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Over 1,500 mobile towers targeted during farmers stir in PunjabIndia
Over 1,500 mobile towers targeted during farmers' stir in Punjab

Chief Minister Amarinder singh issues stern warning against vandalisation and disruption of telecom services

29 Dec 2020 2:13 AM IST

The latest Annual Status of Education Report (ASER 2020 Wave 1), released online late last month, reaffirms a positive trend: households in India, both rich and poor, are pinning their hopes on education as a passport to upward mobility, even in the times of Covid-19. (Representational Image: AFP)India
Online tests for centre government recruitments

The government also came out with a format to file complaints with the anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal

28 Dec 2020 11:42 PM IST

Nitish Kumar who was appointed as the JD(U)s national president in April 2016, announced his decision to step down from the post on Sunday following the norms of one leader one post (PTI)India
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar steps down from the post of JD(U)...

RCP Singh's name for the post was proposed by Nitish Kumar during the JD(U) national executive meeting

28 Dec 2020 4:24 AM IST

Farmers beat utensils as a protest against PM Modis Man ki Baat programme, during their ongoing agitation over new farm laws, at Singhu border in New Delhi, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020. (PTI)India
Protesting farmers beat 'thalis' during PM Modi's 'Mann Ki Baat' radio...

At many places, farmers, joined by people from other sections of society, raised slogans against the BJP-led government...

27 Dec 2020 8:48 PM IST

mar Abdullah, former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir speaks after a press conference at his residence, in Srinagar on December 26, 2020. (AFP)India
Fresh arrest spree in J&K; Omar Abdullah accused govt of facilitating...

In past one week, about 100 political activists have been taken into preventive custody' across the Union Territory

27 Dec 2020 10:46 AM IST

AIMIM President and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi addresses media persons on Bihar election results at his residence in Hyderabad, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. (PTI)India
AIMIM to contest Bhopal civic polls

The party has registered with the Madhya Pradesh State Election Commission as the first step

27 Dec 2020 8:53 AM IST

Shivraj Singh Chouhan (PTI file photo)India
After UP, Madhya Pradesh passes love jihad Bill

The bill puts onus on the accused and those associated with accused including organisations and institutions, to prove...

27 Dec 2020 4:25 AM IST

The decision to resume talks was taken at a meeting of Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of 40 farmer unions protesting at various Delhi border points against three farm laws (AFP)India
Farmers to talk with centre on December 29

Farmers have proposed December 29 as the date for the next round of negotiations with the government

27 Dec 2020 4:24 AM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah delivers a speech during the ceremonial program of Assam Darshan, at Amingaon in Kamrup district, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020. (PTI)India
Amit Shah sounds 2021 poll bugle in Assam, says only a BJP govt can...

He said that the government was extending a financial assistance of Rs 2.5 lakh each to 8,000

27 Dec 2020 4:10 AM IST

An illustration picture shows vials with Covid-19 Vaccine stickers attached and syringes, with the logo of the University of Oxford and its partner British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca.(AFP)India
Oxford vaccine may become the first to get Indian regulator's nod for...

The Indian drug regulator is looking at the UK, which sources believe may give its nod to the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine...

26 Dec 2020 10:09 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses at the launch of the Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY SEHAT, Healthcare Scheme to extend coverage to all residents of Jammu & Kashmir, through video conference, in New Delhi, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020. (PTI)India
Congress need not lecture us: Modi

'Some people in Delhi offer me lessons in democracy,' the PM said, blasting the Congress for not undertaking the local...

26 Dec 2020 9:53 PM IST

Activists belonging to various human and civil rights organisations hold placards during a demonstration condemning the decision of various Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led state governments in the country for the proposed passing of laws against \Love Jihad\ in Bangalore. (AFP)India
About 35 arrests, dozen FIRs as UP 'love jihad' law completes one...

A PIL has already been filed in the Allahabad High Court challenging the law and now it is for the court to decide

26 Dec 2020 2:35 PM IST

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