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Alleging that there was a clear 'BJP conspiracy' to topple the Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the governor must convene an assembly session so that the truth comes out before the country.Gandhi weighed in on the political developments in...
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Three dissident MLAs of Rajasthan's former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot's camp on Friday dismissed the allegations that they are being held hostage in Haryana.The MLAs junked the accusation in a video, saying they are accompanying Pilot on their own.The video of the MLAs was issued on...
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Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Friday said he has ordered a probe after activist Saket Gokhale claimed Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh activists gathered outside his home in neighbouring Thane and threatened his mother.In a tweet, Gokhale had sought urgent assistance from police and...
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A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Mumbai on Friday rejected 'default' bail application of scholar and activist Anand Teltumbde, arrested in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case.Teltumbde had sought bail under section 167 (2) of Code of Criminal Procedure on July 13 as the...
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JUST IN: Domestic airfare cap to remain in place till November 24 or until further orders, says civil aviation ministry.More details awaited. -- PTI
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Cong MLAs leave Raj Bhawan
Congress MLAs in the Ashok Gehlot camp on Friday ended a five-hour dharna at the Raj Bhawan after Governor Kalraj Mishra assured that he will call a session of the state assembly.Mishra, however, wanted the government's clarification on some points before he makes the announcement, Congress...
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Days after opening the Char Dham Yatra for the local residents of Uttarakhand, the Chardham Devsthanam Board on Friday allowed people from rest of the country to visit the holy places.The pilgrims will, however, have to produce the negative report of the COVID-19 test done at least 72 hours ago,...
18:59
Even as several states have opened their doors for tourists, a survey has showed that most people are not comfortable travelling for at least a year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The states that have opened their borders for the visitors include Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan,...
18:57
The Rajasthan Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday demanded the Centre deploy the Central Reserve Police Force to maintain law and order in the state, reacting sharply to Congress MLAs staging a 'dharna' at Raj Bhavan for convening a session of the state assembly. The chief minister is...
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93-year-old Swami Parthasarathy, one of the finest living exponents of Vedanta, will be delivering his first-ever online Guru Purnima lecture on July 26, 2020, at 6.30 pm IST. At no time before has humanity been so collectively stressed as it is today. Perhaps then, this...
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Admiral D K Joshi, former Navy chief and currently lt governor of Andamans and Nicobar Islands, has donated all the funds from the bravery decorations he has received from the government to the Uttarakhand War Memorial. Adm Joshi had recently agreed to be a patron of the war...
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Professor Varavara Rao, poet and activist.
The family of jailed poet activist Vara Vara Rao has made another appeal to the National Human Rights Commission to release him from custody. Rao, among the 11 intellectuals charged under the UAPA for their alleged links to the violence that took place at Bhima Koregaon on January 1, 2018,...
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Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot Friday urged Congress MLAs sitting on a 'dharna' at the Raj Bhavan in Jaipur to behave in the Gandhian way as no confrontation is desirable, sources said. State Congress MLAs in the Gehlot camp are sitting on a 'dharna' on the Raj Bhavan lawns,...
18:23
Uttar Pradesh governor Anandiben Patel has been given charge of Madhya Pradesh until the appointment of regular incumbent, an official communiqu issued by Rashtrapati Bhavan said. Madhya Pradesh governor Lalji Tandon had died on Tuesday.Consequent upon the demise of Lal Ji...
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Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot addresses the media after meeting Governor Kalraj Mishra. The Governor is our constitutional head. I don't hesitate to say that he couldn't have stopped it (Assembly Session) without some pressure from the top. Why did he not decide yesterday? We've requested him again...
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Coronavirus has entered the community in Telangana and the public should take all precautions against the pathogen as the coming weeks will be crucial, a senior health department official has said. Early identification and treatment of COVID-19 are two things we should be doing because...
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The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Friday administered the first dose of country's first indigenous vaccine candidate 'Covaxin' to a 30-year-old man as part of efforts to combat COVID-19.This is the first phase of human clinical trial after the institute's ethics committee...
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Actress Kangana Ranaut, through her lawyer, writes to the Mumbai Police stating that she is keen to assist in the probe of Sushant Singh Rajput's death. The letter states that since Ranaut is in Himachal Pradesh, the Mumbai Police can either visit her or record her statement via electronic...
16:49
A combination of fiscal, monetary and regulatory interventions on an unprecedented scale has ensured normal functioning of financial markets in response to Covid-19, the Reserve Bank of India said on Friday.However, the over-leveraged non-financial sector, simmering global geopolitical tensions...
16:38
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday held a telephonic conversation with his Israeli counterpart Lt Gen Benjamin Gantz during which India's border row with China in eastern Ladakh figured prominently, government sources said. The main focus of the talks was speedy implementation of...
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A group of Puducherry Congress MLAs on Friday staged a walkout from the Legislative Assembly of the Union Territory during the address of Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi to protest against her alleged reprimand of health staff. Notably, the Puducherry Government Medical Officers Association had...
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Soil from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) headquarters in Nagpur has been sent to Ayodhya for the August 5 'bhoomi pujan' ceremony of the Ram temple, a VHP functionary said on Friday. Talking to PTI, Govind Shende, the Vidarbha prant pramukh of Vishva Hindu Parishad, said that soil from a...
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Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra tells CM Ashok Gehlot that the Supreme Court was hearing the disqualification case and he was studying Gehlot's request for calling the assembly session. Gehlot met the governor today at the Raj Bhawan in Jaipur.The CM along with the MLAs in his camp travelled by...
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Ashok Gehlot's MLAs wait in the garden at Raj Bhawan. Gehlot is in a meeting with the governor discussing the convening of the Assembly Session. The Congress MLAs raise slogans at Raj Bhawan.
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What prevents India from formally showing areas under adverse possession by China as ours in various bilateral and international fora? What prevents India from showing all of Aksai Chin under China's control as India? Similarly with PoK. It can be argued successfully that in the last 25...
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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot meets Governor Kalraj Mishra, at Raj Bhawan in Jaipur.
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Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Congress MLAs supporting him on their way to Raj Bhawan.
14:39
Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers in Karnataka, the first line of defence against the Coronavirus, protest before the Shivamogga Deputy Commissioner's office demanding a salary of Rs 12,000 per month. The protest started on July 10.
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Congress MLAs supporting CM Ashok Gehlot are on the way to meet Governor Kalraj Mishra at Raj Bhawan.
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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday alleged that colleagues, apparently referring to Congress MLAs from Sachin Pilot camp, have been held as hostages in Haryana under BJP's supervision.Some of our colleagues have been kept as hostages in Haryana under BJP's supervision. Everybody...
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To check the spread of COVID-19, the Central Railway Mumbai Division launched an App called the 'CheckIn Master' for contactless ticket checking at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in Mumbai, the public relations department of the Central Railway said.The app, to be used by the ticket...
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The Supreme Court on Friday extended by six months the time for inquiry commission, headed by former apex court judge Justice (retd) V S Sirpurkar, to conclude probe in the encounter killing of four accused in the gang-rape and murder of a veterinarian in Hyderabad.A bench headed by Chief Justice...
13:21
The Centre has asked all states to avoid large congregation, ensure social distancing and webcast the Independence Day events as the novel coronavirus cases continue to spiral unabated. In an advisory, the home ministry said COVID-19 warriors like doctors, health and sanitation workers...
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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is heading to the Governor's house with Congress MLAs in a show of strength after Sachin Pilot and other Congress rebels won a reprieve from the High Court. The rebels cannot be disqualified for now, the court said.The Governor is not convening the assembly...
12:29
Congress MLAs led by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot to meet Rajasthan Governor at 12.30 pm. This comes after Sachin Pilot and other Congress rebels won a reprieve from the High Court, according to which they cannot be disqualified for now.The Chief Minister is expected to address the media before...
12:25
Rajasthan Congress MLA Babulal, who was lodged in a hotel in Jaipur along with other leaders of the Ashok Gehlot camp, was hospitalised on Friday after complaining of breathing problems, a senior leader said. The MLA, who represents Kathumar constituency of Alwar district, has been admitted...
12:15
Rahul Gandhi, who has been taking on the Centre every day over its handling of the Covid pandemic and the debacle at the LAC with China tweets:I kept warning them on Covid19 and the economy. They rubbished it. Disaster followed. I keep warning them on China. They're rubbishing it.On...
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BJP leader LK Advani records his statement via video link before the CBI court hearing in the Babri mosque demolition case.
11:54
Noted dancer-choreographer Amala Shankar dies at the of 101, her family said. Today my thamma (grandmother) left us at the age of 101. We just celebrated her birthday last month (June). Feeling so restless that there is no flight from Mumbai to Kolkata. Heartbroken. May her soul rest in...
11:49
The Rajasthan High Court directs 'status quo' in the case against Congress, on the petition filed by Sachin Pilot and the 18 MLAs against the disqualification notice. No action can be taken against Sachin Pilot and other rebel Congress leaders for now, the Rajasthan High Court said today,...
11:18
The Centre has asked all states to avoid large congregations of people, and ensure social distancing and wearing of masks while celebrating the Independence Day amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. In an advisory, the Home Ministry said COVID-19 warriors like doctors, health and sanitation...
11:02
US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo
Sharpening his attack on China, US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Thursday (local time) said that it is time for a new alliance of democracies to counter Beijing's aggressive policies. We cannot face this challenge alone. The UN, NATO, the G7, the G20, our combined economic, diplomatic and...
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With close to 74,000 cases of COVID-19 recorded in Maharashtra's Thane district so far, the authorities on Friday noted that new infections are being detected in housing complexes and not slums as seen before. As many as 1,718 cases were reported in Thane district on Thursday, taking the tally...
10:45
New normal? Haji Goat Farm in Jogeshwari, Mumbai is selling goats online this Eid Al Adha in view of COVID-19. Wasim Khan, owner of the farm says, Customers can view pictures of goats online and choose which one they want. We deliver directly to their homes to avoid crowding.
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China on Friday asked the US to close down its Consulate in Chengdu in retaliation to Washington's decision to shut the Chinese Consulate in Houston. A statement by the Chinese Foreign Ministry said China has informed the US Embassy in Beijing of its decision to withdraw its consent for the...
10:24
More than four million people in the US have now tested positive for Covid-19, according to Johns Hopkins University. According to the data, the US has till now reported 4,021,053 COVID-19 cases and 143,967 deaths. Meanwhile, the total COVID-19 case count worldwide stands at 15,348,877 and...
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A nurse of HAH Centenary Hospital, infected with COVID-19, has knocked the door of the Delhi High Court challenging termination of her employment and other 83 staff members of the hospitals.Gufrana Khatoon, a nurse of COVID-19 designated HAH Centenary Hospital of Hamdard Institute of Medical...
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A 23-year-old coronavirus patient in Tripura has given birth to a baby at a COVID hospital in Agartala, and the health condition of both is stable, authorities of the facility said. The woman, Suchitra Das, a resident of Suryamaninagar village of West Tripura district, had tested positive for...
09:36
For the first time ever, the country has recorded the highest single-day spike of 49,310 cases and 740 deaths in 24 hours. This means that India's Covid-19 tally is now 12,87,945 including 4,40,135 active cases, 8,17,209 cured/discharged/migrated & 30,601 deaths. The ICMR also...
09:03
A day after the country reported a record 46,000 coronavirus cases in a single day, it was learnt on Thursday that the Centre will hold a video conference with eight states, which it views as a cause of concern, to check the spread of the virus.The meeting, scheduled for Friday, will feature a...
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The political fracas in Rajasthan is continuing unabashedly and the Congress-ruled state is staring at the same fate faced by Madhya Pradesh in March after the public fallout of another top Congress leader that led to the fall of the Kamal Nath government.Now, state BJP chief Satish Poonia has...
08:02
Wife of slain gangster Vikas Dubey on Thursday said that she had unsuccessfully tried to convince her husband to leave the path of crime, and now with him being dead the family has been left in the lurch. About the claim that Dubey had acquired property worth crores of rupees, she said...
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The Congress on Thursday alleged that China is carrying out construction work along the border in Ladakh despite talks and asked the government about its policy and strategy to stop Chinese transgressions and protect Indian territory. Congress's senior spokesperson Ajay Maken demanded...
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