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BJP MPs, MLAs to take Covid-19 vaccine, pay for it

New Delhi, Mar 1 With the second phase of the Covid-19 vaccination drive kicking off on Monday, BJP has asked its MPs and MLAs aged 60 and above and those in the 45-59 age bracket with co-morbidities to get inoculated within a week. Sources said BJP has asked its eligi...

JAIDEEP TAKES OVER AS PR DIRECTOR GENERAL OF PIB

New Delhi, Mar 1 Former head of the News Services Division of All India Radio, Jaideep Bhatnagar, on Monday took over as Principal Director General of the Press Information Bureau. He will take over from Kuldeep Singh Dhatwalia, who superannuated on February 28, 2021. ...

MORE VULNERABLE NEED TO VACCINATED FIRST: OMAR

New Delhi, Mar 1 As the government on Monday opened up Covid-19 inoculation drive for senior citizens, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah said politicians should encourage people especially those in the vulnerable category to get themselves vaccinated. Abdullah t...

PM calls for max participation of private sector in agri research, dev

New Delhi, Mar 1 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday called for increased participation of the private sector in agriculture, especially in research and development. “There had been much contribution by the private sector towards research and development in the agri...

LPG price hiked again by Rs 25, fourth increase in month’s time

New Delhi, Mar 1 Cooking gas LPG price was on Monday hiked by Rs 25 per cylinder across all categories, including subsidised fuel and those availed by Ujjwala scheme beneficiaries -- the fourth increase in rates in a month’s time. LPG prices have gone up by Rs 125 per ...

Undressing will trigger rain of Rs 50 crore: 5 held for misleading girl

Nagpur, Mar 1 Police in Maharashtra's Nagpur has arrested five men for allegedly pressuring a minor girl to perform rituals, which they claimed would trigger "rain" of Rs 50 crore cash. The accused have been booked under the Black Magic Act. In her complaint to Nagpur ...

ED questions Maharashtra minister Vishwajeet Kadam’s wife Swapnali in FEMA case

Mumbai, Mar 1 The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday questioned Maharashtra minister and Congress leader Vishwajeet Kadam’s wife Swapnali Kadam in connection with a Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) case. Swapnali Kadam is the daughter of Pune businessman Avin...

Akali Dal leaders court arrest, protest against Punjab govt over unfulfilled poll promises

Chandigarh, Mar 1 Hundreds of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) workers on Monday protested against the Congress-led Punjab government and questioned its failure to fulfil the election promises. Some of the protesters were also injured as police used water cannons to disperse ...

Mysterious ripples on swirling hills captured by NASA Landsat-8 leave scientists stumped

New Delhi, Mar 1 In a unique observation, some images of a phenomenon clicked by a NASA satellite orbiting the Earth has taken the scientists by surprise. The images, taken by satellite Landsar-8 over several years, were recently shared by the space agency NASA on its ...

Activist Varavara gets further relief from Bombay HC in bail conditions

Mumbai, Mar 1 Bombay High Court has allowed Elgaar Parishad case accused Varavara Rao to deposit temporary cash security to get released on bail till arrangements for the two solvent sureties are made by April 5. Senior Advocate Anand Grover mentioned to the division b...

Eye on 2022, Amarinder appoints Prashant as principal advisor, salary Re 1

Chandigarh, Mar 1 Ayear before Punjab heads for assembly elections, CM Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday announced that election strategist Prashant Kishor had joined his team. "Prashant Kishor has joined me as my Principal Advisor. Look forward to working together for...

Judiciary Update

SC asks Maharashtra govt servant accused of raping minor if he would marry her, grants him protection from arrest for 4 weeks
New Delhi, Mar 1 The Supreme Court on Monday while hearing the special leave petition of a Maharashtra government official, who is accused of raping a minor girl asked whether he was he was ready to marry the victim. The accused, Mohit Subhash Chavan, has challenged th...

Judiciary Update

HC orders IHBAS to fill up vacancies for doctors, medical staff in 2 months
New Delhi, Mar 1 The Delhi High Court on Monday granted two months time to the Delhi government to fill up the vacancies of doctors and medical staff at the Institute of Human Behavior and Allied Sciences (IHBAS). A single judge bench of the high court presided by Just...

Mamata might rejoin NDA to form government in case of hung assembly, alleges Sitaram Yechury

Kolkata, Feb 28 CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Sunday said that the Trinamool Congress has to be defeated first to stop the communal bandwagon of the RSS-BJP, and claimed that the TMC might rejoin the NDA to form the government in West Bengal in case of a ...

MANN KI BAAT

AATMANIRBHAR BHARAT IS NATIONAL SPIRIT: PM
New Delhi, Feb 28 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday underlined that Atmanirbhar Bharat is not just a government policy but also a national spirit, and said the mantra of self-reliant India is reaching villages of the country. In his monthly Mann Ki Baat radio prog...

ARMY CANCELS RECRUITMENT EXAM AFTER PAPER LEAKED

New Delhi, Feb 28 The Army has cancelled an examination for pan-India recruitment of general duty personnel after paper was found to have been leaked, officials said on Sunday. They further said at least three persons have been arrested in Pune so far. “The Indian Army...

Population-based Covid-19 vaccination from Monday

* REGISTRATIONS OPEN FROM 9 AM * APPOINTMENTS CAN BE BOOKED BETWEEN 9 AM AND 3 PM New Delhi, Feb 28 The second phase of COVID-19 vaccination starts on Monday with the registration for eligible beneficiaries opening from 9 am. Among those eligible for vaccinations fro...

Locals thrash man for tying brother-in-law to tempo, dragging him

Surat, Feb 28 Surat Police has arrested a man for tying his brotherin- law to a tempo and dragging him for nearly half a kilometre in a fit of rage. The matter came to light from Kadodara in Gujarat's Surat when locals apprehended the accused and thrashed him in full p...

Restrictions in Pune extended till March 14, curfew in Hingoli from March 1 to 7

Pune, Feb 28 The existing restrictions in Pune district of Maharashtra due to the spike in Covid-19 cases has been extended till March 14, an official said on Sunday. As per the new order, there will be restrictions on movement between 11 pm and 6 am for non-essential ...

Delhi Sikh body honours activist Nodeep Kaur, vows to fight legal battle on her behalf

New Delhi, Feb 28 The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (SGMC) on Sunday honoured labour and Dalit rights activist Nodeep Kaur at Rakab Ganj Gurudwara premises. After 72 hours of walking out of Karnal jail on bail granted by Punjab and Haryana High Court, Kaur w...

Embroiled in Pooja Chavan death case, Maharashtra minister Sanjay Rathod resigns from Cabinet

Mumbai, Feb 28 Maharashtra Forest Minister Sanjay Rathod on Sunday submitted his resignation to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray amid controversy over Pooja Chavan death case. Sanjay Rathod made the announcement after submitting his resignation to CM Uddhav Thackeray, w...

BJP behind Red Fort violence, farmers not anti-nationals: Arvind Kejriwal in Meerut mahapanchayat

Meerut, Feb 28 Launching a scathing attack on the Modi government, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday called the farm laws a "death warrant" for farmers while alleging that the Centre wants to take away their land and give it to a few capitalists. While add...

Phase three vaccination: BMC yet to finalise list of private hospitals in Mumbai

Mumbai, Feb 28 Notable private hospitals in Mumbai, whose names have not been featured on the list released by the Centre for phase three vaccination drive, are upset over their exclusion. Following this, many have requested the Centre and the Maharashtra government to...

Judiciary Update

HC moved against opening of schools by state govt without Covid vaccination
New Delhi, Feb 28 A petition has been filed in the Chhattisgarh High Court against the opening of the school by the state government without proper vaccination of students. The petition has been filed by Palak Sangh state president Nazrul Khan through advocate T.K. Jha...

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HC grants ad-interim bail to co-accused Nalin Yadav, Sadakat Khan
Indore, Feb 28 The Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday granted ad-interim bail to Nalin Yadav and Sadakat Khan, who were arrested along with the stand-up comic Munawar Faruqui on January 2 for making derogatory remarks against Hindu deities as well as H...

Bengal to Kerala, a tale of changing election politics from 2016 to 2021

New Delhi, Feb 26 With the Election Commission announcing poll schedules on Friday evening for the assembly elections in four states of Assam, West Bengal, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, and one Union Territory of Puducherry, an intense race for power will enter the last lap. ...

EC announces polling dates for Kerala, TN, West Bengal, Assam, Puducherry

New Delhi, Feb 26 As many as 824 assembly constituencies shall be going for polls in four states- Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Assam and Puducherry (Union Territory), said Chief Election Commissioner of India Sunil Arora on Friday. Tamil Nadu assembly elections to ...

CRPF Jawans to get MI - 17 helicopter facility

New Delhi, Feb 26 The Government of India has provided the facility of air travel to all the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Jawans deployed in Kashmir. The Ministry of Home Affairs issued an order, days after the second anniversary of the Pulwama terrorist attack,...

On this, case FIR no 04/2021 got registered at Cyber Police Station Jammu

New Delhi, Feb 26 During the course of investigation, transactions involved were scrutinized and accordingly details were sought from concerned banks for the details of the account holders and in the process one account of Allahabad Bank branch Bijnor, UP have been sur...

Police constable shot at by bike-borne men

New Delhi, Feb 26 ADelhi Police constable was injured after three unidentified people fired at him in Bhalswa Dairy area on Thursday. The incident took place near a police check post at JJ Colony when Constable Sandeep stopped three persons on a motorcycle for checking...

Police arrests 3 for blackmailing using honey trap

Mumbai, Feb 26 The Maharashtra Police arrested three persons on charges of blackmailing several residents of Akola district and nearby areas through an alleged honey trap. The gang extorted lakhs of rupees from victims, polices aid. The case came to light when a govern...

Leader of Opposition, 4 Cong MLAs suspended for rest of Budget session over manhandling of HP Governor

New Delhi, Feb 26 The Leader of the Opposition and other Congress MLAs were suspended on Friday after they allegedly manhandled Himachal Pradesh Governor Bandaru Dattatraya when he was leaving the assembly. Bandaru Dattatraya was allegedly manhandled after his address ...

Coronavirus testing tripled in Nagpur amid rise in cases: Maharashtra minister

Nagpur, Feb 26 Maharashtra minister Nitin Raut on Friday said coronavirus testing in Nagpur has tripled to over 10,000 tests per day, amid a steady rise in Covid-19 cases in the district. Addressing the media after a review meeting with district officials, Raut said th...

West Bengal CID arrests 2 in Murshidabad crude bomb attack case

Kolkata, Feb 26 West Bengal Crime I n v e s t i g a t i o n Department (CID) has arrested two persons in connection with the blast in Murshidabad's Nimtita Railway Station in which state minister Jakir Hossain and over 20 others were injured. The two have been identifi...

Assam BJP leaders urge Shah to declare Karbi as autonomous state

Guwahati, Feb 26 Assam BJP leaders have appealed to Union Home Minister Amit Shah to grant the status of 'autonomous state’ to Karbi Anglong. Home Minister Amit Shah visited the hill district on Thursday to conduct a public rally in Dengaon area in pollbound Assam. In ...

On border dispute, Jaishankar says India was resolute, strong about protecting its interests

New Delhi, Feb 26 India was strong and resolute when it came to handling the border issue and dealt with it in an effective manner, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday in an apparent reference to the standoff between India and China. Similarly, India ...

Judiciary Update

HC sets aside compassionate appointment order
Indore, Feb 26 The Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday allowed the appeal of the State Government against compassionate appointment of Mukesh Kumar. The appeal filed under section 2(1) of the MP Uchcha Nyayalaya (Khand Nyayapeeth Ko Appeal) Adhiniyam,...

Judiciary Update

Deep Sidhu requests Delhi court to preserve CCTV footage of Red Fort incident, says he was helping police pacify crowds
New Delhi, Feb 26 A Delhi Court was on Friday requested by 26 January violence accused Deep Sidhu to preserve the CCTV footage of the Red Fort, which is already with the probe agency, claiming that the same shows that he was actually helping the police to pacify the cr...

How defection in Puducherry helps BJP build its Congress-mukt Bharat narrative

New Delhi, Feb 25 Desertions and defections have cost the Congress possibly the most in India compared to any other party. The latest loss to the Congress due to desertions and defections happened in Puducherry, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed an election ...

Rakesh framed me for rejecting his advances: BJP's Pamela on drug charge

Kolkata, Feb 25 BJP youth wing leader Pamela Goswami, who was arrested by the West Bengal Police in Kolkata for possession of 100 gms cocaine, has made sensational allegations against senior BJP leader Rakesh Singh -- a co-accused in the case. Pamela Goswami, who appea...

Sinha picks top IRTS officer Ranjan P Thakur for J&K industrial outreach

New Delhi, Feb 25 Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha has picked top Indian Railway Traffic Service officer Ranjan Prakash Thakur to help him in the Union Territory”s industrial outreach. Thakur has been appointed as “Principal Secretary to the Government, Indust...

Subsidised, non-subsidised LPG price hiked by Rs 25 per cylinder

New Delhi, Feb 25 Cooking gas LPG price on Thursday was hiked by Rs 25 per cylinder across all categories, including subsidised fuel and those availed by Ujjwala scheme beneficiaries. This is the third increase in rates this month on the back of spiralling internationa...

After ceasefire announcement India says want good relations with Pak

New Delhi, Feb 25 India has reiterated that its position on key issues with Pakistan remains unchanged. When asked whether DGMO talks which reinforce the 2003 ceasefire agreement will pave the way for the dialogue process between India and Pakistan, Ministry of Externa...

PM targets Rahul over his ‘north-south’ remarks

Puducherry, Feb 25 Attacking Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his recent ‘north-south’ remarks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday alleged the party’s policy was to “divide, lie and rule.” Not mincing words, he said the Congress culture of feudal politics, dynast...

Idea to occupy Pangong south bank heights came up during NSA-led meetings

GAMECHANGER
New Delhi, Feb 25 The Indian move to occupy the heights on the southern bank of the Pangong lake proved to be the game-changer in the entire conflict and ensuring that both sides disengaged from their forward locations. Sources said the idea to occupy the heights to ga...

Police arrests 3 for blackmailing using honey trap

Mumbai, Feb 25 The Maharashtra Police arrested three persons on charges of blackmailing several residents of Akola district and nearby areas through an alleged honey trap. The gang extorted lakhs of rupees from victims, polices aid. The case came to light when a govern...

Two ambulance drivers held for stealing gold from dead

Karimnagar, Feb 25 Two ambulance drivers have been arrested for stealing 2.3 kg of gold ornaments from the body of a road accident victim, police said on Wednesday. Ramagundam city Police Commissioner V Satyanarayana told reporters that the ornaments were seized from T...

17-year-old girl dies two days after being gang-raped

Hamirpur, Feb 25 A17-year-old girl, who was allegedly gang-raped two days ago in a village here, died on Wednesday while she was being taken to a hospital, police said. The teenager was undergoing treatment in the village but her condition started deteriorating on Tues...

Enraged by classmate's friendship, student strangles her to death

Hyderabad, Feb 25 In yet another appalling incident, a second-year college student was brutally murdered by a man whose advances she had rejected in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur on Wednesday. According to reports, the deceased Anusha was a student of Krishnaveni Private Deg...

Idea to occupy heights around Pangong Tso emerged in meetings led by NSA Ajit Doval

New Delhi, Feb 25 The idea that Indian forces should occupy the strategic heights on the southern bank of Pangong Tso during the standoff with China, emerged during meetings led by National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval in August last year, government sources have ...

Centre opposes pleas to recognise same-sex marriage under special marriage act

New Delhi, Feb 25 The Centre has opposed pleas to recognise samesex marriage under the special marriage act. In its affidavit filed in the Delhi High Court in pleas seeking to recognise same-sex marriage, Centre said that there is a "larger legislative framework" that ...

Air quality deteriorates sharply Delhi’s Bawana industrial area

New Delhi, Feb 25 The air quality index (AQI) crossed the 900- mark at an industrial area in Delhi, marking a sharp deterioration in air quality for the first time in 2021. In North Delhi’s Bawana area, the air quality deteriorated to ‘hazardous’ quality with an AQI re...

Bharat Vyapar Bandh tomorrow over GST, E-commerce glitches

New Delhi, Feb 25 The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has called for 'Bharat Vyapar (trade) Bandh' on Friday over "glitches" in e-commerce and recent "draconian, arbitrary and critical" amendments in GST rules. The traders' body said more than 8 crore traders...

Judiciary Update

Tandav: Allahabad HC refuses anticipatory bail to Amazon India’s Aparna Purohit
New Delhi, Feb 25 The Allahabad High Court on Thursday refused to grant anticipatory bail to Aparna Purohit, the Head of India Originals at Amazon Sellers Service Pvt Ltd, which is showing Tandava web series online. A single-judge bench of Justice Siddharth passed this...

'Hum do, humare do': Rahul tweets as Modi-Ambani-Adani feature in Motera rename

New Delhi, Feb 24 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for renaming Ahmedabad's Sardar Patel Stadium as Narendra Modi Stadium. Reiterating his allegations that the Modi government has been working...

Probe if BJP linked to Dadra and Nagar Haveli MP Mohan Delkar's death: Maharashtra Congress

Mumbai, Feb 24 The Maharashtra Congress has said that police must probe whether the BJP was had any links to the death of Dadra and Nagar Haveli MP Mohan Delkar who was found hanging on Monday at a hotel in South Mumbai. Delkar's body was handed over to the family on M...

DECISIONS ON ASSET MONETISATION & PRIVATISATIONWILL HELP CITIZENS: PM

New Delhi, Feb 24 Noting that the government focus should on people’s welfare and development schemes and it has “no business to be in business”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the government is going ahead with the mantra of “monetise and modernise” an...

‘Relationship with China would develop as per India’s wishes’

New Delhi, Feb 24 Asserting that nobody wants an unsettled border, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General MM Naravane on Wednesday said that the relationship with China would develop along the path as per India’s wishes. “Whatever we did as a government, as a nation h...

2nd phase of vaccination to begin from Mar 1

60 YEARS TO GET JAB
New Delhi, Feb 24 From March 1, all elderly aged 60 years and above and persons aged 45 plus with underlying health conditions will get free Covid vaccination at designated government health facilities. The union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wedne...

Farmers' IT cell at Ghazipur border provides English subtitles for online speeches to spread message widely

New Delhi, Feb 24 Farmers have been protesting at Delhi borders for almost three months now. But the main challenge, they say, is to turn the agitation into a pan-India movement. Most farmers' leaders are of the view that despite all their efforts through kisan panchay...

Hotels, eateries directed to stay shut on weekends due to spike in Covid cases

Nagpur, Feb 24 Considering the recent rise in Covid-19 cases, the civic body in Maharashtra's Nagpur city on Wednesday directed that restaurants, hotels and eateries will remain closed on weekends till further orders, an official said. This comes after the district adm...

Dharavi reports double-digit Covid case count after 37 days

Mumbai, Feb 24 After a gap of more than a month, Mumbai's slum colony of Dharavi reported a double-digit count of Covid-19 cases at 10 on Wednesday, the city civic body said. A senior Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said the slum-dominated area, sprea...

BJP leader Rakesh Singh sent to police custody till March 1

Kolkata, Feb 24 BJP leader Rakesh Singh has been remanded to police custody till March 1. A member of the BJP's West Bengal state committee, Rakesh Singh was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the Pamela Goswami cocaine case. Kolkata Police produced Rakesh Singh (5...

Judiciary Update

Varavara Rao seeks relief from bail conditions set by Bombay HC
Mumbai, Feb 24 Telugu poet-activist and Bhima Koregaon accused Varavara Rao approached the Bombay High Court Wednesday seeking permission to deposit cash bonds instead of two sureties that the HC ordered as one of his bail conditions. Rao's counsel Anand Grover told th...

Judiciary Update

Delhi HC allows home quarantine for UK-returned family
New Delhi, Feb 24 The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed that a family that had returned from the United Kingdom be sent for home quarantine as opposed to institutional quarantine despite testing negative for Covid-19. A single-judge bench of the High Court preside...

Punjabi singer Sardool Sikander dies at 60

Chandigarh, Feb 24 Punjabi singer Sardool Sikander passed away at Fortis hospital at Mohali on Wednesday. He was 60. Sikander was under treatment for kidney damage and other ailments for the past few days. "Sikander, who was diabetic, was recently treated for COVID-19....

India slams OIC for raising Kashmir issue at UNHRC

New Delhi, Feb 24 India on Wednesday slammed the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for raising the Kashmir issue at United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and presenting “factually incorrect and unwarranted references.” India said it regrets that OIC count...

Cabinet recommends President’s rule in Puducherry

New Delhi, Feb 24 The Union Cabinet recommended President’s Rule in Puducherry, said Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday, days after the resignation of V Narayanasamy from his chief ministerial post. Addressing a press conference after a cabinet briefing, the...
 

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