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  • RSS is world's biggest school of patriotism: BJP on Rahul's criticism of Hindutva organisation

    Mar 03, 2021

    New Delhi, Mar 3: The BJP on Wednesday lauded the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as the "world's biggest school of patriotism" as it slammed Rahul Gandhi for likening the Hindutva organisation to radical Islamist outfits in Pakistan. Union Minister Prakash Javadekar told a press conference that it will take the Congress leader a long time to understand the RSS, the ideological fountainhead of the ruling BJP.

  • It's 'Khela Hobe' vs 'Jai Shri Ram' even at Bengal sweet shops

    Mar 03, 2021

    Kolkata, Mar 3: The bitter fight for the elections in Bengal has reached the sweet shops with popular retailers in the state churning out new delicacies, capturing the mood of the season -- 'Khela Hobe' vs 'Jai Shri Ram'. Balaram Mallick Radharaman Mallick, one of the iconic sweet shops of Kolkata, has launched Sandesh with the two slogans written on them.

  • President Kovind gets first dose of COVID-19 vaccine

    Mar 03, 2021

    New Delhi, Mar 3: President Ram Nath Kovind was administered the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at an army hospital on Tuesday and urged all eligible citizens to get vaccinated. According to tweets on his official handle, the president, 75, was accompanied by his daughter when the vaccine dose was administered to him at the army's Research and Referral Hospital here.

  • Doors being opened for talented youth in several sectors: PM Modi

    Mar 03, 2021

    New Delhi, Mar 3: Doors are being opened for talented youth in several sectors such as space, atomic energy and agriculture as limiting knowledge and research is a big injustice to the country's potential, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday.

  • Delhi municipal bypolls: AAP wins 4 wards, Congress 1

    Mar 03, 2021

    New Delhi, Mar 3: The AAP won four out of five wards and the Congress one in the municipal bypolls in Delhi, results of which were announced on Wednesday. The BJP, which had held one of these wards, failed to open its account in the bypolls. More than 50 per cent of voters cast their votes in the municipal corporation polls in the five wards on Sunday.

  • Delimitation panel set to get extension

    Mar 03, 2021

    New Delhi, Mar 2: The Delimitation Commission, set up in March last year to redraw the electoral constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir, Assam, Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh, is set to get an extension to complete its work, sources said on Tuesday. An official notification in this regard could be issued on Wednesday, they added.

  • Haryana: 54 school students in Karnal test COVID-19 positive

    Mar 02, 2021

    Karnal: Fifty-four students of a school near here have tested COVID-19 positive leading to the suspension of classes and other academic activities, an official said. Karnal Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Yogesh Sharma said three students of Sainik School Kunjpura had tested positive for the virus on Monday following which the health department took samples of 390 students and staff members of the school for testing.

  • J&K: KP applicants slam offline registration process as ABPM-JAY benefits elude them

    Mar 02, 2021

    Jammu, Mar 2: Five months after they registered for the much-publicised Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (ABPM-JAY), most of the 65,000 Kashmiri Pandit applicants have not received their health cards yet, which they have blamed on the "offline registration process" followed by the. The scheme was launched in Jammu and Kashmir by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 26.

  • Sikkim CM's Facebook page hacked

    Mar 02, 2021

    Gangtok, Mar 2: Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang on Tuesday said his Facebook page was recently hacked but was restored within a few hours. A few inadvertent posts were written by unidentified persons from Tamang's official Facebook page. "Recently, my official Facebook page was compromised wherein someone tried to impersonate me, intending to cause more harm," he said.

  • Haryana Guv nod to Bill providing 75percent quota to state people in pvt sector jobs

    Mar 02, 2021

    Chandigarh, Mar 2: Haryana Governor Satyadeo Narain Arya has given assent to the Bill providing 75 per cent reservation in the private sector to job seekers from the state, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said here on Tuesday. The Haryana Assembly had late last year passed the Bill, a key poll promise made by the ruling alliance partner Jannayak Janta Party.

  • Man arrested for attempt to rape teenage girl in UP

    Mar 02, 2021

    Banda, Mar 2: A man has been arrested for allegedly trying to rape a 14-year-old girl in Banda district in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Tuesday. The 22-year-old man dragged the girl and tried to rape her on Monday when she was grazing goat in a forest area, Dehat police station SHO Pradeep Kumar Yadav said. He said that the accused has been arrested and booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and other relevant sections of IPC. The girl has been sent for a medical examination.

  • Ghazipur border closed again

    Mar 02, 2021

    New Delhi, Mar 2: The Delhi Police on Tuesday afternoon closed the Ghazipur border again, hours after it reopened a portion of NH-9 for traffic movement, officials said. The stretch was closed since January 26 when violence broke out during the farmers' tractor parade in the national capital on Republic Day. The one side of the road which goes towards Ghaziabad from Delhi was opened for traffic in the morning.

  • One side of Ghazipur border opens for traffic

    Mar 02, 2021

    New Delhi, Mar 2: One side of the Ghazipur border, the site of the farmers' protest, was opened for traffic on Tuesday, police said. The stretch was closed since January 26 when violence broke out during the farmers' tractor parade in the national capital on Republic Day. The one side of the road which goes towards Ghaziabad from Delhi was opened for traffic in the morning, a senior police officer said.

  • Farmers destroy crops in UP village

    Mar 02, 2021

    Mathura (UP): Farmers in a village here destroyed crop in a four-acre area in protest against the contentious farm laws. The incident occurred at Umraya village of Chhata subdivision "With the consent of a majority of villagers, crops grown in the four-acre area was ploughed on Monday," RLD state vice president Kunwar Narendra Singh said.

  • 'Serial rapist' held after encounter in UP's Greater Noida

    Mar 02, 2021

    Noida: A serial rapist wanted in multiple cases of crime against women was arrested following an encounter with the police in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida, officials said. The accused, also involved in cases of loot and thefts, was held after he got injured in the gunfight that broke out in the Surajpur Police Station area at around 10 pm, the officials said.

  • Dalit girl in Aligarh was strangulated, no clear evidence of rape: police

    Mar 02, 2021

    Aligarh (UP), Mar 2: The postmortem report of the teenage Dalit girl, whose body was found here on Sunday, has not indicated any clear evidence of rape and found that she was strangulated to death, a senior official said here. Five persons have been picked up by the police for questioning in the case, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Muniraj G told media persons on Monday night.

  • LPG price hiked again by Rs 25; ATF price up 6.5 percent

    Mar 01, 2021

    New Delhi, Mar 1: Cooking gas LPG price was on Monday hiked by Rs 25 per cylinder across all categories, including subsidised fuel and those availed by Ujjwala scheme beneficiaries - the fourth increase in rates in a month's time. LPG prices have gone up by Rs 125 per 14.2-kg cylinder since the beginning of February, price data from state-owned oil marketing companies showed. Also, jet fuel prices were hiked by a steep 6.

  • Over 1 mln citizens registered themselves on Co-WIN portal till 1.00 pm: Health ministry

    Mar 01, 2021

    New Delhi, Mar 1: Over one million citizens have registered themselves on the Co-WIN portal till 1 pm on Monday, the Union Health Ministry said as India opened up vaccination for those over 60 years and within the age bracket of 45 to 59 years with specified comorbidities. As the registration on the www.cowin.gov.in opened up at 9 am on Monday, people took to social media to flag glitches in the registration system.

  • CBI takes over ITBP fake appointment letters case

    Mar 01, 2021

    New Delhi, Mar 1: The CBI has taken over investigation in ITBP recruitment scam in which 24 unsuccessful candidates from across the country were conned with fake appointment letters to join the force, officials said. These candidates had appeared in the examination for the post of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) constables in 2014-15 and 2016 but could not clear the selection process, they said.

  • PM says India needs food processing revolution through PPP mode

    Mar 01, 2021

    New Delhi, Mar 1: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said there is a need to bring a food processing revolution in the country through public-private partnership. Addressing a webinar on budget provisions for the farm sector, he highlighted the various initiatives taken by the government in the Budget for the next fiscal, including increasing the target of agriculture credit to Rs 16.

  • PM Modi takes first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at AIIMS

    Mar 01, 2021

    New Delhi, Mar 1: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said he has taken the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at the AIIMS here and appealed to all those who are eligible to get inoculated. "Took my first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at AIIMS. Remarkable how our doctors and scientists have worked in quick time to strengthen the global fight against COVID-19," he tweeted. "I appeal to all those who are eligible to take the vaccine. Together, let us make India COVID-19 free!" Modi said.

  • 4-year-old raped in Haryana's Sonipat

    Feb 28, 2021

    Chandigarh: A four-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 36-year-old man in Haryana's Sonipat district, police said. The accused living near the victim's house falling in an area under the Rai police station allegedly lured her to his place and raped her on Friday night, said police. The accused has been arrested, a police official said over the phone. A case of rape under the Indian Penal Code and relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act has been registered, said the police official.

  • Kumbh Mela: Penal action to be taken against violators of COVID-19 SOPs

    Feb 28, 2021

    Dehradun: Ahead of the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar, the Uttarakhand government has issued standard operating procedures making it mandatory for devotees to produce a negative report of RT-PCR test conducted not earlier than 72 hours of arrival and warning of penal action against COVID-19 SOP violators.

  • Teenager commits suicide after being scolded by father: Police

    Feb 28, 2021

    Bhadohi: A 16-year-old boy allegedly hanged himself to death at his house in Bhadohi's Gopiganj area after being scolded by his father, police said. In a repeat tragedy for the family, the boy took the extreme step barely six months after his brother had committed suicide, Gopiganj police station's SHO Guru Gyan Patel said.

  • Congress is weakening, 'G-23' will work to strengthen it: Dissenters at Jammu meet

    Feb 28, 2021

    Jammu: In a public show of dissent, the 'G-23' leaders, including Ghulam Nabi Azad, Anand Sharma and Kapil Sibal, who have been pressing for a leadership change and organisational overhaul in the Congress, gathered on one stage here, saying the party is weakening and they have come together to strengthen it. It is an occasion to speak the truth and I will speak the truth.

  • Cabinet secy to hold review meeting with 8 states, UTs showing rise in COVID-19 cases

    Feb 27, 2021

    New Delhi, Feb 27: The cabinet secretary will chair a high-level review meeting on Saturday with eight states and union territories exhibiting a surge in COVID-19 cases, the Union Health Ministry said. The states showing a surge are Telangana, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir and West Bengal. India's total COVID-19 active caseload is 1,59,590 which is 1.44 per cent of the total infections.

  • Mayawati pays tributes to Ravidas on his birth anniversary

    Feb 27, 2021

    Lucknow, Feb 27: BSP president Mayawati on Saturday paid tributes to saint-poet Ravidas on his birth anniversary and asked the BJP-led central and state governments to follow the path shown by him in serving the society and country. In tweets in Hindi, the BSP president recalled the works done by the governments led by her to realise the dreams of Ravidas.

  • 'BJP will take care of family of RSS worker killed in clash'

    Feb 27, 2021

    Alappuzha, Feb 27: The BJP would take care of the family of the RSS worker killed following a clash between two groups in the district, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi said on Saturday as he flayed the ruling LDF, asking them to hand over the case to the CBI if they lacked 'will power' to probe it.

  • SC refuses to entertain plea challenging decision to make FASTag mandatory

    Feb 26, 2021

    New Delhi, Feb 26: The Supreme Court Friday refused to entertain a plea challenging the Centre's decision to make FASTag mandatory for all the vehicles. The government has made FASTag mandatory from February 15 midnight and any vehicle not fitted with it will be charged double the toll at electronic toll plazas across the country, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has said.

  • Discussion and dialogue solution to all problems: LS Speaker Om Birla

    Feb 26, 2021

    Shillong, Feb 26: Constructive discussion and dialogue is the way to resolve all problems in a democracy, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said on Friday. He was speaking at the launch of the second leg of the 'Outreach and Familiarisation Programme' for the local bodies of Meghalaya and other north-eastern states. "In a democratic setup, solution to all problems can be achieved through constructive discussion and dialogue," Birla said.

  • Home Minister Shah salutes valour of IAF fighters on Balakot air strikes anniversary

    Feb 26, 2021

    New Delhi, Feb 26: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday saluted the valour of the Indian Air Force (IAF) fighters on the anniversary of the Balakot air strikes, and said under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership, security of the country and the soldiers is paramount. On February 26, 2019, IAF fighter jets crossed the Line of Control and destroyed terror launch pads in Balakot in Pakistan.

  • PM inaugurates Khelo India Winter Games, says will make J&K winter sports hub

    Feb 26, 2021

    New Delhi, Feb 26: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated the second Khelo India Winter Games in Gulmarg and said that the event is a step towards making Jammu and Kashmir a hub of winter sports. Athletes from 27 states and Union Territories are competing in the Games which will conclude on March 2.

  • HC grants bail to labour rights activist Naudeep Kaur

    Feb 26, 2021

    Chandigarh, Feb 26 (PTI) The Punjab and Haryana High Court granted bail to labour rights activist Naudeep Kaur on Friday in a case filed under attempt to murder and some other charges, more than six weeks after she was arrested in Haryana's Sonipat for allegedly gheraoing an industrial unit and demanding money from the company. "The court accepted the bail application of Naudeep Kaur.

  • Balakot air strikes displayed India's strong will to act against terror: Rajnath

    Feb 26, 2021

    New Delhi, Feb 26: The success of Balakot air strikes displayed India's strong will to act against terrorism, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday. "On the anniversary of Balakot Air Strikes, I salute the exceptional courage and diligence of the Indian Air Force. The success of Balakot strikes has shown India's strong will to act against terrorism. We are proud of our Armed Forces who keep India safe and secure," Singh tweeted.

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