NEW DELHI: As urged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the campaign for the recent Bihar assembly elections, the state has a “dual-engine government,” with the NDA in power both in the center as in the state. Now, with the BJP nominating former Bihar Chief Deputy Minister Sushil Kumar Modi …
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BENGALURU: Karnataka Chief Minister BS YediyurappaPolitical secretary and relative NR Santosh, who was hospitalized after an alleged suicide attempt, is “stable and cheerful” and could be discharged in a day or two, doctors who treated him said Saturday. According to sources, Santosh is said to have attempted suicide by consuming …
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NEW DELHI: Thousands of farmers gathered at the Singhu border held a meeting on Saturday morning amid a heavy security presence and decided to continue demonstrating there as hundreds of farmers entered the national capital to hold a protest in Sant Nirankari Ground on Friday after facing tear gas, water. …
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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a three-city visit on Saturday to personally review the vaccine development and manufacturing process. He will visit the Zydus Biotech Park in Ahmedabad, Bharat Biotech in Hyderabad and the Serum Institute of India in Pune, Maharashtra, the Prime Minister’s Office said. …
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JAMMU: Survey for the first phase of the first elections to the District Development Councils (DDC) in Jammu and Kashmir started on saturday morning. Forty-three of the 280 electoral districts of the Union Territory go to the polls in the first phase of DDC elections. Voting will end at 2 …
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NEW DELHI: Commander Nishant Singh, a handsome young naval MiG-29K The fighter pilot operating from the INS Vikramaditya aircraft carrier, had asked his commander-in-chief for permission to drop “a nuclear bomb on himself” and “willingly sacrifice himself in time of absolute peace” to enter the “spiral of the marriage cemetery. …
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NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Education said on Friday that the 2021 Class X and XII Board exams and other competitive tests would be held after due consultation with students, parents and teachers in light of the coronavirus pandemic. Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal said: “Taking exams is no less than …
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MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Friday he said that BMC’s action to wipe out renovations in actor Kangana Ranautbungalow in mumbai Bandra zone, was “illegal and arrogant” and “acted by malafides”. Setting aside the September 9 demolition order, a court of Judges SJ Kathawalla and Riyaz Chagla said that …
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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday expressed deep disappointment with state governments for failing to take concrete action against the spread of the coronavirus in the country, saying that “the situation in the last three weeks has gone from bad to worse.” Attorney General Tushar Mehta said the Union …
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NEW DELHI: Concrete slabs, concertina wires, trucks full of sand, and nervous police officers firing rounds of tear gas kept the huge crowd of agitated farmers paralyzed at the Singhu border on the Delhi-Chandigarh highway until Friday afternoon. By the time the administration finally relented and offered the Nirankari samagam …
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