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Moradabad BJP Candidate Passes Away a Day after Polling

April 20, 2024 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Apr 20: A day after the polling, the BJP candidate for the Moradabad Lok Sabha seat, Sarvesh Singh, died in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Saturday after prolonged illness. The 72-year old Singh, a former member of the Lok Sabha, was one of the 12 candidates in the fray […]

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Insulin Row: “Kejriwal is on Oral Medicine, had Stopped Insulin Months back”

April 20, 2024 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Apr 20: The Tihar jail authorities have claimed that the Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal had stopped taking insulin months before his arrest and was on basic anti-diabetes oral medicine. Refuting the Aam Aadmi Party’s claim that the Enforcement Directorate at the behest of the BJP government at the centre was “conspiring to […]

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54 Trains in Punjab cancelled as Farmers Squatted on Tracks

April 20, 2024 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Apr 20: A total of 54 trains on the Ambala-Amritsar route were cancelled on Saturday as farmers squatted on tracks at the Shambhu railway station in Punjab’s Patiala district for the fourth day, officials said. The protestors have been demanding the release of three farmers arrested by the Haryana Police during the ongoing […]

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Congress Hits out at BJP over Sitharaman’s Remark to Bring Back Electoral Bonds

April 20, 2024 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Apr 20: The Congress on Saturday hit out at the BJP over Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s reported remarks that the electoral bods, declared by the Supreme Court “unconstitutional,” would be brought back in some form if the BJP was voted back to power. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the BJP after looting ₹4 […]

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Doordarshan Logo Colour Changed to Orange, Sparks Row

April 20, 2024 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Apr 20: Doordarshan, the public television broadcaster which on paper is supposed to be autonomous, has changed the colour of its logo from red to a distinct orange shade, sparking criticism from the opposition camp. DD News, the English news channel of Doordarshan, revealed the logo while sharing a new promotional video on […]

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CJI Hails Enactment of Three New Criminal Laws as “Watershed Moment”

April 20, 2024 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Apr 20: The Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Saturday hailed the enactment of the new criminal justice laws as a “watershed moment” and said “the newly enacted criminal laws have transitioned India’s legal framework on criminal justice into the new age.” Addressing a conference in New Delhi on “India’s Progressive […]

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Poll funding: If voted back to power, Nirmala hints at reinstating electoral bonds

April 20, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: If voted back to power after the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, the NDA government is likely to reinstate corporate funding to political parties through controversial electoral bonds. According to the media reports, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman hinted at this possibility, stating to bring in a political funding framework acceptable to all […]

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Karnataka: Congress Government under Fire after “Love Jihad” Murder

April 20, 2024 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Apr 20: The gruesome murder in the college campus of the daughter of a Congress corporator has provided an opportunity to the BJP to target the Congress government in Karnataka pointing out that “love jihad” was prospering in the state under the slack law and order situation. Even as the Siddaramaiah […]

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Marathon: London Marathon to honor late Kelvin Kiptum

April 20, 2024 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi, April 20: Late Kelvin Kiptum will be remembered before Sunday’s race with 30 seconds of applause at the 2024 London Marathon, the media reported. Kenya’s world record holder died, alongside his coach, in a car accident at the age of 24 in February in his home country. Kelvin Kiptum won the 2023 London […]

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Tesla’s EVs: Elon Musk postpones next week’s India visit to “later this year”

April 20, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Tesla chief Elon Musk, who was expected to announce an investment of around USD 3 billion to manufacture his electric vehicles and start satellite broadband services in India, has postponed his next week’s visit to the South Asian country to “later this year.” “Unfortunately, very heavy Tesla obligations require that the […]