Political
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Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee dies: Know about Bengal's former CM, his tenure and major decisions
India | Aug 08, 2024, 05:24 PM ISTBuddhadeb Bhattacharjee dies: The former chief minister of West Bengal oversaw the end of an era in which he helmed the longest democratically elected communist government but failed to lead the Left Front to victory for the eighth time in a row in the highly politically polarised state.
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Political content turns out to be deepfake: 1 in 4 indians reported
Technology | Apr 25, 2024, 07:18 PM ISTA recent report stated that around 75% of Indians have come across deepfake content. The majority have expressed concerns about the potential misuse of AI-powered deepfakes, particularly for impersonating public figures (44%), undermining trust in media (37%), and influencing elections (31%).
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Secrecy is buzzword in hotel from where Eknath Shinde is manoeuvering Maharashtra government's fate
India | Jun 25, 2022, 09:59 AM ISTThe hotel is not making any fresh bookings for the next one week as ''we are fully occupied'', a hotel staff said.
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Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif lays stress on 'political stability' for economic growth
World | Jun 08, 2022, 02:31 PM ISTShehbaz Sharif highlighted the difference between economic development in the initial 25 years of Pakistan's creation 75 years back and said that the economic development after that has a "stark" difference.
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'If you spit...': BJP leader triggers row with remarks against Chhattisgarh CM Baghel
India | Sep 03, 2021, 01:48 PM ISTThe comments triggered a controversy with Bahgel reacting by saying that "if anyone spits on the sky, it falls on one's own face".
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In a first, 2 transgenders named Maharashtra Congress secretaries
India | Aug 27, 2021, 10:52 AM ISTTwo transgenders- Parvathi Parasuram Jogi and Salma Umarkhan Sakarkar- were the unexpected entrants as MPCC Secretaries in the list.
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Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez reshuffles cabinet
World | Jul 11, 2021, 12:33 PM ISTThe most important change on Saturday was Deputy PM Carmen Calvo leaving the cabinet, reports Xinhua news agency.
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Kerala Higher Education minister KT Jaleel resigns days after indicted by Lokayukta
India | Apr 13, 2021, 02:47 PM ISTJaleel has sent his resignation to the Chief Minister and it has been forwarded to the Governor, sources in the Chief Minister's office told PTI.
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Over 5,000 political killings in Kashmir in 30 years, 10 in 2020
India | Nov 04, 2020, 11:08 PM ISTEight leaders and activists of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are among the 10 workers of different mainstream political parties who have been shot dead by 'unidentified gunmen', widely believed to be pro-Pakistan militants, in Kashmir in the last five months of the year 2020.
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Delhi courts see big names in politics, business in 2019: Chidambaram, Shivakumar, Vadra, Singh bros
India | Dec 29, 2019, 01:06 PM ISTFrom handling cases involving the main leaders of Congress, P Chidambaram and DK Shivakumar, to granting a lifetime to expel BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar for raping a minor in Unnao and dealing with clashes between lawyers and police, the Delhi courts had a memorable 2019.
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'No comments', says Sonia Gandhi on political developments in Maharashtra
National | Nov 20, 2019, 01:20 PM ISTIn the October 21 Maharashtra polls, the BJP-Sena saffron alliance won 105 and 56 seats respectively in the 288-member assembly. The Congress and the NCP, pre-poll allies, bagged 44 and 54 seats respectively. However, failing to evolve a consensus over the chief minister's post, the two saffron parties parted ways, with the Sena exploring the possibility of tying up with the Congress-NCP.
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FIR registered against MP Azam Khan's son Abdullah Azam Khan
News | Jul 30, 2019, 04:08 PM ISTFIR registered against Abdullah Azam Khan, son of Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan, over "discrepancy in age proof documents submitted for passport
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Karnataka political turmoil: Relief for HD Kumaraswamy govt as 'missing' Congress MLAs return home
India | Jan 21, 2019, 04:52 PM IST"All the MLAs left the resort to return to their constituencies," Congress state unit chief Dinesh Gundu Rao told the media in Bengaluru.
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Maharashtra: 4 political killings within 20 days in Ahmednagar, co-incidence or conspiracy?
India | Apr 29, 2018, 09:33 PM ISTTwo workers of the NCP were shot dead by three unidentified men in Ahmednagar on April 28, barely three weeks after two local Shiv Sena leaders were killed in a similar manner in the district.
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Watch the fun and entertainment on the sets of Har Shaakh Me Ullu Baitha Hai
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Hardik Patel booked for 'political' speech at educational event
India | Jan 13, 2018, 05:57 PM ISTThe complaint says that although permission was granted for organising an educational and farmers' welfare event at Dhutarpar village, it turned out to be a "political" programme with Hardik delivering the speech.
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Facebook’s new feature ‘Perspective’ compares and displays views of political parties
World | Jun 01, 2017, 07:01 PM ISTA new feature launched by social media giant Facebook helps users compare the stance of the major political parties. The launch of the feature, named ‘Perspective’, comes ahead of the general election in Britain and gives users a unique insight
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EC presser tomorrow to demonstrate working of VVPAT and EVM
National | May 19, 2017, 01:14 PM ISTThe Election Commission (EC) has decided to hold a live demo of Voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) and EVMs and explain how they function. The demonstrations, to be held on Saturday, are an attempt to prove that the machines are infallible.
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Editors Guild flays Tewari's suggestion for issuing licence to journalists
India | Aug 22, 2013, 08:27 AM ISTNew Delhi: Editors Guild of India has termed Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari's suggestion of licensing journalists as an "undemocratic" practice and said it is a tool of totalitarian states to control the media."The
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Bollywood movies ambushed by political and social ire
Bollywood | Feb 10, 2013, 06:58 PM ISTNew Delhi, Feb 10: Finally Kamal Haasan's ‘Vishwaroopam' is breathing in an open air after being trapped by religious groups. But the damage is being done to the flick as the Box Office collection is