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India reports 43,263 COVID-19 cases, 338 deaths in 24 hours | 'Could not make it end differently': Ashraf Ghani apologises to Afghans | Centre approves procurement of transport aircraft for IAF replacing 'ageing' Avros | MS Dhoni becomes Team India mentor for T20 World Cup | NIA files charge sheet against three accused in ISIS Kerala module case | Two CPM party offices set ablaze in Agartala, party blames 'BJP mobs' | Boat capsizes in Brahmaputra river on Assam’s Jorhat district, 50 people missing | Akshay Kumar's mother Aruna Bhatia cremated in Mumbai | Akshay Kumar's mother Aruna Bhatia passes away, actor says 'I feel an unbearable pain' | India reports 37,875 COVID-19 cases, 369 deaths in 24 hours

PM Modi inaugurates 216-foot 'Statue of Equality' honouring 11th-century saint Ramanujacharya

Feb 06, 2022, at 02:04 am

Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the 216-foot tall 'Statue of Equality', honouring the 11th-century Hindu saint Ramanujacharya.

Ambassador Masood Khan’s case is a fine example of how zero tolerance towards terrorism should play out

Feb 06, 2022, at 12:34 am

Reports in the Pakistani and Indian media this past week have claimed that the US has held up the acceptance of the Pakistani Ambassador designate to the US, Masood Khan, over his sympathy for, and links to, terrorist leaders known to be backed by the Pakistani military establishment.

PM Modi kickstarts 50th Anniversary Celebrations of ICRISAT, inaugurates two research facilities

Feb 05, 2022, at 11:15 pm

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) campus in Patancheru, Hyderabad and kickstarted the 50th Anniversary celebrations of ICRISAT.

There is need to be empathetic, compassionate and have a uniform policy while enforcing Covid-19 protocols

Feb 05, 2022, at 10:19 pm

Covid-19 cases in India continue to rise albeit now at a slower pace in the Omicron led third wave. Yet we need to be extra careful as many people are contracting the virus while traveling – by rail, bus or air. The current guidelines and rules on preventing the spread of this deadly epidemic are focused around masking, hand-washing and social distancing. Decision makers and civic authorities seem to have completely ignored travellers who test positive during their sojourns out of their home town.

'Ma Saraswati doesn't differentiate': Rahul Gandhi on Karnataka hijab row

Feb 05, 2022, at 08:15 pm

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alluded to goddess Saraswati to indirectly attack the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka over a new college diktat not allowing hijab in classrooms.

Kashmir earthquake: PM Modi takes stock of situation

Feb 05, 2022, at 07:30 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday spoke to Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and took stock of the situation after a quake measuring 5.7 rocked the union territory, sources said.

PM Modi to visit Hyderabad today

Feb 05, 2022, at 06:07 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Hyderabad on Saturday.

Jammu and Kashmir: Two terrorists killed in Srinagar

Feb 05, 2022, at 02:39 pm

Srinagar: Security forces killed two terrorists  in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar city on Saturday.

Chinese bridge along Pangong Lake built illegally: Govt tells Parliament

Feb 05, 2022, at 06:11 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The Chinese Bridge across the Pangong Lake in Eastern Ladakh is being built in an illegally occupied area, the government told Parliament on Friday.

Assam government to preserve Jorhat Central Jail as heritage site

Feb 05, 2022, at 05:35 am

Guwahati/IBNS: The Assam government will carry out a re-development project at Jorhat Central Jail to transform the historic jail into a freedom fighters memorial with a museum, park and convention centre.

Party must choose honest candidate for Punjab CM face: Navjot Sidhu's barb at Charanjit Channi after latter's nephew's arrest

Feb 05, 2022, at 03:34 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Two days ahead of the big announcement of Congress's chief ministerial candidate in Punjab, party leader Navjot Singh Sidhu launched a direct attack at his rival Charanjit Singh Channi  on a day when the latter's nephew got arrested in connection with money laundering and illegal sand mining case.

Meghalaya wins third prize for its tableau at Republic Day parade in Delhi

Feb 05, 2022, at 02:10 am

Shillong/IBNS: Meghalaya has won the third prize for its tableau on ‘Meghalaya’s 50 years of Statehood and its tribute to women-led cooperative societies & SHGs’ among the 12 States/UTs which participated in the Republic Day parade in Delhi on Jan 26.

'Remarks on Chair violate dignity of House': Speaker OM Birla cautions MPs over Mahua Moitra's tweets

Feb 05, 2022, at 01:58 am

New Delhi/UNI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday requested MPs not to make comments on the Chair inside or outside the House, including the social media.

Tibetans NGOs demonstrate in Dharamshala against Beijing Olympics

Feb 05, 2022, at 01:36 am

Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh: Tibetan NGOs on Friday demonstrated in McLeodganj region of Himachal Pradesh against the hosting of Winter Olympics in Beijing city of China.

Beijing Olympics: Tibetans demonstrate against China in New Delhi

Feb 05, 2022, at 01:29 am

New Delhi: A large number of Tibetans in exile marched near the  Chinese Embassy in New Delhi on Friday to  protest while denouncing the Beijing Winter Olympics and demanding freedom for their region, media reports said.

BJP parliamentary board will decide alliance's CM face in Punjab: Hardeep Singh Puri

Feb 05, 2022, at 01:22 am

Chandigarh/UNI: Categorically denying the statement made by Bharatiya Janata Party leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa regarding Capt Amarinder Singh not being the Chief Minister face in Punjab, Union Minister and the state's election co-incharge Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday said the decision will be taken by the BJP Parliamentary Board.

Punjab CM Channi's nephew remanded to ED custody till Feb 8

Feb 05, 2022, at 12:50 am

Jalandhar/UNI: A local court on Friday remanded Bhupinder Singh Honey, nephew of Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, to Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody till Feb 8 in connection with money laundering and illegal sand mining case. 

Not Z security, but safe nation is my demand: Asaduddin Owaisi

Feb 05, 2022, at 12:09 am

New Delhi/UNI: Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday rejected Z category security offered to him following an attack on his car last night, and urged PM Narendra Modi-led government to make the country safer him and others.

Manipur Governor holds meeting of religious leaders

Feb 04, 2022, at 10:08 pm

Imphal: Manipur Governor La. Ganesan convened a meeting of religious leaders of Sikh, Jain, Buddhist, ISKCON and LainingthouSanamahi Temple Board at Raj Bhavan in Imphal on Friday pertaining to COVID-19 vaccination. 

Kashmir: DC Baramulla reviews progress of district under ADP

Feb 04, 2022, at 09:31 pm

Baramulla/IBNS: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Baramulla Bhupinder Kumar Wednesday chaired a meeting of concerned officers here to review the status of the overall functioning of blocks across the district under Aspirational District Programme (ADP).

World Wetlands Day: JK blessed with bounty of wetlands, says CS for Forests

Feb 04, 2022, at 09:28 pm

Jammu/IBNS: Commissioner Secretary for Forests Sanjeev Verma on Wednesday said Jammu and Kashmir has been blessed with the bounty of wetlands.

Transforming JK: Good Governance a priority of present administration

Feb 04, 2022, at 09:24 pm

Jammu/IBNS: Good governance is the process of how public institutions conduct public affairs and manage public resources and guarantee the realization of human rights in a manner essentially free of abuse and corruption and with due regard for the rule of law.

JK: LCMA celebrates World Wetlands Day

Feb 04, 2022, at 09:19 pm

Srinagar/IBNS: The Watershed Management Division, Lake Conservation and Management Authority (LC&MA) on Thursday celebrated World Wetland Day based on the theme “wetlands action for people and nature”. 

Delhi schools to reopen from Monday

Feb 04, 2022, at 09:15 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Schools in Delhi will start reopening in a phased manner from next week, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia announced on Friday.

BJP will repeat history in UP: Amit Shah

Feb 04, 2022, at 08:59 pm

Gorakhpur/UNI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday claimed that the BJP will repeat history and win assembly elections with over 300 seats in Uttar Pradesh.

Goa Polls: AAP announces 8 point programme

Feb 04, 2022, at 07:11 pm

Panaji/UNI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday announced 8 point programmes for the welfare of people belonging to Scheduled Tribe (ST) community in Goa.

Centre defers NEET PG 2022 exam by 6-8 weeks

Feb 04, 2022, at 06:44 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Just hours ahead of a Supreme Court hearing on Friday on a plea seeking postponement of the NEET PG exam, the Centre deferred the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Post Graduate 2022 by six-to-eight weeks.

Punjab CM Charanjit Channi's nephew arrested ahead of state polls

Feb 04, 2022, at 05:01 pm

Chandigarh/IBNS: In what will lead to political ramifications in poll bound state, Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi's nephew,Bhupendra Singh Honey, has been arrested by an investigating agency in connection with an illegal sand mining case, media reports said.

Pune: Six die as under-construction building collapses in Yerawada

Feb 04, 2022, at 03:11 pm

New Delhi: At least six people died as an under-construction building collapsed in Yerawada area of Pune late on Thursday.

Uttar Pradesh: Yogi Adityanath to file nomination papers from Gorakhpur seat today

Feb 04, 2022, at 02:50 pm

Gorakhpur: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will file his nomination for Assembly polls from Gorakhpur seat on Friday.