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The India Observer July 10, 2018 0 Comments #Bohra, #femalecircumcision, #genitalmutilationofwomen, #POCSO, #UN, #WHO

Female genital mutilation a crime under POCSO: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court was hearing PILs filed by an advocate and two by Bohra women, demanding a law against female

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The India Observer July 10, 2018 0 Comments #delhigangrapecase, #Nirbhayacase, #Rapelaw

Hang them soonest, says Nirbhaya’s mother after SC verdict

New DELHI JULY9:The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the death sentence of three of the four convicts saying, “There was

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The India Observer July 9, 2018July 10, 2018 0 Comments #Agra, #Fridayprayers, #Namaz, #Tajmahal

SC Dismisses Plea to Allow ‘Outsiders’ to Offer Namaz in Taj Mahal

New Delhi, Jul 9 (PTI) People, who are not the residents of Agra, would not be allowed to enter a

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The India Observer July 9, 2018 0 Comments #domesticviolence, #muslimwomen, #SupremeCourt, #tripletalaq

In Uttar Pradesh, Woman Given Triple Talaq Over Burnt Chapati

She also alleged that her husband inflicted burn injuries on her with cigarettes days before ‘divorcing’ her by giving triple

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The India Observer July 9, 2018 0 Comments #BJP, #JammuandKashmir, #KATHUARAPECASE, #PDP

Kathua rape case: Accused to be transferred to Gurdaspur jail in Punjab, says SC

A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra directed the J and K Police to file a supplementary charge sheet

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The India Observer July 9, 2018 0 Comments #BJP, #LordMountbatten, #MahatmaGandhi, #PMModi, #PrincePhilip, #QueenElizabeth

Queen Elizabeth gave PM Modi her ‘vulgar’ wedding gift from Gandhi

NEW DELHI,July9: The British Queen, who met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in April this year, gifted him a handcrafted cotton

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The India Observer July 9, 2018 0 Comments #Congress, #DemocracticParty, #Democrats, #DNC, #Novemberelections, #Republicans, #SeemaNanda, #Trumpadministration

US democracy under attack, says Indian-American CEO of Democratic Party’s governing body Seema Nanda

The US democracy is under attack and some of its sacred institutions are being challenged every day under the Trump

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The India Observer July 9, 2018 0 Comments #Makefortheworld, #MakeinIndia, #mobilephones, #MoonJaein, #Noida, #PMModi, #Samsung

Modi inaugurates world’s largest mobile phone factory in Noida

Noida, July 9. South Korean consumer electronics major Samsung on Monday inaugurated the world’s largest mobile phone factory in Noida which

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The India Observer July 9, 2018July 9, 2018 0 Comments #criminals, #gangster, #Lucknow, #Policeencounter, #UPPolice, #Yogigovernment

Week after wife’s plaint, gangster sharpshooter Munna Bajrangi, shot dead inside UP jail

Bajrangi a one-time key aide of Mafia Don Mukhtar Ansari, had the backing of local Mafia Gajraj Singh and, in

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The India Observer July 9, 2018 0 Comments #crimeagainstwomen, #delhigangrapecase, #Nirbhayacase, #Rapelaw

Apex Court Rejects Plea to Review Death Sentence, Nirbhaya Rapists Will Hang,

New Delhi: A year after it had first upheld the death sentence against four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and

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The India Observer July 8, 2018 0 Comments #HamidAnsari, #PMModi, #RajyaSabhaChairman, #VicePresident

PM’s Remarks At My Farewell Considered Departure From Accepted Practice: Hamid Ansari

The former vice-president made these remarks and other observations about Indian democracy in his new book “Dare I Question? Reflections

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The India Observer July 8, 2018 0 Comments #AmartyaSen, #ArgumentativeIndian, #IndianEconomy, #PMModi

India has taken a quantum jump in the wrong direction after 2014: Amartya Sen

Eminent economist Amartya Sen said that despite being the fastest-growing economy the country has taken a “quantum jump in the

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The India Observer July 8, 2018 0 Comments #Bihar, #BJP, #Elections2019, #JDU, #mahaghatbandhan, #NitishKumar, #Secularism

Nitish Kumar takes tough stand on Communalism slams BJP ministers

New Delhi July 8: The Janata Dal United sent a stern message to the Bharatiya Janata Party from its national executive

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The India Observer July 8, 2018 0 Comments #Kansascity, #shooting, #student, #studentkilling

$ 10000 reward for info on Telangana student’s killer, Sushma tweets condolences.

According to authorities in Kansas, Sharath Koppu was fatally shot during a suspected incident of robbery at a restaurant where

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The India Observer July 8, 2018 0 Comments #AIMPLB, #allindiamuslimpersonallawboard, #muslimwomen, #Shariat, #tripletalaq, #ZafaryabZilani

Muslim Personal Law Board plans Sharia Courts in all Indian districts

Lucknow, Jul 8 (PTI) The All India Muslim Personal Law Board, the highest decision making body on Muslim affairs, plans to

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The India Observer July 8, 2018July 8, 2018 0 Comments #chitta, #drugs, #ecstasydrug, #Jalandhar, #LSD, #Punjab

Video of Newly Married Woman Snorting ‘Chitta’ in a Punjab Police Station Goes Viral

The video is said to be shot inside a police station bringing into question the role of police in the

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The India Observer July 7, 2018 0 Comments #Delhigovt., #Mangofestival, #ManishSisodia

At Delhi’s mango festival, Manish Sisodia resorts to ‘aam’ humor

‘Speciality about mango is that it is “aam” (ordinary). We are also from AAP, nothing would be closer to us

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The India Observer July 7, 2018 0 Comments #London, #metropolitanpolice, #personofindiaorigin, #scotlandyard

Scotland Yard’s Indian-origin officer under investigation for ‘gross misconduct’

Parm Sandhu is under investigation for allegations that she broke the rules on being nominated for a royal honour. London: One

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The India Observer July 7, 2018 0 Comments #crimeagainstwomen, #delhicrime, #delhigangrapecase, #nirbhayarapecase, #womensafety

Will Nirbhaya rapists be spared from hanging? SC to decide on Monday

Rape of 23-yr-old medical student, who came to be known as Nirbhaya, triggered public outrage across the country. New Delhi:

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The India Observer July 7, 2018 0 Comments #Elections2019, #JaipurRally, #PMModi, #PMModiinJaipur, #Vasundhraraje

Several Congress leaders are on bail, party is a ‘bail gaadi’: PM

Jaipur, Jul 7 (PTI) Launching a scathing attack on the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday the opposition

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The India Observer July 7, 2018 0 Comments #UKRI visa, #UKvisa, #visaforindians

UK launches new visas open to Indian scientists, academics

London, Jul 7 (PTI) The UK has launched new visas that will be open to overseas scientists and researchers, including

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The India Observer July 7, 2018 0 Comments #Bihar, #childtrafficking, #girls, #Indianrailways

26 minor girls rescued from train after passenger alerts railways with a tweet

A passenger on the train tweeted to railways that he had noticed around 25 girls crying and looking uncomfortable on the Muzaffarpur-Bandra

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The India Observer July 7, 2018 0 Comments #BJP, #JayantSinha, #JHARKHAND, #Lynching, #Ramgarh

Union Minister Jayant Sinha garlands 8 lynching convicts after release on bail

Jayant Sinha said he had ‘misgivings’ about the trial of the men convicted by a fast-track court. Ranchi: Union Minister

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The India Observer July 6, 2018 0 Comments #Gujarat, #IncredibleIndia, #Motels, #Patels, #PMModi, #Tourism

PM Modi calls upon ‘Hotel motel Patel wallas’ in US to promote ‘Incredible India’

WASHINGTON: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the Gujarati Patel community in the US popular as “hotel motel Patel wallas”

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The India Observer July 6, 2018 0 Comments #Elections, #MaryamSharif, #NawazSharif, #Pakistan, #PakistanSupremecourt, #Panamapapers

Nawaz Sharif sentenced to 10 yrs rigorous imprisonment in 1st corruption case

Islamabad, Jul 6 (PTI) Pakistan’s deposed premier Nawaz Sharif was today sentenced in absentia to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment by