NEW DELHI: Congressional veteran and prominent member of the G-23 dissidents group Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday he said that a five-star culture had taken hold in the party and that the organizational structure had collapsed even as he gave a “clean note” to the Gandhi family, noting that their …
Read More »MP plans to levy taxes to finance cow welfare, says CM | India News
BHOPAL / UJJAIN: Madhya Pradesh Prime Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan held the first cow cabinet meeting on Sunday in Bhopal, saying he was considering raising funds for the welfare of cows. Malnourished children will be given milk, not eggs, at noon meals, he said. The CM had previously announced that …
Read More »Tunnel of Terror unearthed in Jammu | India News
JAMMU / NEW DELHI: A two-day search for the infiltration route of the four Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists killed in a shootout with security forces on the Jammu-Srinagar highway last Thursday has culminated in the discovery of a 150 meter long road. Cross-border underground tunnel lined with sandbags with “Karachi markings”. The …
Read More »India Will Not Only Meet, But Exceed Paris Pact Targets: G20 Prime Minister Meets | India News
NEW DELHI: India has set an ambitious goal of generating 450 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2030. Addressing G-20 leaders on a ‘circular carbon economy approach’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said: “We will meet our goal of 175 gigawatts of renewable energy energy long before the 2022 goal. Now, we …
Read More »Government explores emergency authorization modalities for the Covid-19 vaccine | India News
NEW DELHI: The government is exploring emergency authorization modalities and the use of coronavirus vaccines until the phase three clinical trial and regular licensing is completed. The issue of vaccine advance purchase commitment, including price, was also discussed at a recent meeting attended by NITI member Aayog (health) Vinod Paul, …
Read More »SC annuls higher court order, says freedom of citizens cannot be taken away in this way | India News
NEW DELHI: A citizen’s freedom cannot be taken away in this way, the Supreme Court has said, setting aside the Punjab Y Haryana High Court order in which a guilty plea filed by a man had been dismissed on the grounds that his lawyer had been absent four times during …
Read More »Kerala’s new law may not pass as SC annulled a similar one in 2015 | India News
NEW DELHI: Kerala’s new ordinance purportedly enacted to protect women and children from cyber-attacks is similar to Section 118 (d) of the Kerala Police Law that the Supreme Court had annulled in 2015 in the Shreya Singhal case, calling it a violation of the right to freedom of expression. The …
Read More »Covid-19: Government can receive injections from Oxford in January-February, at 50% MRP | India News
NEW DELHI: India will likely receive the first batch of anti-Covid injections in late January or early February, allowing some front-line workers, such as doctors, nurses and municipal staff, to get the vaccine. This will be possible as India plans to grant Serum Institute of India (SII) emergency use approval …
Read More »Final trials of the local Covid-19 vaccine could end in two months: Harsh Vardhan | India News
NEW DELHI: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday that a locally developed Covid-19 candidate vaccine could complete its final trials in one to two months, raising hopes for rapid deployment in a country with the second highest number of infections in the world. . The Indian Council for …
Read More »200-meter-long underground tunnel used by Jaish men killed in Nagrota | India News
NEW DELHI: In further evidence of Origins of Pakistan of the four Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists killed on November 19 in Nagrota, Jammu, BSF and J&K police on Sunday unearthed the cross-border underground tunnel that the quartet allegedly used to infiltrate India from the Samba sector. The tunnel appeared to have been …
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