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RaGa’s Yatra dismisses Centre’s Covid letter, in Delhi today
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has started his Bharat Jodo Yatra rally early on Friday from Haryana’s Sohna’s Kherli Lala and it’s set to enter National Capital Region today. It is advisable to plan the day ahead as traffic in and round the entry points might be disrupted once the yatra reaches the bordering areas....
Winter session to conclude today, a week ahead of schedule
Jam-packed with heated debates, and frequent adjournments, Parliament’s Winter Session of the year, which began on December 7 is set to conclude on Friday, a week ahead of the schedule. The session saw debates between the Opposition and Centre over China’s transgressions in Tawang, which was termed as a matter of...
Millions reported struggling for medicine in China Covid surge
China has requisitioned medical supplies production across the country as millions struggle to obtain basic drugs and testing kits in the face of a surge in Covid-19 cases. Pharmacies in major cities have been stripped bare in the wake of the Chinese government’s sudden decision to lift years of...
Goa BJP denies discontent among turncoat MLAs
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Goa on Tuesday rubbished reports that eight MLAs from the Congress who had joined the party were unhappy about not being accommodated in the state cabinet and on any position in the government. Speaking to reporters, the BJP’s Goa desk in-charge C T...
Shinde’s resignation sought for alleged corruption
The Opposition members staged demonstrations in the Maharashtra legislature complex here on Tuesday accusing the government of being corrupt and demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. The demand for the CM’s resignation comes against the backdrop of the Bombay High Court’s Nagpur bench ordering status quo on...
Row erupts over Centre’s letter to Rahul on covid threat
Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya has written to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot asking them to ensure strict adherence to Covid guidelines during Bharat Jodo Yatra or postpone it. Use of masks and sanitiser should be implemented and only vaccinated people should be allowed to participate...
Delhi Police meeting over Bharat Jodo entering capital
As Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra is set to enter the national capital on December 24th, the Delhi Police will likely hold an important meeting in its headquarters on its route, and other logistical issues on Thursday. The Rahul Gandhi-led yatra will enter the capital via the Badarpur border early...
Modi to review situation after reports of new covid virus
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will review the Covid situation in India in a meeting today after four cases of the Omicron sub-variant driving the massive China surge were found in the country. Two cases of the BF.7 variant were found in Gujarat and two in Odisha. The Gujarat Health...
Sonia blasts govt silence on issues of national interest
Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday lashed out at the government for “stubbornly” refusing a discussion on the India-China border issue in Parliament, and said its silence on matters of serious concern has become its defining feature. Addressing party MPs at the general body meeting of the Congress Parliamentary...
Opposition guns for Shinde over land allotment
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday faced calls from the Opposition for resignation after the Bombay High Court’s status quo order on allotment of government land in Nagpur when he was the urban development minister in the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi dispensation, but he denied any wrongdoing and...
Alarm bells over Covid surge in China, govt steps up vigil
A fresh Covid outbreak in China has rung alarm bells in India. The Centre has outlined a series of preparatory steps and the government is taking preparatory steps that include stepping up genome sequencing to watch out for a new variant. The government has said that samples of all...
SC ex-judge Lokur sees threat to judicial independence
Efforts to infringe on the freedom of judiciary will not work, former Supreme Court judge Madan Lokur told NDTV in the backdrop of the judiciary’s escalating friction with the government on the subject of judicial appointments. He also questioned Law Minister Kiren Rijiju’s recent statements critical of the judiciary,...
After Hijab row, Karnataka BJP govt seen eying halal ban
Karnataka appears to be headed for another huge controversy on the heels of the hijab ban, with a leader of the ruling BJP planning a bill to ban halal meat a year before the state elections. The matter is expected to create a storm in the state assembly, which...
Taliban clamp down on higher education for girls
The Taliban authorities on Tuesday ordered a nationwide ban on university education for females, as the hardline Islamists continue to crush Afghan women’s right to education and freedom. Despite promising a softer rule when they seized power last year, the Taliban have ratcheted up restrictions on all aspects of...
Musk says he will quit as Twitter CEO after negative poll
Elon Musk said on Tuesday he will step down as chief executive of Twitter after finding a replacement. “I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job! After that, I will just run the software & servers teams,” Musk wrote on...
Gehlot orders cooking gas at Rs 500 ahead of poll
The Rajasthan government will provide cooking gas cylinders at Rs 500 for people under the poverty line and enrolled in the Ujjwala scheme, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said today in a big ticket announcement ahead of next year’s assembly elections. The Chief Minister made the announcement in presence of...
Smriti Irani hits back after Cong leader’s ‘misogynist’ remark
Union minister Smriti Irani hit back against a Congress leader’s shocking “latkas” and “jhatkas” comment with a sharp takedown of the party and Rahul Gandhi, the prospects of whose contesting from Amethi had led to the controversy. Tagging Rahul Gandhi, Irani responded on Twitter. “Heard one of your provincial...
Sunil Modi says same-sex relationship OK, not marriage
BJP’s Sushil Modi, who spoke against same sex marriages in Parliament yesterday, told NDTV that while same sex relationships are acceptable, allowing such marriages will give rise to problems on multiple levels, including “divorce and adoption”. Speaking in Rajya Sabha earlier today, the MP had objected to it in...
