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Covid-19: US to finally reopen land, air borders after 20 months

The United States reopens its land and air borders on Monday to foreign visitors fully vaccinated against Covid-19, ending 20 months of restrictions on travel from around the globe that separated families, hobbled tourism and strained diplomatic ties. The ban,...

Annapurna idol to reach Varanasi’s Kashi Vishwanath temple after 4-day yatra

LUCKNOW: An 18th-century idol of Goddess Annapurna, stolen from Varanasi about 100 years ago and retrieved from Canada recently, is set to return to the Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi and be installed there on November 15. The Uttar Pradesh...

S Selvaganapathy, Sushmita Dev take oath as Rajya Sabha members

S Selvaganabathy and Sushmita Dev took oath of office in the presence of Rajya Sabha chairman and Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday. They were elected unopposed to the upper House from Puducherry and West Bengal, respectively, in September. While...

2 accused given bail by NDPS court, first to get relief in drugs-on-cruise case

A special NDPS court on Tuesday granted bail to Manish Rajgaria and Avin Sahu, two accused arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) after raid on a cruise ship off the coast of Mumbai on October 2. They are...

UP cops ‘dragging feet’ in Lakhimpur Kheri violence case: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the Uttar Pradesh police for ‘dragging its feet’ in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case. The top court's remarks came after statements of only four witnesses were recorded in the case under Section...

Manmohan Singh, former prime minister, stable and recovering: AIIMS official

Former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh, who is undergoing treatment at All India Institute Of Medical Science (AIIMS), Delhi, is stable and recovering, news agency ANI quoted a hospital official as saying on Friday. The 89-year-old former prime minister...

In jail for rapes, murder, Gurmeet Ram Rahim awaits sentencing in another case

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim, who has been convicted for the murder of former sect manager Ranjit Singh in 2002 by a special CBI court, will now be sentenced on Monday, October 18. The court reserved its order...

Sidhu begins ‘maun vrat’ demanding arrest of accused in Lakhimpur Kheri case

Congress leader Navjot Singh Sindhu on Friday sat on a ‘maun vrat’ (fasting for silence) at the residence of journalist Raman Kashyap who was killed in the violence that broke out in Lakhimpur Kheri district last Sunday. Sidhu, who paid...

BJP to focus on delinking agitation from farm issues

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has redoubled efforts to distance the farmer protests from the farm issues ahead of elections in states such as Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, where the demand from a section of farmers’ for repealing the...

‘Reaffirm deep-rooted bond’: PM Modi expresses gratitude to people of Gujarat after local body poll results

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hailed the workers of the Gujarat unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for impressive performance in local body polls, saying it was a result of their hard work at the grassroots level. The BJP...

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Trump is full of surprises; he is both leader and entertainer. Nearly nine hours into a long flight-a journey...