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July 21, 2018 The India Observer #BJP, #Congress, #Elections2019, #MamtaBanerjee, #PMModi, #TMC, #Trinamool, #WestBengal

At Trinamool’s mega rally, Mamata Banerjee vows to dethrone BJP in 2019 polls

A confident Trinamool Congress supremo said that the BJP will get less than 100 seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha

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July 21, 2018 The India Observer #electionIndia, #Elections2019, #fakenews, #ITMinistry, #lynchings, #mobviolence, #TIO, #watsapp

Facing heat, WhatsApp says can forward msgs to just 5

New Delhi, July 20. Under pressure to stop rumours and fake news triggering a spate of horrific lynching incidents, WhatsApp on

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July 20, 2018 The India Observer #Congress, #Elections2019, #Noconfidencevote, #PMModi, #RahulGandhi, #TIO

Modi mocks Rahul over his gesture to make him stand before hugging, says he is in ‘hurry’ to get PM’s chair

New Delhi, July 20 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi today mocked Rahul Gandhi for his gesture to make him stand

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July 20, 2018 The India Observer #bedbugs, #Maharajah, #NewarkMumbai

Bed bugs infest Air India’s Mumbai-bound flights from United States

A baby was allegedly bitten by the bed bugs on the Newark-Mumbai flight, leaving the other passengers agitated and delaying

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July 20, 2018 The India Observer #AllahabadHC, #BJPMP, #BrijBhushanSharanSingh, #Gonda, #schoolbuilding, #UttarPradesh, #Yogigovt

Allahabad HC directs restoration of school building in front of BJP MP’s house

The Lucknow bench of the high court said it was prima facie satisfied that the building was demolished for ulterior

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July 20, 2018 The India Observer #Army, #FeudalLords, #okara, #Pakistanelections, #villages, #votes, Democracy

Where Democracy Is a Terrifying Business

Every two weeks I travel from Lahore, where I teach Urdu literature at a university, to my village in Okara

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July 20, 2018 The India Observer #AKAntony, #Manmohansingh, #Nirmalasitharaman, #PMModi, #RafaleJets, #RahulGandhi, #UPA, France

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman refutes Rahul Gandhi’s charge on Rafale deal

The minister said the India-France agreement to buy the fighter jets was signed in 2008 by the then defence minister

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July 20, 2018 The India Observer #AKAntony, #BJP, #Elections2019, #loksabhaelections2019, #ManmohamSingh, #Nirmalasitharaman, #Noconfidencevote, #PMModi, #Rafalejet, #RahulGandhi, #RakshaMantri, #UPAGovt.

No-confidence motion: France responds following Rahul Gandhi’s comments on Rafale deal

In his address on a no-confidence motion in Lok Sabha, Gandhi said the French president had clearly conveyed to him

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July 20, 2018 The India Observer #Lynching, #mobfrenzy, #moblynchings, #mobocracy, #sikhriots

Anti-Sikh riots was “biggest lynching” incident: Home Minister Rajnath Singh

New Delhi, Jul 20 (PTI) Countering the opposition attack on the BJP-led government over instances of mob lynching, Home Minister Rajnath

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July 20, 2018 The India Observer #BJP, #Congress, #Modigovt., #ModiSarkar, #Noconfidence, #PMModi, #RahulGandhi

Rahul hugs PM after a vitriolic attack, accuses Modi of being a ‘bhagidar’ in graft

New Delhi, Jul 20 (PTI) Congress president Rahul Gandhi today hugged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and later appeared to wink

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July 19, 2018 The India Observer #indiagirl, #Miamiaircollission, #midaircollission

Indian girl among 3 dead after two training aircraft collide midair in US

A 19-year-old Indian origin girl was killed when two small planes likely to piloted by trainers smashed into each other

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July 19, 2018 The India Observer #PMModi, #Tariffs, #Tradewar, #Trumpadministration, India

Retaliatory tariffs from India, China hurting US: Congressman

Washington, July 19 The retaliatory tariffs being imposed by countries like India and China are having an adverse impact on

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July 19, 2018 The India Observer #Demonetisation, #Indiagovt., #newcurrency, #newnotes, #PMModi

RBI to soon issue new Rs 100 notes in lavender colour

New Delhi, July 19 The Reserve Bank on Thursday said it will soon issue new Rs 100 notes in lavender

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July 19, 2018 The India Observer #HomeMinister, #LokSabha, #Lynching, #mobocracy, #movviolence, #rajnathsingh, #TIO

Rajnath passes ‘mobocracy’ buck to states, Oppn walks out of Parliament

July 19, New Delhi. The Centre on Thursday condemned the recent incidents of mob lynching saying it had advised the states

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July 19, 2018 The India Observer #LordAyyapa, #Sabrimala, #SupremeCourt, #templevisit, #Woemnentry

41-day penance indirect way to debar women from visiting Sabarimala: SC

The temple board justified restriction on entry of women in age group of 10 to 50 years saying Lord Ayyapa

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July 19, 2018 The India Observer #BCCI, #economicfugitives, #economicoffenders, #LalitModi, #MehulChoksi, #NiravModi, #PNBscam, #VijayMallya

Lok Sabha passes bill to confiscate assets of fugitive economic offenders

The Bill allows for a person to be declared as a fugitive economic offender if an arrest warrant has been

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July 18, 2018 The India Observer #Assamgovernment, #BJP, #cashforjobs, #TIO, Assam

BJP MP’s Daughter Among 19 Arrested in Assam’s Cash-for-Jobs Scam

Guwahati/Dibrugarh, Jul 18 (PTI) Nineteen Assam government officers, including the daughter of BJP MP R P Sharma, were arrested today

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July 18, 2018 The India Observer #Indiangovt., #IT, #socialmediarumors, #TIO, #watsapp, #WatsappAdinnewspapers, #Watsapplynchings, #Watsapprumor

Unhappy with WhatsApp reply, IT Min may speak to WhatsApp again over steps to curb rumours

The IT Ministry is of the view that WhatsApp has not addressed all concerns raised by the government on curbing

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July 18, 2018 The India Observer #BJP, #Congress, #Muslimparty, #Muslims, #RahulGandhi

India’s Muslims Are Not the Enemy, Madam Raksha Mantri

To suggest that all of us who met Rahul Gandhi must be part of some sinister conspiracy to divide India

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July 18, 2018 The India Observer #detention, #Illegalmigration, #IndiansinUS, #Mexico, #Punjab, #USBorderPatrol

Twenty-one-year-old Haryana youth recounts arduous journey to US as illegal immigrant

From Mexico, the group was transported through multiple modes of transportation to the southern US border in Texas, where they

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July 18, 2018 The India Observer #APNRT, #LordVenkateswara, #RBI, #Tamil, #Telugu, #TIO, #Tirupati

Foreign currency coins donated to India’s richest temple will soon be sold

The coins are being sold at their actual cost to the organisation called Andhra Pradesh Non-Resident Telugu (APNRT) Society. The

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July 18, 2018 The India Observer #BJP, #Conngress, #Elections2019, #HinduPakistan, #HinduTaliban, #Kerala, #shashitharoor

Shashi Tharoor throws ‘Taliban in Hinduism’ jibe at BJP

After “Hindu Pak” jibe, Tharoor wonders if Talibanisation has started in Hinduism Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 18 (PTI) Days after the walls

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July 18, 2018 The India Observer #Congress, #Elections2019, #LokSabha, #Modigovt., #Noconfidence, #PMModi, #RahulGandhi, #TIO

LS to debate no-confidence motion against Modi govt on Friday

New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) An opposition-sponsored no- confidence motion against the Narendra Modi government, moved for the first time

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July 18, 2018 The India Observer #BJP, #BJYM, #Congress, #Elections2019, #JHARKHAND, #RahulGandhi, #RSS, #SwamiAgnivesh

Rahul takes jibe at BJP; tweets ‘pop quiz’ over Agnivesh assault

In a jibe at the BJP over the assault on social activist Swami Agnivesh, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday

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July 18, 2018 The India Observer #crimeagainstwomen, #rapecases, #TIO

Modi Cabinet gives nod to introduce Bill providing for death penalty for rape of girl below 12

The decision was taken today at a meeting of the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Law Minister