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No plan to impose fine for not wearing masks in Delhi
The government is not planning to impose a fine for not wearing face masks in Delhi, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Tuesday while addressing media persons at Thyagaraj Stadium during the launch ceremony of the Delhi Education Song (Delhi Shiksha Geet). Mr Sisodia said, “We need to...
Air Force successfully test fires BrahMos missile from jet
In demonstrating its operational preparedness, the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Tuesday successfully test-fired a BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from a Sukhoi fighter jet on the Eastern seaboard. The “live firing” of the missile was carried out in close coordination with the Indian Navy, the IAF said. The missile...
Seer accuses Bommai govt of taking commission
A Lingayat seer has accused Karnataka’s Basavaraj Bommai government of taking a 30 per cent cut from the grants set aside for the welfare and development of mutts — a shocking allegation days after the corruption charges related to former state minister KS Eshwarappa. Chief Minister Bommai has said...
Sharp rise in Delhi Covid positivity rate
Delhi’s COVID-19 positivity rate on Monday jumped to 7.72 per cent even as the city recorded 501 fresh cases, 16 less than the previous day, according to health department data. The national capital on Sunday recorded a 4.21 per cent positivity rate. With the new cases, the city’s infection...
Lekhimpur killings: SC cancels bail to minister’s son
Bail granted to Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni’s son Ashish Mishra, who is accused of murdering farmers in Uttar Pradesh last year, was cancelled by the Supreme Court today. He has been ordered to surrender in a week. Ashish Mishra was granted bail by the Allahabad High Court on...
90% jump in India’s daily Covid count; 214 deaths
India today recorded a massive jump in its daily Covid counts, raising fears of another spike in infections. As many as 2,183 new Covid cases have been recorded over the past 24 hours, an 89.8 per cent jump from yesterday’s case count of 1,150 cases. A total of 214...
Two minors among 20 held for Delhi violence
Twenty people have been arrested over the violence in northwest Delhi’s Jahangirpuri that took place last evening, in which eight policemen and a civilian were injured. Police said two minors have also been apprehended for the violence which took place during a Hanuman Jayanti procession. Among the arrested men...
Clashes at Delhi Hanuman Jayanti procession
Members of two communities today clashed in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri area after stones were allegedly pelted at a Hanuman Jayanti procession. Several people, including cops, have been injured in the ensuing chaos. Visuals from the clashes show huge groups of people on different sides of a road pelting stones at...
Gehlot govt does a Hindutva pitch on Hanuman Jayanti
In what is being seen as the Ashok Gehlot-led Rajasthan government’s Hindutva pitch, special prayers and sundarkand path were organised in two temples of every district in the state on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti (birth anniversary of Hindu God Hanuman). Earlier, Ramayan recitals were organised by the state...
Indian Americans slam US prof’s racist outbursts
Leading Indian-Americans, including US Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, have slammed a law professor from University of Pennsylvania for her disparaging comments about the Asian American community, with a specific disdain for Indian-Americans. In a recent interview to Fox News, Prof Amy Wax from the University of Pennsylvania alleged that “Blacks”...
