‘J&K downgrade without precedent’: Rahul, Kharge write to PM Modi; demand statehood for J&K | India News

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, LoP Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi with other Assam Congress leaders (Image credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling for the immediate restoration of full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. In a joint letter, they described the…

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‘Carefully consider…’: Indian embassy in Iran issues fresh advisory; urges nationals to use available exit options | India News

NEW DELHI: The Indian Embassy in Iran issued a fresh advisory on late Tuesday, urging Indian nationals to avoid non-essential travel to the country, citing recent security-related developments. The advisory, posted late evening on the embassy’s official handle on X, also asked those already in Iran to remain vigilant and consider returning using available commercial…

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SCO meet: Rahul’s dig at Jaishankar ‘apprising’ China’s Xi; calls it ‘full-blown circus’ | India News

S Jaishankar (left) with Xi Jinping NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday took a sharp dig at external affairs minister S Jaishankar for apprising Chinese President Xi Jinping on bilateral ties, calling it a “full-blown circus” that, in his view, is “destroying India’s foreign policy”.“I guess the Chinese foreign minister will come and…

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Balasore sexual harassment case: Student succumbs to injuries after self-immolation; Odisha CM expresses grief | India News

Mortal remains of the Balasore student were taken to the postmortem centre at AIIMS Bhubaneswar (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: Odisha chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Tuesday announced the death of the 20-year-old girl student from FM Autonomous College, Balasore, who had attempted self-immolation earlier this month after alleging sexual harassment by a faculty…

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Bihar SIR: Nepalese, Bangladeshis found in voter list; names to be excluded from final list | India News

NEW DELHI: Field-level officials of the Election Commission (EC) have identified “a large number” of individuals from Nepal, Bangladesh, and Myanmar during ongoing house-to-house verification for the revision of the voters’ list in Bihar, news agency PTI quoted EC officials as saying on Sunday.Also Read | Explained: What stands between Bihar’s migrants and their voteThe…

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‘She had fallen off an autorickshaw’: Case turns confusing as victim’s father denies rape allegations in Kolkata’s B-school incident; alleges police coercion | India News

KOLKATA: A 24-year-old woman psychologist accused a student of one of India’s top management institutes in Kolkata of raping her in his hostel room Friday, prompting police action and his arrest. But the case took a turn less than 12 hours later, when her father publicly denied that any crime had occurred and alleged police…

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Air India crash: What AAIB report confirms, what it rules out, what still remains unanswered | India News

In its first official account of the June 12 crash that killed 260 people in Ahmedabad, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has released a 15-page preliminary report into Air India Flight 171. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner plunged into a medical college hostel moments after takeoff, becoming one of India’s worst aviation tragedies in decades…

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