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Centre Warns Mamata of Stern Action Over Violence
IPA Webdesk The Home Ministry, under Amit Shah, has pulled up the Bengal government. (File) New Delhi: On a day West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee was sworn in for a third term after a decisive win against the BJP, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs shot off another...
BJP’s Tejasvi Surya’s Expose On Covid Bed Scam Takes Communal Turn
IPA Webdesk Tejasvi Surya is seen reading out a list of names of people posted in the Covid facility Bengaluru: After BJP MP Tejasvi Surya’s big revelation on what he called a “bed-blocking scandal” in Bengaluru, blaming his own party-controlled civic body, a video has exposed shocking communal comments...
US Lawmakers Applaud India’s Decision On Chinese 5G Trials
IPA Webdesk US lawmakers thanked India for not allowing Chinese companies conduct 5G trials (Representational) Washington: Top US lawmakers have applauded India’s decision to not allow Chinese telecom companies to conduct 5G trials in the country. The Department of Telecom in India on Tuesday had approved applications of telecom...
Record Daily Rise In India
IPA Webdesk 3,980 people died of Covid in India the last 24 hours, the highest in a day so far, pushing the total fatalities to 2,30,168. India’s Covid caseload hit 2.06 crore with over 4.12 lakh new cases as the crisis continues to put healthcare system on the verge...
Uddhav Asks To PM To Save Maratha Quota
The court’s decision was “unfortunate”, but “I think this battle is not lost yet”, Chief Minister said. Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has urged the Centre to save the reservation for Marathas in jobs and education after the Supreme Court struck it down, calling it “unconstitutional”. The five-judge...
50,000 New Covid Cases In Karnataka, Half From Bengaluru
IPA Webdesk Bengaluru Urban alone accounted for 23,106 infections and 161 fatalities. Bengaluru: Karnataka on Wednesday reported more than 50,000 new coronavirus cases for the first time, with nearly half of them in capital Bengaluru, as the second wave of COVID-19 left patients and hospitals scrabbling for medicines and oxygen....
Supreme Court Strikes Down Maratha quota
IPA Webdesk The Supreme Court saw no need to revisit the 50 per cent quota cap imposed by it in 1992. New Delhi: The Supreme Court today cancelled the reservation in government jobs and educational institutions for the Maratha community brought in by Maharashtra in 2018, saying it exceeded the...
SC Begins Hearing In High Court Contempt Against Centre
IPA Webdesk New Delhi: The Supreme Court today began hearing the Union government’s plea against a Delhi High Court order on oxygen availability in the national capital and the lower court’s threat to pursue contempt charges against officials for non-compliance. The hearing began in the afternoon after Chief Justice...
Vaccine delay could lead to thousands of deaths
IPA Webdesk India’s healthcare has been battered by a vicious second wave of the coronavirus. New Delhi: A third wave of the coronavirus is “inevitable”, the government’s top scientific adviser said on Wednesday, warning that vaccines will need to be “updated” to deal with the new strains that have...
How Bill And Melinda Gates Will Split A $145 Billion Fortune
The couple oversees the largest private foundation in the world. (File) As a married couple, Bill and Melinda Gates spent decades amassing one of history’s largest fortunes. Now that they’re divorcing, they have to untangle that $145 billion. Details of the split have already started to emerge. Cascade Investment,...
Mali Woman Gives Birth To Nine Babies
All babies were delivered by caesarean section (Representational) Bamako, Mali: A Malian woman gave birth to nine babies on Tuesday – two more than doctors had detected inside her crowded womb – joining a small pantheon of mothers of nonuplets. The pregnancy of Halima Cisse, 25, has fascinated the...
Row Over BJP Leader Tathagata Roy Jibe Against Actors Fielded By Party In Bengal
Tathagata Roy said contesting the polls involves large expenses. (File) Kolkata: Veteran BJP leader Tathagata Roy, known for his controversial comments, triggered fresh row Tuesday for his tweet that some actor-turned-BJP candidates who never had anything to do with politics were fielded by the party only to concede electoral...
Fire Breaks Out At UK Nursing Home In West Delhi’s Vikaspuri, All Patients Rescued
Eight fire engines were rushed to the spot, an official said (Representational) New Delhi: A fire broke at a nursing home in west Delhi’s Vikaspuri around 11 pm on Tuesday, officials said. Eight fire tenders were rushed to the UK Nursing Home and all 26 patients were safely rescued,...
UP Woman Forced To Carry Covid+ve Husband’s Dead Body In E-Rickshaw
The woman’s son said his father couldn’t get Covid treatment at any hospital New Delhi: A woman from Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad was forced to carry the body of her husband – who died of COVID-19 – in an e-rickshaw, because she had no money to pay for an ambulance....
India to Take Back Illegal UK Migrants For 3,000 Worker Visas A Year
IPA Web Desk Migration has long been a source of friction between the two countries. (FILE) New Delhi: Britain and India on Tuesday signed an accord on migration and mobility, a foreign ministry official said, as they look to deepen economic, cultural and other ties following the UK’s departure...
Kangana Ranaut Permanently Removed From Twitter
IPA Web Desk Kangana Ranaut’s account violated policy on “hateful conduct, abusive behavior”, Twitter said today. New Delhi: Actor Kangana Ranaut’s Twitter account has been permanently suspended after a controversial tweet related to the post-election result violence in Bengal. The account repeatedly violated Twitter policy on “hateful conduct and...
Oxygen Shortage Claims Lives of 7 Covid Patients In Karnataka
IPA Web Desk A few Bengaluru hospitals raised an alarm against the oxygen shortage. (Representational) Bengaluru: Oxygen crisis deepened in certain parts of Karnataka on Tuesday, with the deaths of seven COVID patients in Kalaburagi and Belagavi allegedly due to oxygen shortage. According to sources close to news agency PTI,...
IPL 2021: BCCI Discussing Moving To Single Venue, Mumbai May Be Hub
By IPA Web Team IPL 2021: The remainder of the league could be moved to Mumbai, with Bangalore, Kolkata legs scrapped.© IPL/Instagram In the wake of Covid-19 cases at Kolkata Knight Riders, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is discussing the possibility of moving the...
