Former Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah has been prevented from offering prayers at Srinagar’s revered Hazratbal mosque, where a big gathering is expected for the congregational Friday noon prayers on the occasion of the Prophet Muhammad’s birth celebrations, his party said. A spokesperson for Abdullah’s National Conference (NC) […]
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MS Dhoni names ‘one of the most talented players going around’
Chennai Super Kings defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by six wickets to increase their points tally to 10 points from 13 matches in the 13th season of the Indian Premier League. It was a clinical performance by the CSK players as they chased down a target of 173 runs in the […]
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Congress must apologise: Javadekar after Pak minister’s Pulwama comments
Union minister Prakash Javadekar on Friday trained his guns on the Congress party, a day after Pakistan minister Fawad Chaudhry admitted his country’s role in the Pulwama attack last year. Chaudhry, the science and technology minister in Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Cabinet, had said on the floor of parliament that […]
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BJP leader blames provocations by NC, PDP for attack that killed 3 leaders
Former deputy chief minister Kavinder Gupta blamed the killing of three BJP leaders in Kulgam district late on Thursday evening to the provocations by the leaders of National Conference (NC) and People’s Democratic Party (PDP). “We have lost three of our very dedicated leaders– Fida Hussain Yatoo, Umer Rashid Beigh […]
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Sacrifices won’t go in vain’: JP Nadda condoles BJP workers’ killings in J-K’s Kulgam
BJP president JP Nadda on Fridy condemned the killing of three workers of his party’s youth wing in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Thursday, saying their sacrifice will not go in vain. Fida Hussain Itoo, the district general secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), Umer Rashid Beigh, […]
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India registers 48,648 new Covid-19 cases, lower than Thursday
India reported 48,648 cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and 563 related deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the country’s tally to 8,088,851, according to the Union health ministry’s data on Friday morning. The number of new cases was less than Thursday morning’s 603,687 but there were 46 more […]
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PM Modi hopes for compassion, brotherhood in Milad-un-Nabi greetings
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hoped for ‘compassion and brotherhood’ in his greetings to the nation on the occasion of Milad-un-Nabi, the birthday of Prophet Muhammad. “Best wishes on Milad-un-Nabi. Hope this day furthers compassion and brotherhood all across. May everybody be healthy and happy. Eid Mubarak!” PM Modi said in a […]
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Delhi AQI remains in very poor category; likely to improve from Saturday
A day after the Air Quality Index (AQI) dropped to the severe category, pollution levels in the national Capital remained in very poor category on Friday morning. According to the data shared by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the AQI value was 380 at 7 am. On Thursday, the air quality was […]
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China tries to negotiate sweet deal to step back in Ladakh. India won’t bite
Even as New Delhi awaits Beijing’s confirmation on a date for the eighth round of military-diplomatic level dialogue on disengagement in East Ladakh, HT learns that it has rejected the conditions posed by the People’s Liberation Army for the withdrawal of Chinese troops from the Finger 4 mountainous spur on […]
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China confirms details of new tech improved PLA living conditions at border
China has made high-tech arrangements for People’s Liberation Army (PLA) frontline soldiers posted at high altitudes to promote the troops’ preparation for war, the defence ministry said on Thursday. Defence ministry spokesperson Colonel Wu Qian shared details about the new logistical arrangements for PLA border troops without naming India but […]
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Maharashtra extends ongoing Covid-19 lockdown till November 30
The Maharashtra government on Thursday extended the ongoing lockdown by another month as cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) continue to rise in the state. It will now remain in effect till November 30, officials said.
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Akshay Kumar’s Laxmmi Bomb renamed to Laxmii
After much anticipation, the trailer of Laxmmi Bomb was dropped online and managed to impress the audiences with its funny and scary scenes. Actor Akshay Kumar’s character as a transgender has already been creating quite a buzz. On Thursday, the film directed by Raghava Lawrence went for its censor certificate […]
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‘Nalayak’: Gadkari diagnosed bureaucratic malaise, Modi must inject cure
Union roads, transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday vented government’s frustration at the slow-moving bureaucracy when he openly castigated National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) officials for taking 11 long years to complete its building at Dwarka in the Capital. Calling the NHAI bureaucracy “ nalayak, nikammi aur […]
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Manoj Tiwari’s chopper makes emergency landing in Patna
The chopper carrying BJP star campaigner Manoj Tiwari, a singer and actor serving as Minister of Parliament from northeast Delhi, made an emergency landing at the Jayaprakash Narayan International Airport in Patna, following a communication glitch Thursday morning. Tiwari and Neelkant Bakshi, a BJP worker from New Delhi, who were […]
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Delhi health minister Jain says city possibly in third wave of Covid-19
A day after Delhi logged its highest daily count of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases, health minister Satyendar Jain said on Thursday that it is too early to say the national capital is witnessing the third wave of Covid-19 cases but that it is possible “we are already in that phase.” […]