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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 Adam Rizvi #JammuandKashmir, #Pakistan, #UNHRC, #UNReport, India

Disappointed over Kashmir human rights report criticism: UNCHR

The United Nations High Commission for Human Rights (UNHCR) on Tuesday quashed the criticisms levelled by the Indian authorities and media for

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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 #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

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July 17, 2018 The India Observer #Bareilly, #JamaMasjidImam, #muslimwomen, #NidaKhan, #tripletalaq

No medicine, no burial: ‘Fatwa’ against UP woman opposing triple talaq

‘No medicines will be provided if she falls ill. If she dies, no one is allowed to offer ‘namaz’ on

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July 17, 2018 The India Observer #ABVP, #BJP, #mobocracy, #rightwing, #RSS, #SC, #SwamiAgnivesh

Swami Agnivesh alleges attack by BJP, RSS activists in Jharkhand

Pakur (Jharkhand), July 17. Social activist Swami Agnivesh on Tuesday alleged that he was attacked by Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha

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July 17, 2018 The India Observer #Article21, #LGBTQ, #Section377, #SupremeCourt

Section 377: SC says won’t wait for a law if it violates Fundamental Right

The courts are not in obligation to wait and would act if any violation of fundamental right was brought before

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July 17, 2018 The India Observer #BJP, #Congress, #Elections2019, #Hindu-pakistan, #Inquilab, #Muslimparty, #MuslimsParty, #PMModi, #RahulGandhi, #RSS, #shashitharoor, #TIO

Shashi Tharoor: BJP’s ‘Muslim Party’ attack based on lies, Congress welcomes all

Tharoor said the Congress is a party for Muslims, Hindus, Christians, Jews, Sikhs, Parsis. “We are a party for everyone.

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July 17, 2018 The India Observer #BJP, #Congress, #Elections2019, #hindus, #Muslims, #PMModi, #RahulGandhi, #TIO

Religion, Caste don’t matter to me: Rahul Gandhi retort to BJP ‘Muslim Party’ Remark

New Delhi July 17: In a sharp retort to the accusations of Made by Prime Minister Modi on the Congress being

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July 17, 2018 The India Observer #Indo-USties, #militaryparade, #Modi-Trump, #NorthKorea, #RepublicDay2019

India Expects Trump’s Response to Republic Day Invite After 2+2 Dialogue in September

News18 reported that the specific invitation for R-day was made by the PM in Manila to President Trump when they

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July 17, 2018 The India Observer #BJP, #Congress, #cowvigilantes, #lynchings, #mobviolence, #socialmediarumor, #TIO

SC Acts Tough On Lynchings: ‘Mobocracy Can’t Be Allowed’

Centre Asked To Consider New Law. ‘Horrendous Acts Of Mobocracy Can’t Be Allowed In A Democracy’ New Delhi, July

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July 16, 2018 The India Observer #Congress, #Inquilab, #MumtazAlamRizvi, #Muslimparty, #RahulGandhi

Congress shouldn’t be defensive on the Muslim party remarks: Inquilab journalist

On July 11, Rahul Gandhi held a meeting with Muslim intellectuals. On July 12, the Urdu newspaper Inquilab carried a

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July 16, 2018 The India Observer #BCCI, #CBI, #FarooqAbdullah, #JammuandKashmirCricketAssociation

Farooq Abdullah charged by CBI in scam linked to J&K cricket body

The scam had emerged in March 2012 after the association treasurer, Manzoor Wazir, filed a complaint against former office-bearers. NEW

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July 16, 2018 The India Observer #Indiancitizenship, #LongTermVisas, #PANcard

Nearly 30,000 Pakistanis granted Long Term Visas; can buy property, get PAN, Aadhaar

In 2018, till today, altogether 6,092 Pakistani nationals have been given LTVs in line with the Modi government’s policy to

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July 16, 2018 Adam Rizvi #BJP, #Congress, #Elections2019, #Hindu-pakistan, #shashitharoor, #TIO

Tharoor’s office vandalised in Kerala capital, MP claims “Sanghi goondas” behind it

About 15 workers barged into the office located near the Government Press in the heart of the city on Monday

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July 16, 2018 Shirin Abbas #AIRHOSTESSSUICIDE, #ANISIYABATRA, #domesticviolence, #MayankSinghvi, #TIO

A life gone too soon, did Anissiya commit suicide or….

“Don’t Spare Him,” Delhi Air Hostess Texted Family before Death. Anissiya Batra was in her 40s and worked with a