The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has objected to the Lok Janshakti Party’s (LJP) bid to use Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pictures during the campaigning for the upcoming three-phase Bihar assembly elections in a bid to show solidarity and downplay the vituperative jibes of the LJP’s national president Chirag Paswan against Bihar chief […]
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On next India trip, Myanmar Senior General to visit Darjeeling. It’s the tea
India has extended a standing invitation to Myanmar Army Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing to travel to Darjeeling on his next visit to India. The invite was extended by foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla during his informal conversations during his 24-hour visit to Myanmar capital Naypyidaw with Army chief Gen MM […]
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Quad: India committed to a rules-based world order, says MEA Jaishankar
Against the backdrop of the India-China border standoff, external affairs minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said New Delhi remains committed to a rules-based world order, respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty and peaceful resolution of disputes. Jaishankar made the remarks in his opening speech at the second ministerial meeting of […]
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Top Afghan peace negotiator set to meet PM Narendra Modi, EAM Jaishankar
Afghanistan’s top peace negotiator Abdullah Abdullah is set to arrive in India on Tuesday afternoon for a five-day visit during which he will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and external affairs minister S Jaishankar. Abdullah’s visit is part of an outreach to key countries in the region for […]
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Rhea Chakraborty, brother Showik’s judicial custody in drugs case extended till Oct 20
The judicial custody of Bollywood actor Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik in a drugs case related to Sushant Singh Rajput’s death was extended till October 20 by a Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act court (NDPS) in Mumbai on Tuesday. Apart from the Chakraborty siblings, the custody of 18 […]
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India ranks 4th in global survey assessing public perception of govt response to Covid-19
India, which scored 63.88 out of 100, is ranked fourth in a global survey to assess public perception of government responses to the raging coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic. China scored 80.48, followed by South Korea (74.54) and South Africa (64.62) — the only nations that are ranked ahead of India. […]
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Alwar gang-rape case: 4 sentenced for life; 1 gets 5 yrs
A special court on Tuesday awarded life imprisonment to four of the five men for raping a 19-year-old Dalit woman in Rajasthan’s Alwar last year. The fifth man, who circulated the video of the crime on social media, will spend five years in jail, the court said. The verdict was […]
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Rahul Gandhi accuses PM Modi of ‘not saying a word’ on Hathras gang-rape
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of not speaking out after the gang-rape of a 19-year-old Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district in September. While interacting with the media in Punjab’s Patiala, Gandhi said he paid a visit to the family of the victim […]
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Cremated Hathras victim to avoid violence: UP govt before Supreme Court
Uttar Pradesh has asked the Supreme Court to order a court-monitored probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the Hathras gang-rape case, which has triggered protests across the country, in an affidavit filed before the top court. The state government has already recommended a probe by the central […]
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Rhea Chakraborty, others’ judicial custody likely to be extended
The judicial custody of actor Rhea Chakraborty, her brother Showik Chakaborty, and 18 others arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), in connection with its probe into the drug angle to late actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, ends Tuesday. Their judicial custody is most likely to be extended for another […]
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‘Staggered show timings, 50% occupancy’: Guidelines for reopening cinemas
The Centre on Tuesday issued guidelines regarding the operations at cinemas and multiplexes that are set to reopen from October 15 after remaining shut for more than six months in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the new guidelines issued by the Union ministry of information and broadcasting, cinema […]
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Govt okays induction of nuclear-capable Shaurya missile amid Ladakh standoff
The Narendra Modi government has quietly approved induction and deployment of 700-km range surface-to-surface supersonic Shaurya strategic missile even as forward movement has been recorded in development of 5,000 km range K-5 submarine-launched ballistic missile. Shaurya is the land version of the submarine-launched BA-05 missile and has been developed by the […]
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India likely to join Canada-led multilateral group tackling pandemic
In a sign of an upswing in India-Canada ties, India is likely to join a group of foreign ministers from several countries that is being led by Canada and is aimed at forging a common strategy to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic. The Ministerial Coordination Group on Covid-19 (MCGC) was formed […]
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Bihar election wide open, repeat of Maharashtra situation cannot be ruled out
The exit of Ram Vilas Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) from the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar has opened up the state assembly elections. Till last week of September, the NDA was considered as a clear winner with most opinion polls predicting an overwhelming majority for NDA and poor […]
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Rhea Chakaborty’s judicial custody in drugs case ends today
The judicial custody of Bollywood actor Rhea Chakaborty, who was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in connection with its probe into the drugs angle in Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, will end on Tuesday. Chakaborty’s brother Showik and Rajput’s former manager Samuel Miranda will also be produced before the […]