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Bengal will show ‘Ram card’ to Mamata’s TMC soon: PM Modi

08 Feb 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a scathing attack on the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal on Sunday and said that the state would soon show the “Ram card” to the ruling dispensation in the coming Assembly elections. Addressing a rally at Haldia in east Midnapore, PM Modi...

India ranks third among nations with maximum Covid vaccination coverage

08 Feb 2021

India has become the third country in the world after the US and the UK in terms of maximum Covid-19 vaccination coverage among the population, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday. The country has so far vaccinated nearly six million of its population so far, as per the latest...

UTTARAKHAND GLACIER BURSTS: 150 MISSING, 10 BODIES FOUND

08 Feb 2021

Nearly 150 people are missing or “feared dead” as a sudden flood inundated a power project at Reni village in Joshimath area of Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Sunday following a glacier burst, the ITBP, which is engaged in rescue and relief operations there, said. Citing updated inputs received from local...

Delhi Police ramp up security ahead of ‘chakka jam’ today

06 Feb 2021

Despite the agitating farmers’ assurance that the proposed ‘chakka jam’ (creating a traffic jam as a mark of protest) would not be carried out in Delhi, the Delhi Police, taking no chances after the Republic Day experience, have intensified security arrangements with a special focus on bordering areas where the...

Those opposing farm laws failed to point out single flaw: Tomar

06 Feb 2021

Reacting sharply to the Opposition’s criticism of the new farm laws, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said in Parliament on Friday that protests were limited to only “one state” and farmers were being “instigated”. He also said that those opposing the laws “have failed to point out a single...

INDIA VACCINATES 50 LAKH PEOPLE IN 21 DAYS, FASTEST IN WORLD

06 Feb 2021

With the vaccination of 3,31,029 beneficiaries on Friday, India completed 50 lakh (5 million) Covid-19 vaccinations in 21 days and has become the fastest country to do so, said the Union Health Ministry. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Manohar Agnani, Additional Secretary, Union Health Ministry, said, “A total...

India says it will give Myanmar Covid-19 support despite coup

05 Feb 2021

India on Thursday said that it would continue its Copvid-19 assistance to Myanmar and is monitoring the situation. Myanmar saw a military coup early this week. India had sent 1.5 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Myanmar last month as part of a broader diplomatic effort to deepen ties with...

US COMES OUT IN SUPPORT OF INDIA’S NEW FARM LAWS

05 Feb 2021

The Joe Biden Administration has come in support of India’s new farm laws that have triggered protests from farmers, but added that unfettered access to information including the Internet was one of the “hallmarks of a thriving democracy”. In a statement, the US embassy in New Delhi said: “In general,...

India has given apt response to China’s attempts to transgress LAC: MEA

04 Feb 2021

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Wednesday said that India has given “appropriate response” to China over Beijing’s attempt to transgress the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in several areas of the western sector of the India-China border. Replying to unstarred questions by Sangam Lal Gupta in the Lok...

No propaganda can deter India’s unity: Amit Shah on foreign celebs’ farm activism

04 Feb 2021

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday reacted to the Ministry of External Affairs’ statement slamming international celebrities for commenting on the ongoing farmers’ protest in India and said no propaganda can deter India’s unity. Taking on Twitter, Shah said that India stands united and together to achieve progress. “No...

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