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Inter-caste marriages cannot be prevented, it’s part of change in our state: Kerala CM

Kochi, Dec 7 (PTI) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday said if a young man and woman like each other and decide to get married, irrespective of their caste or faith, no one can prevent the union. Vijayan said there has always been opposition to such marriages from parents of either side or both families, but that has not stopped such marriages. The CM was responding to reporters’ queries in connection with a prominent Islamic scholar on Wednesday ‘accusing’ the ruling CPI(M) and its youth outfits of promoting inter-caste marriages and mixed culture in the name of secularism. Vijayan

India PM Modi’s Sikh separatist fight driven by security, politics

NEW DELHI, Dec 7 (Reuters) – India PM Narendra Modi is focussed on combating Sikh separatism, despite its scant support among the country’s small religious minority, due to security and political concerns, officials and experts say. The movement for a Sikh homeland in northern India, crushed decades ago, has burst onto the global stage in recent months as the United States and Canada accused Indian officials of involvement in assassination plots against Sikh separatist leaders in North America. New Delhi denies any connection to a June murder in a Vancouver suburb but has announced an investigation into U.S. concerns about

Mahua Moitra reacts to Giriraj Singh’s ‘thumka’ remark on Mamata Banerjee; Trinamool MPs stage protest

New Delhi [India], December 7 (ANI): Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra on Thursday lashed out at “misogyny” of the BJP and Union Minister Giriraj Singh over the latter’s ‘Thumka’ remarks for her party leader and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Calling Singh a ‘Besharam (shameless) Minister’, Moitra said that the BJP party cannot digest the success of an independent woman. Moitra said, “This ‘Besharam (shameless) Minister who can talk like this about a woman chief minister tells about the pathetic situation our country is in. All BJP ministers and their MLAs are misogynists. They are patriarchal and they dislike women.

India’s TV18 Broadcast to merge with Network18 in $1.2 bln deal

BENGALURU, Dec 6 (Reuters) – India’s TV18 Broadcast will merge with Network18 Media & Investments in a $1.2 billion deal that will help the Reliance-owned companies expand their reach and cut costs, they said on Wednesday. The all-stock deal will consolidate the Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance’s broadcast and digital businesses, which include business news portal Moneycontrol and streaming platform JioCinema, the two firms said in an exchange filing. “The merger will offer better reach towards a large number of viewers and consumers and also lead to better advertising revenue,” said Karan Taurani, media analyst at Elara Capital. Media companies including TV18

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