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MP Already in Its Kitty, BJP Continue to Show Good Results in By-elections

November 10, 2020 Vinayak Barot

NEW DELHI, Nov 10: In the high-voltage by-elections for 28 seats in the Madhya Pradesh state Assembly, the BJP ministry headed by Shivraj Singh Chauhan has comfortably swum to safety by winning five of the seats and establishing unbeatable leads in another 14 constituencies. The BJP having 107 members in the 230-member House needed another […]

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Roving Periscope: Trump sacks defense chief, keeps others guessing

November 10, 2020 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Many had rightly guessed that even if he loses the Presidential election, an unconventional Donald Trump would not easily bow out of power in January 2021. He would first give a spirited fight to his adversary. But few had guessed that he would start doing so by sacking his own Defense […]

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POTUS poll: Russia, China still wait for the ‘real’ victor!

November 9, 2020 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Many countries, including India, have congratulated Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Junior on his election as the next US President, but Russia and China, America’s old and new adversaries, have remained silent to officially acknowledge the poll result. Moscow and Beijing appeared skeptical as to who would really take oath in the […]

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Bihar Elections: Exit Polls Predict “Advantage Mahagathbandhan”

November 7, 2020 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI. Nov 7: Even as the third phase of the Assembly elections in Bihar by and large ended peacefully, barring a lone incident of private firing killing one person in Purnia, most of the exit polls including by some of the television channels known for their leanings towards the BJP, predicted RJD-Congress […]

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Defence: After Rafale, India, France may ink $5.6 b submarine deal soon

November 7, 2020 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Rafale deal is done—India has already received eight of the 36 fighter aircraft for the IAF and the rest are on their way on a monthly basis—and New Delhi is now likely to sign yet another key defense deal soon with France to acquire state-of-the-art stealth submarines from the French […]

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Bihar Assembly Election 2020: PM Modi appealed voters to vote in maximum number

November 7, 2020 Vinayak Barot

Patna: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday appealed voters to vote in maximum number and set the record. PM Modi announced this in the starting of last phase of Bihar assembly election. Coronavirus may spread more during voting process, so PM Modi also appealed people to wear masks and keep social distance during vote. बिहार […]

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Fourth India-Philippines joint commission: Both nations agreed to fight together against terrorism

November 6, 2020 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: India and Philippines agreed on Friday to fight together against terrorism and both nations will increase defence cooperation with each-other in future. The decision was taken in the virtual meeting of the joint commission on bilateral cooperation. Meeting was Co-chaired by India’s External Affairs Minister (MEA) S.Jaishankar and Foreign Affair Secretary of Philippines – […]

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BJP Defies AIADMK Government’s Ban Order on “Vel Yatra,” Leaders Held

November 6, 2020 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta CHENNAI, Nov 6: Signifying straining of relations with yet one more ally within the NDA, the Tamil Nadu unit of the BJP on Friday went ahead with the month-long “Vel Yatra” to catch the Hindu votes forcing the AIADMK government in the state to detain its leaders for defying its ban order. The […]

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Kartarpur: Will the Sikh shrine be Pakistan’s Hagia Sophia?

November 6, 2020 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After watching attempts to woo the Indian Sikhs to the “Khalistani” project failing, Pakistan has, for the first time, handed over the management of the famous Sikh-Hindu shrine at Gurudwara Kartarpur Sahib to a body of Muslims, in what might be a precursor to its fate like that of Hagia Sophia, […]

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Sedition: Veterans demand arrest of Dr. Abdullah, Mehbooba

November 6, 2020 virendra pandit

New Delhi: A group of veterans comprising retired bureaucrats, ex-officers of the Indian Army, Air Force and Navy, academicians, and professionals has demanded the arrest of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Ministers Dr. Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti for their alleged “treason.” In a joint statement, signed by 267 veterans, they said the two J&K […]