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In a meeting of Uttarakhand BJP's legislature party held at the state party headquarters, Tirath Singh Rawat was named as the successor of Trivendra Singh Rawat who resigned as Chief Minister on Tuesday. After taking over as the new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Tirath Singh Rawat said, "I thank PM, HM and party chief who trusted me, a mere party worker who comes from a small village." "I'd never

Chennai, Mar 9: Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) of actor Kamal Haasan has stitched together an alliance with All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi (AISMK) and Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi (IJK), positioning it as the “First Front” for the April 6 Assembly election in Tamil Nadu. According to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the two parties late Monday night, MNM will contest in 154 seats

Bengaluru, Mar 9: Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Tuesday said the state is 'marching towards a Covid free state' with more than 10 lakh vaccinations having been done so far. "Marching towards a Covid free state. Karnataka. Crossed 10 lakh inoculations on Monday, March 8. Vaccinated 73,269 beneficiaries on March 8th, highest in a single day so far," Sudhakar tweeted. He said Karnataka

Five years ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government offered Indian women a chance to dramatically improve their lives with cooking fuel subsidies in what became one of his administration’s most celebrated campaigns. Now, hamstrung by a widening fiscal deficit, New Delhi has been slowly reducing the size of those handouts -- a shift that risks upsetting women voters and potentially exposing

Beltangady, Mar 9: In a shocking incident, three youths were crushed to death while felling a tree near Patrame in Belthangady taluk of Dakshina Kannada district today. Two others suffered injuries in the tragedy. The deceased have been identified as Prashanth Kumbar (23) and Swasthik Poojary (24) from Patrame and Ganesh (38) from Uppinangady. A giant tree was being felled on the property of

New Delhi, Mar 9: More than 20 lakh people were inoculated against coronavirus on March 8, the highest in a day so far, taking the total number of vaccine doses administered in the country to over 2.3 crore, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. As on day-52 of the Covid-19 vaccination drive (March 8), 20,19,723 vaccine doses were given. Out of which, 17,15,380 beneficiaries were vaccinated

Bengaluru, Mar 9: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials have conducted raids on nine government officials across the state on Tuesday morning in connection with disproportionate assets (DA) and the search is still continued. The raids were conducted simultaneously in 28 places in Chikkaballapur, Kolar taluk, Channammanagar, Angola, Belagavi, Udupi, Karwar town, Mysuru, Kanakpura town

Dubai, Mar 9: The Emirates Schools Establishment has announced the registration of non-Emirati resident pupils would be carried out between April 4 and 15in public schools in the UAE for the academic year 2021-22. The registration is open to all Grades till 12. However, the enrolment for kindergarten (KG) 1 and 2 in public schools is only available for Emirati pupils. An exception has been made

Bengaluru, Mar 9: Scandal-hit BJP leader Ramesh Jarkiholi on Tuesday said that he knew about the sex tape four months ago, and said that the "conspiracy" against him was hatched in Bengaluru. Claiming the tape to be fake, Jarkiholi further hinted that he knows the person who is behind the "conspiracy". He resigned as the water resources minister last week after news channels aired a video

Chennai, Mar 8: Despite the appeal from his aunt V K Sasikala asking “true loyalists” of former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa to work together to bring back “Amma's rule”, AIADMK rebel T T V Dhinakaran on Monday announced that his party, Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK), will contest the April 6 assembly polls. Dhinakaran also sealed an alliance with Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM