Day: February 11, 2021

7 killed in cyclone Yaas in Bihar;Nitish orders payment of Rs 4 lakh each compensation to their families

Nitish backs Modi Govt on farm laws, hopes for a resolution soon

7:34 pm February 11, 2021

New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar on Thursday backed three contentious farm laws, saying these legislations are in the interest of farmers and not against them. Speaking to reporters after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Kumar said his party is with the government on the issue and that the Centre has opted for the right path […]

SC refuses to entertain plea seeking guidelines to prevent sale of fake COVID-19 vaccines

7:31 pm February 11, 2021

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday refused to entertain a plea seeking direction to the Centre to issue “strict” guidelines to prevent any chance of sale of fake coronavirus vaccines in the country, saying it cannot pass general directions. ”We understand your motivation but you file a concrete case. We cannot pass general directions. We […]

India fighting Covid with all its might: PM Modi

India Inc must live up to expectations: Industry leaders after Modi’s remarks

7:27 pm February 11, 2021

New Delhi: Industry leaders Anand Mahindra and Sajjan Jindal on Thursday said India Inc will have to live up to the expectations after Prime Minister Narendra Modi showered praises on the private sector for its role in India’s growth, national progress and enhancing the country’s prestige globally. Mahindra and Jindal took Modi’s words as a great encouragement for the ”community that has been creating wealth […]

Top govt officials in Pondy get vaccinated against COVID-19

7:13 pm February 11, 2021

Puducherry: Two of the top officials of Puducherry Administration were inoculated against COVID-19 on Thursday at a government hospital here, official sources said. Chief Secretary to the territorial government, Ashwani Kumar and the Secretary to Information and Publicity Department, S D Sundaresan received the vaccine shots This is the first time that top officials of […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

How a leading anti-Trump group ignored a crisis in its ranks

6:37 pm February 11, 2021

Washington: Last June, the Lincoln Project was on a high. Led by several prominent former Republican consultants, its slickly produced ads attacking President Donald Trump made it perhaps the best known of the so-called Never Trump organisations. The group tried to claim a higher moral ground in an effort to purge Trump from the GOP. Money flowed in by the tens of millions […]