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CDS Gen Bipin Rawat dismisses IAF’s concerns over theatre commands, calls it Army’s ‘supporting arm’ during war
CDS Rawat firmly said that the 4 new theatre commands, maritime theatre command (MTC), air defence command (ADC) and two land-based theatre commands have already been sanctioned by the government and will be created whether the IAF likes it or not. While speaking at a webinar, General Rawat said that the Air Force is required to provide support to ground forces and it still remains as a supporting arm.
Pushkar Singh Dhami is new Uttarakhand CM
Dhami, a two time MLA, was elected new chief minister of the hilly state in a meeting of the BJP's legislative party in Dehradun. The election was held in the presence of central observers -- Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and party national general secretary D. Purandeswari. BJP in-charge for Uttarakhand Dushyant Gautam also present in the meeting.
ED summons NCP leader Anil Deshmukh for questioning on July 5
An ED source related to probe said that the financial probe agency has summoned Deshmukh to record his statement on July 5. Deshmukh had earlier skipped two summons of the ED in the case. On June 29, Deshmukh skipped the second summon citing Covid pandemic and said that he was ready to join the probe through any "video or audio" medium.
Congress again demands JPC probe into Rafale deal
"The French have ordered an investigation into the Rafale scam. On June 14, 2021 French Public Prosecution Services has ordered an investigation for corruption, influence peddling, money laundering, favouritism on the complaint of an NGO," he said.
Navjot Singh Sidhu hasn’t paid Rs 8.67 lakhs electricity bill in last 8 months
Sidhu on Friday had come up with a solution for the unprecedented power crisis that has gripped the state. Soon after his comments, photographs of his impending electricity bill started circulating on social media. The bill showed a whopping amount of Rs 8,67,540 that was yet to be paid with a due date of July 2.
Debris of sunk cargo vessel caused marine disaster in Sri Lanka: Indian Navy
Since the disaster hundreds of dead turtles, dolphins and whales were washing ashore along the Western and Northern Sri Lankan seas. Criminal investigation started against the ship owners and the Attorney General on Wednesday informed courts that 176 turtles, 20 dolphins and four whales were so far killed due to toxins release from the ship.
India's Covid vaccination crosses 34.46 cr mark
A total of 34,46,11,291 vaccine doses have been administered through 45,60,088 sessions, reports the provisional report of MoHFW received till 7 a.m. on Saturday. The report mentions that 1,02,22,008 Healthcare Workers have so far received first dose of Covid vaccine and 72,87,445 have got the second dose.
Nitish Kumar became CM by 'passing exam in 3rd division': Lalu Yadav
Nitish Kumar-led JD-U managed to bag only 40 seats in the last year's Assembly election and finished with a third position. RJD got 75 seats while the BJP secured 74 seats. "Nitish became chief minister of Bihar after putting morality and mandate aside... its result is now coming in the form of their own legislators and ministers levelling corruption charges on the government," Lalu Prasad said in a tweet.
Fake news by select media houses confusing devotees: TTD
"A section of media tried to create confusion among devotees," said a TTD official and termed those media reports as void of facts. According to the temple body, there were 176 counters in Tirumala prior to March 2020, issuing laddus (consecrated sweet), darshan (visit) tokens, SSD counters, SED counters and Alipiri toll gate counter.
India to retaliate at a time, place of its choosing if Pakistan uses drones to target our assets: CDS Bipin Rawat
General Rawat's statement comes after small explosive-laden drones were used in the terror attack on the Jammu air force station on June 27. He said that the investigating agencies were probing if the drones were launched by Pakistan from their border or within the Jammu region and whether the intent was to deliver a message of a new capability or actually cause damage on the ground.
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