3 instances of cyber crooks targeting pensioners have been reported from Western UP. The frauds have been reported from the districts of Ghaziabad and Meerut. The fraudsters have cheated pensioners of Rs 30 lakh in these cases. Meerut police’s cyber crime cell is now handling the case as per a report in Hindi daily Hindustan. …
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US Vice President Kamala Harris’ niece, Meenakshi “Meena” Harris’ tweet has drawn international attention to the arrest and alleged sexual assault of a young Indian activist and trade unionist who was protesting the unstable wage payment in an industrial cluster near Delhi. Navdeep Kaur, also known as Nodeep Kaur, is a 23-year-old Dalit activist and was arrested on January 12 …
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1. Government Agrees To Discuss Farmers’ Protests For 15 Hours In Parliament In Breakthrough Talks PTI In breakthrough talks with the Opposition, the government will discuss farmers’ protests for 15 hours in Parliament. (Read more) 2. After Making Anti-Govt Social Media Post A ‘Crime’, Bihar Police Says No Jobs For Protesters PTI The Bihar Police has issued a circular warning …
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The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology sent a final notice to Twitter, taking a tough stand against “offensive” hashtags and handles on the microblogging-social networking platform over the farmers’ agitation. The government has sent a notice to Twitter, warning the social media platform to take action against Twitter handles posting offensive hashtags, else cases will be registered against it. Unsplash …
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Malluguda is a tribal village in Gumma Laxmipuram mandal of Andhra Pradesh. The villagers here gave a traditional farewell to the government teacher of a local school which he will always remember. As per a report in The New Indian Express, they washed his legs with turmeric water and took him in a procession by carrying him on their shoulders …
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In what can be called a huge case of negligence, 12 kids in Maharashtra were given hand sanitiser drops instead of oral polio vaccine drops in a village in Yavatmal district, according to an official as per a report in PTI. All the children are below 5 years of age and they were admitted to a government hospital. Their condition …
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The ongoing farmers’ protests are unlike anything that the country has seen in a long time and even after two months and seeing a lot of ups and downs it is not showing any signs of slowing down. Even after the violence in the capital last week, the protest is still going strong and the support for it is only …
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Being in love was costly for a young girl in Mumbai as she lost Rs 13 lakh to her boyfriend. The girl trusted him and gave him duplicate keys to her house. The teen then robbed her house of valuables worth Rs 13 lakh. He did it while she was away with her family. The family recently planned to take …
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A huge crowd gathered for a farmers’ ‘Mahapanchayat’ which was called by Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Naresh Tikait in Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, as per a report in NDTV. This was after his brother Rakesh burst into tears while leading the farmers’ protest less than 150 km away in Ghazipur. People gathered in massive numbers at the college grounds where …
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Justice Pushpa Ganediwala of the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court whose recent order on a case under POCSO Act came under scrutiny recently acquitted a man of rape charges, stating that it seemed “highly impossible for a single man to gag the victim and remove her and his clothes at the same time without any scuffle.” File Photo The …
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