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July 24, 2018 The India Observer #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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July 24, 2018 The India Observer #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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July 24, 2018 The India Observer #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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July 24, 2018 The India Observer #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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July 24, 2018 The India Observer #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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July 24, 2018 The India Observer #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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July 24, 2018 The India Observer #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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July 23, 2018 The India Observer #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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July 23, 2018 The India Observer

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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July 23, 2018 The India Observer #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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July 23, 2018 The India Observer #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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July 23, 2018 The India Observer #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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July 23, 2018 The India Observer #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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July 23, 2018 The India Observer #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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July 22, 2018 The India Observer #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

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July 22, 2018 The India Observer #fakenews, #moblynching, #mobocracy, #SOCIALMEDIA, #SupremeCourt, #watsapp

Government mulls changes in Law to deal with mob lynching

New Delhi, July 22. PM Modi’s government is considering the possibility of amending the Indian Penal Code to define ‘mob

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July 22, 2018 The India Observer #betibachaobetipadhao, #Education, #Girlpower, #learninghasnoage, #MLA, #PMModi, #TIO, Rajasthan

59-year-old BJP MLA from Rajasthan goes back to school

Jaipur, July 22. Age is just a number for 59-year-old BJP MLA Phool Singh Meena who has enrolled himself in a

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July 22, 2018 The India Observer #AshadiEkadashi, #CMFadnavis, #MarathaKrantiMorcha, #Pandharpur, #reservations, #Solapur, India

Maratha protests for quota turn violent; bus set on fire

CM cancels Pandharpur temple visit amid protest threats Mumbai, July 22. Protests by the Maratha community which is demanding reservation

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July 22, 2018 The India Observer #AIIMSJodhpur, #Dewas, #doctor, #inspire, #Jodhpur, #ragpickersson, #villagedoctor, #willpower

Ragpicker’s son clears AIIMS entrance exam

Bhopal, July 22. His house does not have electricity or a toilet and his father collects garbage to make ends

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July 21, 2018 The India Observer #illegalimmigrants, #Indians, #ManishTewari, #MexicoBorder, #TIO

60,000 Indian youth detained along US-Mexico border: Manish Tewari

Expressing concern over the plight of these stranded youth, Tewari said their release has to be dealt at the level

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July 21, 2018 The India Observer #alwar, #cowsmuggling, #Lynching, #mobocracy, #mobviolence, Rajasthan

Man lynched on suspicion of cow smuggling

Jaipur, Jul 21 (PTI) A man was allegedly lynched today in Rajasthan’s Alwar district by a group of people who accused

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July 21, 2018 The India Observer #BJP, #Congress, #Elections2019, #Kisankalyanrally, #Noconfidencevote, #PMModi, #RahulGandhi, #TIO

PM Modi taunts Oppn, refers to Rahul Gandhi’s ‘unwanted hug’ at UP rally

Slamming opposition parties, PM Modi said they were running after the prime minister’s chair, ignoring the poor, youth and farmers.

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July 21, 2018 The India Observer

Day after PM hug, Rahul says only love, compassion can build nation

Rahul said PM Modi using ‘hate, fear and anger’ in hearts of some people to build his narrative and Congress

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July 21, 2018 The India Observer

Body of poet and lyricist Gopaldas Neeraj to be donated to AMU medical college

‘We have decided to fulfil his last wish and instead of cremation, his body will be sent to Medical College

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July 21, 2018 The India Observer #alwar, #deathpenalty, #madhyapradesh, #rapecase, Rajasthan

Rajasthan: 19-yr-old gets death penalty for raping 7-month-old under new law

Public prosecutor said that the case was fast-tracked and trial was completed after 13 hearings. Alwar, July 21: In the first