INDIA
EC issues notice to Mamata for seeking votes on 'communal' ground
In its order, the poll panel asked Banerjee to submit her explanation within 48 hours of receipt of the notice, failing which the "commission shall take a decision without further reference to you".
China can launch cyber attacks, India getting ready for it: General Bipin Rawat
Speaking at the Vivekananda International Foundation on shaping the armed forces to meet the likely current and future challenges, General Rawat said, "We may not be able to fully catch up with China. So we are trying to develop some kind of a relationship with the western nations and see how better we can get some support from them, during peacetime at least, which will help us overcome this deficiency."
Delhi night curfew: Shops being closed at 8 p.m., employees fear job loss
Amid the Covid resurgence across the country, a night curfew has been imposed in Delhi from Tuesday till April 30 where everything will be closed from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. Ramesh Sharma, manager of food outlet brand Haldiram, told IANS: "On the first day of night curfew, I couldn't leave my workplace on time. Delhi Police stopped me at Chandni Chowk and asked me to reach home on time from the next time."
Vaze opens Pandora's box for MVA, says Deshmukh asked him to extort money from bars
In a handwritten letter dated April 3, a copy of which has been viewed by IANS, Vaze has claimed that NCP chief Sharad Pawar was against his reinstatement into Mumbai Police in 2020 and wanted it to be revoked. However, senior officials of the NIA remained tightlipped on the authenticity of Vaze's letter.
India becomes fastest Covid vaccinating country, surpasses US
According to the ministry, the cumulative number of coronavirus vaccine doses administered in India so far has crossed 8.70 crore on Day 81 of the vaccination drive that was launched on January 16, nearly a month after it was started in the US. Till April 6, India had administered 33,37,601 vaccine doses to the beneficiaries.
Sachin Vaze was Param Bir Singh's blue-eyed boy: Report
It details Assistant Police Inspector (API) Vaze's nine-month long tenure in the elite Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU) of Mumbai Police's Crime Branch and categorically says he was reinstated by Singh in June 2020, after a decision of the Police Establishment Board, despite opposition from top police officers then.
Politicisation, criminalisation offshoots of Mamata rule: BJP
In a series of tweets, BJP National General Secretary (Organisation) B.L. Santhosh said, "Three phases of elections have witnessed 100 times more violence than four other states that went to polls put together." Along with West Bengal, Assembly polls were also held in Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry. While polling has ended in all the four states, five phases of polling are still left in West Bengal.
2 CBI teams arrive in Mumbai to probe against Deshmukh
The source said that after the agency registered a preliminary enquiry (PE) on Tuesday night following the orders of the Bombay High Court, another team of the Anti-Corruption department of the premiere investigative agency left for Mumbai on Wednesday morning.
Wearing face mask compulsory in vehicles: Delhi HC
A single-judge bench of Justice Pratibha M. Singh observed that if vehicles pass through public places, there is a possibility that others may also get exposed. "Wearing of a mask or a face cover in a vehicle, which may be occupied by either a single person or multiple persons, is...compulsory in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic," said the court.
PM Modi to chair meet to commemorate 400th anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur
The Prime Minister will chair the meeting at 11 a.m. through video conferencing. Union Home Minister Amit Shah will also attend the meeting which will discuss the year-long calendar of events planned to mark this special occasion.
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