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September 3, 2018 The India Observer #BJP, #Congress, #Elections219, #JDS, #Karnataka, #Urbanlocalbodies, #Yeddyurappa

Cong gets slight edge over BJP in urban bodies polls in Karnataka

Bengaluru, Sept 3 (PTI): Establishing a slight edge over BJP in a closely fought race in urban local bodies polls

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September 3, 2018 The India Observer #ARJUNSAMPATH, #Chennai, #COIMABTORE, #HINDUMAKKALKATCHI, #MOOKAMBIKAIMANI

5 Arrested in TN’s Coimbatore for ‘Plotting’ to Kill Hindu Outfit Leaders

Acting on a tip off, the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) of the police have detained four people who arrived from

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September 3, 2018 The India Observer #NitiAayog, #NONPERFORMINGASSETS, #NPAs, #RaghuramRajan, #RAJIVKUMAR, #RBI

Raghuram Rajan Behind India’s Declining Growth, Says NITI Aayog’s Rajiv Kumar

The banking sector crisis in India can be identified by Punjab National Bank (PNB), India’s second-largest state-owned lender, posting its

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September 2, 2018 Ninad Vengurlekar #Facebook, #feminism, #metoo, #sherylsandberg, #workingmothers, #worklifebalance

The biggest problem that women face in this world…

Yesterday I was at the Facebook office in Delhi. And this is what I saw. Since I don’t have the

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September 2, 2018 Adam Rizvi #Hinduism, #Mohanbhagwat, #Punjab, #RSS, #Sikhs, #TIO, #Yogidityanath

Sikh outfit to gherao Yogi, Bhagwat during US visit

New York, September 1: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and UP CM Yogi Adityanath are likely to be greeted with protests

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September 2, 2018 The India Observer #ChiefJusticeofIndia, #CJIDipakMisra, #JusticeRamjanGogoi, #LawMinister, #RaviShankarPrasad, #SupremeCourtofIndia

CJI Misra endorses Justice Gogoi as his successor

New Delhi, September 1 Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra is understood to have endorsed the name of Justice Ranjan

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September 2, 2018 The India Observer #badloans, #bankloas, #Elections2019, #IndianEconomy, #modi, #NDA, #NPA, #UPA

UPA phone-a-loan scam led to NPAs, claims Modi

Hits out at Cong for ‘hiding’ bad loans, pats own govt New Delhi, September 1 Prime Minister Narendra Modi today

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September 2, 2018 The India Observer #Halala, #iddat, #muslimwomen, #Nikah, #Sharacourts, #tripletalaq

Muslim woman files plea in Supreme Court challenging setting up of Sharia courts

The Centre recently made it clear that it would oppose in the Supreme Court the practice of ‘nikah halala’ when

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September 2, 2018 The India Observer #Janamashtmi, #Vrindavan, 3Vrindavanwidows, LordKrishna

This Janmashtami, widows in Vrindavan look forward to starting life afresh in new ‘home’

The widows have found homes in ‘Krishna Kutir’, a 1,000-bed facility developed by the Ministry of Women and Child Development

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September 1, 2018 Saeed Naqvi #burqaban, #islam#burqa, women

Since Burqa Has No Kuranic Injunction, Why Annoy Host Societies?

In normal times Britain’s former Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson’s observation that burqa clad women resemble walking “letter boxes” and “bank

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August 31, 2018 The India Observer #ChristianLaw, #HinduLaw, #Lawcommision, #MuslimLaw, #Parsilaw, #Uniformcivilcode

Uniform Civil Code neither necessary nor desirable: Law panel

New Delhi, August 31 A Uniform Civil Code is “neither necessary nor desirable” at this stage, the Law Commission said

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August 31, 2018 The India Observer #CSO, #Demonetisation, #fastestgrowing, #IndianEconomy, #PMModi

Q1 growth validates strong fundamentals of economy, says Debroy

New Delhi, Aug 31 (PTI) Chairman of Economic Advisory Council to Prime Minister (EAC-PM) Bibek Debroy today said that 8.2 per

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August 30, 2018 The India Observer #Bhima-Koregaon, #CPIM, #Maoists, #metoourbannaxals, #Pune, #UrbanNaxals

An ‘anti-fascist front’ to overthrow government, claims Pune police

One activist organized photo exhibitions about lynchings, court is told. Another is alleged to have tried to buy arms from

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August 30, 2018 The India Observer #Blackmoney, #Demo, #fakenotes, #PMModi, Demonetization

Where’s The Black Money? Almost All Banned Notes Returned: Foreign Media

An amount of 107 billion rupees hasn’t yet been received by the Reserve Bank of India after the cash ban,

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August 30, 2018 Adam Rizvi #ImranKhan, #India-Pakistan, #PMModi, #SyedAkbauddin, #TIO, #UN, kashmir

Pak rakes Kashmir UN, India reminds it of ‘Isolated delegation’s failed approach’

Akbaruddin said as recognized by the UN Charter, pacific settlement of disputes can be through a variety of mechanisms and

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August 30, 2018 The India Observer #China, #IndianOcean, #Maldivies, India

Threat to Indians in Maldives, a figment of Swamy’s imagination: Maldivian Ambassador

Maldives is set to go to polls next month. While the Indian government has distanced itself from Swamy’s statement, Swamy

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August 30, 2018 The India Observer #Bengaluru, #Congress, #Congress-JDS, #HDK, #KarnatakaCM, #Kumaraswamy, #RahulGandhi, #Siddaramaiah

100 not out, Kumaraswamy flies to Delhi to seek Rahul’s support

According to Kumaraswamy, the Congress president was happy with his 100 days rule and promised him unconditional support for the

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August 29, 2018 The India Observer #PMModi, #PravasiBharatiyaDivas, #SOCIALMEDIA, #SwachhtaAbhiyan

PM urges people not to ‘spread dirt’ through social media

New Delhi, August 29 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday urged people not to use social media to “spread dirt”,

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August 29, 2018 Adam Rizvi #Khalistan, #Punjab, #ShiromaniAkaliDal, #Sikhs, #UK, #YubaCityGurudwara

Two pro-Khalistani campaigners charged with attacking Akali Dal leader Manjit Singh

New York, August 29. Sukhwinder Singh and Gurdeep Singh, two pro-Khalistani campaigners have been charged by California’s Sutter County Sherriff’s office,

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August 29, 2018 The India Observer #noteban, #PChidamaram, #RBI, Demonetization

Post RBI report, Chidambaram slams BJP on note ban

New Delhi, August 29. Former finance minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday targeted the BJP government for causing a loss of Rs

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August 29, 2018 The India Observer #dissent, #MeTooUrbanNaxal, #Modiassasinationplot, #UrbanNaxals

#MeTooUrbanNaxal goes viral on social media

New Delhi August 29. A day after five rights activists were arrested for their alleged links with Maoists, a#MeTooUrbanNaxal movement

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August 28, 2018 The India Observer #Ayodhya, #BabriMasjid-RamMandir

Ayatollah Sistani’s fatwa on Ayodhya dispute, says ‘Waqf land can’t be used for Temple’

Sistatni’s opinion gives an altogether new twist to the issue in wake of repeated statements by UP Shia Waqf Board

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August 28, 2018 The India Observer #accountabilityinpolitics, #convictednetas, #loksabhaelections2019, #taintednetas, #transperancyinPolitics

Tainted poll candidates to be barred before conviction? Don’t Do It, Centre tells SC

Attorney General KK Venugopal submitted before a Constitution Bench that the laws already provided for when and how a person

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August 28, 2018 The India Observer #CMPinarayiVijayan, #keralacleanliness, #Keralafloods

60,000 Volunteers Descend on Kerala’s Kuttanad for First-of-Its-Kind Clean-Up, Ministers Join In

The army of volunteers, including ministers, electricians, plumbers, snake catchers, bureaucrats and others, will camp for the next three days

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August 28, 2018 The India Observer #Bhima-Koregaon, #BhimaKoregaon, #Dalits, #Naxals

Bhima-Koregaon Violence: Rights activists raided across India, several detained over alleged Naxal links

Sudha Bharadwaj, Anand Teltumbde and Surendra Gadling are among activists reportedly taken into custody. THE INDIA OBSERVER Mumbai Aug.