Bharti Jain
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Senior Editor, TOI. Reporting on home ministry, security affairs, personnel ministry, Election Commn, Parliament. Retweets not endorsements
Joined May 2013
BIG BREAKING: Chhattisgarh govt sources confirm that CPI (Maoist) general secretary Nambala Keshava Rao alias Basavraj has been killed by security forces in an anti-Maoist operation in Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh.
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Centre has extended ‘Y’ security to actress Kangana Ranaut, as per home ministry sources. @HMOIndia @KanganaTeam.
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PM mentions sanitary pads in I-Day speech. This is a milestone in fight against the taboo.
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BREAKING: Home ministry cancels registration of Rajiv Gandhi Foundation and Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act @HMOIndia.
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This is how a friend of mine sighted a tiger at Ranthambore national park in Rajasthan a couple of days back
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NIA arrests IPS officer and SP posted at Shimla, A D Negi, for allegedly leaking documents of NIA to a Lashker e Taiba overground worker. The case in arrest was made pertains OGW network of LeT. Earlier NIA had arrested 6 accused persons in the case.
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BREAKING: J&K govt terminates 5 of its employees under Article 311(2)(c) of the Constitution, for having alleged terror links. The five include two police constables, one teacher, one computer operator & one nursing orderly.
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That hug by the PM to a weeping ISRO Chairman. Jai Hind!.
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BREAKING: EC sends notice to Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren asking him to explain why action should not be taken against him for having a mine lease issued in his favour, which prima facie violates Section 9A of the R. P. Act. Section 9A deals with disqualification for govt contracts.
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Need I say more about the level of commitment of rescue workers in Kerala? A video shared by @NDRFHQ
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BIG BREAKING: In an unprecedented move, EC suspends Telangana DGP Anjani Kumar for going and meeting state Congress chief Revanth Reddy even as counting was on in the state. The action is a stern message to the bureaucracy to maintain non-partisanship during poll process.
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NIA arrests 2 women -- Mizha Siddieeque and Shifa Haris, both from Kannur, Kerala -- for affiliation with ISIS. While Mizha had travelled to Tehran to join ISIS in Syria and created a page on Instagram to radicalise and recruit for ISIS, Shifa planned to travel to ISIS territory.
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BREAKING: Delhi LG Anil Baijal overrules Arvind Kejriwal govt order stating that only Delhi residents will be admitted to state govt hospitals for Covid-19 treatment. Baijal is the Chairman of Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA).
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IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad in Rajya Sabha: Whether its Twitter, FB, LinkedIn or WhatsApp, they are welcome to work on India, have crores of followers, but they will have to adhere to the Indian Constitution and laws.
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EC removes IAS officer Abhishek Singh, who was appointed as general observer for Bapunagar and Asarva assembly constituencies in Gujarat, for using Instagram for sharing his posting/joining as Gen Observer and “using his official position as a publicity stunt”.
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HM Amit Shah: 60 social media accounts got activated on Feb 22 and closed on Feb 26. Those behind these think they will not be tracked down?.
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#BREAKING.FCRA Amendment Bill: No public servant, as defined in Sec 21 of IPC, can receive foreign contributions; NGOs can use only 20% (down from 50%) of foreign contributions towards admin expenses; aadhaar no of all key functionaries mandatory with application for FCRA licence.
Public servants to be barred from receiving foreign contribution
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BREAKING: In Gujarat, VVPAT count has perfectly matched EVM result in 179 polling stations spread across 179 constituencies. Counting still on for the remaining 3 polling stations in as many constituencies.
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BREAKING: Total NGOs registered under FCRA that are active or alive as of today comes down to 16,829 from 22,762 a day ago. The registration of 12580 NGOs under FCRA deemed to have ceased or expired as on today.
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More than 30,000 kg of seized drugs will be burnt by the Narcotics Control Bureau tomorrow across 4 locations under the watch of HM Amit Shah via video conference. With this, the pledge taken by NCB to destroy 75,000 kg of drugs to mark 75 years of Independence will be fulfilled.
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CRPF troops at Jammu airport get standing ovation from passengers as they line up to board aircraft
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Unless it’s UP.
Don't politicize deaths of infants: Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot
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A major Civil Services reform cleared by Union Cabinet, as per sources. Details awaited.
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BJP. There is no limit on party expense in an election. Just like your movies must be promoted, a candidates - that too, a prime ministerial one - need to be promoted. And think of all the business phoolwalas would have got.
Who pays for this?.
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Bharat Biotech’s Krishna Ella on delay in WHO emergency authorisation for Covaxin: Negative publicity in media on Covaxin put WHO in an awkward position. The review was made more intense as WHO wanted to be doubly sure #TimesNowSummit2021.
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Received this video from J&K. This is Lal Chowk in Srinagar
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BREAKING: EC bans campaigning by West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee for 24 hours from 8 pm today over her appeal for votes along communal lines.
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The security cover has been granted based on her threat perception.
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Concern 4 Kerala appreciated, but there’s no provision in Disaster Mgmt Act to declare a natural calamity as ‘national disaster’. It was relevant when National Calamity Contingency Fund was in place. Centre has already pressed all its resources. So ‘natl disaster’ tag irrelevant.
Dear PM,. Increasing funds allocated for Kerala relief to Rs.500 Cr is a good step but nowhere near enough. It is critical you declare the floods as a National Disaster. Please do not vacillate as the people of Kerala are suffering. #KeralaFloodRelief.
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MHA cancels FCRA registration of two Christian NGOs based in Odisha: People’s Organisation for Empowerment of Tribals (POET) and Heavenly Grace Ministries.
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BREAKING: Delimitation Panel proposes 6 additional seats for Jammu region and 1 for Kashmir Valley. This would make total seats in Jammu 43 and in Kashmir Valley, 47. 9 seats proposed for ST & 7 for SC. Associate members requested to submit their suggestions by Dec 31, 2021.
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👍🏻 एक गुजरात वाले को भी श्रेय जाता है!.
दिल्ली के 2 करोड़ लोगों की मेहनत रंग ला रही है। दिल्ली का रिकवरी रेट 70% से ऊपर जाने पर सभी कोरोना वॉरियर्स को बधाई। कोरोना को हराने के लिए अभी हम सबको और मेहनत करनी है.
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Now this is interesting! So far AAP voteshare at 51.77% and that of BJP 41.02%. That’s a fall of 2.82% in AAP’s voteshare in 2015 assembly poll and a 8.24% surge in BJP voteshare. Congress voteshare down to 4.01% from 9.7% in 2015.
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VVPAT slips counted in 1215 polling stations (randomly selected to match with the votes count in the corresponding EVMs) in Bihar polls fully matched EVM count. 5 polling stations are randomly selected in each AC for matching VVPAT count with EVM count.
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NIA conducts searches at 13 premises in 6 states in case relating to ISIS. Searches at Bhopal & Raisen in MP; Bharuch, Surat, Navsari and Ahmedabad in Gujarat; Araria in Bihar; Bhatkal and Tumkur in Karnataka; Kolhapur and Nanded in Maharashtra; and Deoband in UP.
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This is to acknowledge that my tweets on Prof Amartya Sen with regard to his tenure at Nalanda University were completely incorrect. I was misinformed. My sincere apologies to Prof Sen and everyone else I have named in my tweets.
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Sentencing of 9 convicts in blasts at Patna during Modi’s Hunkar rally in 2013; Imtiyaz Ansari, Haider Ali, Numan Ansari & Mojibullah Ansari get capital sentence; Umer Siddiqui & Azharuddin, life imprisonment; Ahmad Hussain & Firoj Aslam get 10 yr jail term & Ifteqaar Alam 7 yrs.
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BREAKING: CAA rules to require immigrants to furnish documents to prove that they have come from Bangladesh, Pak or Af; that they have immigrated before Dec 31, 2014; and they belong to 6 eligible faiths - Hindu, Sikh, Christian, Buddhist, Jain or Parsi.
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Ray of hope and prayers for a better 2021. At Vaishno Devi. जय माता दी!
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Compared to 2016, 37% fall in insurgency incidents in NE region; 30% reduction in forces killed, 23% fall in civilians killed. Between 2014 & 2018, 63% decline in insurgency incidents in NE, 83% fall in civilian deaths & 40% fall in security personnel killings.
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Govt to bring Bill to allow law enforcement agencies to take measurements — including retina and iris scan, biological samples signature and handwriting samples — from convicts and arrested/detained persons, with a few exceptions.
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NIA arrests accused Abdur Rahman r/o Basavangudi, Bangalore in connection with a case relating to an Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) module. Abdul Rahman, 28 years, is working as an Ophthalmologist at M S Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore.
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Rahul Gandhi gets up to contradict PM on his response to his ‘dande’ remark. PM hits back “Mein itni dair se bol rahan hon. current pahunchne mein itni der lagi”.
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BREAKING: EC issues notice to DMK leader Udayanithi Stalin over his statement that “Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj died unable to tolerate pressure and torture by PM Narendra Modi”. Asks him to explain his statement by 5 pm tomorrow. Polls in Tamil Nadu got over today.
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TOI Exclusive: Around 250 foreign Tablighi preachers, among 1800 persons staying at Nizamuddin Markaz, came on tourist visa, which is a violation of visa conditions. To give religious sermons, one needs a missionary visa. They now face being blacklisted
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Very impressed with our passport services. Am barely out of my appt at RPO for reissue of my passport and I receive an SMS saying my passport is being printed. That’s fast even for a tatkal! @MEAIndia @SushmaSwaraj.
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Further update: Perfect match between VVPAT and EVM count in all 182 polling stations across 182 Gujarat constituencies
BREAKING: In Gujarat, VVPAT count has perfectly matched EVM result in 179 polling stations spread across 179 constituencies. Counting still on for the remaining 3 polling stations in as many constituencies.
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That’s using your “celebrity” status to interfere with judgement of the voter. Thankfully, voters are more mature than you think.
Vote against the BJP and its allies -appeal 600 theatre artistes including #KonkonaSenSharma #NaseeruddinShah. Urged the electorate to vote for "equality and social justice, and to defeat the forces of darkness and barbarism".
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BIG BREAKING: EC sends a stern response to allegations made by TMC against the Commission in its representation to Bengal CEO regarding injuries to Mamata Banerjee. Says it looks undignified to even respond to allegations of all this being done at behest of a particular party.
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Amit Shah rejects Ghulam Nabi Azad’s suggestion for stopping TV channels from airing debates on Kashmir as it hits tourism. Says Modi govt will bring peace even as electronic media should be free to air what they want.
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Very poor portrayal of women in Bombay Begums on Netflix. Also a messed up 13-yr old girl is shown as smoking and taking drinks and snorting drugs at a party.
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BIG EC move on #freebies: EC proposes proformas for parties regarding disclosure of their intended sources of funding to implement their election promises; they will be covered by the model code of conduct guidelines. EC has sought comments of political parties on its proposal.
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BREAKING: EC bans all victory processions on May 2, the day of counting, both during and after counting.
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DG, CISF has awarded cash reward of Rs. 10,000/- & DG’s Commendation Certificate to CISF personnel —Constable Nandlal Ram — for saving life of lady at Sec-28 Faridabad, Metro Station as she tried to jump off the narrow ledge on to the road below
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Read somewhere how Louis Vuitton kills crocodiles for bags. But I guess the activism phase is over!.
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TOI Exclusive: In what may raise political hackles of states, MHA has empowered BSF to search, seize & arrest in 50 km belt along the border in Bengal, Punjab & Assam, against 15 km earlier. BSF officials say it will cut jurisdictional hassles in ops against drugs, infiltration.
BSF can now seize, arrest deep inside Assam, West Bengal, Punjab
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Someday I hope to tell my grandchildren that I was in the Rajya Sabha (media gallery) when it passed the Triple Talaq Bill.
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MoS (Home) Ajay Kumar Mishra writes to Delhi deputy CM Sisodia on Rohingya issue: Delhi Chief secy chaired mtg on July 29, 2022, in which MHA director & FRRO were invited. They informed that India is not a signatory to the 1951 UN Convention on refugees and 1967 protocol. 1/n.
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Two more faculties were appointed, honorary, Daman Singh & Amrit Singh. Middle & youngest daughters of Manmohan Singh. They stayed in USA while drawing salary.
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Imagine the outrage if govt had declared all 39 hostages dead without scientifically and conclusively establishing the same, and one or two of them had turned up alive.
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By this logic, no questions should be asked on Rafale. More so since Supreme Court has already settled it.
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All those who hid somewhere or declined to participate when EC threw an open challenge to parties on June 3 to display EVM tampering, are now shouting from the rooftops that EVMs were hacked in Gujarat!.
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4 days since EC announced EVM challenge, but no party has come forward yet to confirm participation. Deadline expires on May 26, 5 pm.
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NIA Arrests terror funding Terror conspirator in Visakhapatnam Espionage case involving some junior Navy officers. Accused Abdul Rehman Abdul Jabbar Sheikh, 53, was arrested in Mumbai today. His wife Shaista Qaiser(already arrested) and others were involved in terror funding.
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Sources: Their immediate plan was to target at least 20-25 RSS leaders in next few months.Anshad Badruddhin is the national head of PFI's hit squad division, a black belt and expert in bomb making.Firoz is national trainer of PFI on bomb making. He is also a blackbelt.
Two members of PFI arrested with huge quantity of explosives in Uttar Pradesh
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Anyone who has picked up the gun in Kashmir will be eliminated unless he surrenders, Army tells mothers in Kashmir.
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Your father hijacked an Air India aircraft and took it to Lahore. Not a good reason for him to enjoy security and govt facilities.
My father,Hashim Qureshi,has suffered torture at the hands of ISI and spent years in jail in Pakistan. In the wake of reports of withdrawing his security, let it be clear that the dispensation in J&K and Delhi will be responsible if anything untoward happens to him or my family.
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NIA conducts searches at 30 locations in Bengaluru violence case; arrests alleged conspirator Sayed Saddiq Ali for his involvement in attack on KG Halli Police Station on Aug 11, 2020. Saddiq, a bank recovery agent, was absconding after the riots.
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Just got my daughter vaccinated at a school here in Delhi. Perfect arrangements. Proper social distancing. No crowding. Full adherence to norms and procedures. Good work Delhi Govt!.
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Strange and sad coincidence. But both these actors from Balika Vadhu are now dead
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UP has highest population so obviously it will have larger share in all-India crimes against women. Crime rate or crime per lakh population is the right indicator. UP has 55.4 crime rate (IPC + SLL crimes per lakh popln) against 177.8 in Assam, 144 in Delhi & 110.4 in Rajasthan.
#NewsAlert | NCRB data suggests that the overall crime against women is the highest (15.3%) in Uttar Pradesh among all other states. Parvina with details.
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It was a Congress govt that made Election Commission a 3-member body in 1993. The general assessment was that it was to clip then CEC T N Seshan’s wings.
Unlike today, there was a time when our Election Commissioners were impartial, respected, brave & feared. Shri #TNSeshan was one of them. My condolences to his family on his passing.
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BREAKING: On HM Amit Shah’s directions to do health survey in Delhi’s containment zones, out of total population of 2,30,466 in 242 containment zones, survey of 1,77,692 people was conducted during June 15-16. Remaining people will be covered by June 20.
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Govt of J&K has activated an online service for the Kashmiri migrants, to lodge grievances related to their properties in Kashmir, if any. The service can be accessed on the website of Relief Commissioner for migrants ( under the tab- Important links.
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BREAKING: EC directs Delhi Police to file FIR against US-based hacker Syed Shuja under Section 505 of IPC (causing public mischief by spreading rumour).
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HM Amit Shah: Bodo Accord signed today is a golden document in the history of Assam and Bodos.
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Among the 106 PFI functionaries arrested in countrywide raids today, 22 were picked up in Kerala, 20 each in Maharashtra & Karnataka, 10 in Tamil Nadu, 9 in Assam, 8 in UP, 5 in Andhra Pradesh, 4 in Madhya Pradesh, 3 each in Delhi & Puducherry & 2 in Rajasthan.
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On Kapil Mishra security: Delhi Police has been providing security to Kapil Mishra since 2017. It was last renewed in 2019 and continued. His security approved by Delhi Police headquarters and he does not have Central govt protection that is approved at level of MHA, say sources.
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Prasad: Double standards by some microblogging forums on events at Capitol Hill and at Red Fort. During Capitol Hill, you stand with the police action and in violence at Red Fort, you take a different stand.
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HM Amit Shah’s meeting with J&K LG Manoj Sinha : Shah congratulated Sinha for achieving 76% vaccination among 45-plus in J&K, including 100% in 4 districts. Also appreciated 90% reach of Central Govt schemes in the Union territory.
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वज़न भी 🤣😂😭.
बिना कुछ किए सिर्फ़ एक ही चीज आगे बढ़ती है: “उम्र”.
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MHA has asked West Bengal Government for a report on the post-election violence targeting opposition political workers in the state.
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Common man who has planted 1 crore trees gets Padma Shri
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NIA court convicts 8 Jamaat ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terrorists in case relating to recovery of IED & explosion at Bodh Gaya, Bihar in Feb 2018. They are Paigambar Sheikh, Ahmad Ali, Nur Alam Momin, Adil Sheikh, Dilwar Hossain, Abdul Karim, Mustafizur Rahman & Arif Hussain.
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Time to convert.
If CAB is passed, this is my civil disobedience: .I will officially register Muslim. I will then refuse to submit any documents to NRC. I will finally demand the same punishment as any undocumented Muslim- detention centre & withdrawn citizenship. Join this civil disobedience.
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BREAKING: EC rejects Congress demand for holding elections of remaining phases in West Bengal after Ramzan.
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NIA books AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan on charges of disrupting its raid at house of former Delhi Minorities Commission chief Zafarul Islam Khan in Delhi. Raid was done in case against NGOs allegedly using funds raised in name of charitable activities, for secessionist acts in J&K.
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BREAKING: No locally-arranged funeral for Abu Dujana; his body to be sent for burial at Uri, where foreign terrorists are usually buried.
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What about rocket launcher, suicide vest, 25 kgs of explosives including potassium nitrate, potassium chlorate, sugar paste, sulphur, 112 alarm clocks, loads of batteries, pipes, mobile circuits, wires? Chemistry lab in the making?.
#NIA ने जिस #ISIS के भारत में बहुत बड़े आतंकी हमले की साज़िश का पर्दाफ़ाश किया है , उसमें जो कुछ बेहद ख़तरनाक चीज़ें बरामद हुई हैं , वो है - दिवाली के सुतली बम , देसी बम और देसी कट्टे ( तमंचे ) जिसका इस्तेमाल आज कल मेरठ की गलियों के बदमाश भी नहीं करते।
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Who was saying India must return to ballot paper?.
Indonesia election: More than 270 election staff die counting votes
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Padma Shri: 91-yr-old Gynaecologist who has been treating patients for free for 68 years
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The Modi government has decided to rename 3 islands in Andaman & Nicobar -- Ross Island as Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Island, Neil Island as Shahid Dweep & Havelock Island as Swaraj Dweep -- coinciding with 75th anniversary of Bose having hoisted national flag in Port Blair.
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