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India on Thursday said it is keeping an eye on the COVID-19 situation in China, which has witnessed a surge in the number of infections in recent days.Following the spurt in COVID-19 cases in China, health authorities in India has asked state governments to step up efforts to contain any possible...
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday filed a charge sheet against 11 people, including two Pakistani nationals, in the brutal murder of tailor Kanhaiya Lal in Rajasthan's Udaipur about six months ago, an official said.Kanhaiya Lal, 48, was killed with a cleaver inside his shop on...
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Gynaecologist Dr Anahita Pandole, who was driving the Mercedes-Benz car when it met with an accident leaving industrialist Cyrus Mistry and her brother-in-law Jehangir Pandole dead in September this year, was discharged from a city-based hospital on Thursday.Sir H N Reliance Foundation Hospital,...
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The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce its judgment on January 2 on a batch of pleas challenging the government's 2016 decision to demonetise currency notes of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 denominations.A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice S A Nazeer, who will retire on January 4, is...
21:42
Union minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday said 104 YouTube channels, 45 videos, four Facebook accounts, three Instagram accounts, five Twitter handles and six websites have been blocked for spreading misinformation and threatening national security.Responding to questions in the Rajya Sabha,...
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Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday expelled three top leaders -- former ministers Tara Chand and Manohar Lal and former legislator Balwan Singh -- from his Democratic Azad Party (DAP) for anti-party activities.An order for their expulsion with immediate effect was issued by DAP general secretary R S...
20:53
Charles Sobhraj, a Frenchman of Indian and Vietnamese parentage, will spend one more day in Nepal's prison as the immigration authorities on Thursday expressed their inability to arrange accommodation for the notorious serial killer who is expected to be deported after his release on the orders...
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Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday came down heavily on Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray faction) leader Sanjay Raut and called him a traitor.The chief minister's outburst was against Raut's statement that he will enter Karnataka like China entered India.He also warned legal action...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has cautioned against complacency and advised for maintaining strict vigil, said a PMO statement after COVID-19 review meeting on Thursday. The PM said at the review meeting that there is a need for strengthened surveillance with focus on genome sequencing and...
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Security forces on Thursday busted a module of the Hizbul Mujahideen and arrested five terror associates in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, officials said. A joint team of police and the army apprehended three terrorist associates -- Abdul Rouf Malik, Altaf Ahmad Payer and Riyaz Ahmad...
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The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday said it has attached a benami asset worth Rs 55 crore of DMK MP A Raja -- 45 acres of land in Coimbatore district in Tamil Nadu -- under the anti-money laundering law. The federal agency said in a statement the land was purchased by a company allegedly...
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India's domestic passenger traffic rose 11.06 per cent to 116 lakh in November over the year-ago period, according to the latest data from aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation. In November 2021, the air passenger traffic stood at 105.16 lakh.The data showed that domestic...
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The Rajasthan high court on Thursday rejected a plea by Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra seeking the quashing of an Enforcement Directorate case into the purchase of land in Bikaner by a company linked to him. The court of Justice P S Bhati, however, extended a stay on...
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With the surge of COVID cases in China and several other countries, Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday cancelled its Jan Aakrosh Yatra led by BJP state president Dr Satish Poonia in Rajasthan. Bharatiya Janata Party's Janakrosh Yatra against the misrule of Congress,...
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Senior Nationalist Congress Party leader Jayant Patil was suspended from the Maharashtra legislative assembly on Thursday for the rest of the winter session for his alleged derogatory remark against Speaker Rahul Narvekar. Patil made the remark against Narvekar that triggered uproar in the...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a high-level meeting on Thursday to review the situation related to COVID-19 in the country. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Home Minister Amit Shah, Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and top officials attended the virtual meeting. Ahead...
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Four people were detained on Thursday for allegedly beating up a Dalit youth in Vadodara in Gujarat, a video of which had gone viral on social media a few days ago, a police official said. As per the case registered at Vadodara taluka police station on Wednesday, Dalit youth Alpesh Parmar...
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The Covid-19 virus is still around. Stay masked
India is keeping an eye on the Covid situation in China, said the Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday amid the rapid rise in cases in the country. We are keeping an eye on the Covid situation in China. We have always helped other countries as the pharmacy of the world, said MEA...
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The Serum Institute of India (SII) has sought the drug regulator's approval for market authorisation of its COVID-19 vaccine Covovax as a booster dose for those aged 18 years and above who have been administered two doses of Covishield or Covaxin, official sources said on...
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Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez, accused in a money laundering case, on Thursday withdrew from a Delhi court her plea for permission to go abroad. The actor told the court about her decision after the judge said the question of charge should first be decided. You can withdraw the...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said the government is coming up with excuses to stop the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra', days after Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya wrote to him to consider suspending the march if Covid protocols could not be followed. The yatra, which started in...
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The Union health ministry is examining the reintroduction of mandatory 'air suvidha' forms with details of RT-PCR test conducted 72 hours prior to travel or complete vaccination proof for passengers coming from China and other countries reporting high number of Covid cases. A decision...
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The BJP has suspended its Jan Aakrosh Yatra in Rajasthan in view of a rising number of coronavirus cases globally, party general secretary Arun Singh said on Thursday. With an eye on the Assembly polls due next year in Rajasthan, BJP chief J P Nadda will launch the 'Jan Aakrosh Yatra'...
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A break from the ongoing and relentless pandemic to bring you this beautiful image of US Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker Nancy Pelosi holding up the Ukrainian flag as the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses both houses of Congress. Zelenskyy presented United States...
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With the surge in Covid cases in China and other countries, one of the most popular tourist attractions of the country Taj Mahal in Agra is put on alert, confirmed the District Health Information Officer in Agra.Domestic and foreign tourists come every day in large numbers to visit the Taj Mahal...
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The central government today told the parliament that random sampling for Covid tests of incoming international travellers has started at airports.Random sampling of arriving international travellers has started at airports, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya told the Lok Sabha amid Covid...
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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday said in the state Assembly that a Special Investigation Team will be formed to conduct a probe into the death of Disha Salian, the former manager of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput. According to police, Salian (28) allegedly...
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Karma, wise men say, is a bit*h.A man who was attempting to flee allegedly after killing his friend's nephew died in a road accident in Bareilly, police said on Thursday. Naresh Yadav (32) was killed after being hit by a truck on the Lucknow-Delhi highway near Pardhauli village on Wednesday...
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Amid demand by Opposition parties to immediately stop all international flights from China, government sources said that there is no order issued by the central government to curb incoming flights from the country where a wave of Covid cases has been reported.We don't have any direct flights from...
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Union minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday withdrew his remark to Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Manoj Jha that his party would one day turn the entire country into Bihar if they have their way, saying he had no intention of insulting the state or its people. At the start of Rajya Sabha...
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A beautifully-lit up faux Christmas tree at Mumbai airport.
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Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned for the second time on Thursday amid the opposition's persistent demand for a discussion on the China-India border issue. As soon as the House reassembled at 12 noon after the first adjournment, opposition members again raised the demand for a discussion...
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Even after breaking away from its socialist model in 1991, India has struggled to boost economic growth, whereas China's four decades of 'reform and opening' have lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty and brought high-income status within sight. But now India's time may finally...
12:18
A few MPs in the Rajya Sabha wore masks
Amid fresh concerns over coronavirus, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday advised parliamentarians to wear a mask and spread awareness about Covid-appropriate behaviour. Birla came to the House wearing a mask himself and said Covid cases are once again on the rise in certain...
12:03
Understand the chronology, the Congress said on Thursday as it pointed out that the health minister wrote to Rahul Gandhi over Covid concerns and Prime Minister Narendra Modi was reviewing the virus-related situation just days before the Bharat Jodo Yatra enters Delhi. The Congress'...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will be chairing a review meeting to discuss the current Covid situation and preparedness in the state on Thursday afternoon.He will be chairing the review meeting just before the state cabinet meeting, which is going to be held in the...
11:22
Mehrauli murder case accused Aaftab Amin Poonawala withdrew his bail plea in a Delhi court.Poonawala is accused of strangling his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar and chopping her body into pieces. In the last hearing on December 17, Poonawala's advocate sought time to seek instructions from...
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As the cold wave tightened its icy grip across North India, Delhiites on Thursday once again woke up to dense fog cloaking the whole city. A dense layer of fog from Punjab and Northwest Rajasthan to East Uttar Pradesh across Haryana continued on Thursday morning, as predicted by the...
10:38
SoftBank-backed e-commerce firm Meesho said it set multiple sale event records this year, each topping the previous, with value-seeking consumers from all corners of the country choosing a slew of products.From Mumbai to Mirzapur, a record 910 million orders were placed this year (up 135 per cent...
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A Delhi court on Thursday posted the bail hearing of Shraddha Walkar murder case accused Aaftab Amin Poonawala at 11 am. Poonawala, accused of strangling his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar and chopping her body into pieces, is likely to appear before Additional Sessions Judge Vrinda Kumari...
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Congress's Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Rahul Gandhi resumed from Malab Village in Nuh's Haryana on Thursday.People in large numbers were seen joining the march holding banners and party flags. The ongoing foot march of the grand old party entered the state of Haryana on Wednesday. On Wednesday,...
10:17
Uber is planning to hire 800 more women techies by next year.The recruitment is specifically for two programmes that Uber unveiled this year.There is uReturn, a programme to onboard women techies with roles such as product managers and engineers for full-time roles after a career break. The...
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After the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Reliance-backed Viacom18 network has bagged the broadcasting rights for the 2024 Paris Olympics and the 2024 Youth Olympics (to be held in China) for the Indian subcontinent, the International Olympic Committee said on Wednesday. This includes the markets of...
10:05
Taiwan Air Force Mirage planes
China's military sent 39 planes and three ships toward Taiwan in a 24-hour display of force directed at the island, Taiwan's defence ministry said on Thursday. China's military harassment of self-ruled Taiwan, which it claims is its own territory, has intensified in recent years, and the...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will review the situation related to COVID-19 in the country at a high-level meeting Thursday afternoon, officials said. The meeting comes a day after Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya reviewed the situation and asked people to follow Covid-appropriate...
09:41
The Maharashtra health department has asked all the district administrations and municipal corporations to increase COVID-19 tests. While the fatality rate and hospitalisation are going down in Maharashtra, COVID-19 cases are witnessing a surge in some countries, an official release said on...
09:30
Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, shares this image on Twitter, writing, Slava Ukraini! It means 'Glory to Ukraine'.
09:25
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the US Congress that he proposed a 10-point peace formula during his meeting with President Joe Biden, which he hoped would result in joint security guarantees for decades ahead. Zelenskyy, 44, met President Biden in the Oval Office and jointly...
09:16
Reliance Industries Ltd will acquire German firm Metro AG's wholesale operations in India for Rs 2,850 crore as the conglomerate run by billionaire Mukesh Ambani seeks to strengthen its dominant position in India's mammoth retail sector. Reliance Retail Ventures Limited (RRVL), a subsidiary...
09:12
The Odisha government asked the district administrations to strengthen surveillance and take measures for whole genome sequencing of COVID-positive samples after Omicron subvariant BF.7 was detected in the state. In a letter to the district collectors and medical colleges on Wednesday,...
09:03
Presidents Zelenskyy and Biden
After the exit of telecom firms Nokia and Ericsson from Russia, mobile communications in the country may roll back 30 years, reports the New Voice of Ukraine. Allegedly, the departure of telecommunications equipment suppliers Nokia and Ericsson at the end of 2022 could lead to irreversible...
08:51
The Ukraine President with the US President and the First Lady
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was given a hero's welcome here as he stepped out of his war-ravaged country for the first time after the Russian invasion 300 days ago. Zelensky, 44, met US President Joe Biden in the Oval Office and jointly addressed a press conference at the...
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Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday addressed members of the United States Congress saying, Against all odds, and doom and gloom, Ukraine did not fall. Ukraine is alive and kicking.To a standing ovation on his first foreign trip since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, he said, It's a...
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The Allahabad high court has granted interim anticipatory bail to former Union minister Swami Chinmayanand in a rape case till the next date of hearing and directed the victim and the state government to file their replies within four weeks. Justice Samit Gopal passed the order on Monday...
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Security forces have recovered six hand-made bombs from under a bridge in Assam's Sonitpur district on Wednesday, a police officer said. A joint patrol team of the Army and police spotted the explosives under Chirajuli bridge on National Highway-15 in Dhekiajuli area, he said. The bombs...
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Amid a controversy over a song from the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Pathaan, the head priest of a temple in Ayodhya on Wednesday said he would burn alive the actor and the owners of online channels where the number is available. Khan and his film 'Pathaan' are facing backlash for showing Deepika...
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