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Tejashwi says time for parties to shed ego
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said opposition cannot come together without the Congress and added that parties have to keep together to keep aside their egos and differences to save the country. “The Congress is a pan-India party. The Opposition cannot come together without the Congress. The Congress has to...
Assam CM calls for de-escalation, withdraws FIR
In what can be seen as the first step towards de-escalation, the Mizoram government said it would withdraw the FIR filed against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on July 30. After days of the ongoing border dispute, the Chief Ministers of the two states have decided to resolve...
Karnataka CM in Delhi for cabinet consultations
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai is in the national capital to hold consultations with the BJP central leadership on the expansion of his cabinet, sources said on Monday. The chief minister, who reached the national capital late on Sunday night, is scheduled to meet BJP president JP Nadda during...
Nitish Kumar ‘PM material’, says Upendra Kushwaha
Janata Dal (United) leader Upendra Kushwaha on Sunday called Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar “PM Material” and also supported his demand for a caste census. “People made Narendra Modi PM today and he’s doing good work. But there are others in the country who have the potential to become...
Covid-19 cases seen peaking in October
Customers shop for vegetables in a market, which is open between 7 am and 11 am, in Kolkata. (Bloomberg) India is likely to see a rise in Covid-19 infections building into a new — though smaller — virus wave that may peak in October, according to a mathematical model...
Centre issues warning as 46 districts see 10-plus TPR
Ten states are seeing an upsurge in Covid cases or rise in positivity rate, the government said today, stressing on the need of strict restrictions in districts witnessing a positivity rate of more than 10 per cent. Apart from focusing on strict containment measures, states were also told...
AIIMS chief blames tourist rush for spike in Covid cases
The pandemic is not yet over, AIIMS chief Dr Randeep Guleria reminded on Saturday as he spoke to NDTV about the link between the spike in fresh Covid cases in the hill states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh amid tourist rush. He also shared that there’s not enough...
All-party Assam team to visit Delhi on border dispute
A 19-member all-party delegation of Assam assembly, headed by Speaker Biswajit Daimary, on Saturday decided to visit Delhi and urge the Centre to resolve the state’s boundary dispute with Mizoram at the earliest. The delegation visited Lailapur close to the inter-state border where the clash took place on July...
Yamuna near danger mark as heavy rains lash Delhi
Delhi woke up to heavy rain in parts of the city today, which led to severe water-logging in many areas and caused trouble for morning commuters. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted thunderstorm with moderate to heavy intensity rain in Delhi and nearby areas. The water-level in...
Assam ex-Cong MLA to join BJP
Ending days of speculation, two-time Congress MLA Sushanta Borgohain on Friday resigned from the party with immediate effect citing “changed internal political atmosphere” within the party. He is the second Congress MLA to quit in less than three months of the second BJP-led government returning to power in Assam....
Plan to move no-confidence motion against Rajya Sabha Chairman
Two weeks have already passed and Parliament is unable to function properly due to Opposition’s demand to discuss Pegasus snooping list, farm laws and other issues. If sources in the Opposition are to be believed, their leaders may bring in no confidence motion next week against Rajya Sabha chairman...
Raids across J&K over drone attack at Jammu airbase
Raids are being carried out across Jammu and Kashmir at 14 locations over investigations linked to two cases. The raids come weeks after an attack on an Indian military facility at the Air Force base in Jammu Airport where drones were used. The other case is linked to...
Microsoft in talks to buy stake in OYO
New Delhi, Jul 30: Microsoft is in advanced stages of discussions to pick up a stake in OYO that would value the hospitality firm at about USD 9 billion (around Rs 67,000 crore), according to sources. While the deal size is not known, sources close to the development said...
China’s new virus outbreak spreads to more areas
Beijing: China’s worst coronavirus outbreak in months has spread to two more parts of the country, health authorities said Saturday, including a sprawling megacity of 31 million people. The National Health Commission reported 55 new cases in areas including Fujian province and Chongqing municipality, in addition to the four...
Some Rajasthan ministers to go in Cong deal
In a clear indication that some members of the Rajasthan Cabinet may be dropped, Congress general secretary Ajay Maken on Friday said a few ministers have expressed willingness to quit the government to work for the organisation. The remark by Maken, who is the Rajasthan in-charge at the All...
56% corporation posts to SC, ST, BC, minorities in Andhra
In a first, 56 per cent of 85 vice-chairpersons and deputy mayor posts of municipality/nagar panchayats will go to the SC/ST/BC and other minority communities. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s commitment to the welfare and upliftment of such communities has reflected in the fact that representatives...
Plea seeking Pegasus probe may be heard next week
The request for a special investigation into the Pegasus scandal, involving allegations that opposition politicians, journalists and others were targets of Israeli spyware, may be taken up next week, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana said today. Senior journalists N Ram and Sashi Kumar had sought a Special Investigation...
BJP move to counter attack on Yogi over farmers stir
BJP’s poll campaign in Uttar Pradesh will focus in a big way on impressing upon the state’s farmers to avoid being “misled” by opposition forces and drive in the message that it is the BJP which has done the most for them. The farmer agitation on Delhi’s borders and...
