Misinformation is the biggest challenge in the current environment for the security forces. Media has a very important role to play, says Bipin Rawat
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An estimated 70.83 per cent of the total 40.05 lakh voters exercised their franchise till 5 pm when the polling ended, they said.
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Traffic movement is closed from Mandi House to ITO due to demonstration. Kindly avoid the stretch: Delhi Traffic Police
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DMRC: Following stations are currently closed:Central Secretariat, Chawri Bazar, Chandni Chowk, Rajiv Chowk, Delhi Gate, Lal Quila, Jama Masjid, Khan Market, Janpath, Pragati Maidan, Mandi House, Jamia Millia Islamia, Jaffrabad, Maujpur-Babarpur, Shiv Vihar, Johri Enclave
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“Citizenship amendment Act is discriminatory, and proposed nationwide NRC will particularly hurt poor, vulnerable”, says Sonia Gandhi
Congress condemns actions of BJP govt, expresses its solidarity with students and citizens in their just struggle, she added.
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People hold demonstration at Central Park in Connaught Place, Delhi in support of Citizenship Amendment Act
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Delhi: Police uses water cannon on protesters in Daryaganj
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Social activist Anna Hazare on Friday began 'maun vrat' (vow of silence) at his native Ralegan Siddhi village in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra, seeking speedy justice in the Nirbhaya case and in cases of heinous crimes against women.
Hazare had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 9, informing him that he would observe 'maun vrat' from December 20 as a "penance".
"I have begun my 'maun vrat' to seek speedy justice in the Nirbhaya case and if it is not delivered, I will go on indefinite fast," Hazare said in a press release.
"The crimes against women are taking place in several states, including Delhi. People in the country welcomed the encounter of the four accused in the Hyderabad rape and murder case because of the delay in judicial and police process," he said.
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The Court also orders CBI to assess threat perception and offer the necessary protection to the victim and her family; CBI has also been directed to provide safe house to victim and her family.
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BJP expelled MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar sentenced to life imprisonment by Delhi's Tis Hazari Court in 2017 Unnao rape case and ordered him to pay a compensation of Rs. 25 lakhs to the victim
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Order reserved by Delhi Court, sentencing of convict(former BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar) will be pronounced today at 2 pm in Unnao rape case
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Delhi Court reserves order on the application filed by father of one of the 2012 gangrape convicts. Application alleged that the sole witness is a tutored witness and is not credible as he took bribe to give interviews to news channels. Order to be passed on January 6
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More than 100 trains were running late due to fog in Delhi which affected rail traffic under the Northern Railways with delays of up to two hours, officials said on Friday.
The Northern Railway comprises five divisions -- Ambala, Delhi, Ferozepur, Lucknow and Moradabad covering Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi and Chandigarh.
Delhi was enveloped in dense fog on Friday with minimum temperature settling at 6.4 degrees Celsius.
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Around 28.24 per cent of over 40 lakh voters exercised their franchise till 11 am on Friday in the fifth and final phase of Jharkhand Assembly elections, Election Commission (EC) officials said.
Voting will end at 3 pm in five constituencies while it will conclude at 5 pm in the remaining seats, they said.
The seats where polling is underway are Borio (ST), Barhait (ST), Litipara (ST), Maheshpur (ST), Sikaripara (ST), Rajmahal, Pakur, Nalla, Jamtara, Dumka (ST), Jama (ST), Jarmundi, Sarath, Poreyahat, Godda and Mahagama.
Of 5,389 polling stations, 396 in Naxal-affected areas have been marked as "critical" while 208 have been declared "sensitive".
In all, 1,321 polling stations in non-left wing extremism affected areas have been marked as "critical" while 1,765 declared "sensitive".
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Pakistan Bar Council has condemned the statement of Pakistani Army Spokesperson Major General Asif Ghafoor against the Special Court verdict(death sentence to Pervez Musharraf)
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