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The India Observer July 28, 2018 0 Comments #becarefulinrain, #mumbai, #Rains, #slipperyroads

20 of Maharashtra College killed in accident

Fatal accident on way to Mahabaleshwar as bus falls down gorge in Maharashtra’s Raigad district Mumbai, July 28: At least 20

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The India Observer July 27, 2018 0 Comments #death, #Diabetes, #Indians, #poorhealth, #Stroke

Deaths due to stroke, diabetes higher in India than those in the West: Report

The data also revealed that the rate of cervical cancer deaths is six times higher among Indians than their western

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The India Observer July 27, 2018September 10, 2018 0 Comments #BJPgovt., #CleanGanga, #Ganga, #NamamiGange, #NationalGreenTribunal, #PMModi

Why not ‘injurious to health’ warning for Ganga water, asks National Green Tribunal

The green panel also directed NMCG to install display boards at a gap of 100 kms, indicating if the water

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The India Observer July 27, 2018July 27, 2018 0 Comments #Bengaluru, #BloodMoon, #Karnataka, #Kumaraswamy, #LunarEclipse

Lunar Eclipse On Karnataka Politics: No Work To Ward Off Evil

Karnataka politicians across political lines took the day off fearing the red moon. Leaders from all parties, including Congress, BJP,

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The India Observer July 27, 2018 0 Comments #BJP, #Congress, #Elections2019, #kaunbanegaPM, #MamtaBanerjee, #Mayawati, #modi, #oppositionunity, #RacetobePM, #RahulGandhi

DIDI VS BEHENJI ? Omar bats for Mamata as PM

On being asked if there was a place for Congress in this planned federal front, Abdullah said that efforts are

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The India Observer July 27, 2018 0 Comments #BEENASSINGH, #DELHISTARVATIONDEATHS, #MANDAVALI, #MANGALSINGH

Unfed for days, Beena, mother of 3 Delhi kids who died of starvation, still dazed

Wearing a pink salwar suit, Beena looked dazed while sitting on the lonely cot. She was not sure why so

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The India Observer July 27, 2018 0 Comments #CARMENCITAABELLA, #RAMONMAGSAYSAYAWARD, #SONAMWANGCHUK #VIVEKVATWANI

Aamir’s real life Phunsuk Wangdu (Sonam Wangchuk) –and Bharat Vatwani win Ramon Magsaysay Award

Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk are among six individuals who were declared winners of the award, regarded as the Asian

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The India Observer July 25, 2018July 25, 2018 0 Comments #gaurilankesh, #GirishKarnad, #Hindurightwing, #Karnataka, #SIT

Gauri Lankesh murder probe: Cops come across diary with ‘hit-list’ containing Girish Karnad’s name

Police did not disclose the role of Bangera in Lankesh’s killing but said he was in touch with arrested suspects

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The India Observer July 25, 2018 0 Comments #devendrafadnavis, #MarathaKrantiMorcha, #Marathaquota, #mumbai, #Mumbaibandh, #Mumbaibandhviolence

Pro-quota maratha group calls off Mumbai bandh

Mumbai, July 25 (PTI) Maratha Kranti Morcha, an outfit spearheading agitation for quota for the maratha community in jobs and

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The India Observer July 25, 2018 0 Comments #Gujarat, #gujrat, #HardikPatel, #Patidarandolan, #Patidarquota, #Patidarstir

Hardik, aides gets two-year jail term in Visnagar rioting case

Mehsana (Guj), Jul 25 (PTI) A Gujarat court sentenced Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel to two years imprisonment in a

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The India Observer July 24, 2018 0 Comments #Bankscam, #EnforcementDirectorate, #extradition, #London, #MoneyLaundering, #PMLA, #VijayMallya

Vijay Mallya willing to come back to India and face the law: Report

Embattled liquor baron Vijay Mallya, the main accused in a Rs 9,000 crore alleged bank fraud case, is understood to

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The India Observer July 24, 2018 0 Comments #Amravati, #AndhraPradesh, #Chandrababunaidu, #Hyderabad, #KChandrashekharRao, #Manmohansingh, #RajyaSabha, #TELANGANA

BJP was consulted on Andhra Pradesh special status, expected Modi to fulfil commitment: Manmohan Singh

Addressing the Rajya Sabha during a debate on Andhra Pradesh, Manmohan Singh said he had made a “solemn commitment” on

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The India Observer July 24, 2018 0 Comments #ABVP, #attackonSwamiAgnivesh, #BandhuaMuktiMorcha, #BJP, #JHARKHAND, #mobviolence, #Pakur, #RSS, #SwamiAgnivesh, #vigilantes

Swami Agnivesh says attacked for supporting tribals protesting land acquisition for a corporate

Agnivesh said there was a pattern in an assault on him at Pakur in Jharkhand and incidents of mob attacks

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The India Observer July 24, 2018 0 Comments #alwar, #beefexport, #BJPgovt., #cowsmuggling, #cowvigilantes, #gaurakshaks, #Hapur, #moblynching, #PMModi

Lynching won’t stop unless cow gets status of ‘Rashtra Mata’: Telangana BJP MLA

T Raja Singh Lodh, the BJP MLA from Goshamahal, in a video message urged MPs to make such a demand

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The India Observer July 24, 2018 0 Comments #alwar, #BJP, #Congress, #Hapur, #lynchings, #mobocracy, #mobviolence, #RJD, #TDP, #Trinamool, Rajasthan

Govt to enact law, if necessary, to curb lynchings: Rajnath

New Delhi, Jul 24 (PTI) The government will enact a law, if necessary, to curb the incidents of lynching, Home Minister

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The India Observer July 24, 2018 0 Comments #Antigua, #Bankfraud, #CBI, #GitanjaliJewels, #Interpol, #MehulChoksi, #NiravModi, #PNBscam, #TIO

‘Choksi moved to Antigua this month, got local passport’

New Delhi, Jul 24 (PTI) Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi has moved to Antigua from the US and taken the passport of

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The India Observer July 24, 2018 0 Comments #Agra, #Pollution, #ShahJehan, #Tajmahal, #UNESCO, #WorldHeritageSite, #Yogigovt

UP files draft vision document on Taj in SC, says area should be no-plastic zone

New Delhi, Jul 24 (PTI) The Uttar Pradesh government today filed the first draft report of its vision document on protection

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The India Observer July 23, 2018 0 Comments #Gujarat, #KunalKamra, #MSUniversity, #Vadodara

Gujarat’s MS University cancels comedian Kunal Kamra’s show claiming content is ‘anti-national’

The University cancelled the comedian’s show on security grounds after a group of former students wrote to varsity officials that

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The India Observer July 23, 2018 0 Comments

Alwar lynching: Rahul calls it ‘brutal new India’; Smriti says don’t indulge in ‘vulture politics’

New Delhi, July 23. Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday said hatred had replaced humanity in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s

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The India Observer July 23, 2018 0 Comments #constitutionbench, #muslimwomen, #NIKAHHALALA, #Polygamy, #SupremeCourt, #tripletalaq

Supreme Court refers fresh plea against Polygamy, Nikah Halala to constitution bench

The apex court issued a notice to the Centre on the petition filed by one Farjana and tagged the matter

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The India Observer July 23, 2018 0 Comments #Bengali, #DesiinUS, #IndianAmerican, #meltingpot

Confessions of an Indian-American

By Basab Dasgupta I would like to start by reassuring readers that this article is not about a spiritual quest

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The India Observer July 23, 2018 0 Comments #GitanjaliJewels, #MehulChoksi, #MoneyLaundering, #NiravModi, #PMLA, #PNBscam

Mehul Choksi afraid of being lynched in India, asks court to scrap arrest warrants

Special PMLA Judge MS Azmi directed ED to file its reply on Choksi’s application and kept the matter for further

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The India Observer July 23, 2018 0 Comments #Lynching, #mobocracy, #mobviolence, #SupremeCourt, #Watsapprumor

Centre sets up 2 panels to suggest ways to deal with mob violence, lynching

New Delhi, July 23. Two high-level committees have been constituted by the central government to suggest ways and legal framework to

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The India Observer July 23, 2018 0 Comments #crimeagainstwomen, #KATHUARAPECASE, #Rapelaw, #Unnaorapecase

Bill providing stringent punishment to rape convicts introduced in Lok Sabha

New Delhi, July 23. The central government on Monday introduced The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2018, in Lok Sabha. The proposed

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The India Observer July 22, 2018 0 Comments #BJP, #Congress, #justiceformuslimwomen, #LokSabha, #Modigovt., #Monsoonsession, #Parliament, #RahulGandhi, #RajyaSabha, #TripleTalaqBill

Will support talaq Bill if alimony provision added: Cong women’s chief

New Delhi, July 22. (PTI). The chief of the Congress women’s wing has said the party would support the instant triple