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Bhopal, Nov 17: The BJP government in Madhya Pradesh is planning to introduce Dharma Swatantrya (Religious Freedom) Bill 2020 in the next session of the state Assembly in view of the rising incidents of "love jihad", state Home Minister Narottam Mishra said here on Tuesday. The bill proposes rigorous imprisonment for the period of five years for luring a person through fraud and forcing marriage

Sabarimala, Nov 17: The latest edition of the "Punyam Poonkavanam", the mass cleanliness drive implemented by the Kerala police in Sabarimala during the annual pilgrimage season, has got underway as the Lord Ayyappa temple opened for the two-months-long Mandala-Makaravilakku festival. Kandararu Rajeevaru, the head priest of the hill shrine here, formally launched the present year's initiatives at

The Jharkhand High Court has granted bail to a Maulana as he was charged under various sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act [UAPA]. The police made out a case that the co-accused met at the house of the Maulana, the petitioner and he received money from Gujarat for committing anti-national work, being a “jihadi”. And thus, arrested him on September 9, 2019 and he has since been in

New Delhi, Nov 17: The number of new coronavirus infections reported in a day dropped below 30,000 after four months, taking India's Covid-19 caseload to 88.74 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The last time India reported less than 30,000 Covid-19 cases was on July 15. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 88,74,290 with 29,163 infections being reported in a

Back home after years in a Pakistani jail on espionage charges, 70-year-old Shamsuddin could not hold back his tears. "On reaching home, after embracing his family members, he cried a lot in immense happiness and said he made a big mistake by going to Pakistan," said Circle Officer (Seesamau) Tirpurari Pandey. Shamsuddin reached his home in the city's Kanghi-Mohal here on Sunday morning, where his

Patna, Nov 16: Nitish Kumar was sworn in as Bihar chief minister for a fourth straight term on Monday at a ceremony in Patna in presence of Union Home minister Amit Shah and BJP chief Jagat Prakash Nadda even as RJD decided to boycott the event. Replacing Sushil Modi, who had been Kumar’s deputy for 15 years, BJP leaders Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi took oath as the Deputy Chief Ministers of

New Delhi, Nov 16: India's trend of registering daily Covid-19 recoveries outpacing the daily infections continued for the 44th day as 43,851 patients recuperated in a span of 24 hours as against 30,548 newly detected cases, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. This translates to a net reduction of 13,303 in the active Covid-19 caseload which now stands at 4,65,478 and accounts for 5.26 per

A man of “uncommon wisdom and decency,” is how former US President Barack Obama described former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the first of his two-part memoir, A Promised Land. Obama describes his relationship with the former PM, Mahatma Gandhi’s life and his interest in India, in the book. He adds that he had developed a “warm and productive” relationship with Congress leader after

New Delhi, Nov 16: Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government and sought response on a plea seeking the release of Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan, who was arrested on his way to Hathras to meet the family of the Dalit rape victim, whose death triggered protests across the country. Supreme Court was hearing a plea filed by the Kerala Union of Working Journalists

After being elected as the Chief Minister of Bihar unanimously by the NDA on Sunday, JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar said that he was not keen on becoming the CM, but accepted the responsibility at BJP's request. Nitish's statement comes as a surprise because both the JD(U) and the BJP have put up a strong united front pushing Nitish Kumar as the chief ministerial candidate. The Opposition, especially