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Pravesh’s shameful act has not only given the opposition Congress an opportunity to corner the BJP over ‘atrocities’ against people belonging to SC/ST communities, but also a chance to present itself as the ‘sympathiser’ of the downtrodden communities in the poll-bound state.Notably, the victim – Dasmat Rawat – belongs to the Kol tribe, which comes under the Scheduled Tribe (ST) category, and is the largest tribal group in the Vindhya region comprising seven districts — Satna, Sidhi, Singrauli, Sidhi, Umaria, Shahdol and Anuppur.The region consists of 30 Assembly seats, out of which 24 were won by the BJP in 2018.…

He wrapped himself in the flag called ‘Flag of Kangleipak or Salai Taret Flag’, a rectangular seven-colour flag – representing the seven clans of the majority Meiteis in ancient Manipur., while collecting the medal after the match on Tuesday night.Jeakson Singh, who hails from Manipur’s Thoubal district and belongs to the Meitei community, created a widespread row in various circles with netizens putting up photographs of Salai Taret flag being hoisted after destroying churches in Manipur during the ethnic violence. He took to Twitter late in the night to defend himself. “I hope that peace returns to my home state…

In a tweet, Rahul Gandhi said: “Manipur needs peace to heal. During my 2-day visit to the state, it broke my heart to see our brothers and sisters in pain. Peace is the only way forward, and we must all work towards it.”He also attached a video of his 2-day visit to the strife hit with his tweet.Rahul Gandhi had visited Manipur on June 29 and 30 and met the affected families at the relief camps in Churachandpur and west Imphal.After visit to relief camps, he also met Governor and demanded for proper attention to affected families living there. He…

The 20-year old Pranavi is one of the three Indians in the field of 129 players with 111 professionals and 18 amateurs. The other two are amateur Avani Prashanth and Seher Atwal.Pranavi, who topped the Women’s Pro Golf Tour of India in 2022, played in Ladies European Tour events in South Africa at the start of 2023 and then headed to the US for the Epson Tour, which is one level below the LPGA.She then went over to Europe for a few events, again on the LET, before coming to Singapore for the first-ever Chinese LPGA event outside China.It has…

Although the hearing in the matter was concluded on Tuesday afternoon only, the division bench of Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya then reserved the order for the day. On Wednesday, while rejecting the apex right body’s petitions, it accepted the counter-argument that barring the Election Eommission no other entity can interfere in the process of elections. On June 11, the NHRC announced the appointment of its Director General, Investigation, Damodar Sarangi as an independent observer for the West Bengal panchayat polls and a communication was forwarded to the State Election Commission and the state Secretariat on the…

She also shared that the film was the one which popularised the use of “Nahi” (no) with an extended follow-up in Hindi cinema.Taking to her Instagram, she shared a picture of her look from her film ‘Chhailla Babu’ and penned a long note in the caption. She wrote: “‘Nahiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin!’, ‘Chhailla Babu’ was a suspense thriller that rocked the box office in 1977. It was produced by the lovely and easy going Shomu Mukherjee, directed by Joy Mukherjee and starred Rajesh Khanna. Romance, action, music, drama – it had everything in spades. Including a long drawn out “nahiiiiiiiin” by yours truly,…

Harare, July 5 (IANS) Romario Shepherd took a three-fer while Brandon King slammed a century to give West Indies their first win of the Super Six stage in an inconsequential Men’s ODI World Cup Qualifiers match with a seven-wicket win over Oman at the Harare Sports Club, here on Wednesday. Half-centuries from Shoaib Khan and Suraj Kumar helped Oman reach 221/9 as Shepherd took 3/44 in his ten overs. But King played a composed knock of 100 off 104 balls, laced with 15 fours, and with support from captain Shai Hope’s 63, took West Indies over the line with 62…

The 29-year-old victim came to Canada a year ago with his wife and an infant.He was hit by a car while riding his bike, not far from his home in Brampton, on Monday morning. He was rushed to the hospital but succumbed to his injuries.The woman driver fled the scene after the accident. She was later arrested and her vehicle was seized by the police.Media reports quoted the victim’s wife, Indu Sekar, as saying that she was against the idea of moving to Canada but he convinced her by promising a better life.When the shattered wife was brought to see…

In the series, Nick Fury and Sonya Falsworth are old friends but yet don’t completely trust each other. Olivia Colman couldn’t contain her excitement when she found out she would be working with the legendary Samuel L. Jackson in the series.Talking about her love for Samuel L Jackson, she said: “I love Samuel L. Jackson. I was so excited and so nervous when I knew I was going to meet him, and he was just so lovely. He called my sneakers dope, and I don’t think I took them off for a year!”She further mentioned: “I think we had chemistry…

The GST regime was rolled out by the Indian government six years back.Of the total Rs 1.61 lakh crore collected in June, CGST was Rs 31,013 crore, SGST was Rs 38,292 crore, IGST was Rs 80,292 crore (including Rs 39,035 crore collected on import of goods) and cess is Rs 11,900 crore (including Rs 1,028 crore collected on import of goods).“On many common-use items, tax under GST has been lower compared to pre-GST tax rates: Items such as tea, milk powder, sugar, edible vegetable oils, spices and footwear (priced up to Rs 500) attract taxes of 5 per cent under…