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Counting of votes begin in US; Biden takes early lead
Democratic candidate Joe Biden has taken an early lead against Republican incumbent Donald Trump as the counting of votes in the crucial US presidential election began on Tuesday night. Polling was yet to conclude in various states in the West Coast as states in the other parts of the country…
Read More »Arnab Goswami arrested in two-year-old suicide case
Police on Wednesday arrested Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami for allegedly abetting suicide of a 53-year-old interior designer, a police official said. The official said a team of Alibaug police picked up Goswami from his residence here. Goswami, who was seen being pushed into the police van, claimed he was…
Read More »Rouhani: ‘Insulting the Prophet is insulting all Muslims’
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has denounced France’s treatment of Islam, adding that Western support for cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad is unethical and insulting to Muslims. In a televised cabinet meeting on Wednesday, the president said freedom must be accompanied by a respect for values and consideration of ethics. “Westerners…
Read More »Without Police, Judicial & Electoral reforms, poor murder & rape victims cannot get Justice: MPEJ
Kuldeep Kumar Rao an active member of Movement for Peace, Equality & Justice, in a statement issued here has strongly criticized the daylight murder of a college student outside her college, in Faridabad (Haryana) on Monday. Mr. Rao while commenting on the most burning & public issues like the recent,…
Read More »Three more die of COVID-19 in Ladakh, 73 new cases detected
Leh , October 25, 2020, Ladakh recorded three more coronavirus-related fatalities and 73 new cases, taking the death toll to 71 and infection tally to 5,913, officials said on Sunday. All the three deaths were reported from Leh during the past 24 hours, raising the toll in the district to…
Read More »Covid-19: India records 54,366 new infections, 690 deaths
New Delhi: COVID-19 recoveries in India crossed 69 lakh, while the number of coronavirus infections reported in a span of 24 hours remained below 60,000 for the fifth consecutive day as the country’s caseload rose to 77,61,312 , according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.A total of…
Read More »Govt restores all existing visas, barring electronic, tourist and medical categories
NEW DELHI : The Government on Thursday decided to restore with immediate effect all existing visas, except electronic, tourist and medical categories, almost eight months after their suspension following the coronavirus outbreak and subsequent imposition of a nationwide lockdown.The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) also announced giving permission to all…
Read More »Army apprehends Chinese soldier in eastern Ladakh
Army on Monday said it apprehended a Chinese soldier in Demchok sector of eastern Ladakh. According to Defense spokesperson Rajesh Kalia, a PLA soldier identified as Corporal Wang Ya Long was apprehended in the Demchok sector of Eastern Ladakh on 19 October 2020 after he had strayed across the LAC.…
Read More »Farooq Abdullah’s remarks seditious, anti-national: BJP
New Delhi:The BJP on Monday accused National Conference supremo Farooq Abdullah of making “seditious and anti-national” remarks on the issue of restoring the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and said he had become a “hero in China”.BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra said that the National Conference MP and former…
Read More »SC allows NTA to conduct second round of NEET exams on October 14
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday allowed National Testing Agency to conduct second round of the NEET (UG) for the COVID-19 affected students and those in containment zones on October 14.A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde passed the order after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta sought the top…
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