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BJP launches Aashirwaad Yatras in UP
Ahead of the much-awaited state elections n Uttar Pradesh, BJP high command has asked their MPs to carry out ‘Ashirvad Yatras’, a move meant for mass connect and seeking blessings from the common people. The Jan Ashirwad Yatra will begin on August 16. BJP chief JP Nadda addressed members...
Two-thirds of population in 11 states have Covid antibodies
New Delhi: At least two-third of the population surveyed in 11 states were found to have developed coronavirus antibodies, according to the findings of a serosurvey by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) done between June 14 and July 6. Madhya Pradesh leads the chart with 79 per...
Rain forces train passing near Goa’s Dudhsagar Falls to halt
A train passing near Dudhsagar waterfall in Goa was stopped due to heavy rain. In a video shared by the Railway Ministry, the train is seen coming to a halt after the waterfall starts releasing a large volume of water on the Mandovi river. During heavy rain in monsoon...
Mamata meets Sonia amid Opposition unity moves
New Delhi: Mamata Banerjee met with Congress president Sonia Gandhi in Delhi today in their first meeting since the two parties were contested as rivals in the Bengal election in April-May. The meeting is significant amid opposition moves to join forces for a united fight in the 2024 national...
IT Committee meeting adjourned over lack of quorum
The meeting of the Information and Technology Committee, led by former minister and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, was adjourned on Wednesday because of the lack of quorum and a face-off between BJP and Opposition MPs. It may be noted that this morning BJP MP Nishikant Dubey had moved a...
Cloudburst near Amarnath shrine in J&K amid heavy rain
Srinagar: A massive volume of water rushed down from the mountains near the holy cave of Amarnath in Jammu and Kashmir after a cloudburst today, videos show. Officials have asked people at public areas at the base of the holy cave to move to higher ground for safety....
Depositors to get money in 90 days if bank under moratorium
To provide relief to depositors in stressed banks, Union Cabinet on Wednesday cleared the amendments in Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation Act, 1961, (DICGC Act). The aim is to minimise the hurdles faced by depositors of banks like the Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank, Yes Bank and...
Mamata makes it a do-or-die battle
“No party should be considered small. All are important”. This was Mamata Banerjee‘s response when asked whether Congress would ever accept her as their leader and listen to her advise. With this, Banerjee’s ambitions to move centre stage and look at a larger role for herself becomes clear. There...
18 sleeping on road dead in truck-bus collision in UP’s Barabanki
Lucknow: 18 labourers, sleeping on the road in front of a bus, were crushed to death this morning by a speeding truck in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki district, 28 km from state capital Lucknow. The labourers, who are from Bihar, were returning from Haryana when their bus broke down on...
Basavaraj Bommai as CM, proposed by Yediyruappa
Basavaraj Bommai, home minister in BS Yediyurappa’s cabinet, was picked to succeed him as the Chief Minister of Karnataka at a meeting of party MLAs this evening. The oath ceremony will be held at 11 am tomorrow, sources said. Basavaraj Bommai, a leader of the politically powerful Lingayat...
Thomas Kurian, Kerala-Born Executive Behind Google Cloud’s Rapid Growth
Google Cloud has grown briskly during Thomas Kurian’s tenure. Google Cloud employees were baffled when they learned that their next boss would be Thomas Kurian, an executive who struggled to shepherd Silicon Valley mainstay Oracle Corp. into the promised land of internet computing. It was November 2018 and the...
Sonia ready to let Mamata play leading role in opposing Modi
The year 2024 may be three years away but the recent bonhomie between the Congress and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has set the ball rolling for the general elections where a united Opposition plans to halt the BJP juggernaut and take on PM Narendra Modi. Banerjee, who...
Extensive agenda for talks with US Secretary of State
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will arrive in India on a two-day visit on Tuesday with an extensive agenda featuring the rapidly evolving security situation in Afghanistan, boosting Indo-Pacific engagement and ways to enhance COVID-19 response efforts among others. It will be Blinken’s first visit to India after...
BJP hopes for smooth transition after Yediyurappa exit
With BS Yediyurappa’s resignation from Chief Minister’s chair and speculation about the fallout in terms of how the former CM has taken it and possible resentment among the Lingayats, the BJP is confident to manage the change of guard well. A report in Times of India quoted BJP sources...
Pitched battle between Assam, Mizoram police forces
Guwahati: Gunshots ringing out on the highway, puffs of smoke, a road littered with stones and tear gas canisters and upturned vehicles of the roadside — the six-hour violence at the Assam-Mizoram border at Kolasib left the area looking like a battlefield and six men of the Assam...
Bengal sets up probe into Pegasus scandal
Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee has set up a panel – consisting of retired judges Justice Jyotirmay Bhattacharya and Justice MB Lokur – to probe the Pegasus phone-hacking scandal. This comes days after her nephew and Trinamool MP, Abhishek Banerjee, appeared on a list of potential surveillance targets. This is...
8 names under consideration for Yediyurappa successor
The BJP top brass has shortlisted a few names to replace 78-year-old Lingayat strongman and chief minister BS Yediyurappa after he resigned on Monday, sources said. The names have been decided keeping in mind 2023 Karnataka assembly elections. A Times of India report quoted its sources as saying that...
FM says no plan to print currency to tide over Covid crisis
The impact of the second wave of Covid on the economy is expected to be muted given the localised containment measures and rapid upscaling of the vaccination drive, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has told Parliament. She has denied any plan to print currency to tide over the Covid crisis,...
