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Amarinder Singh’s first attack on successor Channi
New Delhi: Former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh had not spoken out against his successor after his unceremonious exit in September – until today. In response to a tweet by Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi about meeting farmers on controversial agricultural laws, the former Chief Minister who is...
Modi invites Pope Francis to visit India
Vatican City: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited Pope Francis to visit India. The invitation was extended when he met the Holy Father in Vatican City. He was accompanied by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Foreign Minister Dr S Jaishankar. The Prime Minister held a one-on-one meeting with the...
Rahul Gandhi rides pillion while campaigning in Goa
Goa: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrived at Goa’s Azad maidan, a martyrs’ monument in the state capital, riding on the pillion of a ‘pilot’ – a traditional motorcycle taxi in Goa. The state unit of the party tweeted a video showing Mr Gandhi on the vehicle. Rahul Gandhi takes...
Pegasus can be sold only to govts, says Israeli envoy
New Delhi: Companies like NSO can’t sell their products to non-governmental actors, newly-appointed Israeli Ambassador to India Naor Gilon said today, while terming as an “internal thing” for New Delhi the row over spyware Pegasus. His comments at a press conference came following questions over allegations of unauthorised...
Aryan Khan gets bail after 3 weeks
New Delhi: Aryan Khan, the son of superstar Shah Rukh Khan, has been granted bail three weeks after his arrest in the drugs-on-cruise case. He will spend at least two more nights in prison as his team can apply for his release only after the Bombay High Court’s...
Rajinikanth in hospital, staff Says ‘routine check-up’
Chennai: Megastar Rajinikanth was admitted at a hospital in Chennai on Thursday evening when he went in for a routine check-up. “I am told sir has gone for a routine check-up and he would return soon,” Riaz K Ahmed, who handles the superstar’s PR, told NDTV. The Kauvery...
Modi has attacked India with Pegasus, says Rahul
New Delhi: Congress’s Rahul Gandhi welcomed the Supreme Court’s order to form a committee to look into the Pegasus spyware row, saying the opposition’s stand on the issue is “vindicated” since the judges have flagged the same concerns. “We protested, but no reply. We stopped Parliament, but we still...
India sends a missile message to China with Agni-V
New Delhi: India on Wednesday successfully test-fired the Agni-5, a surface-to-surface ballistic missile that can accurately strike targets up to 5,000 km away, in what is being seen as a strong message to China. Agni-5, which broadly falls into the category of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile or ICBM,...
Delhi cops stop group headed to Singhu brutal killing site
New Delhi: To prevent any situation that may spark unrest at the farmers’ agitation site in Singhu, Delhi Police on Wednesday stopped a group of protesters headed that way to demand compensation for the murder of Lakhbir Singh, whose mutilated body was found in the area earlier this month....
Waqar Younis apologises for remark after Dubai match
Former Pakistan pacer Waqar Younis on Wednesday issued an apology after making a controversial remark while speaking to a TV network in Pakistan. Younis had made the comment after Pakistan’s 10-wicket win over India in their T20 World Cup opener in Dubai on Sunday. The comment, which many found objectionable, had invited...
SC forms independent panel to probe Pegasus snooping
New Delhi: The Supreme Court handed down the Modi government a serious drubbing by ordering the constitution of an independent expert committee to look into the allegations of widespread and targeted surveillance of politicians, journalists, activist etc using the Pegasus spyware. The committee will be supervised by its retired judge...
‘Where are jobs’ chant greets Nitish Kumar
Patna: Loud protests by youths over unemployment greeted Bihar Chief Minister today at a rally in the run up to the October 30 bypoll at Tarapur Assembly segment. While the Chief Minister accused Opposition parties of engineering the protests, rival Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) criticised him for “losing his mind”...
Maharashtra minister makes hero NCB cop turn villain
Mumbai/ New Delhi: In the Aryan Khan case, Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik this morning escalated his attack on Sameer Wankhede, the anti-drugs agency officer leading the drugs-on-cruise investigation. After a witness alleged payoffs in the case, putting Mr Wankhede at the centre of bribery claims, Mr Malik alleged...
Yogi govt faces more flak in Supreme Court
New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh government once again had a tough day in court today in the case involving farmers run over in Lakhimpur Kheri, allegedly by Union Minister Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra. The Supreme Court, questioning why there were “only 23 eyewitnesses” to the violence on October...
Amarinder posts photos of Pak friend with Sushma Swaraj
Chandigarh: Former Punjab Chief Minster Amarinder Singh put up a spirited defence of his friend, Pakistani defence journalist Aroosa Alam, after state Home Minister Sukhjinder Randhawa’s threat of investigating her for links with the Pakistan intelligence agency ISI. Posting more than 10 photographs of the journalist with Indian dignitaries...
Modi to launch Swasth Bharat Yojana during UP visit today
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Uttar Pradesh on Monday. According to the Prime Minister’s office, at around 10.30 am in Siddharthnagar, PM Modi will inaugurate nine medical colleges in Uttar Pradesh. “Subsequently, at around 1.15 pm in Varanasi, Prime Minister will launch Pradhan Mantri...
China’s has a new Delta-driven Covid outbreak
China’s new Covid-19 infections will increase in coming days and the areas affected by the epidemic may continue to expand, a health official said. The current outbreak in China is caused by the delta variant from overseas, Wu Liangyou, an official at the National Health Commission, said at a...
Lalu Yadav’s homecoming capped by family drama
Patna: Although Bihar politician Lalu Yadav’s homecoming after three years was capped by his elder son Tej Pratap Yadav washing his feet outside his home, the fetching moment came only after a day of dramatic walkouts and heated statements. Tej Pratap, who has been decisively overtaken by brother Tejashwi...
