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Sonia slams Centre for ‘anti-people’ activities, ‘exploiting’ farmers

RTI on brink of extinction, Central govt wants to subvert Act: Sonia Gandhi

1:23 pm July 23, 2019

New Delhi: UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday said the Centre is hell-bent on subverting the RTI Act which now stands on the “brink of extinction”, a day after Lok Sabha passed amendments to the Act amid strong opposition protests. In a statement, she said it is clear that the present central government sees the […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

2 Afghan nationals held with 50 kg heroin

1:14 pm July 23, 2019

New Delhi: Two Afghan nationals have been arrested for smuggling banned drugs into India after 50 kg heroin was seized from them, police said on Tuesday. The two are from Kandahar and Helmand provinces in Afghanistan and smuggled the drugs into the country via the Attari-Wagah border between India and Pakistan, they said. Deputy Commissioner […]

ASI assaulted in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh

3 arrested for robbing Canadian pilot in Delhi: Police

2:36 pm July 22, 2019

New Delhi: Three men have been arrested for allegedly robbing a Canadian national employed as a pilot with IndiGo airlines of Rs 1.30 lakh after threatening him with a knife near Delhi Cantt area, police said Monday. Mehraj Salmani, Asif and Farman, all residents of Meerut districts in Uttar Pradesh were nabbed on July 20, […]

Hima Das nearing her best: High Performance Director

2:33 pm July 22, 2019

New Delhi: Indian athletics’ High Performance Director Volker Herrmann feels star sprinter Hima Das is nearing her best, having won five successive gold medals in three weeks in Europe. The 19-year-old Hima has won five races — four in 200m and one in her pet 400m event — in Poland and Czech Republic since July […]

IndiGo set to expand board; to have 4 independent directors

2:05 pm July 22, 2019

New Delhi: Amid promoters feuding over governance issues, InterGlobe Aviation has decided to have up to 10 members on its board, including four independent directors. The decision, taken during the company’s board meeting on July 20, comes against the backdrop of a feud between co-promoters — Rakesh Gangwal and Rahul Bhatia — over corporate governance […]