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Shashi Tharoor's Bill To Decriminalise Gay Sex Defeated In Lok Sabha
NEW DELHI -- In stinging disregard to a fairly disillusioned LGBT community in India, the Lok Sabha voted (71-24) against introducing a bill to decriminalise gay sex in the country. Earlier today,...
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Dance Bars Set To Re-Open In Maharashtra, But Are The Dancers Really Happy?
This article is from Open Magazine. By Haima Deshpande Fatima, 45 years old, is seated on a mattress laid out on a floor with a garishly printed carpet. Three plastic chairs are strewn around. To the...
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Meghalaya Govt Signs Peace Pact With Militant Outfit United A'chik Liberation...
TURA, Meghalaya -- Meghalaya government on Friday signed a peace pact with yet another militant outfit, the United A'chik Liberation Army (UALA) which was active in the Garo Hills region of the state....
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When The Google CEO Turned Up In My College
On a lazy winter morning, I woke up to realise that it was the day that the man who grew up in my locality in Chennai, and made it big in life, big enough to become the CEO of Google, was coming to my...
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India Set To Build A Sea-Bridge And A Tunnel To Sri Lanka: Nitin Gadkari
NEW DELHI -- Keen on promoting connectivity in the South Asian region, India is set to build a sea-bridge and tunnel connecting Sri Lanka while a pact has been inked with Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal...
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National Herald Case: Digvijay Singh Accuses BJP Of Running A Campaign...
NEW DELHI -- Calling the National Herald case an example of vilification of the Congress by the ruling party, Congress leader Digvijay Singh accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of running a 'sustained...
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National Herald Case: Sonia, Rahul's Lawyers Will Go To Court Armed With Bail...
New Delhi -- Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi will turn up at the Patiala court today for the hearing of the National Herald case, prepared for all eventualities. According to a report on The Indian...
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Arun Jaitley: Congress Has Delayed The GST For 'Collateral Reasons'
NEW DELHI -- Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday flayed the opposition, mainly the Congress Party, for delaying the government's ambitious Goods and Service Tax (GST) Bill in Parliament, saying...
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MPs Greet Plea To Amend Section 377 With Jeers, Jokes: Ignorance Or...
The love that dares not speak its name lived up to its name in Parliament. Gay rights remain a no-no chhi-chhi area for Indian parliamentarians in general. Amending Section 377 is not even a question...
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National Herald Case: Congress, BJP Lash Out, Accuse Each Other Of Dirty...
NEW DELHI -- Trading guns at each other over the National Herald issue, Congress today alleged that the Modi government was indulging in political vendetta while BJP claimed that it is a legal matter...
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Government To Push For Insolvency And Bankruptcy Law In The Next Three Days
MUMBAI -- The government will push for a bankruptcy law in parliament in the remaining three days of the winter session, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Saturday, hoping to end a political...
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Sikh Teen's Mother Asks US Police To Drop Bomb Threat Charges
ARLINGTON, Texas -- The mother of a Sikh middle school student accused of threatening to detonate a bomb at his Texas school is asking police to drop charges, saying that her son never made such a...
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'Dilwale' Vs 'Bajirao Mastani': SRK-Kajol Starrer Preferred By Moviegoers,...
MUMBAI -- As the big Bollywood clash between Dilwale and Bajirao Mastani unfolded today at theatres across the country amid protests by right-wing outfits, early trends indicate that the Shah Rukh...
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FDA Finds Problems With Sun Pharma's Manufacturing Unit In Gujarat
MUMBAI -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning letter to Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd about its Halol facility after an inspection revealed problems with its manufacturing...
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National Herald Case: Swami Is A Mask For Modi, Says Congress
New Delhi -- In the backdrop of National Herald case, Congress today launched a no-holds barred attack against government, accusing it of resorting to "unprecedented" level of vendetta politics and...
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Gandhis' First-Ever Court Appearance Is Pretty Tame After Massive Hype
NEW DELHI -- After the massive hype and speculation trailing the Gandhis' first court appearance today, the actual event was somewhat of an anti-climax to its big buildup in the media and political...
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Former CM Beant Singh's Killer Balwant Rajoana Thrashes Journalist During...
PATIALA -- Balwant Singh Rajoana, who is undergoing jail term in Central Jail Patiala for the assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, allegedly thrashed senior journalist Kanwar...
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Pakistan Taliban Won't Accept IS Leader Baghdadi As 'Caliph'
PAKISTAN -- Pakistan’s Taliban have rejected Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s claim to be the global leader of all Muslims, the movement said in a statement seen by Reuters on Saturday. The...
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Delhi HC Refuses To Consider Petition For Enactment Of Law Banning Cow Slaughter
NEW DELHI -- The Delhi High Court has refused to entertain a petition seeking enactment of a law prohibiting slaughter of cows, saying the "issue is beyond the domain of judicial decision" and it's a...
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Telugu Actor Ranganath Commits Suicide At Residence In Hyderabad
HYDERABAD -- Telugu character actor Ranganath (Tirumala Sundara Sriranganath) yesterday allegedly committed suicide at his residence here by hanging himself, police said. He was 66 and is survived by...
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