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Women molested on New Year eve, HM Parameshwara blames 'western ways'
As Bengaluru , which prides itself as a safe city for women, struggles to come to terms with the incident, the state's home minister G Parmeshwara has said there are enough policemen and women in the city to ensure safety. "We have taken suo motu cognisance on it and have sent off the same to the home minister, the head of the police, chief secretary". A young woman, who was present at the moment, told NDTV that situation was nearly equivalent to a stampede and she even said "girls crying ...
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New UN chief's appeal: Put peace first
He said that the question of how to help the millions of people caught in seemingly endless wars weighs heavily on his heart. Having been formally appointed by the UN General Assembly on 13 October 2016, Guterres, aged 67, will serve for a five-year period from today to 31 December 2021.
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Woman detained in Spain after teen refugee found in suitcase
More than 173,000 migrants had entered Europe via Greece by December 29th, and almost 7,000 had made the short crossing from Morocco to Spain. They tried " to force open some of the doors in the external fence, using iron bars, wire cutters and large stones with which they assaulted Moroccan forces and Guardia Civil agents", it added.
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SC against seeking votes on basis of caste, religion
The apex court passed the judgement while hearing several petitions in the Hindutva case, which deals with electoral malpractices arising out of its 1995 judgment. "The state is forbidden to have allegiance to such an activity", the bench said. The CJI said that the amendment in the election law did not intend to "relax or remove" the restriction put on appeal for votes on the ground of religion, caste etc.
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Cologne police screen hundreds of North Africans at main train station
Cologne police say the men were detained at two main train stations so that officers could question them and check their identities. In 2016 hundreds of people were sexually assaulted and robbed during the New Year's celebrations. Around 1,800 officers were deployed on New Year's Eve this year, compared to only 140 in 2015. In her New Year's address to the nation, Merkel said Islamist terrorism was the biggest test facing Germany, and she vowed to improve security after an Islamic State ...
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China blocks India's move to declare Masood Azhar a terrorist
New Delhi also said it is concerned at the "surprising" Chinese decision and that it had expected Beijing to be "more understanding" of the need to tackle the scourge of terrorism. India has accused the Jaish-e-Mohammed of the deadly terror attack in January on the Pathankot air force base in which seven military personnel were killed.