Latest LIVE: UP CM suspends SP, DSP in Hathras case; narco tests planned

A protest meet was planned at India Gate today for the 20-year-old from Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, who was gang raped and brutally murdered. Stay tuned for Latest LIVE news

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Odisha coronavirus tally mounts to 2,26,334 with detection of 3,600 new cases; 16 fresh fatalities push toll to 875: Official

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Rape case an attempt to hijack "Me Too movement": Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap on allegations levelled by actor Payal Ghosh

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Farmers' agitation on the path shown by Mahatma Gandhi will be successful: Sonia Gandhi

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Puducherry CM observes fast condemning police action against Rahul in UP

Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy and his ministerial colleagues observed a fast here on Friday to condemn the Uttar Pradesh police for its 'reckless' behaviour against Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, when they were proceeding to meet a rape victim's family.

11:37 AM

My mother was fighter for women her entire life: Kamala Harris

Senator Kamala Harris, who is the Democratic Party's vice-presidential candidate, has attributed her entire life's success to her mother Shyamala Gopalan, saying she was a fighter for women.

 

Harris, 55, is the first-ever Black, African-American and Indian-American woman to be the vice-presidential candidate of a major political party.

 

There are so many stories I could tell about her that have influenced who I am. My mother was a fighter for women her entire life. Her specialty was breast cancer, and, you know, before I was probably aware of it, I was hearing her passion for the importance of women receiving dignity in the health care system, Harris said during a podcast conversation with the former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton.

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Marking the 151st Gandhi Jayanti, India gifted 41 ambulances to government and NGOs of Nepal

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Arunachal coronavirus update: Tally crosses 10,000-mark with 224 new cases

Arunachal Pradesh's Covid-19 tally crossed the 10,000-mark on Friday as 224 more people, including six security personnel, tested positive for the infection, a health official said.

 

The fresh infections have pushed the northeastern state's caseload to 10,020, he said.

 

The Capital Complex region reported 89 new cases, followed by West Siang (24), Lohit (20) and Lower Siang (14), State Surveillance Officer Dr Lobsang Jampa said.

 

"Four Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel and one jawan each of Army and Assam Rifles are among the new patients," he said.

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12% Indian land prone to landslides as climate change increases the risks

Six days’ relentless rain had saturated the soil on the rolling slopes of Rajamala hamlet in Anamalai hills--which support tea and coffee plantations--in Idukki district of Kerala. On August 6, 2020, the downpour became especially torrential, forcing a portion of the hills to move, triggering a landslide that brought boulders and slurry crashing down on a settlement of tea estate workers in Pettimudi valley, killing 70 people and flattening rows of tin-roofed houses.

 

Although monsoon rains cause landslides every year, economic activities and the climate crisis are increasing the risk, especially in the Himalayas and the Western Ghats. Read on...

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All-religion prayer meet at Sabarmati Ashram on Gandhi Jayanti

An all-religion prayer meet was organised at the Sabarmati Ashram here on Friday morning on the occasion of 151st birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi with only a handful of people attending the event due to the coronavirus outbreak.

 

In view of the pandemic, only a limited number of Ashram residents attended the prayer meet held in premises of the Sabarmati Ashram, also called the Gandhi Ashram, said its director Atul Pandya.

 

The Ashram, currently closed for visitors due to the pandemic, was the home of Mahatma Gandhi between 1917 and 1930 and closely linked with India's freedom struggle.

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Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath spins the Charkha at Kshetriya Shri Gandhi Ashram in Hazratganj on Gandhi Jayanti

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Union Budget 2021: Finance Ministry to start budgetary exercise from Oct 16

The Finance Ministry will kick off exercise for the Union Budget 2021-2022 on October 16. The Budget is expected to be presented on February 1, which is the first working day in that month.

 

The Budget division of the Economic Affairs Department issued a Budget circular on Thursday evening, which contains necessary instructions and deadline for submission of details by different central ministries and departments. Read on...

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Badly planned, poorly communicated: Agri, labour reforms were too rushed

In recent weeks, India’s government has shown unusual amounts of energy in pushing through long-awaited economic reforms. The last session of Parliament — cut short when several MPs tested positive for Covid-19 — was exceptionally productive. Two labor-law amendments were passed, as was a package of measures addressing the agricultural sector.

 

However you look at it, these moves take India in the right direction. They don’t go far enough, are badly planned and have been poorly communicated —nevertheless, they are grounds for optimism. Read on...

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Market update: Japan resumes stock trading after all-day system crash

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No gathering is permissible around India Gate due to imposition of Section 144 of CrPC: DCP New Delhi

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US judge blocks Trump's H-1B visa ban, says Prez exceeded his authority

A federal judge has blocked the enforcement of the H-1B visa ban issued by President Donald Trump in June this year, saying the president exceeded his constitutional authority.

 

The order was issued on Thursday by District Judge Jeffrey White of Northern District of California.

 

The lawsuit against the Department of Commerce and Department of Homeland Security was filed by companies represented by National Association of Manufacturers, US Chamber of Commerce, National Retail Federation and TechNet. Read on...