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Apr 04, 2022 11:28 PM IST
Ex-Haryana Congress president joins AAP
Former Haryana Congress President Ashok Tanwar joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday in the presence of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal.
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Apr 04, 2022 10:35 PM IST
Punjab govt orders inquiry against teachers protesting outside state education minister’s residence
Punjab government orders inquiry against teachers who protested outside the residence of state education minister in Barnala on Sunday, ANI reported. Elementary teachers’ training employees staged a protest to demand cancellation of deputations and to be sent to the places of their posting.
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Apr 04, 2022 10:22 PM IST
HC dismisses plea challenging appointment of Delhi Chief Secy as Election Commissioner
The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed the petition challenging a notification appointing Delhi Chief Secretary Vijay Kumar Dev as Election Commissioner in the Election Commission of NCT of Delhi for conducting the elections to Municipal Corporations of Delhi, PTI reported.
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Apr 04, 2022 09:59 PM IST
Watch: Maharashtra home minister halts his speech for Azaan
Maharashtra home minister Dilip Walse Patil halted his speech today for Azan during an event in Shirur.
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Apr 04, 2022 09:45 PM IST
Police stations, tehsil offices and collectorates now dens of corruption in UP: Akhilesh
Akhilesh attacks Yogi Adityanath government, says police stations, tehsil offices and collectorates have become dens of corruption.
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Apr 04, 2022 09:24 PM IST
J&K L-G condemns terror attack on CRPF personnel in Srinagar
J&K Lieutenant governor condemns the terror attack on CRPF personnel in Lal Chowk in Srinagar. “Strongly condemn the dastardly terror attack on civilians & CRPF personnel. My deepest condolences to the family of martyred HC Vishal Kumar & prayers for early recovery of the injured. Our security forces will give a befitting reply,” he said.
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Apr 04, 2022 09:13 PM IST
AAP worker shot at in Punjab’s Phagwara
An Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) worker was injured after being shot at by two unidentified assailants on the national highway at Phagwara in Kapurthala district on Monday. The victim has been identified as Vipin Kumar, aka Gora, a resident of Hardaspur area in Phagwara. Full story
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Apr 04, 2022 09:08 PM IST
172 terrorists active in Jammu and Kashmir, says Army
The Indian Army has said that 172 terrorists including 79 foreigners are currently active in Jammu and Kashmir, PTI reported. The number includes 15 locals who joined the terrorist groups since January.
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Apr 04, 2022 08:47 PM IST
Lok Sabha passes Criminal Procedure Identification Bill
The Lok Sabha on Monday passed a bill that seeks to make the investigation of crime more expeditious and increase the conviction rate, ANI reported. The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022 was passed after a reply by Home Minister Amit Shah. Several opposition members demanded that the bill should be referred to a standing committee.
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Apr 04, 2022 08:31 PM IST
Covid-19: Tamil Nadu reports 21 fresh cases, zero deaths in last 24 hours
Tamil Nadu reports 21 fresh #COVID19 cases, 33 recoveries, and zero deaths, in the last 24 hours, news agency ANI has reported.
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Apr 04, 2022 08:17 PM IST
Civilian injured after being shot by terrorists in J&K’s Shopian
Terrorists fire upon a civilian in Chotogam area of J&K’s Shopian district. The injured civilian has been shifted to a hospital, ANI reported.
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Apr 04, 2022 08:04 PM IST
4 killed after gunshots fired between two groups in Punjab’s Gurdaspur
Four people died after gunshots were fired between two groups over a land dispute in Phulra village in Gurdaspur district of Punjab, a senior police official told ANI.
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Apr 04, 2022 07:02 PM IST
Tamil Nadu’s MDMK holds protest against fuel price hike in Chennai
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Apr 04, 2022 06:55 PM IST
₹2,285-cr to be incurred on Central Vista project for FY 2022-2023: Govt
The Central government on Monday informed the Rajya Sabha that the estimated costs to be incurred on the development of the Central Vista project for the Financial Year 2022-23 is ₹2,285 crore.
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Apr 04, 2022 06:03 PM IST
PM Modi congratulates music composer Ricky Kej for winning the Grammy award for the Best New Age Album, ‘Divine Tides’
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Apr 04, 2022 05:49 PM IST
India’s envoy to Nepal Vinay Mohan Kwatra named new foreign secretary
Vinay Mohan Kwatra, India’s ambassador to Nepal, has been named the new foreign secretary by the Centre, news agency PTI reported.
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Apr 04, 2022 05:29 PM IST
‘I’ve never seen such anarchy in Punjab’: Navjot Singh Sidhu in Ludhiana
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Apr 04, 2022 04:53 PM IST
Ashok Tanwar joins AAP, months after switching over to TMC from Congress
Ashok Tanwar, former Congress leader who had joined the Trinamool Congress in November 2021, switched over to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday. Read more
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Apr 04, 2022 04:32 PM IST
Haryana Congress Legislature Party meeting gets underway in Haryana Bhawan
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Apr 04, 2022 04:00 PM IST
Two CRPF jawans injured in a terrorist attack at Maisuma in Lal Chowk, Srinagar
At least two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan were injured in a terrorist attack at Maisuma in Lal Chowk, Srinagar, news agency ANI reported.
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Apr 04, 2022 03:45 PM IST
Delhi HC grants conditional nod to journalist Rana Ayyub to travel abroad
Delhi High Court has allowed journalist Rana Ayub to travel abroad but with certain conditions. Ayub has been asked to inform the agencies where she is staying and deposit some money while her counsel also volunteered to share her client’s itinerary.
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Apr 04, 2022 02:57 PM IST
SC agrees to hear plea challenging Jharkhand HC bail to Lalu Prasad in fodder scam case
Supreme Court has agreed to hear plea challenging Jharkhand High Court order granting bail to Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Lalu Prasad Yadav in connection with fodder scam case, reported news agency ANI.
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Apr 04, 2022 02:44 PM IST
Former Bengaluru Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao joins Aam Aadmi Pary today
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Apr 04, 2022 01:19 PM IST
Mumbai court extends Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik’s judicial custody till April 18 in money laundering case
Mumbai court on Monday extended the judicial custody of Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik till April 18, news agency ANI reported.
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Apr 04, 2022 01:00 PM IST
Opposition members walk out of LS protesting fuel price hike
Opposition members, including those from the Congress, TMC and Shiv Sena, on Monday, walked out of the Lok Sabha protesting against the fuel price hike.
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Apr 04, 2022 12:03 PM IST
Lakhimpur Kheri violence: SC reserves order on cancellation of bail to minister’s son as state says he’s ‘not at flight risk’
In UP farmers’ killing, Supreme Court has reserved an order on cancellation of bail to the minister’s son as the state says he’s ‘not at flight risk’.
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Apr 04, 2022 11:27 AM IST
Sri Lanka president Gotabaya Rajapaksa asks opposition to join unity govt
Sri Lanka president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has asked the opposition to join a unity government amid the worst crisis in decades, AFP reported. Read more
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Apr 04, 2022 11:14 AM IST
Lakhimpur Kheri violence: Advocates CS Panda & Shiv Tripathi urge SC to cancel bail plea of Ashish Mishra
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Apr 04, 2022 11:09 AM IST
PM Modi congratulates Hungarian counterpart on poll win
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Apr 04, 2022 11:05 AM IST
Sri Lanka crisis: Trading halted on country’s stock exchange after 5.9{a78e43caf781a4748142ac77894e52b42fd2247cba0219deedaee5032d61bfc9} plunge, curfew lifted after 36 hours
Sri Lanka’s Colombo Stock Exchange on Monday said it has halted trading of shares for 30 minutes due to a sharp fall in the benchmark share price index.
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Apr 04, 2022 10:20 AM IST
Sri Lanka: State of emergency still in place as curfew lifted
The 36-hour long curfew that was imposed on Sri Lanka on Saturday evening has been lifted on Monday morning at 6 am but the country is still under the effect of a state of emergency.
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Apr 04, 2022 09:42 AM IST
Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited to merge into HDFC Bank
Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited will merge into HDFC Bank, reported ANI citing an official document.
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Apr 04, 2022 09:09 AM IST
Ashok Tanwar to join AAP today
Former Congress leader Ashok Tanwar, who had joined TMC in November 2021, will join Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today in Delhi, reported ANI.
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Apr 04, 2022 08:38 AM IST
Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam says will not seek second term as city leader
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Monday she will not run for a second term as chief executive of the global financial hub in a leadership election due to take place on May 8, reported Reuters.
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Apr 04, 2022 08:02 AM IST
Economist Rodrigo Chaves projected to win Costa Rica election
Former World Bank official Rodrigo Chaves was projected to win Costa Rica’s presidential election with around 52.9{a78e43caf781a4748142ac77894e52b42fd2247cba0219deedaee5032d61bfc9} of the vote, according to the electoral tribunal’s preliminary partial tally of Sunday’s run-off ballot.
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Apr 04, 2022 06:32 AM IST
Petrol and diesel prices hiked by 40 paise
Petrol and diesel prices hiked by 40 paise a litre each, the 12th increase in less than 2 weeks, taking total hike to ₹8.40 a litre.
Ramdarash Mishra selected for Saraswati Samman 2021
Instituted in 1991, Saraswati Samman is one of the most prestigious literary awards in the country. It carries a citation, a plaque, and a cash prize of ₹15 lakh
Updated on Apr 05, 2022 12:03 AM IST
I am still pinching myself to see if this is real: Falu on win
Mumbai
“It was magical… like nothing I could have imagined,” musician Falguni Shah aka Falu told HT, hours after she won the award for Best Children’s Album at the 64th annual Grammy Awards in Las Vegas
Published on Apr 05, 2022 12:03 AM IST
Neighbourhood in turmoil as Pak, Sri Lanka politics on edge
New Delhi: India is keeping a wary eye on the political and economic turmoil affecting two neighbours – Pakistan and Sri Lanka – though the situation in both countries is not expected to have any immediate fallout for New Delhi, according to people aware of the developments
Updated on Apr 05, 2022 12:02 AM IST
Criminal identificationbill clears Lower House
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha passed on Monday a bill that accords sweeping powers to law enforcement agencies to collect data of convicted and accused people, after nearly fivehours of fierce debate with the government saying the draft law was required to fight criminals and the Opposition expressing concern about possible rights abuses
Updated on Apr 05, 2022 12:03 AM IST
Neeraj Chauhan and Zia Haq
Centre unveils new broadcast seva portal
The portal is likely to help 900 satellite TV channels, 70 teleport operators, 1,700 MSOs, 350 community radio stations (CRS) and 380 private FM channels, among others, the ministry said
Updated on Apr 04, 2022 11:57 PM IST
Army dreams cut short in recruitment hubs
Soldiering is on shaky ground after the army suspended its recruitment rallies across the country two years ago to check the spread of the Covid-19 outbreak
Updated on Apr 04, 2022 11:58 PM IST
Interim trade pact will create confidence to open up more sectors: Australian envoy
The Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) signed on Saturday provides zero duty exports to 100{a78e43caf781a4748142ac77894e52b42fd2247cba0219deedaee5032d61bfc9} tariff lines from India to the Australian market, benefits labour-intensive sectors and provides greater access to the services space. It includes liberal visa norms for students and professionals, including quotas for Indian chefs and yoga teachers.
Updated on Apr 04, 2022 11:46 PM IST
RBI’s growth-inflation balance to get tougher
On April 6, the monetary policy committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India will begin its meeting to deliberate on the course of interest rates and other aspects of monetary policy in the Indian economy for the following two months
Published on Apr 04, 2022 11:36 PM IST
Top court issues notice on plea against bail to Lalu Prasad Yadav in fodder scam
Besides Chaibasa and Dumka, the other fourth scam against Lalu where he stands convicted pertains to illegal withdrawals from Deoghar treasury .Two months ago, he was convicted in a fifth fodder case for embezzlement worth ₹139 crore where he was punished with five years in jail and fined ₹60 lakh.
Updated on Apr 04, 2022 11:07 PM IST
A day later, cops revoke licence of Hyderabad pub where drugs were found
The police produced two of the accused — pub manager Mahadaram Anil Kumar and his partner Abhishek Vuppala –before the Nampally criminal courts on Monday morning. The accused were remanded to 14-days judicial custody and shifted to Chanchalguda jail.
Published on Apr 04, 2022 10:15 PM IST
Ukraine to figure at upcoming 2+2 meets with US and Japan
The Indian side is also expected to keep the focus on developments in the Indo-Pacific and the need to ensure a free and open rules-based order.
Published on Apr 04, 2022 09:51 PM IST
File of shame, says UN secy general as IPCC sounds now-or-never warning
The IPCC report underlined that the average annual GHG (green house gas) emissions in the past decade were higher than any previous decade and limiting global warming to 1.5°C is beyond reach without immediate deep emissions reduction across all sectors
Updated on Apr 04, 2022 10:47 PM IST
Jayashree Nandi, New Delhi
Riding a horse to protest against petrol price hike costs ‘powerman’ his job in Bihar
Rural revenue franchisees are individuals who work on a part-time basis and get 6{a78e43caf781a4748142ac77894e52b42fd2247cba0219deedaee5032d61bfc9} commission from discoms on the total collection of energy bills.
Published on Apr 04, 2022 09:02 PM IST
