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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...
BSP demands 6-month ban on pre-poll surveys
New Delhi: Ban pre-poll surveys by media outlets six months before state and general elections to ensure voters can exercise their rights freely, fairly, and uninfluenced by the “misleading” projections which are “sponsored surveys”, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has appealed to the Election Commission. With just months to...
Amit Shah on first J&K visit after Article 370 repeal
Srinagar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah landed in Jammu and Kashmir Saturday morning for a three-day visit – his first since he led the government’s charge to scrap Article 370 in August two years ago. He was received at Srinagar airport by J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha. After landing...
CJI raises concern over judiciary infrastructure
New Delhi: Chief Justice NV Ramana raised several concerns over judicial infrastructure today as he shared the stage with Law Minister Kiren Rijiju. He also urged the Law Minister to make sure the proposal to set up the National Judicial Infrastructure Authority is taken up in the winter session...
Kisan Morcha suspends Yogendra Yadav
Collective wisdom must prevail over individual understanding in any public movement, activist Yogendra Yadav said today as he accepted the Samyukt Kisan Morcha’s decision to suspend him for a month after he visited the family of a BJP worker killed in the violence at Lakhimpur Kheri. Mr Yadav has...
Aryan says NCB trying to implicate him
NCB Mumbai: Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, in his plea in the Bombay High Court seeking bail, has said the NCB was “misinterpreting” his WhatsApp chats to implicate him in the case of seizure of banned drugs aboard a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast...
1 billion vaccination feat symbol of ‘New India’, says Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing a nation today after the country’s massive milestone of 100 crore vaccinations, said it was not just a number but a symbol of the country’s ability and of “new India”. He also said India’s critics had been silenced. “100 crore vaccine...
