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EAM Jaishankar, UAE counterpart discuss deeper economic ties
Mumbai: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar and his United Arab Emirates (UAE) counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan held a meeting in Mumbai on Tuesday, October 20, reviewing bilateral ties…
- India
MP Waqf Board awards scholarships over Rs 21.5L to orphans
Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh State Waqf Board has given scholarships worth Rs 21.6 lakh to 289 orphaned children studying from kindergarten to Class 12. The money comes from rent earned on Waqf property…
- Hate Crime
Curb on Eid al-Adha but not Navratri? Mumbai residents cry bias
Mumbai: Residents of Mira Road’s Poonam Estate Cluster 1 in Mumbai had agreed that no festivals would take place in the society, but since October 11, Navratri celebrations have been in full…
- India
India-New Zealand FTA kicks in: Here is what will become cheaper
Hyderabad: The India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA), signed on April 27, came into effect on Tuesday, October 20, and it likely to bring down the prices of some products. The FTA…
- Delhi
Owaisi seeks Rijiju’s intervention over Delhi mosque demolition
New Delhi: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Mujahideen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi has urged Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju to urgently intervene in the proposed demolition of Delhi’s Race Course mosque. The over 100-year-old mosque,…
- India
No hesitation in singing Vande Mataram in full: Mohan Bhagwat
Nagpur: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Tuesday, October 20, asserted that Vande Mataram remains a symbol of national unity and said there should be no hesitation or objection to…
- India
Ecosystem of terrorism must be ‘dismantled’: Rajnath Singh at SCO
Dushanbe: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday, October 20, said that the entire “ecosystem of terrorism” must be firmly and collectively “dismantled”, underlining that there can be “no place” for those who…
- India
Bihar: Dalit houses set on fire in retaliatory attack after murder
Patna: Several Dalit houses were set on fire in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur in a retaliatory attack after a 20-year-old was allegedly killed on Saturday, October 17. The deceased, Navneet Kumar, a resident of…
- India
Rajasthan Congress protest overnight at police commissionerate
Jaipur: Rajasthan Congress president Govind Singh Dotasra and other leaders of the party spent Monday night staging a dharna at the Jaipur Police Commissionerate and slept in its corridor after police did…
- India
SC to hear on Oct 21 Vijayan’s plea in CMRL case
New Delhi: A special bench of the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear two pleas on Wednesday, October 21, — one filed by former Keralam Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan related to an…
- India
Bhagwat asserts regime change operations cannot succeed in India
Mumbai: In a direct address to ongoing political agitations across the country, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat declared on Tuesday, October 20, that attempts to force a “regime change” in…
- India
Congress slams VB-G RAM G Act
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday, October 20, said the Modi government’s replacement of MGNREGA is nothing less than a “surgical strike” on the social safety net that protected rural India and…
- India
US State Secretary Rubio to begin 3-day India visit on Tuesday
New Delhi: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will kick-start a three-day visit to India on Tuesday to advance bilateral ties in energy, trade and investment, defence, critical technologies, and exchange views…
- Telangana
Rahul could be next PM: Uttam Reddy at Rajiv Gandhi event
Hyderabad: “On many issues, we see that the winds are changing in the country. The changing atmosphere leaves no doubt in my mind. Because of this changing atmosphere in the country, Rahul…
- India
JNU students’ strike day 17: Brittas seeks Murmu’s intervention
New Delhi: CPI(M) Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas has sought the intervention of President Droupadi Murmu and Union Education Minister Pralhad Joshi over the indefinite hunger strike by JNU students, which entered…
