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January 17, 2019 The India Observer #Illinois, #RajaKrishnamoorthi, #USHouseofRepresentative

Raja Krishnamoorthi appointed to key House committee

Raja Krishnamoorthi, who was born into a Tamil-speaking family, was appointed as a member of a key US House committee handling intelligence-related

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January 16, 2019 The India Observer #ChiefJustciceRanjanGogoi, #collegium, #SupremeCourtJudge

‘Elevation of junior judge to apex court surprising’: Ex-CJI RM Lodha

‘…Every decision taken by the Supreme Court Collegium must reflect its maturity,’ RM Lodha said. New Delhi, Jan. 16, 2019: Former

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January 16, 2019 The India Observer #CHIEFJUSTICERANJANGOGOI, #Judgeselevation, #JudgeselevationtoSupremeCourt, #SupremeCourtCollegium

Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, Sanjiv Khanna elevated to SC amid row

A five-member Supreme Court Collegium had on January 11 recommended the elevation of the two to the top court. New

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January 16, 2019 The India Observer #IndraNooyi, #IvankaTrump, #Jim Yong Kim, #Kamala Harris, #LGBT, #Mick Mulvaney, #Nooyi, #NYT, #Pepsico, #Raja Krishnamoorthi, #reality television, #Sadaf Jaffer, #Secretary Steven Mnuchin, #Trump administration., #Tulsi Gabbard, #WorldBankPresident, Adam Rizvi, Theresa May

India-born Indra Nooyi being considered to lead World Bank: Report

New York, January 16, 2019: India-born Indra Nooyi, the former CEO of global beverage giant PepsiCo, is being considered by the

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January 16, 2019 The India Observer #HarshvardhanShringla, #INDIANAmbassador, #IndianinUS

India to buy USD 5 bn oil, gas from US; spend USD 18 bn in defence: Envoy

Washington, January 16, 2019: India has committed to purchasing USD 5 billion worth of oil and gas from the US per

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January 16, 2019 The India Observer #Canada, #MotorNumberPlates, #Punjabis, #vanitynumberplates

‘DONALI’, ‘PEG-SHEG’: Fascination for Punjabi vanity plates growing in Ontario

A section of community seeks ban on ‘offensive, provocative’ licence plates Jalandhar, January 16, 2019: Punjabis strive to leave their indelible

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January 16, 2019 The India Observer #amitshah, #ArunachalPradesh, #Congress, #Elections2019, #GegongApang, #PMModi, #RahulGandhi

Former Arunachal Pradesh CM Gegong Apang quits BJP, says it has become a platform to seek power

Gegong Apang, who was chief minister of the Northeastern state for over 22 years, sent a two-page resignation letter to

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January 16, 2019 The India Observer #BishopFrancoMulakkal, #KeralaNun, #rapeaccusedbishop

Nuns protesting against rape-accused Bishop ordered to leave Kerala Convent

The nuns who have been staying at the convent in Kottayam have been asked to leave immediately. Thiruvananthapuram, Jan. 16,

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January 14, 2019 The India Observer #AlokVerma, #CBI, #CBICORRUPTION, #CBIvsCBI, #PModi, #Prashant Bhushan, #RakeshAsthana

Now, Appointment of M Nageswar Rao as Interim CBI Director Challenged in Supreme Court

The petition has sought a direction to quash the January 10 order by the Centre appointing Rao as the interim/Acting

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January 14, 2019 The India Observer #BJP, #Elections2019, #magagathbandhan, #Namoapp, #PMModi

Will grand alliance have an impact in your constituency, asks PM on NaMo app

New Delhi, Jan 14, 2019: Will the ‘mahagathbandhan’ or the opposition’s grand anti-Bharatiya Janata Party alliance have an impact in

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January 14, 2019 The India Observer #allahabad, #Ganga, #Janmasthami, #Juna Akhara, #Kumbh, #Mullahji, #Muzaffarnagar, #Nauchandi Mela, #Prayagraj, #Sadhus, #Sangam, #TheIndiaObserver, Haridwar

Meet ‘Mullah Ji’, the Muzaffarnagar Man Who Lights Up Kumbh for Sadhus

Mehmood is an electrician whose business of setting up lights for festivals spans from Janmasthami celebrations in Muzaffarnagar to the

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January 14, 2019 The India Observer #AfzalGuru, #antiIndiaslogans, #JNU, #KanhaiyaKumar, #UmarKhalid

Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid, others named in 1200 page chargesheet in JNU Sedition Case

They were accused of raising “anti-India slogans” during a poetry-reading gathering of students at Sabarmati Dhaba inside the JNU campus

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January 14, 2019 Shirin Abbas #Akhilesh, #BJP, #Congress, #Elections2019, #mahagatbandhan, #Mayawati, #PMModi, SPBSPalliance

BSP-SP Alliance of Survival Mayawati and Akhilesh’s can still upset BJP apple cart

Bitter rivals for the last two-and-a-half decades, pollsters are wondering if the camaraderie of the SP-BSP supremos will trickle down

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January 12, 2019 The India Observer #acidattacksurvivors, #doctors, #medicalaid, #POCSO, #rapevictims, #savelives

Must for doctors to treat victims of acid attacks, sexual assault: Maharashtra government

India has been beset with the problem of acid attacks on young women and sexual crimes and often they are

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January 11, 2019 The India Observer #H1Bvisa, #Indianprofessionals, #ITsector, #USCIS

President Trump promises citizenship to skilled H1-B visa holders, says talented people welcome

Trump said that the new approach will bring both “simplicity and certainty” and lead to a more direct path to

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January 11, 2019 The India Observer #BJP< #LokSabhaelections2019, #BrandModi, #Elections2019, #modi, #NamoAgain

BJP youth brigade, ‘Namo Again Hoodies’ and selfie go viral on social network

The snap of the BJP leaders in the ‘NaMo Again’ hoodies have gone viral on the social network. New Delhi,

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January 11, 2019 The India Observer #AlokVerma, #BJP, #BJP#Modigovt., #CBIvsCBI, #Congress, #Corruption, #DELHIHIGHCOURT, #FIR, #Justice Najmi Waziri, #modi, #Modigovt., #RahulGandhi, #RakeshAsthana, #sathish Babu Sana

CBI vs CBI: HC refuses to quash FIR against Spl Dir Rakesh Asthana

New Delhi, Jan 11 (PTI) The Delhi High Court Friday refused to quash the FIR lodged against CBI Special Director Rakesh

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January 11, 2019 The India Observer #AlokVerma, #BJP, #CBIvsCBI, #Congress, #Rafale, #RakeshAsthana

Axed CBI director Alok Verma tells govt to treat him ‘deemed superannuated’

New Delhi, Jan 11 (PTI) Former CBI director Alok Verma, ousted by a high powered committee, Friday asked the government to

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January 11, 2019 Ninad Vengurlekar #Economicreservation, #forwardcastereservaton, #UpperCasteReservation

Upper castes have been recommended reservations. Entire India is now reserved.

Which means every caste in India has a reservation, either at central level or state level. Which, in a way

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January 10, 2019 The India Observer #AlokVerma, #CBICORRUPTION, #CBIvsCBI, #Fire Services, #Indiandemocracy, #IPS officer, #Mallikarjun Kharge, #PMModi, #Rafale, #RahulGandhi, #Rakesh Asthana, #SupremeCourt, #SupremeCourtofIndia, #TheIndiaObserver, #TIO

Alok Verma removed as CBI chief after 2-hour-long select panel meeting

Verma has been removed from the high-profile post on the charges of corruption and dereliction of duty making him the

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January 10, 2019 The India Observer #KaranJohar, #meetingwthModi, #PMModi, Bollywood

Bollywood stars meet PM Modi

New Delhi, Jan 10, 2019: Actors Ranveer Singh, Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Rajkummar Rao, Vicky Kaushal, Ayushmann Khurrana,

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January 9, 2019 The India Observer #IASTopper, #JammuandKashmir, #killingsinKashmir, #ShahFaesal

Kashmiri IAS topper resigns from service to protest ‘unabated killings’

Shah Faesal’s reasons: ‘Killings in state, lack of sincere outreach by Centre’ Srinagar, January 9, 2019: To protest against the ‘unabated

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January 9, 2019 The India Observer #BJP, #Congress, #LokSabha, #Nirmalasitharaman, #PMModi, #Rafale, #RahulGandhi, #RakshaMantri

Rahul says PM got a woman to defend him on Rafale, Modi calls it insult to all women

Jaipur/Agra, Jan 9 (PTI) Congress president Rahul Gandhi Wednesday said the prime minister got a woman to defend him in Parliament

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January 8, 2019 The India Observer #AYODHYA< BabriMasjid, #Elections2019, #LordRam, #modi, #Ramjanambhoomi, #RSS, VHP

CJI Ranjan Gogoi-led five judge bench to hear Ayodhya case from January 10

New Delhi, January 8: Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on Tuesday constituted a five-judge Constitution Bench to hear from January

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January 8, 2019 The India Observer #GuruNanak, #Pakistan, #Sikhs, 3KartarpurSahibGurudwara, India

American Sikhs urge Pak to maintain Kartarpur complex in original state

Islamabad, January 8: The Tribune newspaper reported that American-Sikh communities have urged the Pakistan government to make sure that the Kartarpur