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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a review meeting with secretaries of various ministries and departments on September 18, according to sources. The meeting comes days after Modi chaired a meeting with his council of ministers, which was termed as 'Chintan Shivir'. The...
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Cases of communal or religious rioting in 2020 nearly doubled from 2019 even as the country witnessed very limited outdoor activities due to COVID-19 pandemic during the past year, according to latest government data. In its annual report, the National Crime Records Bureau which functions...
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The Congress on Thursday hit out at the Centre after searches were carried out by probe agencies at the premises of activist Harsh Mander and actor Sonu Sood, saying the government only knows threats and intimidation but democracy will triumph. Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala...
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CM Bhupendra Patel with ex-dpy CM Nitin Patel
There will be no deputy chief minister in the Bhupendra Patel-led Bharatiya Janata Party government in Gujarat, a post that existed in the previous Vijay Rupani-headed cabinet. The post was held by Nitin Patel during the Rupani...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah will undertake a two-day visit to Telangana, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh from Friday during which he will participate in a number of programmes and address rallies. Shah will visit Nanded in Maharashtra on Friday where he...
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The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday interrogated Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee's election agent in Nandigram, SK Sufian, as part of its probe into cases of violence in the aftermath of March-April assembly polls, agency sources said. ...
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Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Thursday allocated portfolios to the newly-inducted ministers, keeping a host of departments including Home with himself and without appointing any deputy.Kanubhai Desai was allocated Finance and Energy and Petrochemicals portfolios.Besides Home ministry,...
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Cricket icon Mahendra Singh Dhoni and industrialist Anand Mahindra were on Thursday named in a 15-member panel constituted by the defence ministry to carry out a comprehensive review of the National Cadet Corps in order to make it more relevant. The...
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The government called the recent New York Times article on India's Covid response a provocative, attention seeking piece that comes at a time when the country is doing well in tackling the pandemic. The article claimed that the ICMR tailored its findings to...
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Virat Kohli on Thursday announced he will step down as India's T20 captain after the T20 World Cup in UAE but will continue to lead the side in ODIs and Test cricket. I've decided to step down as the T20 captain after this T20 World Cup in Dubai in October, Kohli said in a statement...
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Here is Virat Kohli's full statement: -I have been fortunate enough to not only represent India but also lead the Indian Cricket Team to my utmost capability. I thank everyone who has supported me in my journey as the Captain of the Indian Cricket Team. I couldn't have done it without them -- the...
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India on Thursday said it is in touch with all concerned following reports that an Indian national has been kidnapped from Kabul. According to reports, Bansri Lal Arendeh was kidnapped at gunpoint on Tuesday in the Afghan capital city. We are in touch with all concerned. We have...
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday announced a formal government guarantee on the securities receipts that the planned 'bad bank' will issue to banks as it takes on non-performing assets from their books.The Union Cabinet yesterday approved Central Government guarantee up to Rs...
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Congratulating the Gujarat ministers sworn in on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded them as outstanding karyakartas who have devoted their lives to public service and spreading the BJP's development agenda.Making it amply clear that it is in a mood for a complete overhaul in Gujarat...
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Maharashtra's Raigad district has recorded 3,396.43 mm rain so far since June 1, which is 105.6 per cent of its average annual rainfall, an official said on Thursday. Khalapur taluka of the district has recorded the lowest 87.82 per cent rainfall, while Murud reported the highest 159.78 per...
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The big gainers today
The BSE Sensex scaled the 59,000-mark for the first time on Thursday, propelled by gains in Reliance Industries, ITC and ICICI Bank amid unabated foreign fund inflows and positive cues from European markets.IndusInd Bank was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, spurting over 7 per cent, followed by...
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The Vice Chancellor of Kannur University, Gopinath Ravindran on Thursday said portions of books of RSS leader M S Golwalkar and Hindu Mahasabha leader V D Savarkar would not be taught presently as part of the varsity's post graduate course on Governance and Politics. The VC said the...
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The Indian drone industry will have a total turnover of up to Rs 15,000 crore by 2026 as the government has given a major boost to the sector with the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme announced on Wednesday and liberalised rules implemented last month, Civil Aviation Minister...
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Pakistan's coronavirus death toll crossed 27,000 on Thursday after another 66 people died in the last 24 hours, according to the official data on Thursday. In its daily bulletin, the Ministry of National Health Services said 3,012 new cases were also reported in this period, taking the...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi meets family members of late senior party leader Oscar Fernandes in Bengaluru. State Congress president DK Shivakumar was also present. Fernandes passed away on 13th September.
15:50
NIA officials arrive at BJP MP Arjun Singh's residence in Jagaddal, North 24 Parganas to probe September 8 bombing case there. I've seen two officers here and another NIA team is on the way. They'll talk to local police. I have given all details about bombings, says Singh.
15:36
An anti-terror conference will be held at Delhi Police Headquarters on Friday to discuss the new models and threats of terrorism, informed sources on Thursday.Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana who has recently returned from Mumbai to Delhi will be part of the conference, the sources...
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Actor Shilpa Shetty, who has been listed as a witness in the Mumbai Police charge sheet against her jailed husband Raj Kundra, says she was unaware of his activities. Kundra is accused of producing and streaming porn on mobile apps.Shilpa Shetty's statement according to the charge-sheet...
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The redevelopment work of the Central Vista Avenue, stretching from Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate in New Delhi, will be completed within two-and-a-half months, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Thursday.According to the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry, the project will be...
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The GST Council, chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, will meet on Friday, which among other things may review tax rate of over four-dozen items and extend till December 31, tax concessions on 11 COVID drugs.Also, taxing petrol and diesel under the single national GST tax and a...
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Swearing-in ceremony of the new Council of Ministers is underway at Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar, in the presence of Governor Acharya Devvrat. Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel was sworn in earlier this week.
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And a must read if you have just read about the ED raids on Harsh Mander. This: Since 2014, India has left its moorings as a pluralist, modern, secular State because that is how the BJP wants it to be, writes Aakar Patel.Read and stay informed.
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday conducted searches at premises linked to human rights activist and retired IAS officer Harsh Mander here in connection with a money laundering investigation, official sources said. They said at least three premises located in south Delhi--...
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The first cabinet meeting of the Council of Ministers, led by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel to take place at 4.30 pm today, in Gandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Minister's Office
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A new study has shown that nearly half of New York City mothers who had been trying to become pregnant again before the coronavirus pandemic began stopped in the first few months of the outbreak.The findings of the study were published in the journal 'JAMA Network Open'. Led by researchers...
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The Delhi Police Special Cell has revealed that a probe into the planning by the Pakistan-organised terror module was on the pattern of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts. In a massive operation, the Delhi Police's Special Cell on Tuesday busted a Pakistan-organised terror module with the arrest of...
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A link between changes in the menstrual cycle and COVID-19 vaccination is plausible, and should be investigated, according to an editorial published in the British Medical Journal on Thursday. In the editorial, Victoria Male, a reproductive specialist at Imperial College London, UK noted...
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A man wanted in the case of the rape and murder of a six-year old girl in Hyderaba was found dead on a railway track in Jangaon district on Thursday, Telangana Director General of Police M Mahendar Reddy tweeted. The accused was identified after the verification of identification marks on...
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Union Road & Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari conducts an aerial survey of the Delhi-Mumbai expressway. He had inspected the express highway, this morning in Sohna, Haryana.
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Rescue teams on Thursday recovered seven more bodies of victims who were on a boat which capsized in the Wardha river in Maharashtra's Amaravati district two days back, taking the toll in the incident to 10, police said. There were total 13 people on the boat and after it capsized on...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inaugurated the Defence Offices Complexes at Kasturba Gandhi Marg and Africa Avenue in the national capital.Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, and Army chief General MM...
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Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari and Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday reviewed the progress of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway (DME) covering the States of Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat.Addressing the media in Sohna, Gadkari...
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While the overall crime rate in the national capital dipped by 16 per cent in 2020 as compared to 2019, Delhi has reported the highest number of crimes against women among all the metropolitan cities of the country.According to the data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), the...
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The Indian Express reports: An Afghan Hindu businessman was allegedly abducted at gunpoint while he was on the way to his shop in Kabul on Tuesday.Bansari Lal Arendeh, in his fifties, belonged to Khost province of Afghanistan and established his pharmaceutical business in Karte Parwan of...
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The swearing-in of new ministers in the Gujarat Cabinet of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel will take place on Thursday at Raj Bhawan in Gandhinagar at 1 pm.According to sources, over 20 leaders would be sworn in as ministers. The majority of ministers in the cabinet headed by previous Chief...
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And the Covid numbers for the day, which have almost become a blindspot, coming as it were, for 1.5 years now.India reported 30,570 new COVID-19 cases, 38,303 recoveries and 431 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per Health Ministry. Total cases: 3,33,47,325 Active cases:...
09:56
Actors Shilpa Shetty and Sherlyn Chopra were among 43 witnesses whose statements were recorded in the 1,500-page supplementary charge-sheet which was submitted yesterday in the court, in connection with the pornography case against businessman and Shetty's husband Raj Kundra, the Mumbai Police...
09:37
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert warning of moderate to heavy rain in the national capital on Thursday.The weather forecasting agency has also predicted strong winds in the national capital along with the rainfall.Earlier on September 11, senior scientist R K...
09:14
The Income Tax portal remains a festering worry for taxpayers scrambling to file their returns, ahead of the September 15 deadline set by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for the portal's tech developer, Infosys, to resolve glitches.Tax practitioners said a slew of problems still abound...
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Photo courtesy: SpaceX
American aerospace manufacturer SpaceX on Thursday launched the Falcon 9 carrier rocket that placed the Crew Dragon spaceship into orbit.This was the first-ever fully civilian crew mission dubbed as Inspiration4.The launch took place at 00.03 GMT from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral,...
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Representational pic
India is looking at creating a rocket force, Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat said on Wednesday even as he underlined the need for extensive use of niche technology to combat various national security challenges, including possible aggression by China.In an address at an event, Gen Rawat...
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