LONDON: Former England captain Cook Alastair Friday questioned virat KohliMotera’s posture in the field and said the Indian boss “defended the wicket almost as if it were something from BCCI.” Disagreeing with Kohli’s assessment of the third test that ended with India crushing England by 10 wickets in two days, …
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Dalit labor activist Nodeep Kaur, who was arrested in January by Haryana police on charges of extortion and attempted murder, was released after he was released on bail by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday. Kaur’s request for bail was filed in the court of Judge Avneesh Jhingan. …
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Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP of targeting the “country’s only female chief minister” New Delhi: Shortly after the election dates for four states and one Union territory were announced, Mamata Banerjee, furious, alleged that the eight-round vote in Bengal was part of a “conspiracy” by the ruling BJP of the …
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RT-PCR testing for all NRIs returning to Kerala will be mandatory to check for genetic variations of the coronavirus. People coming to Kerala from abroad will have free COVID-19 testing, state Health Minister KK Shailaja said at a press conference on Friday. RT-PCR (reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction) tests for …
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The Electoral Commission announced today the dates of the elections for 5 states (Representative) New Delhi: Elections in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal, Assam and Puducherry will take place from March 27 and the results will be announced on May 2, the Election Commission said today. Bengal will vote in …
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NEW DELHI: The Home Office (MHA) issued an order on Friday to extend the existing Covid-19 guidelines for surveillance, containment and warning to remain in effect until March 31. According to a press release, the ministry has asked states to accelerate the vaccination campaign against Covid-19. “While there has been …
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The Confederation of Traders of India (CAIT) called for a Bharat bandh today (February 26) demanding a review of the goods and services tax regime, the provisions of which traders say are “complicated”, “regressive” and “draconian” . The merchants body claims that some 40,000 merchants associations across the country have …
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Senior ministers were quick to declare the schematics ahead of the voting panel announcement. Chennai: At least two of the five states forced to vote today rushed to announce populist schemes hours before the election dates were announced. Tamil Nadu and West Bengal introduced a number of policy changes apparently …
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Of the five assembly elections, Bengal will be the most important battle between Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s TMC and the BJP, which has been making inroads into the state and has already started a vigorous campaign, inducing several congressional leaders. Trinamool to his state unit to evict Banerjee. The BJP …
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After a year of some of the worst fighting on India’s borders with Pakistan and China, all three countries are suddenly talking about peace as they wait to see how President Joe Biden will change policy in the region. The foreign ministers of India and China on Thursday discussed plans …
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