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By: Dr. Mohammad Aleem, Chief News Editor, ICN Group NEW DELHI: Today is another important day in terms of the contentious issue triple Talaq among Muslims. It was tabled in the Lok Sabha by the Law Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad and duly passed after a long and heated debate among the members. Finally, it will go to the Rajya Sabha where it seems not so easy to be passed because of the required strength of the BJP lawmakers is not sufficient there. Many lawmakers put their views candidly with their…

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MUMBAI: Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Ahir was angry as the doctors were on leave when he was inaugurating a medicine counter at a hospital in Maharashtra. Minister of Home State Hansraj Ahir on Monday asked the doctors of Maharashtra to join the Naxal ranks. Ahir who visited Chandrapur district to inaugurate a local hospital was met with hostility from the doctors. Minister of Home State Hansraj Ahir apparently furious at the absence of doctors at a function he was attending in Maharashtra, has provoked a controversy with his…

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PM Modi inaugurates a section of the Magenta Line of Delhi Metro today that connects Botanical Garden in Noida to Kalkaji Mandir in South Delhi.  NEW DELHI: The first-phase of Delhi Metro’s Magenta line was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday. The first-phase will connect Botanical Garden in Noida with Kalkaji Mandir in south Delhi. Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath was also be present in the inauguration ceremony.However, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal is not part of the inauguration ceremony. Good governance is the key to all-round development and…

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Jadhav’s family is flying to Islamabad via the UAE. The UAE airliner EK–612 bringing Jadhav’s family was delayed by about 40 minutes, according to officials. Kulbhushan Jadhav a former Indian Navy officer, was arrested by Pakistani officials on March 3, 2016, on suspicion of espionage and sabotage activities against the country. The mother and wife of Kulbhushan Jadhav held a meeting with him at the Foreign Office under special permission granted by Pakistan on humanitarian basis. The family’s meeting with Jadhav continued for 40 minutes, according to Foreign Office. Indian Deputy High…

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SHIMLA: Jairam Thakur has been chosen to be the 13th Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, the BJP announced today after a meeting attended by the party’s central observers and union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Narendra Singh Tomar. The 52-year-old five-time MLA from Seraj in Mandi emerged as one of the frontrunners for the top post after the defeat of BJP leader Prem Kumar Dhumal in the 2017 Assembly polls, the results of which were announced last week. Dhumal, who was expected to take over as the chief minister before the…

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MUMBAI: Google on Sunday, paid tribute to the legendary playback singer and Padma Shri awardee Mohammed Rafi with a doodle on the occasion of his 93rd birthday. Mohammed Rafi (24 December 1924 – 31 July 1980) was an Indian playback singer and one of the most popular and successful singers of the Hindi film industry. Rafi was notable for his voice and versatility; his songs ranged from classical numbers to patriotic songs, sad lamentations to highly romantic numbers, qawwalis to ghazals and bhajans. He was known for his ability to mould his voice to the persona of the actor,…

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