Watch: Nagpur’s Marbat festival features giant Trump effigy; people protest 50% tariffs on India | India News

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: A giant effigy of US President Donald Trump was paraded through the streets of Nagpur on Saturday as part of the Marbat festival, with locals using the celebration to protest against the 50% tariffs recently imposed on Indian imports.Visuals from the procession showed residents chanting slogans, holding placards and wheeling the towering…

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Disasters batter Uttarakhand, children forced to study in crumbling schools | India News

[ad_1] DEHRADUN/HALDWANI/ALMORA/RUDRAPUR: In Uttarakhand, each monsoon brings devastation-roads wash away, homes collapse, and there is widespread destruction. This year, the monsoons have been particularly harsh, as the disasters at Dharali, Tharali, Harsil and Syanachatti show. Amid this annual havoc, children are among the most vulnerable, forced to study in crumbling govt schools despite crores being…

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BJP points at ex-MP’s claim, alleges ‘Congress suppressed freedom of expression’ | India News

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: BJP Saturday alleged Congress has systematically suppressed freedom of expression and pointed to the disclosure by former Samajwadi Party MP and Urdu journalist Shahid Siddiqui that late Congress neta Ahmed Patel pressured him not to publish an interview with then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi and got SP to deny him a ticket…

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Chasoti students, teachers vow to resume classes ‘even under tree’ day after tehravi | India News

[ad_1] CHASOTI (KISHTWAR): The poem began with a warning, a child’s voice — high-pitched, but intense — carrying through the govt-run Chasoti Middle School. The video, recorded hours before the flood, shows Suman Devi, 11, rehearsing ‘Dharti’ on Aug 14 for the Independence Day event — something that didn’t happen. Among the 14 villagers swept…

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‘No exception for me’: What PM Modi said on bills to sack jailed ministers – Kiren Rijiju reveals | India News

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi made it clear there would be “no exception for him” in the bill that allows sacking of ministers facing corruption or serious charges.Speaking to news agency ANI, Kiren Rijiju said, “PM Modi told the cabinet that the recommendation is to…

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