Rumita Patel
NEW DELHI: India and China had a sincere and in-depth exchange of views during military-level talks on disengagement in areas of friction along the Line of Royal Control (LAC), a joint press release said. The statement, issued by the Indian army after the 12th round of high-level military talks, said the two sides noted that…
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NEW DELHI: Mizoram Prime Minister Zoramthanga on Monday ordered state police to withdraw FIR against all Assam officials over the violence that erupted on the Assam-Mizoram border last week. “In order to create an atmosphere conducive to a friendly settlement of the Mizoram-Assam border dispute and to reduce the plight of suffering citizens, I have…
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NEW DELHI: Before the Assembly elections in Punjab next year, five Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leaders and a former television host joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday. Amanjot Kaur Ramoowalia, former National Secretary General of the Akali Dal Women’s Wing and daughter of former Union Minister Balwant Singh Ramoowalia, along with Gurpreet Singh…
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NEW DELHI: Bihar Prime Minister and NDA ally Nitish Kumar on Monday demanded an investigation into alleged spying with Pegasus software. “An investigation should be done, indeed. We have been hearing about wiretapping for so many days, the matter should be discussed in parliament,” Bihar’s prime minister told reporters. “People have been repeating conversations for…
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BENGALURU: India’s drug regulator said on Monday that Johnson & Johnson withdrew its proposal seeking expedited approval of its Covid-19 vaccine in the country, without giving additional details. The US-based company had said in April that it was seeking approval to conduct a bridging clinical study of its vaccine candidate Janssen Covid-19 in India. Trials…
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A five-year Adolescent Empowerment Program (AEP) by women’s rights NGO Breakthrough in seven districts in eastern Uttar Pradesh has succeeded in raising girls’ age of marriage by two years, while rates dropout rates for adolescents decreased by 6% between 2016 – 2021. About 150,000 girls and boys ages 11-19 from 511 Gram Panchayats and 694…
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Two hiding places of Jaish-e-Mohammad’s boss, Masood Azhar, have been revealed in an exhibit on the Hindi news channel Times Now Navbharat. According to the details accessed by the channel of a dossier prepared by the national security establishment in New Delhi, the two hiding places are only 4 km apart. (One of India’s most…
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NEW DELHI: Seasonal rainfall across the country during the second half (August-September) of the monsoon is highly likely to be “normal,” the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said in announcing its updated forecast on Monday. The forecast is nearly in sync, save for some aberrations in northwestern India, including Punjab, Haryana, and Delhi, with what it…
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NEW DELHI: Rainfall during the second half of the monsoon season, in the months of August through September, is likely to be normal in most parts of the country. It is expected to be 95-105% of the long-term average in mainland India and adjacent central India, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said. However, some regions…
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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has issued a notice to all states and territories in the Union regarding the registration of cases under the voided Section 66A of the TI Act. An NGO, the Popular Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), had submitted a statement to the high court alleging that police in several states are…
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