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JU students “rusticate” chancellor Jagdeep Dhankhar, call himspecless

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On the warpath with West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, students of Jadavpur University on Thursday “rusticated” him as the chancellor over his stand on a host of issues, including the contentious Citizenship Act.In an “open letter” that addressed Dhankhar as ‘Ex- Chancellor’, two students’ bodies–Arts Faculty Students Union (AFSU) and Faculty of Engineering and Technology Students Union (FETSU)– said he was being “rusticated” from his position of the chancellor.The letter alleged that the governor was present on university premises in the evening of September 19 “along with miscreants who hurled…

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SC acquits mother of charge of strangulating infant daughter

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A mother, who was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for allegedly strangulating her baby hours after her birth as she was a girl, has got relief from the Supreme Court which acquitted her by saying that it was “totally unnatural” for the woman to kill her own child.The apex court, while allowing the appeal filed by the woman challenging the March 2010 judgement of the Delhi High Court upholding her conviction and sentence, said there was no “clear evidence on record” to hold her guilty of the offence.”It is…

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Pak govt denies permission to Maryam Nawaz to travel abroad

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The Pakistan government has denied permission to PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz to travel abroad, saying those involved in any economic crime and institutional fraud could not be allowed to leave the country, according to a media report on Monday.Maryam, the 46-year-old daughter of Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, was placed on the no-fly list in August 2018 in an alleged corruption case.”The rules concerning placement of the name of persons on Exit Control List (ECL) do not allow the government to entertain her application to remove her name…

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Sri Lankan captain declares Paksitan ‘200%’ safe

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Sri Lanka might have lost the series but signed off satisfied with safety and security measures in Pakistan after the country’s first home test series in 10 years.Captain Dimuth Karunaratne called the security for the two-test series “200 percent” and promised to return.The series held major significance for a host nation deprived of all forms of international cricket for almost a decade.Pakistan had been forced to play its home series outside the country, mostly in the United Arab Emirates, since 2009, when the bus carrying the Sri Lankan team was…

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Vice President Venkaiah Naidu honours winners at 66th National Film Awards

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Vice President Venkaiah Naidu on Monday presented the National Film Awards to this year’s winners with actors Vicky Kaushal, Ayushmann Khurrana and Keerthy Suresh receiving top honours.Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who was supposed to receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Award at the ceremony, skipped the event citing ill health. The 77-year-old actor will now be honoured by President Ram Nath Kovind on December 29 at a high-tea, to be hosted at Rashtrapati Bhavan for all the winners.Naidu said he was happy that films which were recognised at the 66th edition of National…

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White paper to reduce tax burden on steel sector in the offing

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The government will soon come out with a white paper on steel industry that will focus on ways to reduce the tax-related expenditure in the sector and make it competitive, Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Monday.The task will be completed in three-four months with the help of NITI Aayog and other ministries concerned, he said at an industry event here.The steel minister said he will on behalf of his ministry assign a task to NITI Aayog and ask the think tank to discuss ways with all the government departments,…

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Why BJP didn’t grant full farm loan waiver when in power? Sena

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Hailing the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra government for declaring loan waiver of up to Rs two lakh for farmers, the Shiv Sena on Monday hit out at the BJP for seeking to write off debts fully and asked why it did not address the issue when it was in power.In a veiled attack on the BJP-led central government, the Shiv Sena, in its party mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, noted that the Thackeray government took the decision of farm loan waiver at a time when the country is “burning” over the issue of the…

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Rape of minors:Convict should be mercilessly punished, says HC

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Persons accused of sexual offences against minor victims should be “mercilessly and inexorably punished”, the Bombay High Court said while upholding the conviction of a 29-year-old man for raping a five-year-old girl. A single bench of Justice Prithviraj Chavan on Friday dismissed an appeal filed by Sagar Dhuri, challenging a special court order of June 2018 convicting him for sexually assaulting the victim and sentencing him to ten years in jail. “The dicta is loud and clear as to how such offences are required to be dealt with. Such persons…

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Sunday’s game doesn’t influence the path we have chosen: Simmons

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West Indies head coach Phil Simmons feels his team’s “best show” may not be enough to beat India in the series-decider here on Sunday but the outcome of the game won’t “influence” the direction the Caribbean outfit has taken under his guidance.Simmons, a former player, was reappointed as West Indies coach in October.West Indies showed a lot of promise to go one-up in Chennai but the home team bounced back strongly to post a mammoth 387/5 en route to a series-levelling 107-run victory in Visakhapatnman.”I think all the guys know…

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ICC to probe ‘war crimes’ in Palestinian territories

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The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has said she wanted to open a full investigation into alleged war crimes in the Palestinian territories, sparking a furious reaction from Israel and condemnation from the United States.The Palestinians welcomed the move by the ICC as a “long overdue step” following a nearly five-year preliminary probe by the prosecutor into the situation since the 2014 war in Gaza.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the decision made the Hague-based court, which Israel has refused to sign up to since its creation in 2002, a “political…

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