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India 'proactively monitoring' Telegram over concerns about illegal content, government report shows

An Indian government investigation has revealed Telegram's extensive use for child abuse material and financial scams. The Home Ministry's report, submitted in court, highlights concerns over the app's privacy features hindering identity detection. This scrutiny follows a temporary ban and ongoing global investigations into illegal content on the platform, with…

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India is preparing to launch its delayed census, including controversial questions about caste

India will start counting its vast population in a mammoth exercise starting next year

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Bureaucracy: Uttarakhand DGP IPS Abhinav Kumar challenges UPSC decision

Abhinav Kumar, a senior IPS officer and the Director General of Police (DGP) in Uttarakhand, has raised concerns over his exclusion from a panel submitted to UPSC. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Nepal Flood deaths reach 200, several missing; Rescue operations on

Incessant rainfall over the weekend triggered floods and landslides, wreaking havoc in Kathmandu and most of the districts of Nepal. Read further on Dynamite News:

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In Rajasthan, an RSS group issues CAA eligibility certificates to Pak. Hindus

The CAA grants citizenship to members of six “persecuted” non-Muslim communities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.

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Statehood for Ladakh | Kargil Democratic Alliance begins three-day hunger strike in Kargil

A three-day hunger strike by the Kargil Democratic Alliance in support of their four-point demands, including Statehood and Ladakh’s inclusion in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution, has commenced

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ECI Gets Two New Election Commissioners: Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Gyanesh Kumar

Both Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Gyanesh Kumar are considered as extremely efficient administrators in the country. Read further on Dynamite News:

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As farmers resume Delhi march today, MHA asks Punjab Government to take action against lawbreakers

Home Ministry expresses concerns over deteriorating law-and-order situation in Punjab due to ongoing farmers' protest near Delhi.

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MHA invites Telangana govt. for review of progress of institutions assured under AP Reorganisation Act

The Home Ministry wants the Chief Secretary to attend the meeting herself or nominate an officer well versed with the matter on her behalf.

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Kerala Assembly | Govt. to complete Sabarimala airport project in time-bound manner once clearances from Centre are through: CM

The Kerala government expects to complete the Sabarimala airport project in a time-bound manner once all clearances from the Centre are through. The Centre has already given site clearance and defence clearance, while Kerala’s application for security clearance from the Home Ministry is still awaited, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said…

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Kharge writes to Amit Shah about assault on Manipur Congress chief

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge writes to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, claiming a collapse of governance in Manipur after the assault on Manipur Congress chief Keisham Meghachandra by a radical group.

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Govt may consider introducing legal safeguards for healthcare workers: parliamentary panel

Parliamentary panel suggests legal safeguards for healthcare workers facing violence from patients' relatives. Committee recommends govt consider introducing appropriate legal safeguards for healthcare workers to protect them from violent attacks.

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Suggest panel of bureaucrats from which Delhi can pick Chief Secretary, SC tells Centre

Supreme Court suggests Centre provide panel of accomplished bureaucrats for Delhi government to pick Chief Secretary; Centre to return on November 28

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Indian dog breeds to be deployed in police duties soon

CAPFs to deploy Indian dog breeds for police duties like sniffing out suspects, narcotics and explosives. Trials of Rampur hound, Himalayan mountain canines, Mudhol hound, Tibetan mastiff underway.

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SC stops CBI from recording statements of two Manipur women victims at noon

The Supreme Court on August 1 stopped the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from “recording the statements” of the two women victims of the Thoubal sexual violence incident in Manipur at noon, just two hours before a scheduled Supreme Court hearing in the case.

The Hindu

Manipur sexual assault survivors object to case being transferred to CBI

The two women who were on video sexually assaulted and paraded by a mob in Manipur has approached the Supreme Court.

The Hindu

Supreme Court asks Centre, six States to respond to plea on lynchings

The Supreme Court on July 28 asked the Centre and at least six States to respond to a plea about lynchings and mob violence refusing to stop.

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Police verification for govt. jobs to continue

Fifty years ago, the Union Government does not propose to do away with the present method of police verification for employment in public services

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Supreme Court refers Delhi ordinance case to Constitution Bench

The Supreme Court on July 20 referred the Delhi Government’s challenge against a Central ordinance — which effectively returns power over the civil services in the national capital to the Lieutenant Governor — to a Constitution Bench.

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Abrogation of Article 370 led to unprecedented era of peace, prosperity in Jammu and Kashmir, Centre tells Supreme Court

The Centre, a day before a Constitution Bench is scheduled to hear a series of petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370, filed a fresh affidavit in the Supreme Court claiming that Jammu and Kashmir is witnessing an “unprecedented era of peace, progress and prosperity”

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Stalemate over integrated steel plant at Bayyaram continues as Telangana Govt yet to release data of proposed land

The stalemate between the Central and State Governments over setting up of an integrated steel factory at Bayyaram in Khammam district continues as the Telangana Government is yet release data of the land proposed as the site for MECON Limited.

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Lockdowns, student pressure blamed for India's alarming rise in suicides

More than 160,000 people took their own lives in 2021 in India, an alarming increase of 7 percent on the previous year, according to a report released by the Home Ministry. Suicides were highest among students, self-employed people, daily wage earners and housewives. Experts say multiple lockdowns during the Covid-19…

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UAPA Tribunal upholds Centre's decision to ban PFI and its affiliates

The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) Tribunal on Tuesday upheld the Centre's decision to ban Popular Front of India (PFI) and its affiliates. Read further on Dynamite News:

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CM Mann to take action against ex-Punjab DGP, other cops over PM's security breach

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has decided to initiate disciplinary proceedings against several police officers including the state's top cop over security breach of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Punjab in January 2022. Read further on Dynamite News:

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