NEW DELHI: A survey by New Delhi-based citizen engagement platform, GovernEye, found that BJP Ujjain MP Anil Firojiya, YSRCP Nellore MP Adala Prabhakara Reddy, and former Head of Congress and MP of Wayanad, Rahul Gandhi, provided maximum assistance to their constituents during the coronavirus-induced lockdown. Launched on October 1, the …
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NEW DELHI: Amidst farmers’ agitation against central agricultural laws, agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday he said that whenever groundbreaking reform was launched, there was a tendency to first scoff at it, then oppose and finally accept it. “We are currently going through this process,” Tomar said in a …
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NEW DELHI: India is likely to approve the Oxford / AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for emergency use next week after its local manufacturer submitted additional data requested by authorities, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. This could be the first country to give a regulatory green …
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NEW DELHI: While BJP has the leadership in the Jammu region in the district development council (DDC) at J&K, the game’s performance was not the sweep you might have expected, indicating a grassroots shift, even as a small advance in the Valley was a source of satisfaction. The Peoples Alliance …
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NEW DELHI: China’s shadow loomed over the India-Vietnam virtual summit on Monday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasizing to his counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc that negotiations for a Code of Conduct (CoC) in the waters of the South China Sea (SCS) in dispute must not undermine the interests of others …
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NEW DELHI: Owner of Republic TV Arnab goswamithe hindi news channel on Brittany, Republic Bharat, has been fined £ 20,000 by the UK broadcasting regulator for promoting and justifying hatred towards the Pakistani people. On Tuesday, Ofcom imposed the fine of Rs 20 lakh on Worldview Media Network Limited which …
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NEW DELHI / BATHINDA: The group of 40 protesting farmers ‘unions, which previously participated in talks with the Center, decided unanimously on Tuesday to respond to their proposal for additional talks on Wednesday, marked nationwide as’Kisan diwas‘, and reiterate their demand for the repeal of the three new agricultural laws. …
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MUMBAI: Former Indian cricketer Suresh Raina, singer Guru Randhawa, model and actor Zulfikar Syed and Sussane Khan, interior designer and ex-wife of actor Hrithik Roshan, were among 34, including 13 women, arrested for alleged violations of Covid-19 protocols at a birthday celebration at a Andheri’s club in the early hours …
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SRINAGAR: The Popular Alliance for the Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), a conglomerate of seven parties, took significant leadership on Tuesday at the first District Development Council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir even as the main opponent of the alliance, the Bjp, emerged as the largest party, sweeping the polls in …
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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Tuesday Aligarh Muslim University and said it has worked to strengthen India’s relations with many countries in the world over the past 100 years. Speaking at the Muslim University of Aligarh (AMU) centennial celebrations, he said that research conducted in AMU in UrduArabic …
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