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Lok Janshakti Party leader and Union Minister Pashupati Kumar Paras on Friday said he will attend an event organised by his nephew and party leader Chirag Paswan to mark the first death anniversary of his father Ram Vilas Paswan in Patna on September 12.Speaking to PTI, Paras said he was 'glad'...
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The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan is likely to have emboldened terrorists and means that the threat of a 9/11 style terrorist attack remains alive, warned Britain's spy chief on Friday.MI5 Director General Ken McCallum told the BBC that there was greater need to be vigilant as there could be a...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to launch Sansad TV, a new channel formed by merging the Lok Sabha TV and Rajya Sabha TV, on September 15, sources said on Friday.According to them, veteran Congress leader Karan Singh, economist Bibek Debroy, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant, and advocate Hemant...
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Punjab government employees failing to take even the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine for any reason other than medical will be compulsorily sent on leave after September 15, read a press release from the Chief Minister's Office on Friday.'This measure was announced by Chief Minister Captain...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday chaired a high-level meeting to review the COVID-19 related situation and the vaccination drive in the country, government sources said.The meeting comes a day after Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said India is still going through the second wave of...
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A Central Reserve Police Force jawan and two women were injured on Friday in a grenade attack by terrorists on security forces at Chanapora area in Srinagar, officials said.The ultras lobbed the grenade on the security forces near the government residential quarters in Srinagar.The injured have...
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The Income Tax department on Friday conducted separate 'survey operations' at the premises of online news portals Newsclick and Newslaundry in New Delhi, officials said.They said the operations are being conducted to verify certain tax payment details and remittances made by the...
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The Congress under the leadership of its national general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday decided to take out a 12,000 km-long yatra through villages and towns of Uttar Pradesh ahead of the assembly polls next year.The decision to take out the 'Congress Pratigya Yatra:Hum Vachan...
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The 5th Test match between England and India that was cancelled due to 'further increase in the number of COVID cases' inside the Indian camp, could be rescheduled.'In lieu of the strong relationship between BCCI and ECB, the BCCI has offered to ECB a rescheduling of the cancelled Test match (the...
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Rainfall in August, which recorded 24 per cent deficiency, was lowest in 19 years, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday.Two major spells of weak monsoon prevailed over the country -- from August 9-16 and August 23-27 -- when northwest, central and adjoining peninsular and west...
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Pakistan has rejected reports that it was aiding the Taliban offensive in Afghanistan's Panjshir Valley, terming these as a 'mischievous propaganda campaign'.The Taliban said on Monday they have seized Panjshir Valley, the last province not in their control after their blitz through Afghanistan...
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The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday nominated party leader Priyanka Tibrewal for the September 30 by-poll for Bhabanipur assembly seat against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.Tibrewal, a lawyer by profession, is one of the petitioners in the post-poll violence cases against the TMC government in...
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The cloud over the fate of the fifth Test between India and England remains as it was decided that the game will not start in Manchester on Friday.This after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) had long discussions on Thursday and...
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Farmers gherao Karnal secretariat. Photograph: ANI Photo
Haryana government on Friday restored mobile internet and SMS services in Karnal, which were suspended in view of farmers' agitation to 'prevent any disturbance of peace and public order'.As of now, there is no plan to suspend the services again, Assistant District Public Relations Officer...
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The Bahujan Samaj Party will make efforts to not field 'bahubali' (strongmen) or mafia candidates in next year's Uttar Pradesh polls, party supremo Mayawati said Friday, announcing that jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari will not be given a party ticket from Mau again. She said BSP...
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The Congress lost 222 of its candidates and 177 of its MLAs and MPs, the highest for any political outfit, to other parties, while the Bharatiya Janata Party turned out as the biggest beneficiary attracting 253 candidates and 173 lawmakers to its fold in the past seven years since Narendra Modi...
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The Uttar Pradesh Police has booked AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi for allegedly vitiating communal harmony, violating Covid norms and making indecent remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, police said Friday.The FIR against the All India...
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The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has asked Taliban to immediately cease detaining journalists in Afghanistan and allow the media to operate freely and without fear of reprisal.Over the last two days, the Taliban detained and later released at least 14 journalists covering protests in...
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The much-awaited affordable smartphone 'JioPhone Next' is in advanced trials and its festive season roll-out will commence before Diwali, according to a statement by Jio.Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani had earlier this year said that 'JioPhone Next' -- being jointly developed by Jio...
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West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee will on Friday file her nomination for the by-polls to the Bhabanipur seat.According to the schedule announced by the Election Commission of India (ECI), the by-election in Bhabanipur Assembly Constituency in West...
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The Taliban have been businesslike and professional in their facilitating the departure of American citizens and others from Afghanistan, the White House said on Thursday as a chartered Qatar Airways flight from Kabul landed in Doha.The Taliban have been cooperative in facilitating the departure...
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The President of India Ram Nath Kovind has appointed R N Ravi as Tamil Nadu governor. While Lt Gen Gurmit Singh, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd) has been appointed as governor of Uttarakhand, Prof Jagdish Mukhi, the governor of Assam has been appointed to discharge the functions of the governor...
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The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday prohibited the installation of idols at public places on Ganesh Chaturthi, a government spokesman said here.In a meeting with senior officials, chief minister Yogi Adityanath asked for ensuring that no idol of the deity is installed at public places and...
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