NEW DELHI: Russia Monday said the implementation of its current defending deals with India, including supplying a batch of S-400 missile systems are progressing well despite the threat of US sanctions. Russian Ambassador Nikolay Kudashev, in a press conference, appeared to criticize the US sanctions on Turkey for acquiring the …
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CALCUTTA: Sujata Mondal Khan, wife of BJP MP Saumitra khan, joined TMC on Monday, claiming that she did not get their due recognition even after taking various risks to have her husband elected from Bishnupur during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Shortly after, outraged by his wife’s action, Khan said …
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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday he proposed the creation of a library in India dedicated to traditional Buddhist literature and scriptures, stating that it would be a platform for inquiry and dialogue. Heading to the sixth Indo-Japan Samwad Conference via video conference, Modi praised the forum for …
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NEW DELHI: Farmer leaders On Monday he said that they are always ready for dialogue as long as the government offers a “concrete solution”, but said there is nothing new in the Center’s latest letter to them seeking a date for the next round of talks. The leader of the …
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NEW DELHI: The new strain of coronavirus, said to be 70 percent more transmissible, has left countries scrambling to announce travel bans even as the world approaches the Christmas and New Years holidays. Amid fears over the highly infectious new mutant strain of the novel coronavirus, several countries have imposed …
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A healthcare worker collects a swab sample for the COVD-19 test at M Block CP in New Delhi, Wednesday, December 16 (Express file photo by Amit Mehra) Maharashtra Prime Minister Uddhav Thackeray said Sunday that wearing masks will be mandatory for the next six months in the state. Addressing people …
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CALCUTTA: A war of words broke out between survey strategist Prashant Kishor and the National Secretary General of BJP Kailash Vijayvargiya after the first predicted that the BJP will have a hard time crossing “double digits” in West Bengal Surveys. Prashant Kishor, who was cordoned off by the Trinamool Congress …
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NEW DELHI: India may start vaccinating people against Covid-19 in January and the government’s first priority has been the safety and efficacy of the vaccine, said Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan. “Personally, I think it can be in January at any stage or any week, there may be a time …
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NEW DELHI: Eleven days after the talks broke down, on Sunday, the Center once again reached out to protesting farmers unions urging them to provide details of all remaining concerns, beyond those identified above, and fix a date at your convenience for the next round of discussions to come up …
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NEW DELHI: Facebook briefly suspended and later restored the Kisan Ekta Morcha (KEM) after the outrage on social media Sunday night. The tech giant admitted to TOI that it had removed the Facebook page and said it regretted the inconvenience caused. At around 7.30pm, KEM tweeted that its Facebook page …
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