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The Congress on Sunday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party over reported allegations of corruption against some family members of Karnataka chief minister B S Yediyurappa in connection with a housing project and demanded a time-bound judicial probe into the matter.  When Leader of Opposition...
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Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy's allegation against a senior Supreme Court judge that he has been influencing the sittings of Andhra Pradesh high court and acting in the interests of Telugu Desam Party created a flutter with the Chandrababu Naidu-led party dismissing it as...
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The Centre on Sunday said about 37.92 lakh tonne of kharif paddy worth Rs 7,159.39 crore has been purchased at the minimum support price from 3.22 lakh farmers in the last 15 days.        Paddy procurement commenced in Punjab and Haryana from September 26 due to early arrival of the...
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Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to invite protesting farmers for talks over the issue of contentious farm laws. Till now, no way has been found by the Centre to resolve this issue (farm laws). I request the prime minister that he should...
19:53
India will press for early and complete disengagement of troops by China from all the friction points in eastern Ladakh at the seventh round of high-level military talks between the two countries on Monday, government sources said.  The talks are slated to begin at 12 noon in Chushul on the...
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The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday released a list of 46 candidates, all for the second phase of the Bihar assembly polls, taking to 75 the number of constituencies for which the party has announced its nominees so far.  State minister Nand Kishore Yadav (from Patna Sahib) and Nitish Mishra,...
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Union health minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday urged people to stay away from large congregations and diligently follow COVID-19 guidelines during the upcoming festive season, saying no religion or God asks people to celebrate ostentatiously. Requesting people to celebrate the approaching...
18:59
As India's coronavirus case tally crossed the 70 lakh-mark, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday attacked the government over the handling of COVID-19 situation, saying it is a case study on how not to react to a pandemic.  Taking to Twitter, Gandhi tagged a BBC video on India's pandemic...
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One of the United Kingdom's senior-most government medical advisers on Sunday warned that the country was running into a headwind with the number of coronavirus infections at a tipping point similar to the one back in March, when Britain went into a national lockdown.Professor Jonathan Van-Tam,...
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Bharatiya Janata Party chief JP Nadda said on Sunday that the Nitish Kumar government took care of the people of Bihar amid the COVID-19 pandemic, asserting that it is important that the leadership of the state is secured with him.Addressing an election rally at the historic Gandhi Maidan in...
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India's latest agricultural reform legislations will empower farmers and give them more options to sell their produce and earn maximum profits, Israeli envoy to India Ron Malka has said, citing his country's experience. He said the Indian farmers would realise the real benefits of these reform...
16:50
The Nirbhaya Jyoti Trust, established by the family of the 2012 Delhi gangrape vicitm, has appealed to political parties to not give tickets for the upcoming Bihar elections to those who have committed crimes against women. In a statement, the Trust said political parties without indulging in...
16:45
Multiplex operators are still awaiting nod from many state governments to resume operations even though the Centre has already issued guidelines with regard to reopening of cinemas and theatres.  Multiplexes, cinema halls and theatres have been allowed to reopen from October 15, with up to 50...
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The Delhi government has exempted road tax on its battery-operated vehicles under its new Electric Vehicle Policy, Delhi transport minister Kailash Gahlot said on Sunday.  The transport department, in it notification issued on Saturday, stated that the Lieutenant Governor of the National...
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Union health minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said the government has not yet taken a view on granting emergency authorisation to COVID-19 vaccines in India, as and when they become available.  The minister also said that the Feluda paper strip test for SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis could be rolled out...
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The Congress on Sunday formed various panels for the upcoming Bihar assembly polls with party general secretary Randeep Surjewala named chairman of the election management and coordination committee. Mohan Prakash was made the convenor of the 14-member election management and coordination...
15:02
A 17-year-old girl was allegedly raped multiple times by her neighbour in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia over the past one-and-a-half year, police said on Sunday. A case has been registered against the 20-year-old accused on the basis of a complaint filed by the girl's mother, they...
14:57
India's COVID-19 recoveries crossed the 60-lakh mark, while less than 1000 coronavirus deaths have been recorded daily for eight consecutive days, the Union health ministry said on Sunday.  Active cases of coronavirus are less than nine lakh for the third day in a row.With increasing...
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Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday announced the scrapping of Aarey metro car shed and said the project will now come up at Kanjurmarg in Mumbai.In a webcast, Thackeray said the project will be shifted to a government land in Kanjurmarg and no cost will be incurred for the...
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Several research scholars, postgraduates and engineering students in West Bengal have applied to the post of forest assistants, the qualification required for which is class 8 pass, a senior official said on Sunday.The West Bengal government is hiring 2,000 'Bana Sahayaks' or forest assistants on...
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The national capital's air quality was recorded in the poor category on Sunday, while a government agency said it is likely to improve slightly in the coming days due to a change in the wind direction. The city recorded an overall air quality index (AQI) of 218 at 10:30 am, with Jahangirpuri...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hit out at the opposition, saying those whose politics was powered by brokers and middlemen are spreading lies about his government's reform measures and asserted that the country will not waver from this path. Farmers are not going with those who have...
13:36
The family members of a 19-year-old Dalit woman, who died after allegedly being raped by four men in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district, will appear before the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court amid tight security on Monday. The court on October 1 had asked the woman's parents to come to...
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The Shiv Sena is going to contest around 50 seats in the upcoming Bihar assembly polls, party MP Anil Desai said on Sunday.Desai said the Shiv Sena does not have an alliance with any party for polls in the eastern state.The Shiv Sena is contesting around 50 seats. We have fielded our candidates...
12:36
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched the physical distribution of property cards under the 'SVAMITVA' (ownership) scheme via video conferencing, and asserted that it is a historic move set to transform rural India. The move will pave the way for villagers to use property as a...
11:57
The Central Bureau of Investigation has taken over investigation into the alleged gangrape of a Dalit woman in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh on September 14, officials said. The agency registered an FIR on Sunday morning under Indian Penal Code sections related to gangrape and murder, they said.The...
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As the coronavirus cases continue to rise in Maharashtra, state School Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad has said schools will not reopen in the state before Diwali.Maharashtra has till now reported 15,17,434 COVID-19 cases and 40,040 deaths due to the disease.The Centre on March 16 announced...
10:59
A minor girl, who was allegedly raped by a boy, set herself on fire in Atraila, Rewa on October 7, the police said on Sunday.The accused of the rape has been arrested on the complaint of the victim's family.According to BP Singh, sub-divisional police officer Dabora, Reva, both minors were in a...
10:47
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday attacked the Yogi Adityanath dispensation over the death of a Dalit woman from Uttar Pradesh's Hathras after being allegedly gang-raped, saying the chief minister and his police say no one was raped because for them and many other Indians, she was no...
10:22
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid tributes to 'Lok Nayak' Jayaprakash Narayan on his 118th birth anniversary and remembered his contribution to the fight for freedom and for leading the mass movement when our democratic ethos was under attack.The PM also remembered JP's ardent follower...
10:01
India's coronavirus tally on Sunday crossed the 70-lakh mark with a spike of 74,383 new cases and 918 deaths reported in the last 24 hours.The total case tally stands at 70,53,807 including 8,67,496 active cases, 60,77,977 cured/discharged/migrated cases and 1,08,334 deaths, according to the...
09:25
The air quality in Delhi remained in 'poor' category at several places including RK Puram, Patparganj and Rohini on Sunday, according to the Delhi Pollution Control Committee data.The Air Quality Index was recorded at 264 in ITO, 228 in Patparganj, 235 in RK Puram and 246 in Rohini, all four in...
08:54
The Goa government will take a decision on reopening schools only after consulting all the stakeholders including teachers, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said.Teachers' associations are opposed to restarting physical classes immediately, fearing it would be impossible to maintain social...
08:15
As the investigation into the alleged Television Rating Points manipulation racket is on, the Mumbai Police have summoned three other office bearers of Republic TV. Republic TV's COOs Priya Mukharjee and Hersh Bhandari, and CEO Vikas Khanchandani have been asked to join for questioning at 1 pm...
07:40
US President Donald Trump made his first public address after being discharged from hospital where he was treated for COVID-19 infection, assuring his supporters that he felt great.Hundreds of Republican supporters sporting light blue T-shirts and the familiar red MAGA (Make America Great Again)...
