NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday criticized the West Bengal government for denying its farmers the benefits of ‘Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi’ (PM-KISAN), prompting a strong retort from Prime Minister Mamata Banerjee. The Prime Minister today released more than 18 billion rupees to more than nine million …
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PATNA: Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar On Friday he sought to downplay the split suffered by Janata Dal (United) in Arunachal Pradesh where all but one MLA of the party have joined the BJP. Kumar, who is the national president of the JD (U) s, sought to dismiss with …
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NEW DELHI: On Friday, Mumbai police made a shocking revelation in the TRP scam case, saying that Times now, the number one channel of the English news genre, was deliberately pushed to number two. At a press conference on the PRT scam, Milind Bharambe of the Mumbai Police Joint Crime …
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MUMBAI: A magistrates court here on Friday referred Partho dasgupta, former CEO of the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) rating agency, in police custody until Dec. 28 in the alleged bogus TRP scam. Dasgupta was arrested by the Mumbai Criminal Branch of the Pune District on Thursday and presented in …
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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday allayed fears that private companies could seize farmers’ lands under a new contract farming law promulgated by the Center, while listening to success stories about the benefits of the new laws while interacting with farmers from seven states. After releasing Rs 18 …
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GUWAHATI: The Center will conduct a Covid-19 vaccination trial on December 28 and 29 in Assam, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Punjab as a step to prepare for the vaccine administration and assess the readiness of planned activities. According to a statement from the Ministry of Family Health and Welfare, for …
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NEW DELHI: The current contraction trend in India’s active Covid-19 infections has led to a reduction in the proportion of active cases in the total number of cases to 2.8 percent, the Health Ministry said on Thursday of the Union. The count of active cases of the disease in the …
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GUWAHATI: The Center will conduct a Covid-19 vaccination trial on December 28 and 29 in Assam, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Punjab as a step to prepare for the vaccine administration and assess the readiness of planned activities. According to a statement from the Ministry of Family Health and Welfare, for …
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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday he criticized the opposition for misleading farmers about the new farm laws and said the government is willing to hold talks with protesters as long as the discussion is based on issues, facts and logic. “Farmers had some apprehensions about the new …
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NEW DELHI: The trend of more Covid-19 daily recoveries than the number of new infections has led to a continued contraction in India’s active case load, which is currently 2.81,919 and accounts for only 2.78 per percent of total infections, the Union said on Friday the health ministry. Continuing the …
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