Rumita Patel
NEW DELHI: The Union Minister for Road and Highway Transport Nitin Gadkari said on Monday the government aims to reduce road accidents and related deaths by 50 percent by 2025. Opening National Road Safety Month in Vigyan Bhawan today, Gadkari said: “If we wait until 2030, an additional 6-7 lakhs will die. Therefore, we have…
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CALCUTTA: BJP Senior Leader and former Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy filed a police complaint against Bengali actress Saayoni Ghosh for a meme shared on Twitter, claiming it hurt the feelings of Hindus. Ghosh, however, claimed that the meme dates back to February 2015 and was not posted by her, but rather an act of mischief…
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NEW DELHI: Former Union Minister MJ Akbar told a Delhi court on Monday that journalist Priya Ramani did damage to his reputation when she instigated and lit the flame first when she accused him of sexual misconduct that allegedly took place decades ago . Akbar was responding to Ramani’s argument that she was not alone,…
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MUMBAI: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) led by Sharad Pawar on Monday called on the government to establish a Joint Parliamentary Committee to investigate alleged chats between Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami and the former director of the Research Council of Broadcasting Hearings, Partho Dasgupta. Referring to widely reported alleged chats in the media mentioning…
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM / DELHI: Congressional leader AK Antony, who was Kerala’s prime minister for three terms, will lead the party’s campaign in the upcoming Assembly elections. The decision was made at a meeting between the leaders of the state Congress and the party’s high command in New Delhi on Monday morning. The three great leaders of…
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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court said Monday that it is up to the Delhi police to decide whether to allow protesting farmers to enter the national capital on Republic Day. Hearing the request made by the Delhi police seeking an order to place a court order on the proposed tractor rally on January 26, the…
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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi conducted the ‘bhoomi poojan’ of Phase II of the Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project and Surat Subway Rail Project via video conference on Monday. The two Metro projects will provide a ‘Mass Rapid Transit System’ (MRTS) to Ahmedabad and Surat that does not harm the environment. The online event was…
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NEW DELHI: India reported 13,788 new Covid-19 cases and 145 deaths in the past 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry on Monday. New daily cases have been below 20,000 for the past 11 days. The number of accumulated cases in the country reached 1,05,71,773, including 2,08,012 active cases. With 14,457 new recoveries, the…
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NEW DELHI: The National Student Union of India (NSUI) has filed a complaint against Republic TV’s Arnab Goswami accusing him of treason against the country. The complaint was filed by NSUI National Secretary Roshan Lal Bittu in the Chandrapur district of Maharashtra. NSUI raised questions about how Arnab Goswami knew about the government’s plan to…
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NEW DELHI: For the first time ever, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has issued a policy of graduated penalties, including a high fine and a ban on contractors bidding for future projects for accidents and fatalities caused due to structural collapse or design defects, construction or maintenance of the sections. These agencies are…
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