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What Ajit Pawar's sudden death means for Maharashtra politics

India, Jan. 29 -- The sudden death of Ajit Pawar is expected to have a significant impact on Maharashtra politics, which has been witnessing upheavals since 2019, when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)... Read More


Ajit Pawar: A career of resilience, controversy and power

India, Jan. 29 -- For 32 of his 42 years in public life, Ajit Pawar enjoyed power. He was Maharashtra's deputy chief minister for a record 6 terms across political formulations. But the one position t... Read More


HC refuses to let survivor terminate 28-week pregnancy, calls it foeticide

India, Jan. 29 -- The Bombay High Court on Tuesday refused to let a young rape survivor to medically terminate her 28-weeks pregnancy, and held that the termination at this advanced stage would amount... Read More


'Foeticide': HC refuses to let survivor terminate 28-week pregnancy

India, Jan. 29 -- The Bombay High Court on Tuesday refused to let a young rape survivor to medically terminate her 28-weeks pregnancy, and held that the termination at this advanced stage would amount... Read More


State announces three-day mourning for Ajit Pawar

India, Jan. 29 -- The state government has announced a three-day mourning and state honours for deputy chief minister and Nationalist Congress Party chief Ajit Pawar, who died in a plane crash on Wedn... Read More


SC clears urgent listing of plea against UGC's equity rules

New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to consider urgent listing of a petition challenging the constitutional validity of the University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in... Read More


UGC regulations against caste bigotry need tweaks

India, Jan. 29 -- Recognising the sad evidence on caste discrimination that had led to suicide by SC/ST students - at AIIMS in 2008 and, later, at other higher education institutions - the ministry of... Read More


Leader with stronggrassroots connect

India, Jan. 29 -- The death of Ajit Anantrao Pawar, 66, Maharashtra's deputy chief minister, in an aircrash on Wednesday is likely to have an impact on his Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the NCP... Read More


India amplified voice of global south: President

New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- Amid global challenges, India has emerged as a bridge and has amplified the voice of the global south, President Droupadi Murmu said on Wednesday as she hailed the country's prog... Read More


'Casteist mindset' behind opposition to UGC equity rules: Maya

LUCKNOW, Jan. 29 -- Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati on Wednesday backed the University Grants Commission's (UGC) new regulations mandating equity committees in higher educational institut... Read More