Category: India News

India’s confirmed coronavirus tally reaches 6 million cases

NEW DELHI — India’s confirmed coronavirus tally reached 6 million on Monday, keeping the country second to the United States in number of reported cases. The Health Ministry reported 82,170 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, driving the overall total to 6,074,703. At least 1,039 deaths […]

Virus sows dread in India’s festival season as infections cross six million

NEW DELHI/AHMEDABAD, India – India reported on Monday that novel coronavirus infections had topped 6 million, nowhere near the number required for herd immunity in country of 1.3 billion people, and raising anxiety going into the peak period for Hindu religious festivals. India added a million cases in […]

BJP hits out at Congress over tractor-burning incident near India Gate

New Delhi, Sep 28: The BJP on Monday blasted the Congress over the burning of a tractor near the India Gate here, allegedly by opposition party workers, saying it has “shamed” the country with its “drama” aimed at publicity and “misleading” farmers. Union minister Prakash Javadekar said the […]

Agri laws are death sentence for farmers: Rahul

New Delhi, Sep 28:  Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that the agriculture-related laws are a “death sentence” for farmers whose voice has been crushed both inside and outside Parliament. “The agriculture laws are a death sentence to our farmers. Their voice is crushed in Parliament and […]

BJP loses its two oldest allies within a year

New Delhi, Sep 27: With the Shiromani Akali Dal snapping its ties with the BJP, the saffron party has lost its by far two most dependable and ideologically-bound allies within a year even as its own political strength has risen like never before under the leadership of Prime Minister […]

Jaswant Singh dies, PM Modi pays tribute

New Delhi, Sep 27:  Former Union minister Jaswant Singh, a close associate of ex-prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, died here on Sunday following a long spell of illness. He was 82. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other top BJP leaders paid rich tributes to Singh, saying that he […]

Top Bollywood actresses questioned in drug probe

NEW DELHI – Three popular Bollywood actresses were questioned on Saturday in a drug probe that has sent shockwaves through India’s film industry, already hurt by COVID-19 lockdowns. Officials from the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) have been investigating alleged drug use in Bollywood for the last month in […]

India caps prices of medical oxygen amid rising COVID-19 cases

NEW DELHI – India said on Saturday it was capping the price of liquid oxygen used to treat victims of novel coronavirus and other respiratory diseases after complaints of hoarding and shortages, as total covid infections hit 5.9 million countrywide. The Indian health ministry on Saturday reported more […]

Temporary retention of GST cess pending reconciliation not diversion: FinMin

New Delhi, Sep 26: Finance ministry sources have countered CAG audit finding of central government wrongly retaining Rs 47,272 crore of GST compensation cess meant for states, saying temporary retention cannot be termed as diversion. Days after the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) flagged that the Centre in first […]

Agri Bills: Amarinder flays Akalis

Chandigarh, Sep 26:  Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday said the Akalis’ “adamant refusal” to quit the NDA coalition over the contentious agricultural Bills showed the “extent of their greed and desperation to cling to the power”. The fact that the Shiromani Akali Dal is holding on […]

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