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Man sentenced to 20 years in jail for raping deaf & dumb girl

Baripada: A court here on Wednesday sentenced a 48-year-old man to 20-year rigorous imprisonment for raping a deaf and dumb minor girl. Mayurbhanj Additional District Judge Ajit Kumar Singh sentenced Ujal Kumar Nath after holding him guilty of raping the girl and convicting him under section 376 D of the IPC and POCSO (The Protection of Children…
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Lok Sabha passes all four GST Bills

New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the much-awaited Central Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill, Integrated GST Bill, Compensation GST Bill and Union Territory GST Bill 2017, after negating all the amendments put…
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Bring a proposal against hunger: Mulayam Singh Yadav

New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) Samajwadi Party MP Mulayam Singh Yadav on Wednesday called upon the government to ensure that none in the country died of hunger. Participating in a discussion in the Lok Sabha on the GST Bill, the former SP…
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Malaysian PM to visit India for five days

New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak will arrive in Chennai on Thursday beginning a five-day state visit to India. Welcoming his Malaysian counterpart to India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a tweet on…
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Google rolls out Knowledge Graph in Bengali language

New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) Aimed at helping Bengali speakers discover new information quickly, Google on Wednesday announced the introduction of Knowledge Graph in the Bengali language on Google Search. What is more, Google said its…
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Congress member questions non-appointment of Lokpal

New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) Congress member K.C. Venugopal on Wednesday slammed the central government over non-appointment of the Lokpal, and questioned the government's intent of fighting corruption. The appointment of the Lokpal has…
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Two IS suspects plead guilty before court

New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) Two suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) militant group on Wednesday moved an application before a court here, pleading guilty to the charges levelled against them. Sheikh Azhar-ul-Islam alias Abdul…