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Anil Deshmukh
Amid the ongoing political tussle in the state, the police on Monday increased the security at the residences of Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh as well as former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis in Nagpur. It was a precautionary step, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Zone II...
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Gujarat recorded its highest single-day spike of 1,640 coronavirus cases on Monday which took the caseload to 2,88,649, the state health department said.The previous record of daily increase in the state was of November 27 when 1,607 new cases had come to light.In February this year daily...
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Responding to claims by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Monday clarified that he was admitted to hospital during mid-February and could not have met arrested police officer Sachin Waze.The Bharatiya Janata Party also shared a video...
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Amid a spurt in coronavirus cases in Tamil Nadu, the Madras high court on Monday directed the Election Commission to advise all political parties contesting the April 6 Assembly election to strictly comply with the COVID-19 protocol.The first bench, consisting of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and...
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The helicopter in which Union Home Minister Amit Shah was scheduled to travel from Udalgurito Guwahati developed a technical snag forcing him to take theroad on Monday, party sources said in Guwahati.Shah had addressed an election rally at Udalguri, the third during the day in Assam, and...
21:07
Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Monday said people must follow COVID-19 safety protocols if the state is to avoid another lockdown.Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray was of the view that lockdown may become necessary in some cities if the new cases continue to climb, Tope told reporters...
20:55
As many as 119 armed forces personnel died of COVID-19 while 44,766 contracted the infection in the three services, according to data provided by the government on Monday.In response to a question in Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik said the Army reported 81 deaths while...
20:28
The CBI on Monday carried out searches at the Securities and Exchange Board of India office in Mumbai after the alleged role of three of its senior officers in granting permission to Saradha ponzi scheme surfaced, officials said. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team carried out...
20:04
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday termed the passage of a Bill in Lok Sabha seeking to make it clear that the 'government' in Delhi means the 'Lieutenant Governor' an 'insult' to the people of the national capital.The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment)...
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Actor-turned-politician Mithun Chakraborty, who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in Kolkata recently, has registered himself as a voter in north Kolkata, fuelling speculation that he might be contesting the assembly elections.The yesteryear 'Disco Dancer', however, has not cleared the air over...
19:03
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kirit Somaiya on Monday said former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh should be dismissed if his allegations are false, but if they are true, then Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh should quit.Home Minister Deshmukh says he will file a defamation case...
18:58
The Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2020 is being conferred on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the culture ministry said on Monday. The prestigious prize for the year 2019 is being conferred on late Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said of Oman in recognition of his vision to strengthen...
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Newly-appointed Mumbai Police Commissioner Hemant Nagrale on Monday met Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai.A Raj Bhavan statement said this was Nagrale's first meeting with the governor after taking charge as Mumbai police commissioner.The Maharashtra government...
18:52
Parliament on Monday passed the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill which will help create employment opportunities and allow the private sector with enhanced technology in mining activities. Union Minister for Coal and Mines Pralhad Joshi said the bill will...
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West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee
Ahead of the West Bengal assembly polls, a full bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI). accompanied by senior officials, is set to arrive in Kolkata on Tuesday. The visit is to review poll preparedness just ahead of the first phase that is scheduled to begin in the state on March...
17:53
The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2021 has been passed in the Lok Sabha today.The Bill gives more powers to the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, who represents the centre, compared to the city's elected government.The ruling Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi had opposed...
17:44
Equity benchmark Sensex declined 87 points on Monday, tracking losses in index majors HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Reliance Industries amid a weak trend in global markets. The 30-share BSE index ended 86.95 points or 0.17 per cent lower at 49,771.29. The broader NSE Nifty dipped 7.60 points or...
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The Delhi Cabinet on Monday approved a new excise policy lowering the minimum age for consumption of liquor to 21 years from 25 years, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia announced. According to the new policy, no new liquor shops will be opened in Delhi and the government will not run any...
17:01
National Film Award: 'Chhichhore', the Sushant Singh Rajput starrer, has been awarded as the best Hindi feature film. The film was released on 6 September 2019, receiving critical acclaim for its direction, acting, social message, and portrayal of hostel life in Indian colleges. It became...
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A seven-year-old boy was killed and another child injured in a crude bomb explosion in Burdwan city in West Bengal on Monday, police said. The incident happened around 11 am in the city's Subhaspally area, they said. Sheikh Afroz (7) and Sheikh Ibrahim (9) were playing near their house when...
16:33
Only 5 per cent of land remains to be acquired for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (HSR) corridor, popularly known as the bullet train project, Gujarat Revenue Minister Kaushik Patel informed the Assembly on Monday. Responding to a set of questions in the House, Patel said 73.64 lakh...
16:21
Actor Kartik Aaryan on Monday said he has tested positive for COVID-19 and asked his fans to pray for him. The 30-year-old actor, on Saturday, walked the ramp for designer Manish Malhotra at the ongoing Lakme Fashion Week, in Mumbai. He was joined by his upcoming Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 co-star...
16:07
Equity benchmark Sensex declined 87 points on Monday, tracking losses in index majors HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Reliance Industries amid a weak trend in global markets. The 30-share BSE index ended 86.95 points or 0.17 per cent lower at 49,771.29. The broader NSE Nifty dipped 7.60 points...
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led panel won 25 out of 30 seats in the municipal elections in Panaji on Monday.It has also won many wards in other councils for which counting is underway. The panel was led by newly-inducted Atanasio Monserrate, who joined the BJP in 2019.I am just a worker of...
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This is from the ministry of health, government of India. Sit up and take note. The government now says that in view of emerging scientific evidence, interval between two doses of a specific COVID-19 vaccine i.e. Covishield, has been revisited by National Technical Advisory Group on...
15:18
Maharashtra HM Anil Deshmukh
Former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh might have written the letter raising corruption allegations against Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh out of some pressure, state minister and Congress leader Balasaheb Thorat said on Monday. In a video message, Thorat said...
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BJP's election manifesto for West Bengal has promised a Rs 1500 crore package for the ailing jute sector whose workers and farmers are seen as a vote bank for the party. Some 3 lakh workers mostly Hindi speaking, toil in Bengal's jute mills and are seen as a potential vote bank by the saffron...
14:54
Former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh files a petition before the Supreme court about his transfer to the Maharashtra home guards.Singh on Saturday claimed that Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh wanted police officers to collect at least Rs 100 crore from city bars and hotels...
14:50
Kolkata: Congress' West Bengal chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury releases party's manifesto for the Bengal polls.
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This Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh's defence to the charge that former Maharashtra top cop Param Bir Singh met him: A few journalists were waiting for me at the hospital gate after I got discharged on 15th February. I was feeling low and weak so I sat on the chair there and responded to...
14:29
Mohammad Haneef Atmar, minister of foreign affairs of Afghanistan, has arrived in New Delhi on a 3-day visit.He is scheduled to meet with the External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar at Hyderabad House at 6 pm. Under the Vaccine Maitri initiative, India had earlier sent Covid-19 vaccine...
14:13
AstraZeneca says advanced trial data from a US study on its COVID vaccine shows it is 79 per cent effective. Although AstraZeneca's vaccine has been authorised in more than 50 countries, it has not yet been given the green light in the US. The US study comprised 30,000 volunteers,...
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Long-time Rediff.com contributor Aseem Chhabra tweets: 'A cousin went to farmhouse wedding in Delhi. There were quite a few events. The main wedding had nearly 350 guests and NO ONE was wearing a mask. Now my cousin, even the bride, her sister-in-law, a few others tested positive. Mask up guys....
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The upcoming assembly election in West Bengal is going to see a tough fight between the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the same has been reflected in their party manifestos.Leaving no areas to attract the attention of the Bengali people, BJP in their manifesto: has...
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Senior BJP leader Dr Murli Manohar Joshi takes his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at AIIMS Delhi.
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NCP chief Sharad Pawar holds a presser ahead of his meeting with his alliance partner, the Shiv Sena today on the Param Bir Singh letter bomb and the culpability of home minister Anil Deshmukh.Referring to the letter the former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh wrote to CM Uddhav...
13:02
Veteran actor-filmmaker Satish Kaushik has been admitted to a private hospital in Mumbai, days after he tested positive for coronavirus. On March 17, Kaushik tweeted that he had contracted COVID-19 and was quarantining at home. The 64-year-old actor, however, was shifted to the...
12:55
A special NIA court in Mumbai on Monday rejected the bail plea filed by tribal rights activist Stan Swamy, arrested in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case. Additional sessions court judge Judge DE Kothalikar rejected bail pleas of 83-year-old Swamy on merits as well as well as on medical...
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Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh reaches the Home Guard department office. He has been transferred and posted as the DG of the department. AICC Maharashtra incharge HK Patil has said that Balasaheb Thorat and Ashok Chavan will meet CM Uddhav Thackeray to discuss the alleged...
12:12
To shed the outsider tag levelled by her protege-turned-opponent, Suvendu Adhikari, Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee has rented not one but two houses in Reyapara, Nandigram.The Chief Minister on Sunday at a public rally asserted her plans to build a permanent residence on the banks...
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Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Monday expressed fear that the interlinking of Ken and Betwa rivers will destroy the Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh. Ahead of the signing of the agreement between the chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh for linking the rivers, the former...
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The Shiv Sena on Monday said the Maha Vikas Aghadi government enjoys good majority and it will not fall because of one official even as it admitted that ex-Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh's allegations of corruption against state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh have maligned the image of the...
10:50
Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena on Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh: If NCP chief Sharad Pawar has decided that the allegations should be probed, then what is wrong? Anyone can level any allegation. If people take ministers' resignation just like that then it will be difficult to run the...
10:38
Noted writer filmmaker Sagar Sarhadi, known for films like Kabhi Kabhie, Silsila, and Bazaar, passed away late Sunday night due to age related issues. He was 88. Sarhadi breathed his last at his residence in the neighbourhood of Sion, his nephew filmmaker Ramesh Talwar told PTI. He passed away...
10:23
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray calls a review meeting of the state's Law and Judiciary Department today, at his residence. NCP chief Sharad Pawar has said efforts are on to destabilise the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government in Maharashtra but they will prove futile. There will be no...
10:12
India registered 46,951 cases of coronavirus disease and 212 related fatalities, which have taken the country's cumulative tally past 11.6 million and the death toll to 159,967 in the last 24 hours, according to the Union ministry of health and family welfare on Monday. According to the...
09:21
A Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party MLA said workers of his party do not get infected with the coronavirus since they work hard.Rajkot (South) legislator Govind Patel's take on coronavirus came after reporters asked him if the flouting of guidelines by political leaders and workers during poll...
08:59
Former US President Donald Trump, suspended from Twitter, Facebook and other social media sites after the January 6 attack on the Capitol, plans to launch his own platform in two to three months, one of his senior advisers said.Jason Miller, a spokesman for Trump's 2020 campaign, told the network...
08:44
Veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty, who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the assembly elections in West Bengal, may be fielded for the polls, sources in the party said. Chakraborty shared the stage with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his rally on March 7 at Kolkatas Brigade Parade...
08:37
Two unidentified terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, Police said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Manihal area of the district following information about presence of terrorists there, a...
08:20
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will arrive in Kerala on Monday as part of campaigns for the upcoming assembly polls.Rahul Gandhi will be in Kerala tomorrow to begin a two-day visit to the State, Congress tweeted on Sunday. He will take part in public meetings organised at several districts.On...
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The NCP ruled out resignation of Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh even as the demand for his removal grew louder over former Mumbai police chief's allegation that he wanted police officers to collect Rs 100 crore monthly from bars and hotels in the city.After a three-hour meeting at NCP...
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