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Priyanka launches UP campaign with training for leaders
The Congress party has started its preparations for the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections on a war footing with party general secretary and UP in charge Priyanka Gandhi cornering the ruling BJP government on significant public issues. Simultaneously, the party has begun a special training centre for Congress leaders...
New Maha Speaker to be from Congress
Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole on Friday said the new speaker of the state assembly will be from his party and asserted there were no differences among the ruling MVA allies over the post lying vacant since February. Talking to reporters here, Patole said the Shiv Sena-led MVA government...
Modi Cabinet expansion in a couple of days
IPA Webdesk Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s much-awaited cabinet expansion is likely to take place in a couple of days and his selection of names is seen greatly influenced by the polls in five states next year and the 2024 national election. This is the first cabinet expansion in his...
TMC links fake vaccination scam with Governor
Kolkata: In a new twist to its running battle with the West Bengal governor, the Trinamool Congress has trained its guns on him afresh with ammunition linked to the fake vaccination scam in Kolkata. Trinamool Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Shekhar Roy on Thursday displayed two photographs at a news conference...
Amarinder hosts Hindu leaders in consolidation move
As Punjab elections draw close, several Hindu leaders in a meeting with Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday demanded that the post of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president go to a Hindu. According to a report by The Indian Express, the meeting and the demand are being seen...
J&J says its vaccine effective against Delta variant
Johnson & Johnson said that its single-shot coronavirus vaccine neutralizes the fast-spreading delta variant and provides durable protection against infection more broadly. The company said in a statement Thursday that recipients of its vaccine produced strong neutralizing antibodies over the course of at least eight months against all variants...
Near-stampede at MP vaccination centre
Bhopal: A vaccination centre in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district saw a stampede-like situation yesterday as people turned out in large numbers for vaccination. As soon as the centre opened for the day at Sausar, scores of people from various age groups were seen rushing in, apparently to reserve...
Special GST Council meet to discuss compensation-related issues
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said a special session of the GST Council will be held soon to discuss all compensation-related issues. She also said that the flow of COVID-19 vaccination across the country will be well managed and all states will be taken care of. “…I...
Terror-accused Kashmir man found innocent after 11 years in jail
A Kashmiri man arrested on terror charges, was released last week after he was found innocent by the Additional Sessions Judge of Anand District Court but it took 11 years to establish his innocence. He is one of many in the country who have spent years in jail on...
Nirav Modi’s sister turns approver, pays Rs 17 crores to ED
IPA Webdesk New Delhi: Nirav Modi’s sister Purvi Modi has turned approver in the Punajb National Bank fraud case and paid Rs 17.5 crore from her London bank account, officials disclosed. Purvi Modi and her husband Maiank Mehta were “granted pardon” in Rs 13,500 crore bank fraud after...
Pawar says no politics in talks with CM
NCP president Sharad Pawar on Thursday said his recent meeting with Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray focused on how to expedite development programmes of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government and maintained nothing else should be deciphered from it. Talking to reporters here, Pawar said, “No politics was discussed....
Heat wave warning for North India over next two days
New Delhi: Due to likely dry westerly winds from Pakistan to northwest India at lower levels, heat wave conditions would be felt in some pockets over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, north Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and north West Madhya Pradesh during the next two days, said the weather office. For...
7 EU nations, Switzerland approve Covishield
New Delhi: Seven European Union countries – Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Greece, Iceland, Ireland and Spain – and Switzerland have cleared the Serum Institute of Indi’s Covishield amid travel pass row, sources have said. On Monday, the Serum Institute of India’s Adar Poonawalla had tweeted: “I realise that a lot...
Polls no guarantee against tyranny of elected, says Chief Justice
New Delhi: Elections every few years to change the ruler need not be a guarantee against tyranny of those elected, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana said at a function in New Delhi on Wednesday. The CJI underscored that “criticisms and voicing of protests is integral to the democratic...
Delta variant seen as greatest threat to US Covid fight
Washington: The highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus is the “greatest threat” to America’s attempt to eradicate the Covid pandemic, the country’s leading infectious disease expert and White House Chief Medical Advisor Dr Anthony Fauci has warned. The variant, which was first detected in India, is more contagious...
SBI report justifies under-reporting of Covid deaths as not new
Amid the debate over underreporting of COVID fatalities, economists at SBI on Wednesday said that shortfall in reporting deaths is not a new phenomenon in India. One of the prime reasons for the underreporting is because many of the demises happen without any medical attention and hence, ramping up...
Ordinance bans strikes in essential defence services
New Delhi: The government on Wednesday came out with an ordinance prohibiting any agitation and strike by anyone engaged in the essential defence services. The Essential Defence Services Ordinance 2021 comes in the backdrop of the announcement by major federations of the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) to go on...
Modi tells ministers to lead by example in Covid protocols
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked his Council of Ministers to lead by example by strictly following COVID-19 safety rules. He asked the ministers to ensure an atmosphere by their actions where people would to stick to safety measures and do not hesitate to get vaccinated. Underlining that the...
