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Panaji, Aug 31 (UNI) Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday said that from September 1, 2021, onwards residents of the state would start getting 16,000 litres of water per month for free. Addressing to the people of the state, the…

Gangtok, Aug 26 (UNI) President of India on Thursday appointed Justice  Jitendra Maheshwari, Chief Justice of High Court of Sikkim, as the Judge of Supreme Court of India. Justice Maheshwari has been heading High Court of Sikkim since…

New Delhi, Aug 31 (UNI) In view of the evolving situation in Afghanistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently directed a high-level group comprising External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and senior…

Hamirpur (HP), Aug 31 (UNI) The State Election Commission on Tuesday announced the dates for holding Panchayati raj elections in the districts of Lahaul and Spiti and Chamba which would be held in two phases on September 29 and October 1.…

Dhaka, Aug 31 (UNI) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday described former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee as a true friend of Bangladesh. "It was hard to pass a year without Pranab dada (brother). He was a true friend of…

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday imposed a complete ban on the sale of liquor and meat in Mathura. “The officers concerned are directed to make plans for the ban as well as for the engagement of people involved in…

INDIAN FORCES can be “more hostile” to Chinese troops if needed “in case of national interest and to protect our borders”, and are enhancing their capabilities regularly to face any situation, according to Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)…

Since the pandemic began, “migration” in India has gained a negative connotation. But the problem may not be migration itself, but the fact that large chunks of migrants come from source states or regions that are facing acute economic…

Jallianwala Bagh a century ago, the historian Kim A Wagner wrote in his 2019 book of the same name, was a right trapezoid about 200 yards long and 150 yards wide, “entirely enclosed by the backs of houses and brick walls”, the main entrance…

CALIBRATING its response to overtures Sunday by Taliban leader Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, New Delhi is keenly aware of the power structure emerging in the region. Officials told The Indian Express that much before the Taliban…

PUNJAB CHIEF Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Monday slammed his Haryana counterpart Manohar Lal Khattar over his remarks on the Karnal lathicharge and blaming the Punjab government for backing the protesters, saying that Khattar’s remarks…

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar Monday said that 85 per cent of those who are protesting as part of the farmers’ agitation are from Punjab, while Haryana’s farmers are “happily working in their fields”. He also issued a “warning”…

Lucknow, Aug 30 (UNI) In a surprise move, Uttar Pradesh BJP president Swantatra Deo Singh paid a visit to the residence of Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav at his residence here on Monday. BJP sources here said that Mr Singh…

New Delhi, Aug 30 (UNI) Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Monday said Girish Chodankar will continue as the president of Goa state Congress and appointed Alexio Sequeira as the working president. Ahead of 2022 Assembly…

New Delhi, Aug 30 (UNI) Only 50 per cent of students will be allowed to sit in a classroom as schools in Delhi gear up to reopen from September 1 onwards, an official order from Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) issued on Monday…

New Delhi, Aug 30 (UNI) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday expressed confidence that Jammu and Kashmir will soon be free of terrorism and said "no power in the world" can separate Jammu and Kashmir from India. The Minister also…

As India made frantic efforts to evacuate diplomatic and other personnel at its Embassy, and other Indians and Afghans over a tense two days after the fall of Kabul on August 15, among those critical to the negotiations for safe passage for…

President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday offered prayers to the deity of Ram Lalla in Ayodhya, visiting the site where a Ram temple is being built. Kovind said the city could not be imagined without the deity, and emphasised that Ram belongs to…

The CPI (M) on Sunday expressed strong protest against the alleged controversial remarks made by Kerala Congress Working President Kodikkunnil Suresh about Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his family, and sought to know whether the party…

Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday visited five-time Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA and former Vidhan Sabha Speaker Sukhdev Rajbhar at his residence in Lucknow’s Gomti Nagar area. In a blow to the BSP, Rajbhar, who…