New Delhi, 19/8: India on Thursday tacitly hit out at China for criticizing the Quad, with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar stating that opposition to the four-nation coalition was possibly a ‘unilateralist’ approach rooted in the desire to control the choices of other nations. With the more-than-two-year-long stand-off between the Indian Army and the…
New Delhi, 19/8: The CBI is conducting raids at the residence of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in an excise policy case. “The CBI is at my house,” Sisodia tweeted. The deputy chief minister said that he will fully cooperate with the CBI in the investigation so that the “truth…
New Delhi, 18/8: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, who was in the state capital on Thursday, said he did not see any reason to worry if a few leaders quit the party and join the BJP. Addressing the mediapersons, he said, “It is a blessing in disguise if a few leaders quit the…
New Delhi, 18/8:The Supreme Court was on Thursday told that the Central Board for Direct Taxes (CBDT) has accused makers of the Dolo-650 tablet of distributing freebies worth around Rs 1,000 crore to doctors as consideration for prescribing the tablet. The drug has been used liberally during the Covid-19 pandemic. Senior advocate Sanjay…
Mumbai, 18/8: Star comedian Raju Srivastava’s condition is serious and his brain has also stopped functioning, says fellow comedian Sunil Pal. Raju Srivastava, 58, is admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi following a cardiac arrest on August 10. He collapsed while running on the treadmill in a gym…
New Delhi, 18/8: Change in centres at the last moment, far off centres and no clarity on retest options — students on second day of CUET’s fourth phase were a worried lot. The first shift exam is underway on Thursday. The exam was cancelled at 13 centres on Wednesday following technical glitches affecting…
Mumbai, 18/8: An abandoned boat with AK-47 rifles was seized near Harihareshwar beach in the Raigad district on Thursday morning leading to a high alert situation. According to reports, three AK-47 rifles have been seized. Security was beefed up across Maharashtra in the wake of upcoming festivals like the Krishna Janmashtami-Dahi Handi and…
New Delhi, 18/8: India’s foreign minister on Thursday defended his country’s ties with the Myanmar junta, despite growing international concerns about recent executions and the legitimacy of elections planned for next year. Myanmar’s decade-long experiment with democracy was halted last year and the country has since spiralled into bloody conflict after the military ousted…
Bhubaneswar, 18/8: In a sigh of relief for tons of aspirants, Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) on Thursday postponed the Assistant Section Officer (ASO) examination which was scheduled to be held on August 21 (Sunday) 2022. OPSC announced for the postponement of the ASO written exam in view of the dislocation caused by the severe…
New Delhi, 18/8: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has blocked seven Indian and one Pakistan-based YouTube news channels over “fake anti-India content” under IT Rules, 2021. The blocked YouTube channels had over 114 crore views, and 85 lakh 73 thousand subscribers.
