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WhatsApp Says Banned Over 79 Lakh Accounts In India In March

May 3, 2024 admin

Between February 1-29, the company had banned “7,628,000 accounts”. (Representational) Meta-owned WhatsApp has said it banned more than 79 lakh accounts in India in the month of March, in compliance with the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. Between the March 1-31 period, 7,954,000 WhatsApp accounts were banned and 1,430,000 of…

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2 Held In Noida Over Foreign Job Offer Scam, 104 Passports Seized: Cops

May 3, 2024 admin

An FIR has been lodged against the accused, say cops (Representational) Noida: With the arrest of two men, the Noida Police on Friday claimed to have busted a gang of thugs that duped money from people on the pretext of helping them get employment in foreign countries. The gang has been operational for about six…

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3 Labourers Killed In Forest Fire In Uttarakhand’s Almora

May 3, 2024 admin

All the labourers were from Nepal, a forest official in Almora said. (File) Three labourers at a pine resin factory in Almora died of burn injuries they sustained while dousing a forest fire that had reached close to their factory, an official said on Friday. Another labourer injured in the incident is still under treatment,…

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Peruvian Man Working At Rajasthan Mine Falls From Balcony, Dies: Cops

May 3, 2024 admin

Police said the body was handed over to his brother after postmortem. (Representational) Jaipur: A foreign national employed at a mine in Rajsamand district in Rajasthan died after accidentally falling from the balcony of his house, police said on Friday. Luis Angil (38), a resident of Peru, was on the phone when he accidentally fell…

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Case Against Amit Shah In Hyderabad Over Poll Code Violation

May 3, 2024 admin

Police registered the case under IPC Section 188 (File) Hyderabad: The city police have registered a case against Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency candidate K Madhavi Latha and other BJP leaders for allegedly using minors in a poll campaign here recently. In a complaint to the Telangana Chief Electoral Officer…

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Cops In Closure Report, Clean Chit To All Accused

May 3, 2024 admin

Vemula had died by suicide on January 17, 2016. Eight years after massive protests and a political controversy erupted over his death by suicide, forcing the Modi government to clarify that it was not anti-Dalit, the Telangana Police has filed a closure report in the Rohith Vemula case. In the report, the police have not…

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Expelled Congress Leader Sanjay Nirupam Joins Eknath Shinde-Led Shiv Sena

May 3, 2024 admin

Sanjay Nirupam, 59, began his political career as editor of ‘Dophar Ka Saamana. Mumbai: Former Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam on Friday joined the Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde in Mumbai. The former Mumbai MP’s political journey, thus, came a full circle as he had left the undivided Shiv Sena, then led…

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Delhi High Court Denies Parole To Jaish Terrorist To Visit Jammu And Kashmir

May 3, 2024 admin

The convict had sought parole to visit his parents and get married. (Representational) The Delhi High Court has denied parole to a convicted terrorist, who has been in jail for more than 20 years and was seeking the relief to go to Jammu and Kashmir, saying there is an apprehension that his presence in the…

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‘Spirit Of Congress’ Administrator Arrested In Amit Shah Video Case

May 3, 2024 admin

Five Congress workers were arrested in the case by the Telangana Police on Thursday. In another arrest in the Amit Shah doctored video case, the Delhi Police on Friday took Arun Reddy, the administrator of the ‘Spirit of Congress’ account on X, into custody. A police official said Mr Reddy holds the post of the…

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A Year On, Prayer Meets, Protests Keep Security Forces On Edge In Manipur

May 3, 2024 admin

Security forces guard a road in Manipur; ethnic clashes broke out on this day last year New Delhi: A year after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, the border state remains tense. Prayer meets and protests kept the security forces on the edge. “Many protests are still going on. People are remembering their near and dear…

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