MUMBAI: The criminal branch of Mumbai Police on Thursday he arrested a former executive director of the Pune district Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) in the bogus TRP scam, an official said. Partho Dasgupta, the defendant, is the fifteenth person arrested in the case related to the alleged tampering with …
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NEW DELHI: India said on Thursday it looked forward to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s visit next month, amid reports that travel may not be possible due to the rapidly spreading mutated version of the coronavirus in the UK. “We had invited the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as …
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NEW DELHI: In a major outreach to farmers, the BJP has made plans to ensure the participation of more than a million people in thousands of places across the country on Friday when the Prime Minister Narendra modi transfer 18,000 rupees crore to nine crore farmers and interact with a …
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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared an anecdote about introducing women to the idea of draping the “pallu” sari over the left shoulder. He said it was Jnanadanandini Devi, the wife of Rabindranath Tagore’s older brother, Satyendranath, who came up with a kind of solution, as putting the sari …
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CHANDIGARH: Haryana chief deputy minister Dushyant Chautala on Thursday he said new central agricultural laws need many amendments and urged to protest farmers to give “concrete suggestions”. Leader of the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) reiterated that he will submit his resignation on the day he feels he cannot guarantee a …
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NEW DELHI: Opposition party leaders have qualified the accusations made by the Prime Minister Narendra modi, who has accused the parties of lying to the peasants, as “unfounded”, stating that such accusations are a “complete parody of the truth”. In a joint statement Thursday, the leaders of Congress, NCP, DMK, …
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NEW DELHI: On Thursday the government again invited protesting farmers’ unions to dialogue, but made it clear that it would not be “logical” to include any new related demands on the agenda minimum support price (MSP), which is out of reach of three new agricultural laws. In a three page …
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NEW DELHI: FASTags will be mandatory for vehicles from January 1, 2021, Union Minister Nitin Gakdari he said Thursday. FASTags, which facilitate electronic payment of the fare at toll plazas, was introduced in 2016. mandatory labels It would also help ensure that vehicles pass smoothly through the toll plazas since …
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SANTINIKETAN: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday praised the critical role played by Visva- Bharati in the Indian freedom movement and promoting the cause of universal brotherhood. Address the centennial celebrations of the university founded by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, Modi said that the vision of literary legend was also …
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Night curfew in Pune on Tuesday. (Express photo by Ashish Kale) Just two weeks after the Pune-based Serum Institute of India’s Covid-19 vaccine emergency use authorization (EUA) committee reviewing the Pune-based Serum Institute of India sought additional safety and efficacy data at the stage Late, the firm has submitted new …
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