Union Minister for Civil Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday informed that more than 3.9 million people were facilitated international travel ever since the Vande Bharat Mission was launched. Taking to Twitter, Puri shared data that showed that on December 18 (Friday) itself 8,546 Indians returned from various locations such […]
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BJP leader and ex-Union minister Birender Singh extends support to farmers’ agitation
Former Union minister and senior BJP leader Birender Singh has extended his support to the ongoing farmers’ agitation against the three agriculture-marketing laws passed by the Centre. Singh is grandson of Sir Chhotu Ram, a prominent politician during the pre-independence era who championed the interest of farmers. Singh, whose son […]
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Switzerland votes for same-sex marriage, easing legal gender change
Swiss lawmakers voted on Friday to legalise same-sex marriage and allow transgender people to change their legal gender by making a declaration, marking a major step forward for LGBT+ rights in the country, campaigners said. The gay marriage law is likely to be tested in a nationwide referendum next year […]
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Jairam Ramesh apologises to Vivek Doval in defamation case
Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Saturday tendered an apology to Vivek Doval, the son of National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, before a Delhi court in connection with a criminal defamation case in January last year. Vivek Doval had filed a defamation case against Ramesh and Caravan Magazine for their […]
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Rajnath hands three new systems built by DRDO to Armed Forces
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh handed three indigenously-developed Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) systems — one of which is already being used in eastern Ladakh where India and China are involved in a standoff — to the armed forces at the annual DRDO awards on Friday. Singh also presented awards, […]
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Khalistan is Pakistan project, threat to national security:Canadian report
Terry Milewski, one of Canada’s veteran journalists, has warned that the Khalistan project is sponsored by Pakistan, and it is detrimental to the national security of not only India but Canada as well. The Milewski report published by Macdonald Laurier Institute, a reputed think tank based in Ottawa, reveals how […]
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Second Japan industrial township in Andhra Pradesh
Industries Minister Mekapati Goutam Reddy rolled out a red carpet for Japanese firms to invest in the State.The State will offer special fiscal incentive packages to Japanese companies setting up manufacturing facilities in Japan Industrial Township, especially for companies shifting bases from China along with their suppliers, he said. “We […]
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Police probe ordered into Javed Akhtar’s defamation complaint against Kangana Ranaut
A metropolitan magistrate court in Mumbai on Saturday directed police to investigate famous Bollywood lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar’s complaint of defamation against actor Kangana Ranaut for her alleged personal comments made during an interview. The lyricist had approached the magistrate court last month with a complaint of defamation against […]
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Man held after Odisha family alleges ‘love jihad’: Police
Police in Odisha’s Jajpur district on Friday arrested a 24-year-old Muslim man on charges of forcibly marrying a 21-year-old woman and raping her repeatedly, officials said. Officials said the woman was rescued from Cuttack on Thursday evening, 12 days after she was allegedly abducted by the man while going to […]
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Over 8,000 security personnel for Arunachal panchayat, municipal polls
More than 8,000 security personnel would be deployed for the panchayat and municipal elections to be held in Arunachal Pradesh on December 22, a senior police officer said. Nine companies of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), besides 7,517 personnel of police, India Reserve Battalion (IRB) and Arunachal Pradesh Police Battalion […]
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India waits for Pakistan to end terror before resumption of dialogue
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an impromptu landing at the Lahore airport on December 25, 2015, he hugged his then counterpart Nawaz Sharif who had come to receive him. During his four-hour visit, Sharif recalled that his mother Begum Shamin Akhtar had told him that Modi was a good […]
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Amit Shah begins 2-day Bengal trip with visit to Swami Vivekananda’s house
Union home minister Amit Shah visited Swami Vivekananda’s ancestral house in north Kolkata on Saturday morning while kicking off his two-day visit to West Bengal. Shah arrived in Kolkata late on Friday night and is scheduled to camp in the poll-bound state for the next two days, during which he will […]
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Goa CM seeks to allay fears surrounding track-doubling project
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Saturday sought to allay fears surrounding a railway track-doubling project that is facing opposition, saying that environment will not be damaged during its implementation. He also launched a veiled attack on the people opposing the project and said there was no scope for “negative, […]
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Nitish Kumar spells out Bihar’s priority list for Covid-19 vaccination
The Bihar government on Friday spelt out its priority list for Covid-19 vaccination with chief minister Nitish Kumar placing health care workers, frontline workers, priority age groups, public representatives, all people engaged in government works, contract workers, shopkeepers, traders and all vulnerable groups, first in the line. On Tuesday, the […]
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Extradition case of 26/11 accused Tahawwur Rana to continue till April 22
The case of extradition of Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana, a key accused in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, to India will continue till April 22, a federal US judge has determined. Rana, 59, has been declared a fugitive by India, where he is facing multiple criminal charges for his […]