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Former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis' wife Amruta on Monday said she would follow Prime Minister Narendra Modi, hours after the latter tweeted that he was contemplating giving up his social media presence.Meanwhile, Aam Aadmi Party leader Preeti Sharma Menon has expressed doubt...
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Italy on Monday reported a jump in the death toll from the coronavirus to 52, with more than 2,000 people infected, most of whom were in the country's northern Lombardy region. The civil protection agency said 18 people had died since Sunday -- including three in Emilia Romagna -- all of whom...
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Delhi's Tihar Prison authorities had made all necessary preparations for the hanging of four convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape-and-murder case which was scheduled for Tuesday, officials said Monday. However, on Monday evening, a city court deferred the hanging till further orders. Postponing...
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The Indian Army inducted 364 women officers in 2019, as compared to 819 in 2018, Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik said on Monday. In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Naik stated that the Indian Air Force inducted 51 women officers in 2019, as compared to 59 in 2018....
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The Congress on Monday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his tweet that he was thinking of giving up social media with Rahul Gandhi saying give up hatred, not social media accounts. The Congress leader's dig came after Prime Minister Modi sent the social media abuzz with his...
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An Italian tourist tested positive for coronavirus in Rajasthan on Monday and his blood samples were sent to the National Institute of Virology in Pune for further confirmation, the state government said.The 69-year-old man has been placed under isolation at the government-run Sawai Man Singh...
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Something big is brewing!Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is quite a hit on social media and has accounts with big fan following on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube has announced that he will be going off on Sunday. In a tweet, the PM wrote, This Sunday, thinking of giving up my social...
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Acting Delhi Police Commissioner S N Shrivastava on Monday appealed to people to not spread rumours and disturb communal harmony and peace in the national capital. His remarks came a day after panic gripped residents of several parts of Delhi following false rumours of violence.The police...
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The Delhi Police has registered 369 FIRs and arrested or detained 1,284 persons in connection with the northeast Delhi violence, a senior officer said on Monday. Forty-four of the cases were registered under the Arms Act, police said.According to police, 21 cases were registered under cyber...
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CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury Monday donated Rs 50,000 he received as the K Madhavan award to the victims of the Delhi communal riot, a party source said. Yechury had received the award in January 2020.The amount has been given to the Delhi Solidarity and Relief Committee, a group...
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Aam Aadmi Party MLA Atishi on Monday alleged that the BJP created circumstances that led to large-scale violence in northeast Delhi last month.The violence, that broke out on February 24 in Jaffrabad, Maujpur, Babarpur, Chand Bagh, Shiv Vihar, Bhajan Pura, Yamuna Vihar and Mustafabad areas of...
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Delhi police have denied permission to students for a march from Ramlila Maidan to Parliament against the new citizenship law citing law and order issues, officials said on Monday. The Young India Coordination Committee, which comprises members of various student bodies, had given a call for the...
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The Taliban said on Monday they were resuming offensive operations against Afghan security forces, ending the partial truce that preceded the signing of a deal between the insurgents and Washington. The reduction in violence... has ended now and our operations will continue as normal, said...
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Expressing anguish over a Delhi court's decision to stay the execution of four death row convicts in 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder case, the victim's mother Asha Devi on Monday said that the entire criminal justice system supports the criminals.Why is the court taking so much time to execute...
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Union Minister Smriti Irani on Monday alleged that Congress MPs misbehaved with BJP women members in the Lok Sabha and said she would take up the matter with the Speaker. BJP and Congress members pushed and shoved each other in the Lower House of Parliament as opposition members vehemently...
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A Delhi court on Monday deferred till further order the hanging of four death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder convict. Hanging of the four convicts was scheduled for Tuesday at 6 am. Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana said the death sentence cannot be executed...
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As many as 14,591 farmers committed suicide in Maharashtra between October 2014 and August 2019, state Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Vijay Wadettiwar said on Monday. He also said that 1,286 farmers ended their lives in 2019 in 11 districts falling under the Nagpur and Amravati revenue...
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The BJP-ruled Selu municipal council in Parbhani district of Maharashtra has unanimously passed a resolution against the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC). The council chairman Vinod Borade told PTI on Monday that the Nagar...
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Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on Monday condemned the ruckus created by the Opposition in Parliament over the recent violence in Delhi.Speaking in the Lok Sabha, Joshi said, Those who didn't take any action even after 3,000 people were killed in 1984, the same people are today...
16:34
Union Health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan gives a briefing on the coronavirus cases in India and the steps being taken to combat the spread. The minister said that two positive cases of coronavirus were detected in Delhi and Telangana from passengers who had come from Italy and Dubai. The total...
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President Ram Nath Kovind rejects the mercy plea of Nirbhaya convict Pawan Kumar Gupta. The four men convicted of raping a 23-year-old paramedical student in Delhi in December 2012 are scheduled to be hanged tomorrow. When Pawan Kumar Gupta's lawyer AP Singh informed the Delhi court about filing...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday condemned the violence which had broken out in North-East district of Delhi.We are sad and depressed and condemn the incident that happened in Delhi. I think it is a planned genocide. We have to reach out to more people. We need to keep our ego...
15:29
The Union Home Ministry has received the mercy petition of Pawan Kumar Gupta, one of the four men facing the gallows in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, officials said on Monday. The ministry will forward the petition to President Ram Nath Kovind for his consideration and decision....
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Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday announced an honorarium of Rs 1 crore for the family of Intelligence Bureau staffer Ankit Sharma who lost his life in the northeast Delhi's communal violence. Kejriwal said a family member of Sharma will also be given a government job. Ankit Sharma was...
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Two more positive cases of the novel coronavirus -- one in Delhi and another in Telangana -were reported, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. The person from Delhi had travelled to Italy, it said adding he is being diagnosed at RML hospital. The other person with the coronavirus...
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Ministry of Home Affairs: MHA has received the mercy petition (for President) of Pawan Gupta, one of the convicts in Nirbhaya Case.
14:55
VFS Global, an outsourcing and technology services company, has launched the first online portal for Vietnam eVisa on arrival for travellers from India. During the recent visit of Vietnamese Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh to India, VFS Global and the Embassy of Vietnam in India had signed...
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Supreme Court on Monday posted for hearing on March 5 the petition of Sara Abdullah Pilot, challenging the detention of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978.A bench of Justice Arun Mishra posted the matter for hearing on...
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Advocate AP Singh has informed Delhi's Patiala House Court that death row convict Pawan's mercy petition has been filed before the President.This comes after a Delhi court on Monday dismissed the pleas of two of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case who were...
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Border Security Force (BSF) constable Mohammad Anees, whose house was set on fire during the Delhi riots, was presented a cheque of Rs 10 lakh by Inspector General of BSF DK Upadhyay today for immediate aid. The BSF is also conducting repair work of his burnt house. Rioters threw a gas cylinder...
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The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the police to file a status report on measures taken by it for medical treatment and rehabilitation of violence-affected people in northeast Delhi. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar directed the Delhi Police to submit a report on...
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said that the government is working round the clock to ensure relief to those affected by violence in the national capital and urged people to inform the administration about anyone who needed help.We are working 24/7 to make sure relief efforts...
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The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has announced the candidates for Rajya Sabha, which include party strongman 'Tiruchi' Siva being renominated for the March 26 polls. 'Anthiyur' Selvaraj and N R Elango are the other two candidates to contest in the polls, party president M K Stalin said in a...
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2012 Delhi gang-rape case: Convict Pawan Gupta's curative petition has been dismissed by the Supreme Court. The petition had sought commutation of his death penalty to life imprisonment. SC says no case is made out on the curative petition. Pawan against whom the death warrant has been issued...
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The Supreme Court on Monday said there are no reasons to refer a batch of pleas, challenging the constitutional validity of the Centre's decision to abrogate provisions of Article 370 on August 5 last year, to a larger seven-judge bench. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Justice N V...
10:55
The central government on Monday permitted airlines operating in India to provide in-flight Wi-Fi services to passengers, according to an official notification. The Pilot-in-Command may permit the access of Internet services by passengers on board an aircraft in flight, through Wi-Fi on board,...
10:43
The Kolkata Police have arrested three BJP workers over 'Goli maaro...' slogans being raised on the day of Union Home Minister Amit Shah's public rally in the state capital.The three arrested BJP workers have been identified as Surendra Kumar Tiwari, Dhruba Basu and Pankaj Prasad.An FIR was...
10:36
Expressing his happiness at becoming a father thrice, megastar Shah Rukh Khan on Morning morning shared a sketch made by his youngest son AbRam Khan on social media.The adorable sketch that Khan shared featured himself and his son AbRam connected by a bond of purple coloured hearts.The...
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Delhi gang-rape victim Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi on Monday expressed hope that the curative petition of Pawan Kumar Gupta, one of the four death row convicts in the case, will be rejected by the Supreme Court.The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear today Gupta's curative petition seeking...
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The Indian rupee appreciated by 20 paise to 72.04 against the US dollar in early trade on Monday tracking positive opening in domestic equities and weakening of the American dollar in the overseas market. At the interbank foreign exchange the rupee opened at 72.09, then gained further ground and...
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Market benchmark Sensex rebounded over 750 points in opening session on Monday led by strong gains in index-heavyweights Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank and HDFC as global investors began bottom-fishing after last week's selloff. After rallying over 785 points, the 30-share index pared some gains...
09:54
Days after condemning the communal violence in Delhi, Tamil film superstar Rajinikanth said on Sunday that he was willing to play any role in order to maintain peace in the country. The actor made the comments in a tweet after a few leaders from a Muslim outfit called on him at his residence.I...
09:45
Union minister of state Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti on Sunday said after the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), the Centre might bring a population control law. Jyoti claimed that she has already spoken to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this regard.She said she believes that this issue is under the...
09:42
Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad said on Sunday that the communal violence in Delhi has shattered brotherhood in the country and appealed to all to maintain peace and uphold humanism. The violence in Delhi continued for three days, and the Union home minister was there. They had the power to...
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The Central government is 100% responsible for the Delhi violence, Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar said on Sunday and accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party of playing divisive politics in the national capital after losing the assembly elections.Addressing the convention of the...
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Working president of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad's Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas, Ram Vilas Vedanti, on Sunday said he felt that the basic structure of the Ram temple in Ayodhya would be ready before the 2024 general elections.After the formation of the (Ram temple) trust by the Centre, the process of...
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China has reported 42 new fatalities from the novel coronavirus outbreak, taking the death toll in the country to 2,912, Chinese health officials said on Monday, as the rapid spread of the epidemic wreaks havoc globally causing over 3,000 deaths and infecting more than 88,000 people. The deadly...
08:57
A Muslim Bharatiya Janata Party leader said his and some of his relatives' houses were burnt down by rampaging mobs during the communal violence in northeast Delhi. Akhtar Raza, the district vice president of BJP's minority cell told PTI that on February 25, a crowd had gathered in his...
08:33
The second half of Parliament's Budget Session is set to resume today.The session is likely to be stormy as the Congress party has said that it will seek the resignation of Union home minister Amit Shah over the Centre's alleged failure in containing violence in the national capital.The first...
