Preventing citizen from voicing opinion against law violates right to free speech: Sonia, Rahul tell HC
Preventing a citizen from expressing a bonfide opinion against any bill or law passed by Parliament is violative of the right to free speech and principles of democracy, Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi have contended before the Delhi High Court while opposing a plea for a hate speech...
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45K women committed suicide in 2021: NCRB
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China’s claim over Arunachal outrageous: German Ambassador
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SC to examine constitutional validity of 10% EWS quota in admissions, jobs
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Attacks on places of worship of Sikhs in Af concern India
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Only speculation, says Tharoor on his candidature for Cong presidential poll
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‘Govt has no strategy to tackle Chinese apps duping Indians’
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CSIR lab starts studying impact of twin towers’ demolition
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Call for prioritising blood pressure as public health emergency
With uncontrolled hypertension becoming one of the main reasons for spate of cardiovascular diseases, health experts have called for prioritising blood pressure as a public health emergency. The Government has a target to 25 per cent relative reduction in hypertension prevalence by 2025. Achieving this goal will require effectively treating at...
Coast Guard makes video of Har Ghar Tiranga campaign
Fostering the national initiative of ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign, the Indian Coast Guard has compiled a video and a publication to highlight their participation in the national fervour. A book named “From Sir Creek to Gangasagar” was unveiled by Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar in the presence of Director General Coast Guard...
Adani to launch open offer for NDTV on Oct 17
Adani Group will launch its open offer on October 17 for acquiring an additional 26 per cent stake in media firm NDTV. The open offer for acquiring 1.67 crore equity shares, for which a price of Rs 294 per share has been fixed, will tentatively close on November 1, said...
‘Among 8 UTs, Delhi had max human trafficking cases in 2021’
Among the eight Union Territories, Delhi recorded the highest number of human trafficking cases in 2021 with a 73.5 per cent rise in cases over 2020. However, all the 509 victims of human trafficking in 2021 were rescued. According to National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) data, most of the trafficked people...
UP Govt to create 10,000 posts in superspecialty medical colleges
To meet the demand of human resources, the Uttar Pradesh Government has decided to create 10,000 academic and non-academic posts in the state-run superspecialty medical colleges for which a sum of over `921 crore has been proposed. The decision was taken in a cabinet meeting held here on Tuesday. Briefing mediapersons...
Kolkata safest city in India, says NCRB report
Kolkata has topped the list of cities with the least number of cognisable offences per lakh of its population, making the metropolis the safest city of India in 2021, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report. The city scored 103.4 per 1-lakh people in terms of the number...
Trial runs on Mumbai Metro line-3 begin
The trial runs on the 32.5 lm underground Mumbai Metro Line-3-- involving Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ corridor -- began on Tuesday. Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy chief minister Fadnavis flagged off the trial run at Sariputnagar in Aarey Colony temporarily car-shed inside a 3 kms tunnel till the Marol Naka Station. Initially, the...
