New Delhi: The battle for Uttar Pradesh – said to be the semi-final before the general election of 2024 – began today. 58 constituencies in the crucial western part of the state, the hub of farmers’ protest, are polling amid a four-cornered contest Among the prominent candidates in the first...
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New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh can become Kashmir, Kerala or Bengal if voters “make a mistake”, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said hours before the first round of elections in the state, urging people to vote for the BJP. In a video shared by the Uttar Pradesh BJP on Twitter, Yogi...
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Delhi University is slated to reopen on 17 February, Proctor Professor Rajni Abbi had announced on Wednesday, 9 February. A few hours after the announcement, an office order was issued by the DU registrar office, stating that offline classes for all undergraduate and postgraduate courses would begin on the...
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A single-judge bench of Justice Krishna Dixit has referred the Karnataka hijab matter to a larger bench. The decision came after Advocate General Prabhuling Navadagi, appearing for Karnataka, opposed the grant of interim relief to allow students to attend colleges wearing hijab. Justice Dixit said: “The registry is directed...
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New Delhi: The row over the use of hijab or headscarves by women in educational institutions had ripples in parliament today. In Bengaluru, the police banned gatherings and protests near educational institutions. Under the order of the city police chief, any gathering, agitation or protests will not be allowed within a 200-meter...
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New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday spoke up in support of college students in Karnataka who have been banned from wearing the hijab in classrooms, tweeting that the choice of what clothes to wear was theirs alone, and that this right is protected by the Constitution....
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New Delhi: Incidents of stone pelting and use of force by police were reported on Tuesday as the hijab row in Karnataka escalated and protests by students spread to more colleges prompting the state government to declare a three-day holiday for all educational institutions. As the Karnataka High Court...
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New Delhi: The bodies of seven Indian Army soldiers who were struck by an avalanche in Arunachal Pradesh on Sunday have been recovered, the army said in a statement today. The patrol was struck by the avalanche in bad weather and amid snowfall in the high-altitude Kameng sector, the...
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New Delhi: The South Korean government on Tuesday said it “regretted the offence caused to the people of India” after a Pakistan dealer of Seoul-headquartered automobile manufacturer Hyundai posted a social media message (now deleted) last week indicating support for separatists in Kashmir. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi...
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New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal’s rebuttal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s claim on migrants sparked off a furious Twitter exchange between him and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday evening, which led the Delhi Chief Minister to call his UP counterpart a “harsh and cruel ruler”. Yogi Adityanath...
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