NEW DELHI: The accusations against Maharashtra interior minister Anil Deshmukh leveled by former Bombay Police Commissioner Parambir Singh turned into a snowball in a controversy over Deshmukh’s whereabouts in February on Monday. Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh, in a letter to CM Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday, alleged that State …
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NEW DELHI: India saw the steepest increase in Covid-19 cases this week, with recorded infections increasing by 67% and the country registering 1 lakh of cases more than the previous week’s count. The death toll this week from the virus also rose by 41% to a nine-week high of 1,239, …
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MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) arrested a convicted police officer on probation and a bookie on Sunday for the alleged murder of Mansukh Hiran, whose Scorpio was found laden with explosives near an industrial plant. Mukesh Ambaniresidence on February 25. The detainees have been identified as Vinayak shinde (55), …
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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Bokakhat, Assam and Bankura, West Bengal on Sunday ahead of the assembly elections scheduled for later this month. This is Prime Minister Modi’s second visit to Assam and West Bengal over the weekend. In Bankura, the Prime Minister criticized the ruling Trinamool Congress …
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NEW DELHI: Ashoka University on Sunday he recognized “lapses in institutional processes“and expressed” deep regret “for the recent events related to the resignation of the political commentator Pratap Bhanu Mehta and prominent economist Arvind subramanian of his faculty. Meanwhile, Mehta wrote a letter to the students, urging them not to …
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BENGALURU / NEW DELHI: Dattatreya Hosabale, widely perceived as most appreciative of the compulsions of the BJP leadership and a pragmatist, was elected Sarkaryavah (general secretary) of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) in Bengaluru on Saturday, the final day of the two – triennial conclave day of main RSS officials. …
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NEW DELHI: India’s vaccine diplomacy may be going through a bad time. A recent letter from the Serum Institute (SII) to at least three countries saying it would not be able to supply the vaccines these nations already paid for in the coming months has raised concerns, among many others, …
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MUMBAI: What started as a case of explosives in a car has become politically explosive. In a sensational twist on the scandal that has exploded since jelly sticks were recovered from a Scorpio parked outside a factory. Mukesh Ambaniresidence on February 25, the newly transferred Mumbai Police Commissioner Parambir Singh …
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NEW DELHI: Old Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh, who was transferred amid a dispute over an explosives-laden van found nearby Mukesh Ambaniresidence, wrote to Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray alleging serious “malpractice” on the part of Maharashtra’s Interior Minister Anil Deshmukh. Here are the key allegations made by the …
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NEW DELHI: Ensuring security and stability in the critical Indo-Pacific region, with more bilateral and multilateral collaboration in the face of a belligerent China, is high on the agenda of India and the US. Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin’s visit here this weekend. With the Biden administration stating its clear …
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