PM Modi inaugurates world’s longest highway tunnel in Rohtang
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the strategically important all-weather Atal Tunnel, which reduces the distance between Manali and Leh by 46 km and the travel time by four to five hours, at Rohtang in Himachal Pradesh. Atal Tunnel, built by the Border Roads Organisation, is the longest highway tunnel in the world. The […]
India’s Covid-19 tally mounts past 6.47 million, recoveries over 5.4 million
India’s tally of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) mounted to 6,473,544 after 79,476 new infections and 1,069 related deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Union health ministry on Saturday. The number of active cases was 944,996 and the country’s death toll mounted to 100,842, the health ministry’s dashboard showed […]
India’s COVID-19 tally nears 64 lakh with 81,484 new infections
New Delhi:india’s COVID-19 caseload inched closer to 64 lakh-mark with 81,484 infections reported in a day, while the number of people who recuperated from the disease crossed 53 lakh pushing the recovery rate to 83.70 per cent, the Union health ministry said on Friday. The total number of coronavirus cases in the country mounted to63,94,068, […]
Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi Detained On Way To Hathras
Congress Leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi were stopped on a highway conecting Delhi and Uttar Pradesh while they were en route to Hathras. The leaders have alleged they were not only stopped but also lathicharged and “pushed to the ground”. They were on their way to Hathras to meet the family of the gang-rape […]
Re-opening guidelines out; multiplexes, swimming pools to partially open from October 15
The ministry of home affairs has announced a detailed guideline for Unlock 5, or for reopening to be effective from October 1, shortly. Despite a steep rise in the number of Covid-19 cases in the country, the home ministry has made it clear that there would be more relaxations and fewer restrictions, though local administrations […]
Over 80,000 new infections take India’s COVID-19 tally past 62 lakh
New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload raced past 62 lakh on Wednesday with 80,472 infections being reported in a day, while the number of recoveries surged to 51,87,825 pushing the recovery rate to 83.33 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total number of coronavirus cases mounted to 62,25,763, while the death […]
Security stepped up around Lucknow court ahead of Babri case verdict
Lucknow: Ahead of the pronouncement of verdict in the Babri mosque demolition case by a special court here, a multi-layered security apparatus was put in place in the vicinity of the Old High Court building. Wooden barricades were erected near most of the cross sections in the vicinity of the court building, and movement of buses […]
Babri Verdict: Advani Chants ‘Jai Shri Ram’ After Getting Acquitted In Demolition Case
Veteran BJP leader LK Advani, who was acquitted by a special CBI court on Wednesday in the Babri mosque demolition case, welcomed the court verdict by chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’, and said it came in “footsteps of another order which paved the way for my dream of seeing a Ram Mandir in Ayodhya”. “It is […]
Never accepted 1959 Line of Actual Control, China’s insistence ‘contrary to commitments’: India
India on Tuesday said it has never accepted the “so-called unilaterally defined 1959 Line of Actual Control (LAC)” and that the insistence of the Chinese side that there is only one LAC is “contrary to the solemn commitments made by China” in the various bilateral agreements. Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Anurag Srivastava was responding to a […]
Modi Attacks Opposition, Claims Source Of Black Money Now Shut
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on those opposing the farm reform bills, saying they do not want farmers to have the freedom of selling their produce in the open market. Without naming the Congress, he said the frustration of a party, which ruled for four generations, was at the root […]
