NEW DELHI: Activist Attorney Prashant Bhushan, convicted and fined by the Supreme Court for contempt The court said that this power is sometimes misused or abused in an attempt to stifle free speech or discussion about the judiciary. He called the contempt for judicial jurisdiction “very dangerous” and said it …
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NEW DELHI: India’s armed forces are capable of handling China’s aggressive actions in the “best proper way,” said Chief of Defense General Bipin Rawat on Thursday. His comments came in the context of China’s attempts to change the status quo in certain areas of eastern Ladakh. In an interactive session …
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MOSCOW: India and Russia have closed a major manufacturing deal AK-47 203 rifles in India during Defense Minister Rajnath Singh’s ongoing visit, Russian official media reported on Thursday. The AK-47 203 is the latest and most advanced version of the AK-47 rifle, which will replace the Indian Small Arms System …
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NEW DELHI: India is in contact with Pakistan through diplomatic channels and the government is taking all measures to ensure the security of Kulbhushan Jadhav, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MEA) said Thursday. “We are in contact with Pakistan through diplomatic channels. Our government is taking all possible measures to ensure …
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NEW DELHI: The Union Ministry of Health has not issued any guidelines recommending wearing a mask if someone drives a car or bicycles alone, a senior government official said Thursday. However, if someone exercises, bicycles or jogs in a group, they should wear masks and maintain social distancing so as …
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NEW DELHI: Hitting the Central Government, Leader of Congress Rahul gandhi on Thursday he said demonetization was an attack on India informal sector which mainly included poor workers, farmers and small merchants. His comment came in the second video of his new series on “How the Modi government has destroyed …
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Chief of the Indian Air Force RKS Bhadauria (ANI) NEW DELHI: Chief of the Air Staff Marshal Air Chief RKS Bhadauria reviewed the IAF’s operational readiness along the Royal Line of Control (LAC) in Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim in light of rising border tensions with China, officials said Thursday. “Air …
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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s donations of his savings and auction proceeds from the gifts he had received over the years have now topped 103 million rupees, sources said Thursday.It was revealed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi donated Rs 2.25 lakh for the initial corpus of PM CARE background. …
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NEW DELHI: A total of 11,72,179 samples were collected for Covid-19 testing on Wednesday, bringing the total number of samples tested for coronavirus in the country to 4,55,09,380, the Indian Research Council reported. Medical (ICMR). “India is witnessing an unprecedented increase in testing. More than 11.70,000 tests performed in the …
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NEW DELHI: India’s Covid-19 count surpassed the 38 lakh mark on Thursday with the sharpest peak in a single day of 83,883 new cases, while the number of recoveries rose to 29,70,492, leading to the recovery rate to more than 77%. Data from the Union Ministry of Health showed. The …
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