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May 30, 2018 The India Observer #ChandaKochhar, #DeepakKochhar, #ICICIBANK, #NuPower, #Venugopaldhoot, #Videocon

ICICI Bank orders probe into allegations against Chanda Kochhar

Mumbai, May 30 (PTI) The board of India’s largest private sector lender ICICI Bank has ordered an independent probe into

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May 29, 2018 The India Observer #Borderfiring, #IndiaPakistan, #JammuandKashmir, #LineofControl, DGMO

India, Pak DGMOs agree to fully implement 2003 ceasefire pact

New Delhi/Islamabad, May 29 (PTI) Director General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of India and Pakistan today agreed to “fully implement”

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May 29, 2018 The India Observer #Ghettos, #Gujarat, #localities, #Maharashtra, #Muslims, #urbanspaces

The segregated city

Ghettoisation and Disturbed Areas Act are dividing urban spaces in Gujarat, pushing Muslims to the edge. In the current debates

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May 29, 2018 The India Observer #Shimla, #watercrisis, #waterwars

Thirsting for water in Shimla

The present set of water sources cannot suffice the needs of Shimla. There is need to find another source which

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May 29, 2018 Adam Rizvi #CivilAviationMinister, #CrimesagainstWomen, #SureshPrabhu

Air India air hostess accuses senior executive of sexual harassment

NEW DELHI: An air hostess of Air India has accused a senior executive of sexual harassment, prompting Civil Aviation Minister

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May 28, 2018 Adam Rizvi #crimeagainstwomen, #deaththreats, #RanaAyyub, #Rape, #trolls, #UNHumanRights

UN experts ask govt to protect journalist Rana Ayyub from online threats

A group of UN human rights experts has expressed concern over continued threats to journalist Rana Ayyub, calling on the

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May 28, 2018 Adam Rizvi #H1Bvisa, #spousevisa, #sushmaswaraj, #Trumpadministration, H4visa

Trying our best to save H4 and H1-B visas, will spare no effort to persuade US: Sushma Swaraj

Amid the US plan to scrap a rule allowing spouses of H-1B visa holders to work legally in the country,

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May 28, 2018 The India Observer #Environmentpollution, #Sterlite, #TamilNadu, #Tuticorin

TN orders permanent closure of Sterlite plant, unit shut

Chennai/Tuticorin, May 28 (PTI) The Tamil Nadu government today ordered the state Pollution Control Board to seal and “permanently” close

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May 28, 2018 Adam Rizvi #shashitharoor, SunandaPushkar

Sunanda Pushkar’s email being treated as dying declaration: Delhi Police tells court

New Delhi, May 28 Sunanda Pushkar’s email to her husband Shashi Tharoor nine days before she was found dead that

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May 28, 2018 The India Observer #Mohanbhagwat, #Nagpur, #PranabMukherjee, #RSS, #Sangh

RSS invites Pranab Mukherjee to address its workers in Nagpur

The RSS has invited former president and veteran Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee to address newly recruited RSS workers on June

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May 28, 2018 The India Observer #ACtrain, #airtravel, #PMModi, #UDAN

More Indians travel in airplanes than in AC trains: Govt

New Delhi, May 28 (PTI) The number of flyers in India is more than those travelling in AC coaches of

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May 27, 2018 The India Observer #Farmloanwaiver, #HDK, #Karnataka, HDKumaraswamy

At mercy of Congress, and not 6.5 crore people of Karnataka: CM Kumaraswamy

Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy said on Sunday that he was at the ‘mercy’ of Congress and not the 6.5

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May 27, 2018 Adam Rizvi #mannkibaat, #Nehru, #PMModi, #Savarkar

PM pays homage to Nehru on death anniversary, invokes Savarkar

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his “Mann ki Baat” address on Sunday paid homage to country’s first premier Jawaharlal Nehru

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May 27, 2018 Frank Islam #AligarhMuslimUniversity, #Education, #muslimwomen, #progress, educationforall

Muslim women in India can become change agents through education

Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently called for empowerment and education of Muslim women. One would have expected this message to

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May 26, 2018 The India Observer #amitshah, #NDA, #PMModi

BJP’s return to power ‘no challenge but certainty’, 2019 polls will be Modi vs ‘Modi hatao’ brigade: Shah

New Delhi, May 26 (PTI) Asserting that BJP’s return to power in 2019 is “not a challenge but a certainty”,

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May 25, 2018 Shirin Abbas #Cobrapost, #INDIATODAY, #KALLIEPURI, #MEDIA, #OPERATION136PARTII, #PAYTM, #SUBASHCHANDRA, #THEHINDUSTANTMES, #TIMESOFINDIA, #VINEETJAIN, #ZEE NEWS

Leading media houses exposed by Cobrapost sting: Agree to carry Hindutva advertorials, Opposition satires for hefty sums

PayTm shared customer data with PMO on request THE INDIA OBSERVER Trending online, the latest and much-awaited Cobrapost expose called

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May 25, 2018 Ram Nath Kovind #futuregenerations, #Indiaat100, #Indiaat75, #Mahatma@150, #Mashobra, #Nature, #PresidentofIndia

Mashobra musings: President Ram Nath Kovind on mutualism and the message of nature

What will India be like at 100 — in 2047? In Mahatma’s bicentenary in 2069? We don’t know. But our

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May 25, 2018 Adam Rizvi #J&Kpolice, #JammuandKashmir, #MajorGogoi, Srinagar

Army orders court of inquiry against Major Gogoi

Srinagar, May 25 The Army today ordered a court of inquiry against Major Nitin Leetul Gogoi, who was detained by

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May 25, 2018 The India Observer #Hindu-Muslimharmony, #Policeoffice, #Sikhs, #Uttarakhand

Sikh cop saves Muslim youth from mob in Uttarakhand

A video purportedly showing a Sikh policeman saving a Muslim youth from a mob after the latter was allegedly found

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May 25, 2018 The India Observer #BJP, #Congress, #HDK, #Karnatakaelections, #Yeddyurappa, HDKumaraswamy

Karnataka drama ends as Kumaraswamy wins trust vote amid BJP walkout

Bengaluru, May 25 (PTI) The three-day-old Kumaraswamy government in Karnataka today won a vote of confidence without a contest, with

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May 24, 2018 Adam Rizvi #AnushkaSharma, #FitnessChallenge, #HumFitTohIndiaFit, #KirrenRijiju, #PMModi, #PTUsha, #RajyavardhanRathore, #SainaNehwal, #SoumaTandon, #ViratKohli

PM Narendra Modi accepts Virat Kohli’s fitness challenge

India captain Virat Kohli has challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an online fitness dare, which the PM accepted and

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May 24, 2018 Adam Rizvi #AntonioGuterres, #SyedAkbaruddin, #UnitedNations, #unpeacekeepers, #UnSecurityCouncil

Unrealistic to expect UN peacekeepers to protect civilians in conflict situations: Ambassador Akbaruddin

United Nations, May 23 India has said it is “unrealistic” to expect from UN peacekeepers protection of civilians in the

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May 24, 2018 Ninad Vengurlekar #BJP, #Congress, #Karnatakaelections, #TheIndiaObserver, #TIO

Karnataka: Decline of the Quality of Politics in India

Karnataka has shown us a trailer of what is going to happen in LS 2019. We have to choose the

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May 23, 2018 Gopalkrishna Devdas Gandhi #amitshah, #BJP, #Chiefminister, #Congress, #HDK, #Karnatakaelections, #RahulGandhi, #SupremeCourt, #Yeddyurappa, HDKumaraswamy

Oppostion may well thank Karnataka Governor for impressing on them the need for pre-poll unity

Vajubhai Vala was a name few outside Gujarat knew of. That is, until last week. Karnataka knew of him, of

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May 23, 2018 Adam Rizvi #AshaBhonsle, #BangaBhibhushan, #Bangabhushan, #MamtaBanerjee, #WestBengal

Asha Bhonsle conferred Banga Bibhushan, West Bengal’s highest honour

West Bengal conferred its highest honour, the Banga Bibhushan, on musical legend Asha Bhonsle. These awards, which are the highest