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‘Lockdown may be over but Covid-19 is still around’: PM Modi in address to nation

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the countrymen should not forget that the lockdown may be over but the virus that causes the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) is still around as he addressed the nation. It has been a long...

Governor BS Koshyari asked Uddhav Thackeray if he had turned secular. He delivers a biting response

The tussle between Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government and Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has escalated over the opening up of religious places in the state. Responding to Koshyari’s letter on the issue, chief minister Uddhav Thackeray said he does not...

Affidavit a copy-paste job in bid to cover-up Hathras rape incident, says Congress

Demanding immediate dismissal of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, the Congress on Tuesday accused the state government of trying to “cover up” the Hathras rape incident through an affidavit in the Supreme Court.The opposition party also claimed that the affidavit...

Hathras gang-rape case: Evidence of rape not found, claims ADG

The medical report of the Dalit woman from Hathras, who died of injuries after being assaulted by a group of upper caste men, has not found injuries that could confirm gang-rape, Hathras superintendent of police Vikrant Vir said on...

President Kovind must not sign farm bills, says Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel

Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday urged President Ram Nath Kovind to not sign the agriculture reform bills that were recently cleared in the Rajya Sabha, saying the Centre is misleading farmers of the country. We urge the President...

India’s nominal GDP to grow 19 per cent in 2022, finance ministry pins hopes on reforms

Finance ministry has estimated that India’s nominal GDP will grow by 19 per cent in nominal terms in financial year 2021-22, reported Mint. Nominal GDP is an assessment which includes the current prices of goods and services in its calculation.“There...

24 MPs test positive for Covid-19 on first day of Parliament’s monsoon session

At least twenty-four members of the Parliament tested positive for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on the first day of the monsoon session, secretariat officials told Hindustan Times on Monday. Junior railways minister Suresh Angadi, the BJP’s Meenakshi Lekhi, Anant...

Delhi Metro to resume normal operation timing from tomorrow

From Saturday, September 12, all trains on all lines of Delhi Metro will resume the pre-Covid timing of the operation from 6 am to 11 pm. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation resumed its services on September 7 in a phase-wise...

Woman e-rickshaw driver ferries Covid-19 patients free of cost in Bengal’s SiliguriI was ready to face all consequences to support the work of my...

At a time when news of ambulance drivers refusing to carry Covid-19 patients and charging exorbitant rates from families are common, a 48-year-old woman e-rickshaw driver in north Bengal has been braving all odds and ferrying such patients to...

New satellite imagery suggests China developing missile bases to cover Doklam, Naku La

Open source satellite imagery suggests China is developing two new air defence positions that cover sensitive stretches of the disputed border in the Doklam and Sikkim sectors, including an area where Indian and Chinese troops had clashed in May. The...

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Gujarat: Liquor valued at Rs 41.13 lakh seized

Ahmedabad-Chhota Udepur, located at the Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Madhya Pradesh borders, has become a key route for bootleggers smuggling...