As the temple town gears up to celebrate a star-studded Ramleela this Dussehra, a three-member production team reached Ayodhya from New Delhi to carry out a survey of the venue on Tuesday. Nine-day Ayodhya ki Ramleela will be performed at Laxman Quila on the banks of the river Saryu from […]
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Bihar Assembly election 2020: Crucial meeting of LJP today
Lok Janshankti Party (LJP) president Chirag Paswan has called a meeting of all party MPs on Wednesday to discuss how to fight the Assembly elections in Bihar. Paswan has made his discomfiture with the ruling Janata Dal (United), part of Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), known. His LJP […]
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Novavax doubles aims for 2 billion Covid-19 vaccine doses with expanded India deal
U.S. drug developer Novavax Inc said on Tuesday it was doubling its potential Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing capacity to two billion doses annually under an agreement with Serum Institute of India, sending its shares up about 7%. In August, Novavax signed a deal with Serum Institute, the world’s largest producer of […]
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‘Disservice to nation’: Supreme Court on Sudarshan TV’s ‘UPSC Jihad’ show
The Supreme Court on Tuesday took strong exception to the television programme titled ‘Bindas Bol’ aired by news channel Sudarshan news relating to Muslims entering civil services which the channel had likened to “infiltration” and “Jihad”. A three-judge bench, headed by justice DY Chandrachud, said that the claims made by […]
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China not honouring customary alignment of boundary with India: Rajnath Singh
Union defence minister Rajnath Singh spoke in Parliament on Tuesday on the border standoff with China in Ladakh, saying that China is not honouring the customary alignment of the boundary with India. He said that the alignment has not only been defined by treaties, but has been maintained historically. However, […]
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Facebook objects to Delhi assembly notice on alleged inaction in hate speech cases
Facebook on Tuesday asked Delhi assembly to withdraw a summon notice on alleged inaction in hate speech cases. The social media giant said that matter falls within Centre’s purview. “The regulation of intermediaries like Facebook fall within exclusive authority of the Union of India. Given that the matters are under consideration by […]
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Battle against Covid-19 far from over: Harsh Vardhan in Parliament
Union health minister Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday said that the battle against the coronavirus disease is far from over. Speaking in the Rajya Sabha, Vardhan said that government is taking all necessary measures to prevent the spread of the disease. “I want to remind the members that battle against Covid-19 […]
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Girl, 16, raped and blackmailed for 2 years. Cops say she was his 7th victim
A 40-year-old businessman has been arrested in Madhya Pradesh’s Satna district on a charge of raping and blackmailing a 16-year-old girl. Police said the accused had been blackmailing six more women. The girl had come forward to file a police complaint on Friday last (September 11). Satna superintendent of police […]
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CBI raids former J&K minister Lal Singh’s premises in Rajbagh, Kathua
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday morning raided the residential premises of the former Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) minister and the founder of Dogra Swabhimaan Sanghthan (DSS), Choudhary Lal Singh, in Rajbagh and Kathua in Jammu, officials said. “Two CBI teams launched searches on the premises of Choudhary Lal Singh […]
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Sushant case: Viscera report to be ready after September 17, will be tested for drugs
The analysis report of Sushant Singh Rajput’s viscera sample at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is likely to be ready on September 17 or 20. The samples had been analysed in Mumbai once after the autopsy and were sent to AIIMS for a second analysis. “We have just received […]
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Rahul Gandhi attacks Modi govt over deaths of migrant workers
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday attacked the government for stating in Parliament on Monday — the first day of the 18-day uninterrupted monsoon session — that it did not know how many migrant workers had died during the coronavirus disease (Covid-19)-induced lockdown while returning to their native places. “Modi government does […]
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India’s Covid-19 tally closer to 5 million, but daily case count drops to 83,809
The surge of new coronavirus disease cases continued in India on Tuesday when the country recorded 83,809 new cases. This pushed the overall tally to 49,30,236, according to Union health ministry data. The number of active cases in the country stand at 9,90,061, while 38,59,399 patients have been discharged, the […]
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Rajnath Singh likely to address Parliament today on India-China border row
Defence minister Rajnath Singh is expected to make a statement in Parliament on Tuesday on standoff between Indian and Chinese soldiers at the Line of Actual Control (LAC). The address is expected to take place at around 3 pm in the Lok Sabha. Singh’s address comes amid the rising demands […]
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15-year-old allegedly gang-raped in UP, case filed after clip is shared online
A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by five men in Sitapur last week and the incident came to light on Monday after an accused shared a video of the crime on a social media platform, the police said. Superintendent of police, Sitapur, Rakesh Prakash Singh said, “The incident occurred on […]
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‘Rename Agra’s Mughal Museum after Shivaji’: Yogi Adityanath
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday announced the decision to rename the under-construction Mughal Museum in Agra after Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the chief minister’s office said in a statement. “How can Mughals be our heroes?” the press statement quoted Yogi Adityanath as saying. “The very name of Shivaji […]