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493 new COVID-19 cases in Thane; over 100 pc jump in one day

Thane, Dec 30 (PTI) Maharashtra's Thane district has reported an over 100 per cent rise in new COVID-19 cases in one day. The...

Chhattisgarh Police arrest Hindu seer Kalicharan Maharaj from MP

Raipur, Dec 30 (PTI) Chhattisgarh Police on Thursday arrested Hindu religious leader Kalicharan Maharaj from neighbouring Madhya Pradesh in connection with his alleged...

Modi govt extends AFSPA in Nagaland for 6 more months, says state is ‘disturbed area’

The move came days after the Union government constituted a high-level committee to examine the possibility of the withdrawal of the controversial AFSPA from Nagaland.

3 JeM militants killed in encounter with security forces in J-K’s Anantnag district

Srinagar, Dec 30 (PTI) Three Jaish-e-Mohammad militants, including a Pakistani national, were killed in an overnight encounter with security forces in the Anantnag district...

UK marks Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID vaccine anniversary

London, Dec 30 (PTI) The UK is on Thursday marking the one-year anniversary of the approval of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine to protect against COVID-19,...

Omicron will soon replace Delta as dominant global variant: Experts

Singapore, Dec 30 (PTI) Experts in Singapore, where 170 new Omicron cases were reported on Wednesday, have warned that the new and supposedly more...

Mathura reports 6 fresh COVID cases, 3 among foreign-returned

Mathura, Dec 29 (PTI) Six people including a 52-year-old man who returned from Uganda were found infected with COVID-19 in the district in...

AISA protests over alleged UGC-NET Hindi paper leak

New Delhi, Dec 29 (PTI) The left-affiliated All India Students' Association held a protest at the UGC headquarters against the alleged UGC-NET Hindi paper...

EC delegation holds meetings with district magistrates, police officers in UP

Lucknow, Dec 29 (PTI) A delegation of the Election Commission, which is on a three-day visit to Uttar Pradesh, on Wednesday met district and...

Jhansi Railway Station now ‘Veerangana Laxmibai Railway Station’

Lucknow Dec 29 (PTI) The Uttar Pradesh government has renamed Jhansi Railway Station as ‘Veerangana Laxmibai Railway Station’ after Rani Laxmibai. The announcement...

On Camera

Mohan Bhagwat’s U-turn on ‘retire at 75’ is a Hindu succession problem

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has backtracked on his retirement rules. The ‘75-year rule’ was applied selectively to sideline some leaders, but it doesn’t apply to the top brass.

Easy loans, uneasy ‘debt traps’. Women harassed by private lenders ask ‘who will restore lost dignity?’

A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.

Post-Sindoor, joint doctrine tasks Special Forces with fighting info warfare & countering propaganda

Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.