Former union minister Jaswant Singh, a close aide of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, died this morning in Delhi. He was 82. Jaswant Singh, who was from Rajasthan, had served as India’s foreign minister, defense minister and finance minister. Mr Singh, who studied in Ajmer’s Mayo College, was an
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday expressed apprehensions of a “second wave” of coronavirus transmission as more people are moving out for work, and called for stricter compliance with norms. Speaking at a virtual meeting with ministers and officials of Marathwada and Nashik divisions on the COVID-19 situation, the
Cinema halls are set to reopen in West Bengal from October 1 after remaining closed for over six months in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Saturday. She also said musical, dance and magic shows would be permitted in the state from next month.
A 20-year-old woman from western Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras is fighting for her life in the intensive care unit of a government hospital after she was gang-raped and brutally assaulted, allegedly by four men from her village. The girl belongs to the Scheduled Castes community, while all four accused are from
The Shiromani Akali Dal, the oldest ally of the BJP, on Saturday said it was quitting the ruling party’s National Democratic Alliance (NDA) after sharp differences over the three controversial farm sector bills adopted earlier this month. “The highest decision-making body of the Shiromani Akali Dal core committee at its