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India behind Pakistan, Bangladesh in Global Hunger Index
New Delhi: India has slipped to 101st position in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2021 of 116 countries, from its 2020 position of 94th and is behind its neighbours Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. Eighteen countries, including China, Brazil and Kuwait, shared the top rank with GHI score of less...
Man’s body tied to barricade at farmers’ protest site
New Delhi: The body of a young man – with the left wrist severed and a pool of blood on the ground – was found tied to an overturned police barricade at the farmers’ protest site on the Singhu border this morning. Initial reports say Nihangs – a ‘warrior’...
Amarinder hits out at Punjab minister over BSF row
Chandigarh: Former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday hit out at Pargat Singh, a minister in the new state cabinet and a close aide of state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, saying that his accusations surrounding the BSF controversy were “ridiculous stories for cheap publicity”. Captain Singh, who...
Row over BSF’s extended powers in border states
New Delhi: Border Security Force (BSF) officers will now have the power to arrest, search, and of seizure to the extent of 50 km inside three new states sharing international boundaries with Pakistan and Bangladesh. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) claims that recent drone droppings of weapons from across the...
Aryan Khan regular user of drugs, court told
Mumbai: Aryan Khan is a regular consumer of drugs, the NCB told a Mumbai court Thursday as the star son’s bail hearing resumed this morning. The NCB, or Narcotics Control Bureau, told the court “evidence shows” the Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s son frequently took banned substances, and had been...
Aryan Khan moved to common cell after testing Covid negative
Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan has been shifted to a common cell after testing negative for COVID-19, the superintendent at Mumbai’s Arthur Road Jail where he is lodged following his arrest in drug seizure case, said on Thursday. Along with him, five other men who were arrested in the...
Congress team meets President over UP farmers’ killing
New Delhi: Sack the Union Minister whose son is accused of mowing down protesting farmers in Uttar Pradesh, a Rahul Gandhi-led Congress delegation urged President Ram Nath Kovind, who, in turn, has said he will speak to the government over the issue. Union Minister of State for Home Ajay...
DMK set to sweep Tamil Nadu local polls
Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s ruling DMK is set to sweep rural local body elections in nine newly constituted districts that were created for administrative convenience and following public demand. The DMK has won 45 of 153 district panchayat ward member seats and is leading in most of the rest. It...
Piped cooking gas, CNG rates hiked
New Delhi: Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL) has announced a hike in prices of compressed natural gas (CNG) and piped natural gas (PNG) in Delhi and neighbouring cities of Noida, Greater Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurugram, and others. The new rates will be come into effect from 6 am on October 13,...
Domestic flights can operate at full capacity from Monday
New Delhi: Domestic airlines now can operate passenger flights without capacity restrictions, the Civil Aviation Ministry said Tuesday. The new order comes into effect from Monday, October 18. Airlines and airport operators must, however, the ministry said, “ensure guidelines to contain the spread of COVID-19 are strictly adhered...
Modi blames ‘selective approach’ to poor HR reputation
New Delhi: A “selective” approach to human rights dents the country’s image, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday, as he lashed out at “some” who viewed human rights “with an eye on political gains and loss” and were therefore harming the practice of such rights and democracy. “Some people...
Rajasthan recalls controversial child marriage law
Jaipur: A controversial law in Rajasthan seen to validate/legitimise child marriages by asking parents to register them has been withdrawn by the state’s Congress government after a huge uproar. The Rajasthan Compulsory Registrations of Marriage (Amendment) Bill 2021, passed last month in the Rajasthan assembly but yet to be...
Kejriwal says situation very critical in entire country
New Delhi: Two days after a Delhi minister warned of a power blackout if the coal supply to power plants in the national capital didn’t improve, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said the power situation is “very critical” in the entire country. “The situation is very critical in the...
Minister justifies high fuel prices citing free jabs
Tinsukia (Assam): Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Rameswar Teli has compared the rising price of petrol with that of packaged mineral water and said that the price of such water is more. He also said that taxes on petroleum products funded free COVID-19 vaccines...
BJP reviews possible Lakhimpur impact on polls
New Delhi: The BJP held a four-hour meeting in Delhi to discuss the assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh due next year. The key question at the meet, sources said, was likely to be the possible fallout of last week’s events in Lakhimpur Kheri, where four farmers were run over...
States refuse to accept Centre’s coal assurances
New Delhi: Despite the Modi government’s assertion that there is nothing to worry about the coal situation in the country, several states have said that the crisis and concerns over power blackouts are real. Many Chief Ministers have written to PM Modi spotlighting the same. Delhi Deputy Chief Minister...
India, China military talks collapse as China unrelenting
New Delhi: The thirteenth round of talks between Indian and Chinese military commanders over the standoff in Ladakh broke down on Sunday, the Indian Army said, adding that that the Chinese side was not “agreeable” and “could not provide any forward-looking proposals”. With inputs from NDTV
Aryan Khan’s bail plea hearing today
New Delhi: Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan will apply for Bail in Mumbai sessions court today. He was denied bail by a Mumbai Court on Friday after he was arrested in connection with the drugs-on-cruise case. A Mumbai Magistrate court had on Thursday sent Aryan...
