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Love Jihad case | SC: Can court annul marriage by consent?
Divan said it would be desirable that the SC heard the outcome of the investigation done by the NIA into the possibility of " love jihad " being used as a tool to marry young women after conversion. Right to travel overseas can be regulated. He said the apex court must look into the probe the National Investigation Agency had conducted so far into the alleged role of extremist elements following an earlier directive from another top court bench.
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President Ram Nath Kovind to address UP Investors Summit 2018
The Chief Minister also thanked the partner countries of the summit - the Netherlands, Japan, Czech Republic, Finland, Slovania, Mauritius and Thailand. Jharna Kamthan, general manager of State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation of Uttarakhand Limited (SIIDCUL) said that they have not urged the government for the creation of an industrial estate or special industrial zone as the matter falls within the ambit of the industries department.
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Team USA's Lindsey Vonn takes bronze in women's downhill event
Sofia Goggia carved up the Jeongseon slope "like a Samurai" to win the women's downhill yesterday and leave American Lindsey Vonn with a bronze medal in her final run in the marquee event of Olympic Alpine skiing . "I had things where I was stronger before my injury and I have things where I'm a lot stronger now". PyeongChang was the last opportunity in her racing career to repeat in the event .
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Australia's scandal-hit deputy prime minister to quit
Known for campaigning on strong family values, Mr Joyce announced he was separating from his wife of 24 years in December 2017. In a separate matter, Mr Joyce is also the subject of a sexual harassment claim received by the Nationals . The Deputy PM officially confirmed at the press conference that he will step down . Calare MP Andrew Gee earlier said he couldn't back Barnaby Joyce to remain as leader and "all bets are off".
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Nawaz Sharif slams SC decision
He has repeatedly said that all transactions made by his family members were fair and in compliance with the country's laws. PPP Central Punjab President Qamar Zaman Kaira also accompanied him on the visit. However, "the party has issued its stance that Nawaz Sharif is our leader", he said, adding that the masses themselves would respond to the verdict in the election or even before.
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Driver crashes auto into hospital before set self on fire
Middletown Mayor Dan Drew said the auto contained cans of flammable liquid, which were being examined. Police at the time said he attempted to strangle a woman in June 2013 with plastic bags after telling her she had sinned, had to repent and was going to die.
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LeBron James on getting his team ready to compete for a championship
It had reached the point where Boston and Toronto emerged as major threats to disrupt Cleveland's dominance in the East after three straight trips to the NBA Finals. "It worked out for not only the players, but the league and the fans, everybody". While James has left Cleveland behind before, he came back and brought the city its first title in more than 52 years.
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Amid Fawning Global Coverage, N. Korea Sends Terrorist to Lead Olympic Delegation
North Korea has cut the volume of its loudspeaker broadcasts since the Olympics' opening ceremony on February 9, a South Korean military official stationed at the border said this month. South Korea last week approved a budget of KRW2.86 billion (USD$2,640,324) in funding for North Korea's Olympic participation, covering the costs for a 229-member North Korean cheering squad, a 137-member art troupe, a 35-member Taekwondo demonstration team, and 21 reporters.
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Missouri Governor Eric Greitens charged over nude photo
Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner launched an investigation into the allegations against the governor. On January 10, Greitens, a onetime Democrat who joined the GOP in 2015 and has always been seen as a rising star in the Republican Party, acknowledged that before he became governor, he had had an affair.
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Montenegro police working to identify attacker on USA embassy
Police investigation and identification of the assailant are under way. Police say they are still investigating Jaukovic's motives and whether he had acted alone. Friends of his family said they were uncertain what might have motivated him to bomb the embassy. The U.S. embassy in Montenegro's capital Podgorica has confirmed that no one was injured when an assailant threw an explosive device into the compound.
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NYU Served 'Kool-Aid and Watermelon Water' During Black History Month
The Independent has reached out to Nia Harris for comment. "This school prides itself on being diverse and inclusive and global yet we have to deal with things like this that contradicts what the school is about". Additionally, they could have avoided being accused of stereotyping by diversifying their menu to include some traditionally African, Creole, and Afro-Caribbean dishes along with the African-American soul food-inspired items to honor the entire Diaspora.
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Texas governor spares convicted killer from execution
Whitaker , who attended Baylor in 2001 before transferring to Sam Houston State University, was sentenced to die for masterminding the fatal shootings of his mother and brother at their suburban Houston home in 2003 in a plot to collect inheritance.
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These 3 Factors Could Send Bitcoin Prices Tumbling This Year
On February 2, over $ 100 billion was wiped from the global cryptocurrency market, all in 24 hours. Cryptocurrency investor Dan Morehead, CEO of hedge fund Pantera Capital, forecast that Bitcoin would return to its peak level in the coming weeks.
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Arizona guard Allonzo Trier ruled ineligible, will miss game at Oregon State
Arizona released a statement on Trier on Thursday afternoon. The school is appealing the NCAA's decision, arguing in the release that the detected substance " appears to be a remnant of a substance, which the NCAA agreed, Allonzo had unknowingly ingested in 2016 ".
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Winter Olympics 2018: United States men down Canada, to play for curling gold
Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson's goal in the sixth round of the shootout sealed the victory for the Americans , giving the team its first gold in the event since 1998. While we are still making it to the podium for a silver medal win , Team Canada player Blayre Turnbull says, "We didn't come here to win silver".
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Tej Pratap Yadav vacates 'haunted' govt. bungalow
After being accused by NDA leaders of taking "undue" time to vacate the bungalow, and allegedly using it for meetings of his apolitical organisation Dharmnirpeksh Sevak Sangh, Tej Pratap moved out while calling it haunted. However, after the RJD-JD (U)-Congress coalition government collapsed, then CM Nitish Kumar paired with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and re-emerged as the CM of Bihar.
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Allahabad High Court dismisses petition in Gorakhpur riot case of 2007
Dismissing the petition, a division bench comprising Justice Krishna Murari and Justice Akhilesh Chandra Sharma observed that the court did not find any procedural irregularity in the order of refusal to grant sanction to prosecute the accused in the case.
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North Korea: UN chief Guterres a 'henchman' of the US
Japan said late Tuesday its navy found the Yu Jong 2, a North Korean-flagged tanker, alongside a small vessel of "unknown nationality" around 250 kilometres (155 miles) offshore from Shanghai. China has agreed to impose increasingly tough sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear weapons programme, and Geng said Beijing recently issued a statement explicitly banning ship-to-ship transfers.
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Army defends chief Bipin Rawat over AIUDF remark
On Siliguri Corridor, Gen Rawat said: "It is a vulnerability but it can be well taken care of. Alternative parties like AIUDF and AAP have grown because of misgovernance of big parties", he reportedly told media. It is the champion of Muslims in Assam. The situation in Doklam is "absolutely fine" and there is no reason to worry, Army chief Bipin Rawat said here on Wednesday, amid reports of China developing defence infrastructure near the strategically key area.
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Top aide to Netanyahu turns state witness as graft cases multiply
In an investigation nicknamed "Case 4000", police are investigating whether Netanyahu relaxed regulation that was digging into the profits of Israeli telecommunications giant Bezeq in exchange for positive media coverage by a newspaper owned by Bezeq's majority shareholder Shaul Elovitch.
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'Black Widow' Catherine Nevin, Kildare woman who murdered husband, has died
Convicted murderer Catherine Nevin has died in Dublin following a long illness. Mr Nevin, 55, was found shot dead in the kitchen of his pub in a staged robbery. She had been released from prison as a result of the tumor. The Black Widow maintained that the well-liked publican Tom had been targeted by a random intruder, despite her conviction.
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Britain Attempts To Push EU For Longer Brexit Transition
The European Commission in its preliminary proposals argued the need for a larger EU budget than current levels, amounting to at least 1.1 percent of the bloc's gross national income (GNI). The business world-and with it most moderate Tory sector-has been trying to persuade government for months to keep possibility of longer life open, fearful that, as slow progress of negotiations suggests, agreement on future relationship does not is closed at end of those two years.
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Sheriff: Deputies will carry rifles on school grounds
Broward's top cop on Wednesday said that deputies assigned to school campuses will now be allowed to carry rifles on school grounds. "Certainly every school in the nation should have a school resource deputy". Israel said investigators are still working to determine what role the officer played during the attack. "There are certain people in this country who do not need a gun".
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Anna Gasser edges out Jamie Anderson for big air gold
Anderson ended up with a silver medal, but it was almost a gold. She tried a huge trick on run No. 3, but was unable to land cleanly. Her landing was just about flawless and she seemed to know she'd come through well before the scoreboard confirmed it.
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United States 'seriously concerned' over jailing of Bahraini activist
There was no immediate comment from the Bahraini government. Rajab, the cofounder of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR), was arrested in the summer of 2016 and was already serving a 2-year prison sentence . Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa pardoned Rajab in July 2015 over concerns about his health after the activist served some three months in prison.
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NY joins forces with CT, NJ & RI for tougher gun laws
Govs. Phil Murphy , of New Jersey; Andrew Cuomo , of New York; Dannel Malloy, of CT; and Gina Raimondo , of Rhode Island , announced the formation of the coalition in a news release, and invited other states across the nation to join.
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'Theresa May, where's the money for Grenfell?': Stormzy delivers powerful Brits performance
Stormzy had previously slammed the awards as being "so white", leading to sweeping changes in the ceremony's voting committee. There were also prizes for Foo Fighters ( international group ), Gorillaz ( British group ) and last year's Brit Critics' Choice award victor Rag'n'Bone Man , who took home the trophy for British single for his breakthrough track " Human ".
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Fla. Shooting Survivor Says CNN Scripted Questions For Its Town Hall
CNN aired the 2-hour town hall Wednesday night; in attendance were numerous survivors of the Florida high school shooting and their parents, Sens. None of the politicians at the town hall were sympathetic to the thought. But CNN pushed back on Haab's claim and offered him the chance to appear on the network Thursday to discuss his views.
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School Shooting Survivors Confront Politicians at Florida Town Hall
Rick Scott declined to participate. Sen. Marco Rubio: "People buy into my agenda". "So right now, in the name of 17 people, you can not ask the NRA to keep their money out of your campaign?" said 17-year-old Stoneman Douglas junior Cameron Kasky .
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Hyundai unveils 2018 Santa Fe
For 2019 the Santa Fe Sport designation is being ditched and is simply called the Santa Fe. An all-new three-row, eight-passenger SUV is now under development with an all-new name. The profile looks much more muscular with strong character lines, flared wheel arches, a stylish set of alloy wheels and more. Top variants also get a new head-up display unit with class-leading luminance.
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Albas disappointed by Alberta ban of BC wine
The Alberta government has taken out full page ads in some B.C. newspapers, mocking the "left coast" despite stating within that both provinces still share many common goals. We know it's a topic that divides people in this province and across the country. It's a similar story in Saskatchewan. Industry advocates will look to British Columbia's government for solutions to the ban, Prodan said, including better access to shelf space in government-run liquor stores.
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Pakistan doesn't want India to remain peaceful: BSF
On Monday, three civilians were injured as the Pakistani troops had violated ceasefire in Uri sector. A day after Pakistan Army choppers came within 300 meters of Line of Control ( LoC ) in Poonch sector, Pakistan army resorted to unprovoked firing on Indian forward positions and civilian areas in the Uri Sector of North Kashmir's Baramulla district on Thursday.
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Trump suggests arming teachers as a solution to increase school safety
President Trump voiced support for arming teachers and other school staff to prevent school shootings as well as raising the minimum age for gun purchases, boosting background checks and detaining potentially unsafe people in mental institutions if they can not be held by police.
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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny detained in Moscow
Navalny was arrested in Moscow last month during nationwide protests in support of his call for an election boycott after he was denied registration as a candidate over a fraud conviction that he's dismissed as politically motivated. His campaign manager, Leonid Volkov, was taken into custody Thursday at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and said on Twitter that a threatened 30-day sentence means "I'll most likely get out on March 24, which means I'll miss our party congress and the elections".
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Number of hate groups declines in Ohio
There were 17 hate groups active in New Jersey past year, a slight increase from the 15 active groups in 2016. Researchers who compiled the annual report noted a growth across the country in black nationalist groups as a backlash to their view of President Donald Trump's tolerance of white supremacist groups.