Rahul didn’t target Savarkar, only mentioned fact, asserts Ramesh; says remarks won’t affect MVA alliance

New Delhi, 18/11: Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Friday defended Rahul Gandhi, saying that he did not target Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar but only highlighted a “historical fact’. Addressing a press conference at Shegaon in Buldhana district of Maharashtra where the Bharat Jodo Yatra has reached, he also said that although the Uddhav…

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Mission Prarambh: India’s first privately built rocket Vikram-S blasts off from Sriharikota

Hyderabad, 17/11: Vikram-S, the country’s first privately built rocket by a Hyderabad-based start-up, soared into the sky from the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) spaceport in Sriharikota, in a giant leap for the fledgling private space sector in India.     Vikram-S, named after the founder of the country’s space program, Dr Vikram Sarabhai, blasted…

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Government junks claims of Covaxin approval due to political pressure

New Delhi, 17/11: The Union Health Ministry, on Thursday, termed media reports which claimed that regulatory approval for the Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin was rushed due to political pressure as “misleading” and “fallacious”.     It said scientific approach and prescribed norms were adhered to in approving Covid-19 vaccines for emergency use authorisation.   There have…

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I am a CM, not someone who’d flee nation, says Hemant Soren ahead of ED questioning

Ranchi, 17/11: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Thursday said that all allegations against him in the illegal mining case are “far-fetched.”     Soren, addressing the media before leaving for the ED office for the questioning in the case, said, “I feel agencies should come to a concrete conclusion only after a detailed probe….

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Model accuses Rapido rider in Bengaluru of sexual harassment

Bengaluru, 16/11: A model in Bengaluru has lodged a complaint against a rider of the bike taxi aggregator platform Rapido, accusing him of sexually harassing her, police said on Wednesday.     The 21-year-old victim, who is also a dubbing artist, lodged the complaint with the city’s Hennur police on Monday against the accused identified…

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