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Check e-PoS devices for One Nation One Ration Card scheme
NEW DELHI: The Delhi government has directed its assistant commissioners to ensure testing of
e-PoS devices at fair price shops under their jurisdiction by Saturday evening for hassle-free rollout of the “One Nation One Ration Card”…
IAS officer in Bihar lodges police complaint; CM Nitish Kumar among those named
PATNA: A disgruntled IAS officer on Saturday left the administrative machinery here stunned when he reached a police station with a complaint seeking lodging of an FIR against Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, besides several top officials.…
Over 40 crore vaccines administered in country
NEW DELHI: The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has gone past 40 crore with over 46.38 lakh doses given on Saturday, according to the Union health ministry.
A total of 21,18,682 beneficiaries in the…
Bajwa meets Amarinder as speculation spirals over Sidhu
CHANDIGARH: Former Punjab Congress president Partap Singh Bajwa met Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday as the talk of Navjot Singh Sidhu being appointed chief of the party's state unit gathered force.
Bajwa, a strident critic of…
Amarinder writes to Sonia, expresses reservation over Sidhu
CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh is learnt to have written to Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday expressing reservation over Navjot Singh Sidhu's possible appointment as the state party chief.
In another…
Moderate intensity quake hits Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur
SHIMLA: A moderate intensity earthquake of magnitude 3.1 shook Himachal Pradesh's tribal district Kinnaur on Friday night, the Meteorological Department said.
There was no report of any casualty or damage to property.…
‘Next 100 days crucial’: Centre hints at third wave
NEW DELHI: Citing the rising Covid cases in many parts of the world as well as a few states in the country, the Centre on Friday raised a red flag saying that situation could get worse from here and added the next 100 days are going to be…
Make students sign ‘no dowry bond’ before awarding degree, Guv Khan tells VCs
KOCHI: Taking forward the fight against dowry, Governor Arif Mohammed Khan has directed the universities in the state to come up with a system that will ensure that the social evil is eradicated from society. The effort should begin from…
Talking to ‘kanwar sanghs’ to reach right decision: Yogi government on annual yatra
LUCKNOW: Hours after a nudge from the Supreme Court, the Uttar Pradesh government on Friday said it is talking with "kanwar sanghs" to take a "right decision" on the annual yatra and reminded that the organisations "themselves" decided to…
COVID fear: Borders of Uttarakhand to be sealed for Kanwariyas from July 24
DEHRADUN: The borders of Uttarakhand will be sealed for Kanwariyas from July 24.
The Uttarakhand government has decided to suspend the Kanwar Yatra for the safety of people in view of the looming threat of the third wave of COVID-19.…
Indian journalist killed in clashes in Afghanistan’ Spin Boldak district
Kabul , July 16 Danish Siddiqui, an Indian photojournalist working for Reuters, was killed on Friday during clashes in Spin Boldak district in Kandahar, sources confirmed.
Siddiqui was covering the situation in Kandahar over the last…
India to send seven-member Badminton team to Tokyo Para Olympics
New Delhi, Jul 16(UNI) As Para Badminton is set to make debut at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo next month, India will send a seven-member strong squad after the Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Friday granted two bipartite quotas to the…
Freak accident: More than two-dozen people fall into well in MP
Vidisha, MP, July 15 (UNI) At least 24 people fell into an old and approximately 30-ft-deep well late Thursday in Lal Pathaar area on the outskirts of Ganj Basoda but by 2200 hrs more than a dozen were rescued and rushed to an infirmary…
Himachal HC: 70 yrs after first PM Nehru’s visit to Bharmnoli village, govt fails to provide…
Shimla, Jul 15 (UNI) Himachal Pradesh High Court issued notice to state chief secretary and Public Work
Department as road connectivity could not be provided proper road connectivity to Bharmnoli village of
Rohru subdivision visited by 70…
Narada accused could not be produced in court due to Mamata’s presence
KOLKATA: The CBI on Thursday claimed in the Calcutta High Court that it could not physically produce the four leaders who were arrested in the Narada sting tapes case before the designated court on May 17, owing to the presence of Chief…
Gurnam Chaduni wants to become another Kejriwal through farmers’ stir: Anil Vij
CHANDIGARH: Haryana's Home Minister Anil Vij on Thursday took a jibe at state BKU leader Gurnam Singh Chaduni, who has suggested that farmers' outfits should test political waters, saying he wants to become another "Kejriwal" through the…
Uttarakhand postal circle gears up for doorstep delivery of Gangajal
DEHRADUN: As the Kanwar Yatra stands cancelled for the second consecutive year due to Covid-19 pandemic, Uttarakhand postal circle is all geared up to deliver the holy ‘Gangajal’ to the doorsteps of thousands of devotees across the…
Class 12 results: Complete tabulation, moderation of marks in time-bound manner
NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Thursday directed schools affiliated to it to complete tabulation and moderation of marks for class 12 students in a time-bound manner so that the result can be declared by July…
Two militants killed in encounter with security forces in J&K
SRINAGAR: Two unidentified militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in a residential area of the city on Friday, police said.
Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Danmar area, falling along…
Truce between Amarinder, Sidhu soon: Rawat
New Delhi, Jul 15 (UNI) Former Uttarakhand chief minister and AICC general secretary in-charge for Punjab Harish Rawat here on Thursday said a truce between Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu…
