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Top lawyers write to CJ on Haridwar genocide call
New Delhi: Seventy-six advocates of the Supreme Court have written to Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, asking the Supreme Court to take suo motu cognisance of the calls for “ethnic cleansing” at two recent religious events in Delhi and Haridwar. Naming a list of people who had given...
Delhi’s new Covid cases jump 38% in one day
New Delhi: Delhi on Saturday reported 249 new coronavirus cases – a 38 per cent jump over the previous day and the highest in over six months amid growing concern over the highly infectious Omicron variant. The city reported one death due to the infection taking the overall death...
Maharashtra restricts overnight gatherings, curbs on gyms, cinemas
Mumbai: Gatherings of five or more will not be allowed in Maharashtra between 9 pm and 6 am, the state government announced on Friday, as coronavirus cases recorded their steepest rise in nearly two months amid the spread of the highly infectious Omicron variant. The new guidelines, which will...
Man killed In Ludhiana court blast identified as bomber
Chandigarh: The body of the man who was killed in the blast at a court in Punjab’s Ludhiana has been identified and is believed to be that of the bomber, and more startlingly, a former police officer, sources told NDTV on Friday. According to sources, the body of the...
UP clamps down night curfew as Omicron cases spurt
Lucknow: A night curfew has been announced in Uttar Pradesh – from 11 pm to 5 am, starting today – amid growing concern over the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant. In addition, UP has also announced additional restrictions – only 200 people will be permitted to attend marriages and...
Minister says partly Christians to blame for attacks
Bengaluru: The series of attacks on Christians in Karnataka is partly their fault, the state’s home minister Araga Jnanendra appeared to indicate, telling NDTV that there is “mistake on both sides”. Two days before Christmas, as the state passed the controversial religious conversion bill amid widespread protests, Jnanendra was...
Modi govt targets political rivals like never before
New Delhi: Action by Central agencies against the BJP government’s rivals and critics has witnessed a massive spike since the BJP-led government came to power in 2014, an NDTV analysis has found. Since 2014, Central agencies have targeted a whopping 570 of the government’s political rivals and critics...
Amazon sues ED for Future deal probe
NEW DELHI: Amazon.com Inc is taking Enforcement Directorate (ED) to court, seeking to quash an investigation into one of its 2019 deals, Reuters reported citing a court filing. ED has for months been probing Amazon’s $200 million investment in Future Group for suspected violations of foreign investment laws. The investment...
Haryana lowers drinking age
Chandigarh: The Haryana government on Wednesday amended its Excise Act paving the way for lowering of the legal age for consumption of liquor, its purchase or sale from the existing 25 years to 21 in the state. In this regard, the Haryana Excise (Amendment) Bill, 2021 was passed by...
Protests force Parliament session to end before schedule
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha was adjourned indefinitely today, a day ahead of its original schedule, marking the end of the Winter Session of Parliament. The session in the Lok Sabha was brought to an end as well. Both Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu and Lok Sabha Speaker Om...
Harish Rawat tweet appears to aim at Gandhis
New Delhi: Harish Rawat, one of the Congress’s top troubleshooters, asks for “margdarshan (guidance)” from God and says “he has had enough” in tweets that smack of a new rebellion in the party just weeks before state polls. The former Uttarakhand Chief Minister, seen to be close to the...
Putin, Modi exchange views in phone conversation
New Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday held a telephonic conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and exchanged views on the situation in the “Asia-Pacific” region, a Russian official said. Russia often refers to the Indo-Pacific region as Asia-Pacific. The official said the two leaders also discussed practical...
Modi’s cash scheme outreach to women voters
Lucknow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj today to participate in what the government says will be a “one of its kind programme” that will be attended by over two lakh women. This will be the 10th day the prime minister will spend in Uttar Pradesh...
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan ‘summoned’ In Panama Papers case
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the Panama papers. The actor may appear before the prove agency today. The agency wants to question her over allegations of stashing wealth abroad. Aishwarya Rai had been summoned earlier too for questioning, but she had...
Modi to attend Goa Liberation Day event
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Goa on Sunday to attend Goa Liberation Day celebrations at Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium in Goa’s Taleigao at around 3 pm, informed the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). As per the PMO, the Prime Minister will felicitate the freedom fighters and...
Farmer leader Chaduni launches party to contest Punjab polls
Chandigarh: Farmer leader Gurnam Singh Chaduni on Saturday floated his political party to contest the Punjab Assembly polls next year and batted for opium farming in the state. The farmer leader told reporters in Chandigarh that their aim is to “purify” politics and bring good people forward. Chaduni was...
Now, Akhilesh Yadav aide targeted in tax raids
In a nauseating repetition of unleashing central agencies on adversaries, Income Tax searches were carried out this morning at the home of Samajwadi Party leader and spokesperson Rajeev Rai, who is also an aide of former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. Another Samajwadi Party leader has been raided...
More namaz protests in Gurgaon amidst tension
Gurgaon: Muslims in Haryana’s Gurgaon faced yet more protests from right-wing groups today while trying to offer namaz. Interruption of namaz in open spaces, particularly on government-owned land, has taken place every week for the past few months in the city, which is part of the national capital region. This...
