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Fuel price hike: Delhi Congress holds protest against rising fuel prices
Alphonse Joseph
| Tuesday, March 02, 2021, 15:38 [IST]
New Delhi, Mar 02: Delhi Congress leaders and workers on Tuesday staged a protest near the BJP headquarters here against the rising petrol, diesel and cooking gas prices. The protesters, raising slogans against the BJP-led central government, took a ...
Main darne wali nahin hoon: Kangana Ranaut on another FIR
Alphonse Joseph
| Tuesday, March 02, 2021, 14:51 [IST]
Mumbai, Mar 02: In a recent development, the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday refused to stay the proceedings initiated against Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut over her tweet calling farmers "terrorists". On September 21, Kangana had tweeted, "People who spread ...
TN Elections 2021: DMK unhappy on seat allocation; No promises made with Left, Congress
Alphonse Joseph
| Tuesday, March 02, 2021, 13:30 [IST]
Chennai, Mar 02: With the State Assembly Elections around the corner, the political hobnobbing has intensified in the southern state. The 234-member Tamil Nadu Assembly will go to the polls in a single phase on April 6. The counting of votes ...
Farmers Protest: Road connecting Ghaziabad via Ghazipur reopens for vehicular traffic
Alphonse Joseph
| Tuesday, March 02, 2021, 12:00 [IST]
New Delhi, Mar 02: In a recent developemt, the road connecting Delhi with Ghaziabad via Ghazipur has been reopened for the vehicular movement. The road was closed for vehicular traffic since January 26 when violence unleashed on the national capital during ...
Coronavirus cases: India reports 12,286 new COVID-19 cases, 91 deaths in past 24 hours
Alphonse Joseph
| Tuesday, March 02, 2021, 11:16 [IST]
New Delhi, Mar 02: Union health ministry on Tuesday said that India's COVID-19 cases rose to 1,11,24,527 with 12,286 new infections being reported in a day, while the recoveries have surged to 1,07,98,921. According to health ministry, the death toll increased ...
Bill introduced in US Congress to end outdated, counter-productive 'One-China' policy
Alphonse Joseph
| Tuesday, March 02, 2021, 10:28 [IST]
Washington, Mar 02: Two top Republican lawmakers have introduced a legislation in the House of Representatives calling for the US to resume formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan and end the outdated and counter-productive "one- China" policy. The US maintained ...
Scorching summer approaching north India: IMD
Alphonse Joseph
| Tuesday, March 02, 2021, 09:58 [IST]
New Delhi, Mar 02: Several parts of north India, particularly Haryana, Delhi-NCR, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, are likely to witness scorching summer in the coming days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said. In a notification, the IMD said ...
Union health minister Harsh Vardhan, wife receive COVID-19 vaccine in Delhi
Alphonse Joseph
| Tuesday, March 02, 2021, 09:35 [IST]
New Delhi, Mar 02: Union health minister Harsh Vardhan and his wife Smt Nutan on Tuesday took the novel coronavirus vaccine shot. The health minister took the vaccine shot at Delhi Heart and Lung Institute. An earlier release from the health ...
MP Budget 2021-22 to be presented by CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan's government today
Alphonse Joseph
| Tuesday, March 02, 2021, 08:55 [IST]
Bhopal, Mar 02: The Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led BJP government is all set to present the Madhya Pradesh budget 2021-22 today (March 02). The MP finance department minister Jagdish Devda will present a paperless budget in the Legislative Assembly. A ...
Ahead of Raje's planned yatra BJP's JP Nadda to arrive in Rajasthan today
Alphonse Joseph
| Tuesday, March 02, 2021, 08:37 [IST]
New Delhi, Mar 02: BJP chief JP Nadda will on Tursday arrive in Jaipur to address a state executive meeting, amid growing infighting in the party's Rajasthan unit. According to reports, BJP national general secretary and in charge for Rajasthan Arun ...
Maharashtra government can cut taxes, reduce fuel prices: Devendra Fadnavis
Alphonse Joseph
| Monday, March 01, 2021, 15:15 [IST]
Mumbai, Mar 01: Maharashtra BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said the MVA government in the state was misleading people on fuel price hikes as it can cut taxes and provide relief. He said taxes imposed by the Centre ...
Asaduddin Owaisi questions PM Modi over Covishield's efficacy
Alphonse Joseph
| Monday, March 01, 2021, 14:42 [IST]
New Delhi, Mar 01: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Asaduddin Owaisi has questioned the efficacy of Covishield, which is one of the two anti-coronavirus vaccines approved by the DGCI for emergency use. The AIMIM leader, while citing a German government ...