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Karnataka's Hate Speech Bill explained: What we need to know

Hyderabad, Dec. 18 -- The Karnataka Assembly on Thursday, December 18, passed the much-contested Hate Speech and Hate Crimes (Prevention) Bill, the first such law in India. The Bill was first cleared... Read More


Ludhiana: Prison violence exposes administrative collapse, says Bajwa

Ludhiana, Dec. 18 -- Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Assembly, Partap Singh Bajwa, on Wednesday condemned the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Punjab government following a violent communal clash insi... Read More


'Unmapped' voters highest in Matua-dominated Assembly constituencies

Kolkata, Dec. 18 -- The highest concentration of the "unmapped" voters was found in the Matua-dominated Assembly constituencies of North 24-Parganas and Nadia, with BJP MLA Subrata Thakur's Gaighata r... Read More


Vodafone Idea raises Rs.3,300 cr in NCDs, less than two months after SC breather

New Delhi, Dec. 18 -- Vodafone Idea, India's third-largest telco by customers, has raised Rs.3,300 crore through secured non-convertible debentures, or NCDs - less than a fresh lease of life was throw... Read More


Vodafone Idea in debt market first time since 2018, raises Rs.3,300 cr in NCDs

New Delhi, Dec. 18 -- Vodafone Idea, or Vi, has raised Rs.3,300 crore through secured non-convertible debentures, or NCDs - the first time since 2018 that the company, India's third-largest telco, has... Read More


Vodafone Idea raises Rs.3,300cr in NCDs, less than eight weeks after SC breather

New Delhi, Dec. 18 -- Vodafone Idea, India's third-largest telco by customers, has raised Rs.3,300 crore through secured non-convertible debentures, or NCDs - less than eight weeks after a fresh lease... Read More


SC warns judges against giving questionable judgements just before retirement

New Delhi, Dec. 18 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday came down hard on the practice of judges delivering questionable judicial orders on the eve of their retirement, warning that such conduct may invi... Read More


Cooch Behar: Living voters marked dead in draft rolls, BLO served notice

Cooch Behar, Dec. 18 -- A show-cause notice has been issued to a Booth Level Officer (BLO) of the Falimari area under the Cooch Behar South Assembly constituency for wrongly listing living voters as d... Read More


Kokate stripped of his portfolios after court issues arrest warrant

India, Dec. 18 -- Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday divested Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) minister Manikrao Kokate of his portfolios, hours after a Nashik court issued an a... Read More


"People trapped in gas chamber, feeling suffocated": Congress MP Pramod Tiwari slams govt over Delhi air pollution

New Delhi, Dec. 18 -- Congress MP Pramod Tiwari on Thursday criticised both the central and Delhi governments over rising air pollution, saying the residents of the national capital are "trapped in a ... Read More