Rumita Patel
NEW DELHI: While BS Yediyurappa’s resignation has political circles speculating about the consequences in terms of how he has taken it and in the context of possible resentment among his fellow Lingayats, the BJP leadership is confident that it will handle the transition well. Party sources said the leadership had ensured that the veteran, key…
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JAMMU: One person was killed and 12 others injured when a truck and van carrying workers from Uttar Pradesh collided head-on in the Ramban district of J&K early Monday. SSP Ramban PD Nitya said: “The accident happened around 6 am in Chamalwas Khatana Basti after the truck driver lost control of his vehicle, which reached…
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JAMMU: Four members of a family are feared to have died after the car they were traveling in drove into a river in the Ramban district of J&K on Monday. The mishap took place near Mehar Bekt on Ramban. SSP Ramban PD Nitya said: “A Swift car, driven by Rakesh Kumar from Paloura in Jammu,…
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NEW DELHI: The interstate border dispute between Assam and Mizoram saw a rare confrontation on Twitter between their top ministers who tried to blame the police and the people of others for the tension in Cachar. Meanwhile, the Center tried to smooth the matter over by interacting directly with the two chief ministers of state…
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RANCHI: Jharkhand reported 28 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the count in the state to 3,46,946, a health department bulletin said Monday. The death toll stood at 5,124 as no new deaths due to infection were reported during the period, he said. Of the new cases, four were reported in Hazaribag…
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HYDERABAD: As identifying and denying a drone strike has become a new challenge at international borders in Jammu and Kashmir, central security agencies met on Monday along with various corporate companies to find viable solutions to thwart the designs of the drones. enemies, especially at international borders. A few days ago, security forces at J&K…
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NEW DELHI: Scientists from India, Russia, Brazil and South Africa will collaborate on research that will help develop or reuse drugs against Covid-19. According to an official statement on Monday, the collaborative effort involving experts from bioinformatics, organic chemistry, medical chemistry, drug detection and parasitologists would be of great value in the search for new…
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NEW DELHI: As Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa tendered his resignation on Monday, it appears that the BJP is on a CM trade spree. Four BJP CMs have been replaced in almost the same number of months. However, all four replacements have gone smoothly. Ironically, Yediyurappa resigned on the exact same date he was sworn…
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NEW DELHI: A planned visit by Afghan army chief General Wali Mohammad Ahmadzai to India this week has been canceled amid a larger Taliban offensive in Afghanistan, according to senior Afghan officials on Monday. General Ahmadzai was scheduled to arrive here on Tuesday on a three-day visit to explore ways to deepen bilateral military ties…
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AGARTALA: A team from Prashant Kishore’s Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) that has been camping in a hotel in Agartala since last week to assess the political situation and potential base of support for the Trinamool Congress (TMC) he is being questioned by the local police. . While TMC’s Tripura unit described it as an…
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