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Around 400 new COVID-19 cases in Delhi: Kejriwal

Delhi municipal bypolls: AAP wins 4 wards, Congress 1

4:08 pm March 3, 2021

New Delhi: The AAP on Wednesday won four of the five civic wards in Delhi in a bypoll, with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asserting that people were desperate to bring the party to power in the three municipal corporations in the national capital. The AAP, however, suffered a shock defeat in the minority-dominated Chauhan Bangar […]

Rahul attacks Modi over Sino-India standoff; says Chinese know PM is ‘scared’

6:09 pm February 27, 2021

Tuticorin: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Sino-India border standoff, charging him with being ‘scared’ of the eastern neighbour and took a swipe at him for being only ”useful to two people.” Launching his three-day Tamil Nadu tour ahead of the April 6 assembly […]

Saudi crown prince approved killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi: US intelligence report

9:22 am February 27, 2021

Washington: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved an operation to capture or kill journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, according to a US intelligence report submitted to Congress. Fifty-nine-year-old Khashoggi, a dissident Saudi journalist who lived in the US as a legal permanent resident and wrote for the Washington Post, was critical of the prince’s policies and was killed in the Saudi Arabian Consulate in the Turkish city on October […]

Political parties in Assam welcome three-phase assembly elections

11:58 pm February 26, 2021

Guwahati: Political parties in Assam welcomed the three-phase assembly elections in the state announced by the Election Commission of India on Friday, hoping that polls will be free and fair amid strict adherence to the COVID-19 protocols. Elections in the northeastern state will be conducted on March 27, April 1 and April 6. ”The ECI has taken the decision […]

Vijayan claims Rahul shying away from attacking BJP

11:46 pm February 26, 2021

Thiruvananthapuram: Continuing his attack on the Congress and its leader Rahul Gandhi, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday accused him of shying away from taking on the BJP and instead only targeting the Left Democratic Front (LDF). He also slammed Gandhi for his controversial ”north- south” remarks, saying the Wayanad MP should not have ‘demeaned’ North Indians who had elected him earlier. Vijayan was addressing a mammoth gathering as […]