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NEW DELHI: The number of states/UTs with high malaria burden in India has reduced from 10 in 2015 to two in 2023, latest data shared by the health ministry shows. A state/UT is considered to have ‘high burden’, also known as category 3, if it has more than one case of malaria per 1,000 population…
PATNA: RJD MLA Bhai Birendra, considered close to party chief Lalu Prasad, on Thursday said they would “welcome” Bihar CM Nitish Kumar if he split from the BJP.“There are no permanent friends or enemies in politics. If Nitish comes to us after breaking alliance with communal forces, we will welcome him,” Birendra said. His comments…
BENGALURU: Karnataka HC quashed the case against two persons accused of printing a message calling on people to vote for Prime Minister Modi in the LS polls earlier this year on a wedding invitation card. “The offense is recklessly recorded, as is the charge sheet, in a reckless investigation,” Justice M. Nagaprasanna observed in his…
NEW DELHI: The Union government declared a seven-day day on Thursday national mourning by Manmohan Singh.According to officials, the Union Cabinet will meet at 11 am on Friday to pay tribute to the veteran Congress leader. Singh’s last rites will be performed with full state honorsofficials added.Meanwhile, the Congress also announced that all official party…
NEW DELHI: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who died on Thursday, will be remembered for guiding India through a transformative decade of economic growth and development.From 2004 to 2014, under his leadership, India achieved an average growth rate of 7.7%, evolving into a nearly two trillion dollar economy and solidifying its position as a country….
NEW DELHI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to visit Sandeshkhali on December 30, the first since massive and violent protests in the region amid sexual harassment accusations against TMC leaders.Mamata will attend a public distribution program on the island, which is located in the northern district of 24 Parganas, bordering the Sundarbans.Banerjee confirmed the…
NEW DELHI: A new political drama erupted after Tamil Nadu BJP President K Annamalai took off his shoes during a press conference and said he would flog himself six times, fast for 48 days and not wear shoes until the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) government was overthrown. The BJP state president took off his shoes…
NEW DELHI: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday said 2025 would focus on organizational empowerment of the party. At the Congress Working Committee’s ‘Nav Satyagraha Baithak’ in Belagavi, Karnataka, he emphasized that “hard work alone is not enough and concrete and timely strategy and direction are necessary.” He added that it is necessary to give…
Senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh on Thursday filed a complaint with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against BJP leader Parvesh Verma, accusing him of distributing cash to women in the run-up to the Delhi assembly elections.“They have only received the complaint. No official has assured…
NEW DELHI: A fresh controversy has broken out between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress over alleged “incorrect representation” of Indian maps displayed by the grand party to mark the centenary of the 1924 Congress session in Karnataka. belagavi. Moving on to “RaGa’s Mohabbat ki Dukaan is always open to China! They would break…