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63-year-old teacher held for sexually assaulting 8-yr-old girl in Bangalore

New Delhi: In a shocking incident, an eight-year-old student was allegedly sexually abused by a 63-year-old guest teacher in a school in south Bangalore.



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Outrage over fashion shoot depicting Delhi Gang-rape

New Delhi: A fashion shoot by a Mumbai-based photographer depicting a model being groped by men on a bus in a setting chillingly similar to the 2012 Delhi gang-rape, has caused outrage on social media.



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Cabinet to take up Juvenile Justice Act amendments today

New Delhi: A proposal which will empower Juvenile Justice Board to decide on whether a juvenile above 16 years involved in heinous crimes such as rape is to be sent to a observation home or tried in a regular court, is likely to be taken up by the cabinet on Wednesday.



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Narendra Modi unlikely to address joint session of US Congress

Washington: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is unlikely to address a joint session of the US Congress when he will visit to Washington to meet President Barack Obama at the White House in late September mainly because of the general elections in November.



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UPSC exam row: Protests continue in parliament, on streets

New Delhi: Protests over the Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) continued to rage in parliament as well as on the streets Tuesday, a day after the government assurance that the marks for English language comprehension skills will not be included in preparing the merit list.



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Cartoonist Pran, the man behind Chacha Chaudhury, dies

New Delhi: One of India's most successful cartoonists Pran Kumar Sharma passed away on Wednesday. Pran was the man behind the famous comic series 'Chacha Chaudhury'. His others famous characters included cartoons like Shrimatiji, Pinki, Billoo, Raman, Channie Chachi and many more.



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Civil service aspirants to protest outside BJP headquarter

New Delhi: Soon after the government indicated its stand that there will be no more further changes in the civil services examination pattern, protesting students said that they will demonstrate outside the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarter at Ashok Road in the nation capital today.



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Narendra Modi calls for 'world peace' on 69th anniversary of atomic bombing in Hiroshima

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday remembered the victims of 1945 Hiroshima atomic bomb tragedy in which nearly 1.5 lakh people were killed.



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Only one man's voice counts: Rahul Gandhi hits out at Narendra Modi

New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, who had stormed the Well in Lok Sabha demanding a debate on communal tension, today charged the Narendra Modi government with not allowing discussion in Parliament where he said only one man’s voice is heard.



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Why Saudi Arabian men can't marry women from Pakistan?

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has banned its male citizens from marrying women from four countries - Pakistan, Bangladesh, Chad and Myanmar - a police officer said.



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