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Navjot Singh Sidhu's advisor says Kashmir is a 'separate country', sparks row
Mali’s comments, which he shared via a post on Facebook, garnered immediate attention and sparked a huge row. Mali was slammed from both within and outside Congress and he was asked to apologize and take back his words.
Active caseload lowest in 150 days as India logs 36K new Covid cases
The sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs continue the trend as less than 50,000 daily caseloads are being reported for the past 54 consecutive days now. India's recovery rate from Covid infection currently stands at 97.54 per cent, the highest since March 2020. The death toll due to Covid in the country stands at 4,33,589 currently.
'Navy expanded presence far and wide to protect Indian interests'
"Our navy has spread far and wide with the aim of protecting India's maritime interests," he told reporters on the sidelines of the closing ceremony of the 35th edition of the 'Hyderabad Sailing Week'. The Chief of Naval Staff pointed out that Indian Navy has been regularly operating across the oceans. "We have gone to the South China Sea and to the Pacific and as we speak today we have a ship in the United Kingdom," he said.
France rescued Indians stuck in Afghanistan: Jaishankar
S. Jaishankar told reporters here on Thursday, "I thanked the French Foreign Minister (Jean-Yves Le Drian) yesterday because as part of what France did, they also took back some Indians to Paris." "I think that was the right thing to do," he said. The priority for India is repatriating Indians stranded in Afghanistan that has been taken over by the Taliban, he said
JCO martyred, terrorist killed in Rajouri encounter
Defence spokesman Lt Colonel Devender Anand said, "Based on specific input, a joint cordon and search operation was launched by the Indian Army and the local police at Danna village, Thanamandi, Rajouri district. During the search operation in the forested area of the village, the search party, led by JCO Subedar Ram Singh, was fired upon by terrorist from a nearby densely forested area.
As festive season nears, AIIMS Directors appeal for following Covid norms
AIIMS, Delhi, Director, Dr Randeep Guleria said that the Covid pandemic is not over yet and we need to be more cautious. "Avoid stepping out of the house unless absolutely necessary. Whenever you step out of the house, wear a mask. Keep washing your hands with soap. After touching anything, definitely use sanitiser. Health is important now," he advised.
'Can harm person's self-esteem': SC holds arresting accused not mandatory always
A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hrishikesh Roy said: "If the Investigating Officer has no reason to believe that the accused will abscond or disobey summons and has, in fact, throughout cooperated with the investigation, we fail to appreciate why there should be a compulsion on the officer to arrest the accused."
CBI forms 4 teams to probe post-poll violence in Bengal
A CBI source told IANS, "Four special investigation units have been constituted to probe the Bengal post-poll violence cases." The source said that there will be six members in each team and each unit will be headed by a joint director level officer. The source also said that the investigating officer will soon visit the state to initiate the probe.
Delhi logs lowest daily Covid tally this year, at 25
According to the Health Department bulletin, the new cases take the total tally to 14,37,217, while the death toll is 25,079. Two Covid patients were discharged, taking the total number of recoveries to 14,11,690, the bulletin said. The total number of active cases in the capital stands at 448, and 140 of them are being treated in home isolation. As per the bulletin, there are 234 containment zones.
'Know only Lalu Prasad': Jagadanand Singh on Tej Pratap's new attack
Jagadanand Singh's statement came soon after Tej Pratap Yadav openly challenged the former to take action against him. He also alleged that Jagadanand Singh had sacked Akash Yadav from the post of state youth wing President without giving prior notice and that was unconstitutional. "Jagadanand Singh does not have capacity and guts to take action against me," Tej Pratap Yadav said earlier on Thursday.
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