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New Delhi: India established a new milestone on Sunday when it administered over 2 billion COVID vaccine doses, months after the launch of the nationwide vaccination drive on January 16, 2021. Earlier last year, the country had administered 1 billion doses within nine months (October) of the start of the vaccination drive. Addressing on the […]
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New Delhi: IndiGo’s Sharjah-Hyderabad flight was diverted to Karachi as a precaution on Sunday after pilots observed defect in one of the engines, officials of aviation regulator DGCA said on Sunday. On July 14, IndiGo’s Delhi-Vadodara flight was diverted to Jaipur out of precaution as vibrations were observed in the engines of the aircraft for […]
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New Delhi: India is attempting several big reforms in the technology sector to allow local businesses thrive amid anti-market practices from Big Tech and according to Shireesh Joshi, Chief Business Officer (CBO) and President, Network Expansion for the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), the goal is to create population-scale inclusion of e-commerce in the country. […]
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Rampur: Five people were killed and 22 others injured when a truck collided with a double-decker private bus in Rampur district in the wee hours of Sunday. According to police, the incident occurred near Rampur bypass when a Delhi-bound bus was carrying over 50 passengers, most of whom were asleep at the time of the […]
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Srinagar: Amarnath Yatra remained suspended due to inclement weather as another batch of 5284 pilgrims left Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu on Sunday for the Valley. Officials said no Yatri was allowed to move either from Baltal or from Pahalgam base camp towards the cave shrine on Saturday due to inclement weather. “Only helicopter services […]
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New Delhi: In February this year, a complaint was lodged at the IFSO unit of the Special Cell by a woman alleging that she was being abused and threatened by some unknown persons who were sending her morphed and vulgar photographs to her family, friends and relatives through social media. The complainant had taken a […]
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New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday announced the name of West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar as the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate for the Vice Presidential election. “NDA’s candidate for the post of Vice President of India will be Jagdeep Dhankhar. Kisan Putra Jagdeep Dhankhar has been in public life for more […]
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Hyderabad: Exposing Central Government’s conspiracies against Telangana, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao said State Government’s Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) limit was cut down from Rs.53,000 crore to Rs.23,000 crore and wanted TRS MPs to raise voice against the BJP’s treacheries during the Parliament session, which begins on Monday. Annually, the Central Government announces […]
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New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Saturday said his government’s schemes for free education, healthcare and electricity were not “freebies” but efforts to lay the foundation for making India the number one country in the world. He said education and health services will be free for all in the country if, by God’s will, […]
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Aurangabad: In a shocking incident, a 16-month-old child fell into a vessel filled with boiling water and succumbed to the burn injuries after a week, an official of Sillod Police Station said here on Saturday. According to the investigating officer Tukaram Mhetre of Sillod, the incident occurred on the evening of July 6 outside the […]
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Bhopal: In a bizarre incident, a man allegedly hacked a youth to death at a temple in Madhya Pradesh as an offer to Goddess after his wife gave birth to a male child. The incident was reported in a village in Rewa district and the victim has been identified as a 19-year-old Divyansh Kol. As per […]
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Jalaun: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday planted a sapling at the site of the inauguration of the Bundelkhand Expressway in Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also accompanied him to the site. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the Bundelkhand Expressway in Uttar Pradesh’s Jalaun. Earlier, the Prime Minister arrived at the […]
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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has refused to allow an unmarried woman to undergo medical termination of pregnancy at 23 weeks, observing it is not permitted under the abortion law after 20 weeks for pregnancy arising out of a consensual relationship. It, however, has sought the Centre’s response on the woman’s contention that the […]
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court, in an interim order, stayed the Bombay High Court order, insofar as the petitioner is concerned in a matter relating to the tender for 2,100 electric buses. A bench of justices Abdul Nazeer and J K Maheshwari issued notice to the respondent and said, “Interim stay of the impugned judgment […]
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New Delhi: The country’s seventh president Neelam Sanjiva Reddy was the only one to be elected unopposed to the post in the history of independent India. He succeeded Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed after his death in 1977. Ahmed breathed his last on February 11, 1977, a day after the Lok Sabha polls had commenced following two […]
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New Delhi: As many as 24 new bills will be introduced in the upcoming monsoon session of the Parliament, including Press and Registration of Periodicals Bill, 2022. “The Bill seeks to replace the Press and Registration of Books (PRB) Act, 1867 by decriminalisation of the existing Act, keeping the procedures of the extant Act simple from […]
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Guwahati: Whilst the flood situation in Assam appears to improve, another outbreak in the state– Japanese Encephalitis (JE)– has claimed the lives of as many as 23 people since April 2022. The sudden spread of the mosquito-borne disease Japanese Encephalitis, which is a viral brain infection, has become critical in the state. According to the […]
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New Delhi: The Lok Sabha secretariat has issued an advisory to MPs asking them to refrain from distributing pamphlets, press notes, leaflets without the Speakers’s permission in the House during the Monsoon session of Parliament. “As per established convention, no literature, questionnaire, pamphlets, press notes, leaflets or any matter printed or otherwise should be distributed without […]
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Kolkata: Eleven districts of Bengal have reported at least 65 cases of black fever or ‘kala-azar’ in the last couple of weeks, a senior official of the health department said, citing results of a state-administered surveillance. The districts where maximum number of cases was registered include Darjeeling, Malda, Uttar Dinajpur, Dakshin Dinajpur and Kalimpong, he told […]
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Hyderabad: Hindu deities have the same legal constitutional rights like any other bonafide citizen of this country and they morally, ethically and legally have the rights over their temples, properties and are bound by the fundamental rights as enshrined in the Constitution, Chilkur Balaji Temple head priest, C S Rangarajan, in an open letter to […]
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Hyderabad: Housing non-profit organization, Habitat for Humanity India, and home furnishings company, IKEA in India have joined hands to repair homes of 70 marginalised families living in Jagathgirigutta, Medchal district. The community living in Jagathgirigutta is inhabited by daily wage earners, domestic helpers, vegetable vendors, and those working in the informal sector, most living in […]
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New Delhi: Delhi’s Patiala House Court on Friday while granting bail to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in a case related to an allegedly objectionable tweet, observed that “the voice of dissent is necessary for a healthy democracy. Therefore, merely for criticism of any political parties it is not justified to invoke section 153A and […]
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New Delhi: A petition has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking a direction to allow Hindus to perform religious practices or rituals at the ‘Shivling’ at the disputed Gyanvapi site, which is adjacent to the famous Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi. The petition filed by one Rajesh Mani Tripathi, president of the Shri Krishana […]
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court has held that a woman, who was in a relationship with a man and willingly staying with him, cannot file a case of rape, after the relationship had gone sour. It ordered release of the appellant on bail to the satisfaction of the competent authority. A bench of Justices Hemant […]
