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A total of 406 people, who are housed at a quarantine facility of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police after being brought back from China due to coronavirus outbreak there, may be released next week if their final samples turn out to be negative, officials said on Saturday.The final samples of all the...
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Three students from Kashmir studying at a private engineering college in Hubballi district of Karnataka were arrested on sedition charges for allegedly raising pro-Pakistan slogans and posting a video of it on a messaging platform, police said on Saturday.Police said, according to preliminary...
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A multi-level security arrangement will be in place on Sunday for the oath-taking ceremony of chief minister-elect Arvind Kejriwal at the Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi, officials said.The ceremony is scheduled to begin at 10 am and traffic regulations will be in place in the area from 8 am to 2 pm,...
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The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Saturday said that no meeting has been scheduled with Union Home Minister Amit Shah for Sunday after the protestors at Shaheen Bagh claimed to be going to meet Shah to discuss issues related to the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).A bunch of Shaheen Bagh...
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday met United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference and discussed bilateral relationship ahead of President Donald Trump's visit to India this month.'Good to see @SecPompeo at #MSC2020. Allowed us...
17:22
Reacting to party colleague Jyotiraditya Scindia's 'threat' of hitting the streets if Madhya Pradesh government fails to fulfil its poll promises including farm loans waiver and regularising the guest teachers, Chief Minister Kamal Nath in New Delhi on Saturday said that Scindia was free to do...
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Passengers of a Noapara-bound train in the North-South line of the Kolkata Metro were evacuated at Chandni Chowk station after smoke was seen billowing out from one of the coaches on Saturday, officials said.Passengers raised an alarm after seeing smoke coming out from the air-conditioned...
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Several Karnataka Congress leaders, including its president Dinesh Gundu Rao and leader of the opposition Siddaramaiah, were detained by the police in Bengaluru on Saturday, as they marched to besiege Chief Minister B S Yediyurappas office to protest against the alleged misuse of the police...
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Seventeen people, out of a large number of passengers who had arrived in Delhi from China and other coronavirus-affected countries before the screening at the airport began around mid-January, have been found symptomatic for the infection and hospitalised, officials said.Delhi health department...
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A Delhi court on Saturday imposed a cost of Rs 5,000 on Congress leader Shashi Tharoor for not appearing in hearing on a criminal defamation complaint filed against him for his alleged 'scorpion' remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vishal Pahuja...
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Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Saturday said that government has taken serious note of the matter pertaining to an Institute in Bhuj where girl students were allegedly forced to remove their innerwear to check whether they are menstruating or not, and has issued orders to the Home...
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A day ahead of taking oath as the Delhi chief minister for the third time, Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal has called a dinner meeting of his Cabinet ministers to discuss a roadmap for Delhi's development.According to party functionaries, Kejriwal will discuss with his ministers...
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The three elderly women who have come to be known as the 'dadis of Shaheen Bagh' are likely to meet Union Home Minister Amit shah at 2 pm on Sunday.Top officials of the home ministry and Delhi police are also expected to be present at the meeting.Shaheen Bagh blockade may end on Monday.Shaheen...
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Around 50 people from different walks of life who are responsible for 'Delhi nirman' will share stage with Arvind Kejriwal during his swearing-in ceremony on Sunday, Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia said.He said these 50 people would include teachers, bus marshalls, architects of the...
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Pakistan Rangers on Saturday violated the ceasefire by resorting to unprovoked firing on forward posts and villages along the international border in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district early on Saturday, officials said.The Border Security Force retaliated effectively, and the exchange of fire,...
12:18
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat inaugurated the newly-constructed Gujarat headquarter building of the Sangh- Dr Hedgewar Bhavan- in Ahmedabad on Saturday.He inaugurated the five-storey building, located in Maninagar area, after offering flowers to a large painting of...
11:08
Former civil servant and chief of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples' Movement Shah Faesal has been booked under the Public Safety Act that allows detention without trial for up to three months and multiple extensions.The Jammu and Kashmir administration had on February 5 invoked the stringent PSA against...
10:54
The Indian Embassy in Japan on Saturday said it is making efforts to disembark all the Indians on board the cruise ship moored off the Japanese coast after the end of the quarantine period as authorities confirmed that 218 people, including three Indians, have been infected with the deadly...
10:23
India on Saturday criticised Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's comments on Kashmir and asked him not to interfere in India's internal affairs. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said India rejects all references made by the Turkish President on Jammu and...
09:54
Slamming the Aam Aadmi Party for inviting the heads of government schools for Chief Minister-designate Arvind Kejriwal's oath-taking ceremony, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kapil Mishra on Saturday said that forcing the teachers to come for the ceremony is the beginning of a wrong tradition.It is...
09:33
US President Donald Trump said that he is looking forward to his two-day visit to India scheduled later this month.Great honour, I think? Mark Zuckerberg recently stated that 'Donald J Trump is Number 1 on Facebook. Number 2 is Prime Minister Modi of India.' Actually, I am going to India in two...
09:11
Buoyed by its massive victory in the Delhi assembly polls, the Aam Aadmi Party has decided to contest all elections to local bodies across the country as part of an ambitious plan to expand its footprint beyond the national capital.Senior AAP leader Gopal Rai said the party has convened a meeting...
08:52
US President Donald Trump's upcoming visit to India will be a delightful spectacle and utterly successful by many measures, eminent American experts on South Asia issues have said.Trump along with First Lady Melania Trump are scheduled to visit Ahmedabad and New Delhi on February 24 and 25,...
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The death toll in China's novel coronavirus epidemic has climbed to 1,523 with 143 new fatalities reported mostly from the worst-affected Hubei province while the confirmed cases jumped to over 66,000, health officials said on Saturday.The country's Health Commission said it received reports of...
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A 60-year old villager was killed and four others were injured on Friday when Pakistan army engaged in heavy mortar shelling and firing on civilian areas and forward posts along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, officials said.Pakistan army targeted civilians when they were heading...
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