New Delhi: India became the latest country to close all its borders with the UK after Germany, Italy, France, Belgium, Denmark, Bulgaria, the Irish Republic, Turkey and Canada suspended flights amid growing concerns of an ‘out of control’ new variant of coronavirus spreading at a...
New Delhi: The government is alert and there is no need to panic, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said Monday amid concerns over the new coronavirus strain in the UK. He said the government had done everything that was important to handle the COVID-19 situation...
Bhubaneswar: Seven months after the 2019 general elections, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and senior leaders Biju Janata Dal (BJD) seem to have decided raise their voice against the Modi government at the Centre for the first time. This was apparent when all BJD leaders openly...
New Delhi: Blaming the Centre for the death of 33 farmers during their ongoing protest, the Congress Sunday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "silence" on the issue amid the farmers' sit-in on the Delhi borders since November 26. The All India Kisan Sabha observed Sunday...
Mumbai: In a dubious distinction of sorts, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA rule achieved the highest loans write-off between 2015 and 2019, which is more than three times compared to the figures of bad loans written off during the previous Congress-led UPA regime from 2004-2014,...
New Delhi: Braving the harsh cold of Delhi, thousands of farmers protesting against the three recent agri laws remained steadfast in their demands of repealing the legislations as their agitation entered its fourth week. According to the India Meteorological Department, the national capital recorded its...
Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 75.5 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.67 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Saturday, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that...
Bhopal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Friday that political parties, experts and even farmers had been demanding new farm laws for long, and assured that the Minimum Support Price (MSP) mechanism for crops will continue. Addressing farmers of Madhya Pradesh through virtual mode, he alleged...
New Delhi: Formal talks to end farmers’ agitation against the three new farm laws remain has remained deadlocked for the last two weeks. However, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said Friday the government is continuing informal discussions with various groups. He said the government is...
New Delhi: In 2002 he had become the face of the Gujarat riots. Though at that time the use of social media was not all that prevalent, Ashok Mochi (real name Ashok Parmar) became an instantly recognizable face. An unshaven face sporting a saffron headband...
By Dilip Cherian The Centre appears keen to give young IPS officers early exposure to the workings and priorities of...
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The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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