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Biden to meet Putin in Geneva on June 16: White House

Putin signs law that allows him to serve two more terms

10:56 pm April 5, 2021

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a law allowing him to potentially hold onto power until 2036, a move that formalizes constitutional changes endorsed in last year’s popular vote. The July 1 constitutional vote included a provision that reset Putin’s previous terms, allowing him to run for president two more times. The change […]

Armed police deployed outside my residence to stop me from visiting Jhansi: UP Cong chief

3:38 pm December 27, 2020

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu Sunday alleged the state government has deployed armed police outside his residence here to stop him from going to Jhansi, a day after he was arrested briefly by the state police for taking out a march allegedly without permission. He accused the BJP-led government of ”muzzling” the voice of truth […]

UP ‘love jihad’ law completes one month; 35 arrests, dozen FIRs

12:46 pm December 26, 2020

Lucknow: Having apprehended about 35 people so far, the Uttar Pradesh police have made more than one arrest a day since the controversial anti-conversion ordinance came into effect a month ago. Meanwhile, nearly a dozen FIRs have been lodged since the Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020, was notified on November 27. Eight […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

J&K admin to annul all actions taken under Roshni land scheme

12:02 am November 1, 2020

Jammu: Three weeks after the Jammu and Kashmir High Court ordered a CBI probe into an alleged scam in the Roshni land scheme, the J&K administration on Saturday said it would annul all actions taken, cancel mutations and retrieve entire land in six months. The scheme initially envisaged conferment of proprietary rights of around 20.55 […]

Gold smuggling case: Suspended IAS officer taken into ED custody; Oppn demand CM’s resignation

7:08 pm October 28, 2020

Kochithiruva: Suspended IAS officer M Sivasankar, facing probe in the Kerala gold smuggling case, was taken into custody by the ED from a hospital in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday, with the opposition mounting pressure on CM Pinarayi Vijayan demanding his resignation over the matter. Minutes after the high court rejected his anticipatory bail pleas in the […]

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