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Indian PM Modi and Bangladesh’s Yunus hold first talks after Hasina exit

BANGKOK, April 4 (Reuters) – India’s prime minister met with the head of Bangladesh’s interim government on the sidelines of a regional summit in Bangkok on Friday, the Bangladesh government’s press office said, their first meeting since the ouster of Bangladeshi premier Sheikh Hasina last year. Relations between the South Asian neighbours, which were robust under Hasina, have deteriorated since she fled the country in August in the face of massive student-led protests and sought shelter in India. Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel Peace Prize winner who took over as the chief adviser of an interim government in Dhaka after Hasina’s

Wikimedia must remove India content deemed defamatory, court rules

Delhi High Court

NEW DELHI, April 4 (Reuters) – The operator of Wikimedia has been ordered to remove statements deemed defamatory by an Indian court from the page of a domestic news agency it hosts, the latest such directive to the popular online encyclopedia. The Wikimedia Foundation is the second major tech platform, following X, formerly Twitter, to become embroiled in recent years in court battles over content takedown orders in India. Last year the agency, ANI, sued Wikimedia for defamation in the Delhi High Court, citing a Wikipedia description that it faced criticism for being a government “propaganda tool” and sought removal

Supreme Court permits Jharkhand to cut power supply during Ram Navami processions to avoid electrocution

New Delhi, Apr 4 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Friday permitted the Jharkhand government and its power distribution company to cut power supply on Ram Navami procession routes to avoid electrocution incidents. The top court modified the Jharkhand High Court direction that barred the state authorities from cutting power supply during religious processions. A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justices Sanjay Kumar and KV Viswanathan took note of the submissions of senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the JMM-led state government, that this practice was going on for over two decades to avoid electrocution incidents. He said that

Patriot and pillar of Hindi cinema: Celebrities condole Manoj Kumar’s death

New Delhi, Apr 4 (PTI) Prominent celebrities, including actors Aamir Khan, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, Manoj Bajpayee and filmmaker Karan Johar, on Friday paid tributes to cinema icon Manoj Kumar, celebrating his legacy of highlighting social issues and patriotism through his films. The industry veteran, whose films ruled the box office in the late 1960s and 1970s, had been ailing for a while and died of age related issues at the Kokilaben Ambani Hospital around 3.30 am. In a statement, Aamir condoled Kumar’s death, saying the veteran actor’s films were a great source of learning for him. “Manoj Kumar was

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