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US Navy Chief hosts Indian Chief Karambir Singh on aircraft carrier Carl Vinson at Malabar Exercise
Bay of Bengal, Oct 14 (UNI) US Navy Chief Admiral Mike Gilday hosted Indian Navy Chief Admiral Karambir Singh and other senior Indian Navy officers aboard aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson on Thursday during the Malabar Exercise which is…
Amit Shah to visit J&K amid growing security concerns
New Delhi, Oct 14 (UNI) As a part of the union government's outreach to Jammu and Kashmir, Home Minister Amit Shah would visit the Union Territory from October 23-25, sources said.
The visit is a part of a major outreach drive being…
Rahul Gandhi visits ailing Manmohan Singh at AIIMS
Central Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya also visits Man Mohan Singh at the hospital and gets updates from Director Randeep Guleria
Sidhu meets Sr. Congress leaders, will follow ‘high command’ directions
New Delhi, Oct 14 (UNI) Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose resignation as the Punjab Congress chief is pending with the Congress high command, met party leaders in the national capital on Thursday and said any decision taken by them would be…
Increasing BSF’s jurisdiction does not affect state govt or police: former BSF chief
New Delhi, Oct 14 (UNI) As center's decision to extend the jurisdiction of BSF in three states - Punjab, West Bengal and Assam created a controversy, former BSF DG Prakash Singh said the decision does not dilute the authority of the state…
We brought a paradigm shift in pace of development since 2014: PM Modi
Prime Minister Modi launched PM Gati Shakti - National Master Plan for multi-modal connectivity. He said that the masterplan will give Gati Shakti to 21st century India. “We have not only developed a work culture of completing the projects…
22 trained women priests in Kerala ready to perform poojas
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: 22 women priests are ready in the state to perform the poojas anchored in the Hindu faith. A right that had been the monopoly of a section belonging to the Hindu faith for long will now be challenged by women, who have…
Tamil Nadu set to be first state to give kids aged 2-18 yrs vaccine
COIMBATORE: Tamil Nadu is to become the first in the country to administer Covid-19 vaccines to those aged 2-18 years, said State Health Minister M Subramaniam on Wednesday.
The Centre has made a formal announcement on the vaccine and…
Colleges in Maharashtra to reopen from Oct 20; students must be fully vaccinated
MUMBAI: All the colleges and universities in Maharashtra can conduct physical classes from October 20 and students must be fully vaccinated in order to attend the classroom sessions, state Higher and Technical Education Minister Uday Samant…
HC grants bail to 4 accused in first case filed in Gujarat under new anti-conversion law
AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday granted bail as an interim relief to all four persons currently in jail in the first case filed in the state under an amended Act that penalises forcible or fraudulent religious conversion…
Madhya Pradesh reports 10 new COVID-19 cases, zero death; active tally at 110
BHOPAL: The coronavirus positive tally in Madhya Pradesh rose to 7,92,657 on Wednesday with the addition of 10 cases, while no new death due to the infection was reported in the state, a health department official said.
The death toll…
BJP leaders send Rajasthan-bound air tickets to Rahul, Priyanka
INDORE: BJP leaders in Madhya Pradesh's Indore on Wednesday sent air tickets to Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and MP Rahul Gandhi asking them to visit their party ruled Rajasthan, where atrocities have been allegedly…
Channi urges rollback on extend BSF jurisdiction along border
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has condemned the Centre's move to extend BSF's jurisdiction to a 50-km belt along the international border in Punjab, Assam, and West Bengal.
Taking to Twitter, Channi urged for an immediate…
Savarkar had sought general amnesty for all political prisoners, says his grandson
MUMBAI: Amid a heated political exchange over Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's remarks on mercy petitions of Veer Savarkar, the latter's grandson Ranjit Savarkar on Wednesday said the freedom fighter had sought a general amnesty for all the…
Jharkhand: Stray tusker at Durga Puja pandal, about 24 injured in stampede-like situation
HAZARIBAGH: A tusker strayed away from its herd and entered a Durga Puja marquee at Daroo in Jharkhand creating panic among devotees, about 24 of whom were injured in the stampede that took place subsequently, a forest official said on…
PowerMin allows utilities to import 10% coal to ease supply issues
The power Ministry on Tuesday allowed power producers using domestic coal to import up to 10 per cent of their coal requirement to boost low stocks, sources said. The move could bolster coal inventory at thermal power plants within a week,…
G-20 Summit on Afghanistan: PM Modi flags terror threat, calls for unified response
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that “every Indian feels the pain of Afghan people” and called on the international community to forge a unified response to bring about desired changes to the situation in Afghanistan. He also…
Kerala’s active Covid-19 caseload slips below 1 lakh after 104 days
In a sign of the pandemic receding in Kerala, the active caseload for Covid-19 fell below the 1-lakh mark on Tuesday, the first time since June 29.
As of Tuesday, there were 96,646 active Covid-19 cases in the state. The caseload had hit…
MHA begins tripartite talks with Gorkhas, West Bengal government to resolve statehood demand
The Union Home Ministry Tuesday began tripartite talks with the Gorkha representatives from the Darjeeling Hills, Terrai and Dooars region and the Government of West Bengal in order to resolve the longstanding demand of statehood in the…
Chhattisgarh: 300-km march to save state’s ‘lungs’ from mining
Around 350 people from tribal communities of 30 villages in Chhattisgarh’s Sarguja and Korba districts have been walking for the last nine days to reach state capital Raipur. The march — of more than 300 km — is to register their protest…
