Use loudspeakers to discuss price rise: Aditya Thackeray

Mumbai, 15/4: Politics over Hanuman Chalisa heated up in Maharashtra on Friday with state minister Aaditya Thackeray saying loudspeakers should be used to create awareness among people about reasons behind rising prices of essential items, while independent MLA Ravi Rana asked Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to recite the devotional hymns at his residence on Saturday….

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Covid cases in Shanghai continue to surge amid growing public anger

Beijing, 14/4: China on Friday reported more than 3,400 positive and 20,700 asymptomatic coronavirus cases, the majority of them in Shanghai as the city of 26 million continued to reel under over fortnight-long lockdown to contain the virus amid growing discontent among locals over the lack of food and medical supplies.     The positive…

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Jaishankar meets UN chief Guterres, discusses key issues including Ukraine situation

New  Delhi, 15/4: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has held a “wide ranging discussion” with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and exchanged views on the global impact of the Ukraine conflict as well as the situation in Afghanistan and Myanmar.   Jaishankar arrived here on Wednesday evening following his visit to Washington.   “A wide ranging…

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Eshwarappa resigned voluntarily; no pressure from high command, says CM

Bangalore, 14/4: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that the Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Minister K S Eshwarappa will resign voluntarily and there was no pressure from the party high command for him to step down.     Responding to media queries on Eshwarappa’s decision to step down as minister on April 15, Friday, Bommai…

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