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Priyanka detained on way to Lakhimpur Kheri
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was detained early morning today by the Uttar Pradesh police as she headed to meet the families of four farmers killed in the wake of violence during an anti-farm laws protest in the state the previous day. The farmers, who had assembled to...
Army Chief confirms increased Chinese deployment in eastern Ladakh
Ladakh/ New Delhi: India expects to hold a 13th round of talks with China on the Ladakh standoff and disengagement of military forces next week, Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane said this morning while he added in the same breath that “there has been an increase in the...
RJD says Kanhaiya Kumar like Sidhu, will destroy Cong
Muzaffarpur (Bihar): Bihar’s main opposition party RJD today mocked Kanhaiya Kumar’s induction into the Congress, saying that the former JNU student is like “another Navjot Singh Sidhu” who would “destroy” the grand old party. Ridiculing the Congress by calling it a sinking ship, senior RJD leader Shivanand Tiwari said...
1,000kg Khadi national flag unveiled in Leh, Ladakh
The national flag was inaugurated by Ladakh Lieutenant Governor RK Mathur. New Delhi: The world’s largest Khadi national flag was installed in Leh, Ladakh, today on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s 152nd birth anniversary. It was inaugurated by Ladakh Lieutenant Governor RK Mathur this morning. The tricolor, which is...
Global Covid deaths hit 5 million, delta variant sweeps
It took almost over a year for the COVID-19 deaths to hit 2.5 million. Worldwide deaths related to COVID-19 surpassed 5 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, as the Delta variant causes a surge in death, mainly among the unvaccinated. More than half of the world has...
Supreme Court criticises farmers’ protest
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today lashed out at a farmers’ group protesting the three agricultural laws saying they have “strangulated the entire city (Delhi) and blocked highways”. The farmers’ body, Kisan Mahapanchayat, had sought permission from the Supreme Court to hold a ‘Satyagrah’ at Jantar Mantar, the designated...
Amarinder says not joining BJP, but leaving Congress
New Delhi: Amarinder Singh said today that he is not joining the BJP but quitting the Congress, confirming speculation that had been swirling since he was forced to quit as Punjab Chief Minister on September 18. “So far I am in the Congress but I will not remain...
Amarinder Singh meets Amit Shah
New Delhi: Punjab’s former Chief Minister and Congress veteran Amarinder Singh had an hour-long meeting the Union Home Minister Amit Shah at his home in Delhi amid the Congress’s crisis in Punjab and speculation about his joining the BJP days after he stepped down from the top post...
Kapil Sibal’s car damaged after his criticism of Gandhis
New Delhi: Soon after Congress leader Kapil Sibal taunted the party leadership with his “G-23, not Ji Huzoor-23” comment, party workers protested outside his house with “Get well soon” placards and damaged his car. Workers of the Youth Congress also raised slogans of “Leave the party! Come to your...
US bars flight with Americans from Kabul from landing
Washington: The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday denied U.S. landing rights for a charter plane carrying more than 100 Americans and U.S. green card holders evacuated from Afghanistan, organizers of the flight said. “They will not allow a charter on an international flight into a U.S. port of...
Court says Delhi riots were part of conspiracy
New Delhi: The Delhi riots of 2020 were planned and calculated to cause disruptions and were not triggered by any incident, the High Court said while refusing bail to one of the accused in the case on Monday. “The February 2020 riots were a conspiracy, planned and executed. They...
Welcome posters ahead of Kanhaiya’s Cong entry
New Delhi: Student leader Kanhaiya Kumar and Gujarat Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani are set to join the Congress today. Posters welcoming Kanhaiya Kumar to the party were put up outside the Congress office in Delhi this morning, hours ahead of the widely reported switch. Kanhaiya Kumar joined the CPI...
BSP’s RS Kushwaha meets Akhilesh amidst defection rumours
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) National General Secretary RS Kushwaha met Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav today, triggering speculations of his shifting allegiance ahead of next year’s Uttar Pradesh Assembly election. However, the interaction at the Samajwadi Party office has been described by both sides as a “courtesy meeting”....
RSS calls Infosys ‘anti-national’, attacks Amazon over bribe
New Delhi: Less than a month after Panchjanya – a journal with roots in the RSS, the ruling BJP’s ideological mentor – attacked Infosys in one of its articles, accusing the information technology giant of an “anti national conspiracy” over repeated glitches in the income tax filing system, e-commerce behemoth...
SC judge says India suffering from colonial-era laws
New Delhi: Supreme Court judge P S Narasimha today said India has suffered over 70 years due to colonial era laws and their interpretation and that de-colonialisation of laws is a constitutional mission for the judges. Justice Narasimha, who is set to become Chief Justice of India in 2027,...
Angela Merkel’s party loses to Social Democrats
Germany’s Social Democrats narrowly won Sunday’s national election, projected results showed, and claimed a “clear mandate” to lead a government for the first time since 2005 and to end 16 years of conservative-led rule under Angela Merkel. The centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) were on track for 26.0% of the...
PM visits parliament building construction site at night
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the construction site of the new parliament building in Delhi late this evening. PM Modi, clad in a white kurta churidar along with a safety helmet, was seen inspecting the work-in-progress. This was the first time that the Prime Minister was visiting the site...
Modi brings up Pak role in Afghanistan, terrorism angle
Washington: Pakistan’s role in Afghanistan and its involvement in terrorism were among the issues discussed in the Quad summit and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s bilateral discussions, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said. Responding to a question on Pakistan’s support to terrorism during a press briefing in Washington, Mr Shringla...
