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New Delhi, Jan 1: Senior Congress leader and former Union minister Buta Singh died at Delhi's AIIMS early on Saturday morning. He was 86 years old. He was in a coma since October last year after he suffered a brain haemorrhage. His demise was announced by his son Arvinder Singh Lovely Sidhu on Facebook. "My father, Buta Singh, passed away today morning. May Waheguru bless his soul," read the post

New Delhi, Jan 2: The Supreme Court has said there is no bar on granting anticipatory bail for an offence committed under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act 2019, which makes the practice of instant divorce through "triple talaq" among Muslims a punishable offence, provided the court hears the complainant woman before granting pre-arrest bail. The apex court noted that under

New Delhi, Jan 1: Hardening their position ahead of the next round of talks with the government, protesting farmer unions on Saturday said they will take out a tractor parade towards Delhi on January 26, when the country will celebrate Republic Day, if their demands are not met. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be in the national capital on January 26. He will be the chief guest at the

New Delhi, Jan 2: Covid-19 vaccine will be free of cost across the country, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday while reviewing preparations for vaccine dry run in Delhi. "Not just in Delhi, it will be free across the country," Dr Harsh Vardhan said on being asked if the Covid-19 vaccine will be provided free of cost. "In the first phase of vaccination, free vaaccines shall be

New Delhi, Jan 2: With the objective to gear up for the roll-out of COVID-19 vaccine across the country, the dry run will be conducted by all the States and UT governments from Saturday. According to Union Health Ministry, the objective of the dry run for COVID-19 vaccine introduction is to "assess operational feasibility in the use of COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network (Co-WIN) application in

Gurugram, Jan 1: Due to lack of a waste-to- energy plant, a mountain of waste reaching up to nearly 42 metres has accumulated at the Bandhwari garbage plant in Gurugram. The waste-to-energy plant is yet to be set up by Ecogreen Energy Private Limited at the site. The company has a contract to collect house waste from Gurugram and Faridabad districts. The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG)

New Delhi, Jan 1: Thousands of farmers stayed put at their protest venues near Delhi's border on Friday, braving a severe chill as the mercury dipped to 1.1 degrees Celsius on the New Year's Day, the lowest in 15 years, as talks with the government made little headway. The government and the farm unions had reached some common ground on Wednesday to resolve the protesting farmers' concerns over

New Delhi, Jan 1: The daily new coronavirus infections in India remained below 30,000 for the 19th consecutive day taking the COVID-19 caseload to 1,02,86,709, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 98.83 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. A total of 20,035 new infections were reported in a day, while the death toll increased to

Mumbai, Jan 1: Equity benchmark indices began the first trading session of year 2021 on a positive note with the possibility of touching new heights. The stocks have surged since November on record inflows from foreign institutional investors, progress on Covid-19 vaccines globally and signs of a nascent economic recovery in the country. At 10:15 am, the BSE S&P Sensex was up by 148 points or 0.31

Barely, Jan 1: Barely hours before ushering in the New Year, the Yogi Adityanath government transferred 17 IAS officers, including the District Magistrate of Hathras who came under fire following the gang-rape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit woman in Hathras last year. According to the government spokesman, Hathras District Magistrate Parveen Kumar Laxar, who faced flak for the cremation of the