Rumita Patel
NEW DELHI: In calling the arrest last year of University student Jamia Milia Safoora Zargar arbitrary, a UN panel recommended that India guarantee Zargar an enforceable right to compensation and other reparations, in accordance with international law . The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), working under the UN Human Rights Council, called on India…
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NEW DELHI: Leveraging the technical capacity built for Covid-19 testing and surveillance, the national ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’ in partnership with ICMR on Saturday launched an online portal that will allow users to verify drinking water quality through of a network. of almost 2,000 laboratories. The Water Quality Information Management System will ensure that any adverse…
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BENGALURU: Climate activist Disha Ravi, who is out on bail in the toolkit case linked to farmers’ protests, said the episode of her arrest and the furor it sparked made her wonder when she “became a It is a crime to think (that) the basic elements of sustenance on this planet were as much mine…
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DEHRADUN: CM Tirath Singh Rawat in one of his first interviews after taking over as new CM from Uttarakhand, told TOI on Saturday that pilgrims would not need to bring the RTPCR Covid-19 test report while coming for Kumbh Mela, officially starting April 1 through April 30 in. Haridwar. The Trivendra Singh Rawat state government…
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SHIMLA: A Supreme Court bench made up of Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah expressed their disgust on Friday at the incomprehensible way of writing a judgment from the Himachal Pradesh High Court. I was listening to a petition for a special license arising from an order approved by a divisional court of that higher…
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KOLKATA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the Matua Temple in Orakandi in Bangladesh on March 27, the second day of his two-day trip to the neighboring country. During his visit at the invitation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Modi will attend the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh’s independence, the centenary of the…
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NEW DELHI: IndianOil, India’s largest fuel retailer, is leveraging its geographic reach and infrastructure to expand the Covid-19 vaccination campaign in four states. The company is supplementing the cold chain infrastructure for the storage and distribution of vaccines in the territory of the union of Jammu and Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, Bihar and Manipur, for the…
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MUMBAI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA), investigating the recovery last month of an explosives-laden vehicle outside the home of industrialist Mukesh Ambani in South Mumbai, arrested Mumbai Police Officer Sachin Waze, after questioning him for more than 12 hours Saturday night, a spokesman said. Waze arrived at the agency’s office on Cumballa Hill in South…
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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court took note seriously that Madhya Pradesh police failed to arrest the husband of a BSP MLA charged in the two-year murder case of Congressional Leader Devendra Chourasia, and ordered the state DGP to arrest him from righ now. The superior court also took “serious note” of the alleged harassment of…
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NEW DELHI: Peasant leader Rakesh Tikait launched the speech against the new farm laws on Saturday during his visit to West Bengal, bound for the polls, warning that Parliament in New Delhi will be the protesters’ “next target”. Speaking to journalists in Nandigram, which is witnessing a high-decibel campaign for the upcoming elections, Tikait said…
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