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NEW DELHI: Set to take charge of BJP’s bid to defend political turf in Uttar Pradesh, Amit Shah faces an immediate task of arresting the drift of non-Yadav Other Backward Classes (OBCs). While the BJP leadership continues to watch caste…

NEW DELHI: With inadequate rainfall in July and August, nearly 30 per cent of the country is facing drought conditions which have steadily risen over the last month. Last year, only 10 per cent of these areas were facing a similar…

NEW DELHI: Air India's Delhi-London flight, which was to depart from the IGI airport here at 2 pm on Monday, got delayed for more than three hours after a swarm of ants was found in the business class, sources said. The AI-111 flight…

ABOHAR: Former Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar on Monday said the wrangling within the party's state unit was hampering the "vital process" of taking the state government's "landmark achievements" to people ahead of the 2022 assembly…

NEW DELHI: To assess the changing situation in Afghanistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday chaired a meeting with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Home Minister Amit…

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana government on Monday turned Karnal into a fortress with police personnel swarming and barricading the city’s entrances ahead of a farmers’ mahapanchayat and a call to gherao the Karnal Mini Secretariat slated for…

KOZHIKODE: Providing a huge relief, the sample results of eight Nipah suspects have tested negative. The result came from National Institute of Virology (NIV) Pune in the wee hours, said state health minister Veena George. This includes the…

Lucknow, Sep 6 (UNI) The central team of experts has found that a majority of cases of viral fever and deaths among children in Firozabad are due to Dengue, a few cases of Scrub Typhus and Leptospirosis, the Union Health Ministry said on…

New Delhi, Sep 6 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday lauded Himachal Pradesh for achieving 100 percent vaccination of people above 18 years of age, and said India is vaccinating over one crore citizens every day. "Himachal Pradesh…

Chandigarh/Ludhiana, Sep 5 (UNI) In a momentous feat, Ludhiana has achieved highest ever vaccination in a single day with 131993 lakh doses given across district on Sunday. Lauding the untiring and determined efforts of the healthcare…

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday said the prices of agricultural produce were falling down in the country as the Union government was not paying attention to the problems being faced by the farming community. Speaking at a farmers’…

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued a look out notice against former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, who has skipped at least five summons issued by the agency in connection with a money laundering investigation against…

EVEN AS central leaders of the BJP maintained that Jat leader Rakesh Tikait’s call at the Muzaffarnagar Mahapanchayat to vote against the party would not do much damage to its prospects in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh election, party MP Varun…

The Gujarat government has set itself a three-year deadline for the Sabarmati Ashram redevelopment project, but a key challenge lies in bringing on board the multiple stakeholders — the six Trusts who own the land, the ashramwasis whose…

In the wake of persisting concerns over Covid-19 cases, the Karnataka government has banned public processions and cultural programmes for Ganesh Chaturthi festival, set to be celebrated from September 10. In revised guidelines issued on…

Challenging the BJP-led NDA with just months to go for the UP elections, farm leaders driving the movement against the Centre’s new agricultural laws staged a major show of strength in Muzaffarnagar Sunday, announcing in front of thousands…

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Sunday said the state is getting rid of mafia, mosquito and filth, and is scripting a new story of development. “There was a time when eastern Uttar Pradesh was a hub of mafia and also cases…

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday flayed the central government for the filing of an FIR over the draping of hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s body in a Pakistani flag and the alleged raising of “anti-national” slogans…

To mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “two decades in public service”, the BJP will organise a 20-day “Seva and Samarpan” campaign comprising various welfare activities that will commence on his birthday on September 17. Since Modi…

Democracy is not just elections, but protection of individual liberty and freedom of expression that police ensure by maintaining law and order, Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday. “Democracy is not just elections. In democracy,…