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New Delhi: The Health Ministry said on Saturday that more than 20 lakh vaccine doses against the coronavirus were administered across the country the previous day, the highest single-day count so far. As many as 16,39,663 beneficiaries — healthcare workers (HCWs) and frontline workers (FLWs) — were vaccinated for the first dose and 4,13,874 such […]
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Joins TMC, says BJP can do anything to win elections in West Bengal
Kolkata: Former Union minister Yashwant Sinha,a bitter critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi regime, on Saturday joined Trinamool Congress days ahead of the high- octane West Bengal assembly polls. Sinha, a senior BJP leader during Atal Bihari Vajpayee rule, told reporters it was call of the hour to ensure TMC win the assembly elections with […]
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Banihal/Jammu: The Jammu-Srinagar national highway was on Saturday afternoon cleared of the debris brought in by a massive mudslide in Ramban district, paving the way for resumption of one-way traffic after two days, officials said. The traffic on the highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with rest of the country, would be allowed from […]
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Beijing: China is aiming to vaccinate 70-80 per cent of its population by the end of this year or mid-2022, the head of the country’s Center for Disease Control said Saturday. With four approved vaccines, China will vaccinate 900 million to 1 billion people, Gao Fu, the CDC head, said in an interview with Chinese […]
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Lahore: A top Pakistani university has expelled two students for hugging and proposing on campus, after a video of the incident went viral on social media. A special disciplinary committee of the University of Lahore held a meeting on Friday and summoned the two students but they failed to appear. The committee then decided to […]
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Srinagar: Two policemen were injured in a grenade attack by militants in Baramulla district of north Kashmir on Saturday, police said. The ultras hurled a grenade at a police post at Sopore bus stand in the district, a police official said. He said the two policemen sustained injuries in the blast and were taken to […]
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Mandalay (Myanmar): Security forces in Myanmar on Saturday again met protests against last month’s military takeover with lethal force, killing at least four people by shooting live ammunition at demonstrators. Three deaths were reported in Mandalay, the country’s second-biggest city, and one in Pyay, a town in south-central Myanmar. There were multiple reports on social […]
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UN slams high civilian deaths
Kabul: A powerful car bomb killed at least eight people and injured 47 in Afghanistan’s western Herat province, officials said Saturday. The death toll in the explosion late Friday that also destroyed 14 houses is expected to rise because several of the injured were critical, said Rafiq Sherzai, a spokesman for the provincial hospital. One […]
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Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government said all issues raised by district development council (DDC) members regarding their status and honorarium have been “resolved” amicably following their meeting with Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha. The newly elected DDC members have protested in support of their demand for better status and monthly honorarium. An official spokesperson Friday […]
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Jammu: Two suspected drug peddlers were arrested after 70 grams of heroin was recovered from their possession here on Saturday, police said. Devi Dass, a resident of Kathua, and Javed Ahmad of Poonch were moving in a private car when they were intercepted by police near Panama chowk, leading to the recovery of the narcotic […]
