INDIA

Women entitled to domicile certificate from parents' residence after marriage: Raj HC
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The High Court made the observation after a woman filed a petition in the High Court on being denied a residence certificate from her parents' address.
First conviction in Delhi riots case: Man given 5-year jail term
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Before this, a man was acquitted by the court in July. This is the first jail term awarded to anyone in the Delhi riots case, said a police official. Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat awarded the jail term to the accused.
'Reservation is not at odds with merit': SC upholds OBC quota in medical courses
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A bench headed by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud said: "Competitive exams do not reflect economic social advantage which is accrued to some classes. Merit should be socially contextualised."
Battle for UP: Aparna Yadav, Sanghmitra Maurya new BJP poster girls
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The poster titled 'Suraksha Chakra' features Aparna Yadav and BJP MP Sanghmitra Maurya, whose father Swami Prasad Maurya recently quit the BJP to join Samajwadi Party, and the caption says, 'Suraksha jahan, betiyan wahan'.
PLA has kidnapped 17-year-old boy from Arunachal Pradesh, claims BJP MP Tapir Gao
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MP Gao posted on Twitter that the teen, Miram Taron, was kidnapped in the Lungta Jor area, inside the Indian territory on Tuesday, i.e., 18th January. Miram Taron is a local hunter in the Zido village. The PLA also attempted to kidnap his friend Johny Yaiying, but he escaped. Yaiying then went on to inform the local authorities about the abduction, PTI quoted Gao as saying. The incident took place near the area where Siang River (Brahmaputra in Assam) enters Arunachal Pradesh from Tibet.
At 3.17L Covid cases, India reports 12% single-day rise
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On Wednesday, India had reported 2,82,970 new Covid cases, a rise of over 18 percent from the previous day's count, and on Tuesday, 2,38,018 new infections were registered. A total of 491 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours on Thursday taking the toll to 4,87,693.
Rahul slams Centre on abduction of Indian by Chinese forces in Arunachal Pradesh
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Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday tweeted in Hindi, "Just days ahead of Republic day the Chinese have abducted an Indian citizen, we are with the family of Meeram Taron, and we will not lose hope and will not accept defeat. But Prime Minister's silence is his statement that it does not bother him."
Delhi-NCR to remain partly cloudy
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Due to moderate fog in the morning, the visibility was reduced to 499 metres to 200 metres across several pockets, especially in the isolated areas across the city.
Why Harish Rawat is important for Congress in Uttarakhand?
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Since the formation of the state, Rawat has missed the bus of Chief Ministership twice -- once to N.D. Tiwari and then to Vijay Bahuguna, however, he was later brought in replacing Bahuguna.
Bipin Rawat's brother joins BJP, may contest polls in Uttarakhand
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He joined the saffron party in the presence of Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, state in-charge, and BJP national general secretary Dushyant Gautam, national media in-charge Anil Baluni, and Uttarakhand BJP president Madan Kaushik.
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