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- India
Mutual respect between the government and the opposition is diminishing: CJI Ramana
Jaipur: Chief Justice of India N V Ramana Saturday said political opposition is translating into hostility which is not a sign of a healthy democracy. He said there used to be mutual respect…
- India
BJP made Amarnath Yatra a political issue: Mehbooba Mufti
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti Wednesday accused the Union government of turning Amarnath Yatra a “political issue” by allowing people to go on the pilgrimage in numbers far more in excess of…
- India
Centre asks states reporting surge in COVID cases to step up vigil
New Delhi: Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Tuesday reviewed the status of the COVID situation through a video conference (VC) with 14 states depicting a surge in cases. The Central government…
- Telangana
Maha crisis: BJP toppled 8 govts to forcefully form their own, says KTR
New Delhi: Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leader and state minister KT Rama Rao on Monday lashed out at the Narendra Modi government at the Centre for creating trouble in Opposition-ruled states and…
- India
How ‘Agniveers’ will secure borders if they are insecure about their future: Tejashwi Yadav
Patna: Amid ongoing protests over the Centre’s new military recruitment scheme Agnipath, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday questioned the Centre over the scheme and asked if ‘Agniveers’ will feel insecure about…
- India
Centre bans 35 WhatsApp groups for spreading fake news on Agnipath scheme
New Delhi: The Central government on Sunday banned 35 WhatsApp groups for allegedly spreading fake news on the Agnipath Scheme and the Agniveers, government sources said. The action was taken by the…
- Telangana
Secunderabad vandalism plan hatched at Telangana CMO: Bandi Sanjay
Hyderabad: Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Saturday alleged that the violence and vandalism witnessed at the Secunderabad railway station on Friday as part of a deep-rooted conspiracy…
- India
Explainer: What is Agnipath about and why are there protests?
On June 13, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government announced the Agnipath Scheme. The Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated it along with the chiefs of all three defence forces –…
- Delhi
Students protest at Delhi’s ITO against Agnipath scheme
New Delhi: Several students along with the members of All India Students’ Association (AISA) and AAP’s Chatr-Yuva Sangharsh Samiti (CYSS) on Friday staged a protest over the Central government’s ‘Agnipath’ scheme for…
- India
Srinagar: 36-yr-old Kashmiri Pandit shot, huge protests follow
Srinagar: A Hindu teacher from Jammu was shot dead on Tuesday by terrorists in the Valley’s Kulgam district, evoking widespread condemnation. She was a migrant Kashmiri Pandit. Thirty-six-year-old Rajni Bala belonged to…