Union minister Pratap Sarangi on Sunday said that all people of the country will be given free Covid vaccine, amidst the demand by opposition parties in the country for it and not only in poll-bound Bihar as announced by the BJP. The BJP announcement of free Covid vaccine for Bihar, […]
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Uttar Pradesh: Chandrashekhar Azad’s convoy shot at, alleges Bhim Army
The Bhim Army, a Dalit rights organisation, has accused some goons of firing at the cavalcade of its chief Chandrashekher Azad in Bulandshahar in western Uttar Pradesh (UP) on Sunday. Azad’s media coordinator Dr Kush said the Bhim Army chief addressed a rally in Bulandshahar on Sunday in support of […]
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2+2 talks: Pompeo leaves for India, tweets grateful for opportunity
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has left for India to take part of the 2+2 meeting which will largely be focussed on countering China’s growing global influence. “Wheels up for my trip to India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, and Indonesia. Grateful for the opportunity to connect with our partners to […]
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US welcomes India’s rise as a leading regional and global power
The United States welcomes India’s emergence as a leading regional and global power, the US State Department said ahead of the 2+2 ministerial in New Delhi. It also said the US is looking forward to work closely with India during the latter’s upcoming UNSC term, starting January 1, 2021. “The […]
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India must overcome China syndrome, embrace QUAD
On October 27, India and the US will sign the Basic Exchange Cooperation Agreement (BECA),the last of the four foundational military agreements which allows both countries to share geo-spatial data. The signing is a culmination of 13 years of negotiation, delays and reflects the mistrust between New Delhi and Washington […]
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India’s daily Covid-19 cases drop below 51,000; active cases remain below 7 lakh
India’s daily cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) are steadily declining with the figure falling below 51,000 on Sunday morning while the active cases continued to remain below seven lakh for the third day in a row. According to the latest data released by the Union ministry of health and […]
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‘World knows its expansionist nature’: RSS chief slams China in Dusshera address
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday lashed out at China for encoaching India’s borders during the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic. In his annual address, Bhagwat said that the world knows China’s expansionist nature. “China encroached on our borders amid the coronavirus pandemic. The world knows the expansionist […]
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‘Muslims misled on CAA, efforts on to reignite protests’: Bhagwat
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Sunday listed various “noteworthy incidents” that took place in the last one year. “In 2019, Article 370 became ineffective, then the Supreme Court gave Ayodhya verdict on November 9. Entire nation accepted the verdict. On August 5, 2020, the groundbreaking ceremony […]
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J&K coalition is anti-BJP, not anti-national, says Farooq Abdullah
A grouping of six political parties in Jammu and Kashmir chose National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah as its chairperson and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mehbooba Mufti his deputy, giving shape to an alliance that they have formed to demand the restoration of the erstwhile state’s special status. The decisions […]
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‘Voted for guy named Trump,’ says US President; Biden addresses tipping-point Pennsylvania
President Donald Trump cast his vote in person in his adoptive home state Florida on Saturday before heading out to address three rallies in battleground states, seeking to build momentum for the final 10 days left of polling ending November 3. Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee who on Friday promised […]
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NDA to form govt again in Bihar, BJP may get maximum seats: Opinion poll
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will come back to power in Bihar, where it is up against the mahagathbandhan or Grand Alliance of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Congress and several other parties, according to an opinion poll conducted by ABP-CVoter ahead of the assembly elections in the eastern state. […]
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‘We are anti-BJP, not anti-national’, says Farooq Abdullah
National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah will be the president of the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration and Peoples Democratic Party’s Mehbooba Mufti the vice president of the six-party grouping, a senior leader said on Saturday. The announcement was made after a meeting of the members of the People’s Alliance for Gupkar […]
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PM Modi virtually inaugurates key development projects in Gujarat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated three projects, including Kisan Suryodaya Yojana for the farmers in Gujarat on Saturday. He will also inaugurate the Paediatric Heart Hospital attached with UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre in Ahmedabad, a mobile application for telecardiology at the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, and a […]
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‘Not promising 1 crore jobs,’ Tejashwi Yadav releases RJD’s manifesto
Amid the ongoing slugfest over NDA’s vaccine promise ahead of Bihar Assembly elections 2020, Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav, who is the chief ministerial candidate of Mahagathbandhan, released the party’s election manifesto on Saturday and said he will not promise one crore jobs. “I am promising 10 lakh jobs. […]
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For second consecutive day, active Covid-19 cases remain below 7 lakh-mark
A day after India’s active caseload fell below 7 lakh-mark for the first time in the last two months, 53,370 new cases were recorded in the last 24 hours, health ministry data showed on Saturday. The total tally stands at 7,814,682 and the number of active cases stands at 6,80,680. A total […]