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Digvijaya Singh’s remark on women sparks row
Congress leader Digvijaya Singh sparked a fresh controversy on Sunday after he said women in the 40-50 age group are more influenced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi but not those who wear jeans and have mobile phones. Singh made the remarks at a Jan Jagran camp while addressing the...
Uproar forces minister to deny hint of farm laws revival
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Saturday clarified that the Centre will not reintroduce farm laws in an amended form. This comes after Tomar said a day earlier that the Centre is not disappointed after withdrawing the three farm laws, and “will move forward again”. Speaking at...
Rahul claims credit for Modi’s booster dose decision
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said the Centre has “accepted my suggestion” to allow the administration of booster doses of Covid vaccine and asserted that the protection of vaccines and booster shots has to be provided to every citizen of the country. His remarks came...
Civic poll victory a boost fo CM Bhupesh Baghel
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has received major boost as the ruling party has swept into civic body polls results for which were announced a couple of days ago. The civic poll outcome has bolstered the Congress party and the Chief Minister but it has left the opposition BJP...
Savarkar had no problem with beef, says Digvijaya Singh
Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Saturday claimed that VD Savarkar, also known as Veer Savarkar, never considered cow as “mata” (mother) and had no problem with the consumption of beef. Attacking the BJP, the senior leader said if voted to power again in 2024, the saffron party will change...
Delhi’s new Covid cases jump 38% in one day
New Delhi: Delhi on Saturday reported 249 new coronavirus cases – a 38 per cent jump over the previous day and the highest in over six months amid growing concern over the highly infectious Omicron variant. The city reported one death due to the infection taking the overall death...
Maharashtra restricts overnight gatherings, curbs on gyms, cinemas
Mumbai: Gatherings of five or more will not be allowed in Maharashtra between 9 pm and 6 am, the state government announced on Friday, as coronavirus cases recorded their steepest rise in nearly two months amid the spread of the highly infectious Omicron variant. The new guidelines, which will...
Bengal plans to remove Governor from chancellor’s post
West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu dropped a bombshell on Friday by making a statement that the State government is considering removing the ‘Governor’ and making ‘Chief Minister’ as the ‘Chancellor’ of all the Government-run Universities for better coordination. Addressing a press conference, Basu accused Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar of...
Man killed In Ludhiana court blast identified as bomber
Chandigarh: The body of the man who was killed in the blast at a court in Punjab’s Ludhiana has been identified and is believed to be that of the bomber, and more startlingly, a former police officer, sources told NDTV on Friday. According to sources, the body of the...
UP clamps down night curfew as Omicron cases spurt
Lucknow: A night curfew has been announced in Uttar Pradesh – from 11 pm to 5 am, starting today – amid growing concern over the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant. In addition, UP has also announced additional restrictions – only 200 people will be permitted to attend marriages and...
Impressive Cong win in Chhattisgarh urban civic polls
The ruling Congress has registered a big victory in polls held in 15 urban bodies of Chhattisgarh, winning 174 of 300 wards for which counting has been completed, leaving behind the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with 89, a poll official said here on Thursday. The counting of votes polled...
Minister says partly Christians to blame for attacks
Bengaluru: The series of attacks on Christians in Karnataka is partly their fault, the state’s home minister Araga Jnanendra appeared to indicate, telling NDTV that there is “mistake on both sides”. Two days before Christmas, as the state passed the controversial religious conversion bill amid widespread protests, Jnanendra was...
Minister assails Rahul for ‘Hindu vs Hindutva’ remarks
Targeting Rahul Gandhi over his recent remarks on Hindu and Hindutva, Union minister A Narayanaswamy has said the Congress leader is not a Hindu and makes such remarks whenever elections near. In remarks over the past few days, Gandhi has repeatedly sought to highlight the difference between Hindu...
Meghalaya Speaker approves merger of 12 Cong MLAs with TMC
Meghalaya Speaker Metbah Lyngdoh on Thursday recognised the merger of 12 Congress MLAs with All India Trinamool Congress (AITC). The decision was made on the petitions filed by Dr M Ampareen Lyngdoh for disqualification under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution. “After examining in detail all the 12 petitions...
Modi govt targets political rivals like never before
New Delhi: Action by Central agencies against the BJP government’s rivals and critics has witnessed a massive spike since the BJP-led government came to power in 2014, an NDTV analysis has found. Since 2014, Central agencies have targeted a whopping 570 of the government’s political rivals and critics...
Jharkhand CM’s sister-in-law on dharna against govt policies
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) supremo Shibu Soren’s daughter-in-law and Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s sister-in-law and party MLA Sita Soren on Wednesday sat on a dharna at the gates of the assembly against the policies of her own government, causing a huge embarrassment to the ruling dispensation. The Jama...
Amazon sues ED for Future deal probe
NEW DELHI: Amazon.com Inc is taking Enforcement Directorate (ED) to court, seeking to quash an investigation into one of its 2019 deals, Reuters reported citing a court filing. ED has for months been probing Amazon’s $200 million investment in Future Group for suspected violations of foreign investment laws. The investment...
BJP, Amarinder party to have joint manifesto
After sealing the pre-poll pact with the BJP, former Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said the Punjab Lok Congress and BJP will have a common election manifesto for the 2022 Assembly elections. In an informal chat with media persons at his Siswan farmhouse, Captain Amarinder said...
