Jammu and Kashmir 'journalist' held for alleged rape

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Shashi Tharoor's erroneous map draws BJP attack, Congress distances itself

Shashi Tharoor's election campaign ran into rough weather no sooner than it was launched on Friday after the manifesto he released contained a map of India with parts of J&K and Ladakh missing.

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India helps foil China resolution against Aukus

India's "deft and impactful diplomacy" at the recent IAEA general conference in Vienna was one of the reasons that forced China to withdraw a resolution against Aukus, a security-focused Australia, UK and US initiative that seeks to arm Australia with N-powered submarines. "India's considered role helped many smaller countries take a clear stand on the Chinese proposal," said a source.

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Supreme Court: Preventive detention invalid if order is delayed

Observing that preventive detention is a serious invasion of personal liberty and all safeguards allowed under law must be adhered to, the Supreme Court on Friday held that unreasonable delay between getting a proposal and passing an order for detention would make the order invalid.

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Four minors in Hyderabad gangrape case to be tried as adults

The Juvenile Justice Board gave its consent to prosecute four of the five minors accused in the Jubilee Hills gang rape as adults. The exception is an MLA's son.

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Monsoon 2022 'above normal' but agriculture takes hit

The four-month monsoon season officially ended on Friday with the country recording "above normal" rainfall at 6% higher than the long period average. However, skewed distribution in the crucial July-August period left large rain deficits in the Gangetic plains, leading to about 1% decline in the overall acreage of kharif (summer sown) crops as compared to last year.

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It's Mallikarjun Kharge vs Shashi Tharoor for Congress president, Digvijaya Singh drops out

It is Mallikarjun Kharge vs Shashi Tharoor for the much-awaited Congress presidential election. Octogenarian Kharge, the establishment's choice, and Tharoor, the underdog diplomat-turned-politician, filed their nomination papers on the last day on Friday, setting to rest the two-month-long speculation.

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Two Jaish-e-Mohammed men killed in Baramulla

Two Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists were killed in a shootout with a combined team of Army, CRPF and J&K police in the Pattan area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday.

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Noise inside Vande Bharat train 100x less than that in airplane: PM Modi

The noise inside Vande Bharat train is 100 times less than that in an airplane, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday after travelling in the indigenously designed train.

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