India

2019 can bring a third independence if India becomes Modi-mukt, says MNS Chief

Mumbai: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president Raj Thackeray on Sunday called for a ‘Modi-Mukht Bharat’ (An India free from Narendra Modi). Addressing a rally...

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Yogi’s home turf Gorakhpur gives BJP a scare, party on backfoot as SP takes lead in byelections

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yogi Adityanath is facing a serious challenge on his home turf Gorakhpur....

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Maharashtra farmers call off protests after govt agrees to 2 out of 9 demands

The gruelling 200-km, six-day ‘Long Kisan March’ by close to 50,000 farmers finally ended on a positive note, with the Maharashtra government...

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India, Pakistan accuse each other of harassing diplomatic staff, cutting water and power supply

India and Pakistan are in the middle of a major diplomatic spat with both sides accusing each other of harassing, even intimidating,...

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Massive farmers’ rally walks 180km from Nasik to Mumbai, demand higher prices, loan waivers

Mumbai: Close to 50,000 farmers assembled in Mumbai protesting and demanding higher crop prices. Many farmers have been in debt, and despite...

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Dalit woman set on fire in UP after she couldn’t repay a loan of Rs. 20,000

Ballia: A Dalit woman was set ablaze by a group of men on after she couldn’t repay a loan of Rs.20,000. The incident...

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Jan Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s statue vandalized in Bengal, face blackened

A statue of Jan Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee was today vandalised by unidentified men in south Kolkata, police said. The statue...

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After Lenin and Periyar, now statue of Ambedkar vandalized in Yogi’s UP, head severed

After Lenin and Periyar statues, a statue of B R Ambedkar was vandalised in Meerut district’s Mawana Khurd on Wednesday morning. According...

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‘No need to deploy police for protection of Periyar Statue, we Tamilians will protect it ourselves’

Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan on Wednesday hit out at the Central government over the vandalizing of the Periyar statue in Vellore. Addressing a...

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