including engineering will be taught in Kannada across the state starting from the next academic year, said Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister CN Ashwatha Narayana, who is also the state minister for higher education, on Sunday.
The government has initiated all the respective translation works of the curriculum.
Speaking at a webinar organised by All Languages Faculty A
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Mon, 19 Jul 2021 20:18:18
Karnataka on Monday reported 1,291 new COVID-19 cases and 40 deaths, taking the total number of infections to 28,85,238 and the toll to 36,197.
The day also saw 3,015 discharges, continuing to outnumber fresh cases, taking the total number of recoveries in the state so far to 28,21,491.
Out of 1,291 new cases reported on Monday, 266 were from Bengaluru Urban, as the city saw 1,202 discharges
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Mon, 19 Jul 2021 20:15:36
Two women journalists have moved the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of sedition law contending that
the colonial-era penal provision was being used to intimidate, silence and punish scribes.
Patricia Mukhim, Editor, The Shillong times and Anuradha Bhasin, owner of Kashmir Times, said that section 124-A (sedition) of the Indian Penal Code will continue to "haunt and hi
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Mon, 19 Jul 2021 20:12:59
Thousands of fishermen from Chandrapadi, Thirumullaivasal and 11 other villages in Mayiladuthurai district of Tamil Nadu on Monday intensified their protest seeking to lift the ban on use of purseseinenets.
With a view to preserving the marine resources, the Tamil Nadu government in year 2000 banned the nets by invoking the Tamil Nadu Marine Fishing Regulations Act, 1983.
In 2018, the Madras
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Mon, 19 Jul 2021 20:09:35
Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) leader P V Abdul Wahab on Monday took oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha for a third term.
Wahab, who was first elected to the Upper House in 2004 and then in 2015, took oath in English.
He was greeted by members with thumping of desks and Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu said, "abhinandan."
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