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Sri Lanka anti-Muslim riots kill one despite curfew
Mobs slashed to death a Sri Lankan Muslim man despite a nationwide curfew imposed on Monday night after anti-Muslim riots spread to three districts north of the capital in a violent backlash against Easter suicide bombings.
The 45-year-old man died shortly after admission to a hospital in Puttalam district during the rioting which began on Sunday in the area, a police official told AFP.
JD(U) changes tack in last phase, seeks special status for Bihar
As the election campaign in Bihar enters the last stretch, the ruling JD(U) has apparently changed its campaign narrative and returned to its demand for special status for the State.
JD(U) leaders have also focussed more on development work by the Nitish Kumar government rather than issues of “muscular nationalism” or Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “strong leadership,” which they were highlighting in earlier campaign speeches.
Cyclone Fani damage assessment set to begin in Odisha from May 14
With a month left for the Southwest monsoon to hit Odisha, the State government on Monday said it would begin a door-to-door house damage survey from May 14 and issue work orders for the construction of houses on June 1 in cyclone-affected areas.
An 11-member Central team, split into two groups led by Vivek Bharadwaj, Additional Secretary in the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, and Ajay Kumar, Director in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, visited Puri and parts of Khurdha district.
Guilty in anti-Sikh riots will be punished: Rahul
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said those found guilty in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases should and will be punished.
He said his party leader Sam Pitroda’s hua to hua remark on the tragic anti-Sikh riots was shameful.
“Pitroda should be ashamed of his remark on the 1984 riots and should publicly apologise for it,” said Mr. Gandhi, at his rallies in Hoshiarpur and Khanna in Punjab.
No change in poll times, says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to advance the timing of polls from 7 a.m. to 4.30 a.m. or 5 a.m. for the seventh and last phase of the Lok Sabha polls, considering the heat wave and that it is the holy month of Ramzan during which Muslims fast during the day time.
Opinion | Private, public and political morality
Though related, political, public and private morality are not identical. They may come from the same source, but are distinct. This point has been noted in the Western tradition since at least Machiavelli. But its lineage in India is ancient.
What then is the difference between private/public morality and political morality? While in one’s personal life, in our dealings with those with whom we have close daily encounters such as our family, friends or ‘servants’, we can’t help but be partial, and while in the larger public domain, where we face people with different religio-philosophical sensibilities, we can’t entirely escape some degree of partiality to our own world view, the political domain requires the impartial or just use of power for the good of all.
An election that wasn’t meant to happen in U.K.
Just under three years since the Brexit referendum that irrevocably changed British politics, another election is set to take place later this month that could fundamentally impact the political landscape again.
On May 23, British citizens and European and Commonwealth citizens resident in the U.K. will vote to select 73 candidates for the European Parliament, who will take up their seats in July for a five-year term.
CPI inflation quickens to six-month high of 2.92% on food, fuel prices
Retail inflation quickened to a six-month high of 2.92% in April, driven in large part by accelerating food and fuel inflation, according to official data released on Monday.
Growth in the consumer price index (CPI) quickened in April from 2.86% in March.