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BJP MP calls Gandhis ‘viruses’, Congress calls it ‘gutter abuse’ to deflect govt failure

BJP MP Parvesh Verma on Sunday called Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra “viruses” in an attack after the former Congress president questioned the success of the Covid-19 lockdown. He said they should be sent to quarantine themselves as they couldn’t see the effect of the lockdown, while

Politicians flout lockdown rules but police book commoners

Like many other things, political influence seems to have the upper hand against the strict lockdown rules which have been imposed to contain the surge of Covid-19 cases in India. While politicians get away easily with lockdown violations, common people are getting booked for similar mistake, committed deliberately or otherwise.

SC notice to UP govt on plea to reduce cut-off marks for primary teachers

The Supreme Court has issued notices to the Uttar Pradesh government and Uttar Pradesh Basic Education Board on a batch of petitions against an Allahabad High Court ruling which upheld the state government’s decision to keep higher cut-off marks for recruitment of 69,000 assistant teachers for state primary schools. The

Raman Singh among Nyay Yojana beneficiaries: Cong

BJP calls Chhattisgarh govt’s new scheme ‘Anyay Yojana’, Congress counters it by saying senior BJP leaders are beneficiaries of the Rs 5,700 crore scheme.

Uddhav seeks plan to resume film, TV shoots with restrictions

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has given a green signal to the entertainment industry to chalk out a plan on limited resumption of shooting and post production activities by following physical distancing norms. Seeing the impending financial crisis in the entertainment sector, Ashoke Pandit, chief advisor of the Federation of

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Military leadership in the time of social media explosion

Banning social media is not the answer. The armed forces need to accept it as a given and work with it, not against it. We need to exploit the vast ocean of opportunities it offers, including consensus building, picking the minds of a huge brain-cloud of its user-base, team-building and

INS Kesari reaches Mauritius with medicines and doctors

Under Indian Navy’s Mission Sagar operation to provide assistance to the friendly foreign countries of Indian Ocean Region (IOR) during Covid-19 pandemic, the Indian naval ship Kesari has entered Port Louis Mauritius. INS Kesari is carrying Covidrelated essential medicines and a special consignment of Ayurvedic medicines for the people of

Dogs feed on semi-burnt dead body of suspected corona-positive patient

As harrowing tales of coronavirus patients continue to come, some stray dogs were spotted feeding on a semiburnt dead body of a suspected Covid-19 patient near a river bank in Hajipur on Friday. The body was left on the ghat in semi-burnt condition by health officials on Thursday. Immediately after

Andhra High Court orders CBI probe in the doctor manhandling case

In a significant judgment against police brutality on unarmed citizens, the Andhra Pradesh High Court has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the assault on a senior doctor of Visakhapatnam being carried out by the police in full public view on 15 May. A division bench of

PM announces Rs 1,000 crore package for Bengal and Rs 500 crore for Odisha

Prime Minister Narendra Modi makes an aerial survey of the two cyclone-ravaged states with Chief Ministers Mamata Banerjee and Naveen Patnaik by his side.

Delhi breaks own record every day since Lockdown 4.0; 660 new cases on Friday

New Covid-19 cases are breaking records in Delhi every day. Lockdown 4.0 came into force on 18 May with all states getting considerable relaxations. The states were also given the right to decide on their red zones and containment areas as long as they complied with the Centre’s guidelines. Earlier,