New Delhi: The Delhi Police have filed 22 cases in connection with the violence during the Republic Day tractor rally by farmers protesting against the centre’s three contentious farm laws passed in September. The Delhi Police also said more than 300 policemen were injured in the violence, which took place mostly in and around Mukarba […]
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‘Pakistan zindabad’ slogans raised as families race e-bikes near Delhi’s Khan Market metro station
New Delhi: ‘Pakistan zindabad’ slogans were raised during e-bike race between families near Khan Market metro station in the national capital in the wee hours of Sunday, the Delhi Police informed. According to the police, “Tughlaq Road police station received a PCR call that slogans of ‘Pakistan zindabad’ have been raised near Khan Market metro […]
India should have four rotating capitals including Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee
Don’t disrespect after inviting, She refused to give speech Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday questioned why India should have only one capital at Delhi and suggested that there should be four rotating capitals in different parts of the country. The Chief Minister made the proposal while addressing a gathering after participating […]
Republic TV Gained Illegal Access to DD FreeDish Users Without Paying Govt
New Delhi: Arnab Goswami owned news channel Republic TV, since its launch in May 2017, had reportedly gained illegal access to an additional 22 million users of Prasar Bharati-owned direct-to-home (DTH) service, DD FreeDish, without paying the government for it. Goswami’s Republic TV allegedly dodged an auction process which requires channels to shell out Rs […]
Not in favour of granting extra chance to UPSC aspirants who missed exam due to COVID: Centre to Supreme Court
New Delhi: The Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that it was not in favour of granting one more opportunity to those civil services aspirants who could not appear in their last attempt in the exams conducted by the UPSC last year due to the pandemic situation. A bench headed by Justice A M […]
IMA announces relay hunger strike of doctors from Feb 1 against AYUSH ministry notification
New Delhi: The IMA on Thursday announced a pan-India relay hunger strike of doctors starting February 1, in protest against a notification issued by the Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM) that authorises post-graduate practitioners in specified streams of Ayurveda to perform general surgical procedures, stating that it will lead to “mixopathy”. The Indian Medical […]
Fire breaks out at Serum Institute of India in Pune, 5 dead
New Delhi: At least five people died as a major fire broke out at the premises of the Serum Institute of India in Pune, world’s biggest vaccine manufacturer on Thursday. Pune mayor said that five people, who were workers at the under-construction building lost their lives in the fires. The police said that nine people […]
Kashmiri Teen Attacked in Punjab City Battles for Life After Two Surgeries
New Delhi: A 19-year-old Kashmiri is battling for life in hospital after he was critically injured in an attack by goons in Punjab’s Patiala district on Sunday, police and his colleagues said. The injured, who works as a catering boy in Patiala city, has been identified as Danish Kumar, a resident of the Dooru area […]
National security issues reduced to ‘TRP tamasha’: Mehbooba Mufti
Srinagar: National security and issues of monumental importance have been ‘reduced to a TRP tamasha’, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti alleged on Monday. The PDP president was reacting to purported Whatsapp messages between editor of Republic TV Arnab Goswami and former CEO of BARC P D Dasgupta that were reportedly part of supplementary charge sheet filed […]
‘Unholy Nexus Between Modi Govt And Indian Media’ Reveals Arnab’s Leaked Chats, says Pak PM Imran Khan
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan reacted angrily Monday to media reports of a text exchange between Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami and former media industry executive Partho Dasgupta that suggests the 2019 Indian airstrike inside Pakistan’s Balakot was designed to boost Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s chances for re-election. Imran Khan took to Twitter […]