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April 13, 2022, 1:51 pm Mumbai, April 13 : Maharashtra Social Justice Minister Dhananjay Munde was stable, Breach Candy hospital sources have said. He was hospitalized in a private Breach Candy hospital here after he fainted and fell unconscious for some time. It also said on Tuesday that most of his reports which were made available this afternoon were normal۔ …

April 13, 2022, 1:53 pm Chennai, Apr 13 : Retrieval of Katchatheevu, an islet ceded to Sri Lanka, back to India and restoration of the traditional fishing rights of Indian fishermen in the Palk Bay area are on the topmost agenda of the Tamil Nadu Government, Minister for Fisheries, Fishermen Welfare and Animal Husbandry Anitha R Radhakrishnan told the State …

April 13, 2022, 2:20 pm Karauli (Rajasthan), April 13 : Rajasthan BJP chief Dr Satish Poonia and party’s Yuva Morcha president Tejasavi Surya were stopped from entering the violence-hit Karauli district on Wednesday. According to BJP’s state t sources, the leaders left Jaipur for Karauli to meet the kin of the communal violence erupted on April 2. Poonia and Surya …

April 13, 2022, 2:21 pm Kolkata, April 13 : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President J.P. Nadda on Wednesday nominated a five-member fact-finding committee to visit the site of alleged rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl at Hanskhali in West Bengal’s Nadia district. The all-women panel members are Rekha Verma, Baby Rani Maurya, Vanathi Srinivasan, Kushbu Sunder and Rupmitra …

April 13, 2022, 2:48 pm Kolhapur, April 13 : Bhartiya Janata party (BJP) state president Chandrakant Patil on Wednesday alleged that the Uddhav Thackeray led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government was misusing its power to register false cases against BJP leaders. In a press conference Patil said that MVA government was misusing it’s power to register false cases against BJP …

April 13, 2022, 12:53 pm Mumbai, April 13 : Filmmakers and close friends Karan Johar and Ayan Mukerji on Wednesday shared glimpses of “romance” between star pair of “Brahmastra” Ranbir Kapoor and his bae Alia Bhatt amid reports of their expected wedding that has exploded on social media and TV channels over the week. From scenes outside “Vastu (Palihill)” where …

April 13, 2022, 1:04 pm Mumbai April 13 : The Bombay High Court on Wednesday rejected the permanent bail plea of Telugu poet Varavara Rao. Rao an accused in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon violence is presently on interim bail granted by the high court on medical grounds. Division bench of SB Shukre and GA Sanap also rejected the application by …

April 13, 2022, 1:19 pm Lucknow, April 13 : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has instructed officials to keep a strict vigil in the bordering districts of the state against Covid, officials informed on Wednesday. However the Covid vaccination drive was underway in the state with full pace and till now 30.56 million people have been given doses. On …

April 13, 2022, 12:31 pm Mumbai, April 13 : Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL) has increased prices of Compressed Natural Gas and Piped Natural Gas ( G) in Mumbai, officials informed on Wednesday. With the revision of the prices, CNG will now be available at Rs 72 per kg while G is at Rs 45.50 per SCM in and around the …

April 13, 2022, 12:38 pm Kottayam, April 13 : Former Kerala Health Minister and senior Congress leader Advocate MP Govindan Nair passed away due to age old illness at his residence at Muttambalam in this district on Wednesday. He was 91 and is survived by his wife Sarada Devi and daughter Sudha. He was a minister in the R Sankar …

April 13, 2022, 12:45 pm Puducherry, April 13 : Workers of the Puducherry t of the Comm st party of India (Marxist-Leninist) on Wednesday held a demonstration at Villinaur near here to condemn the hike in the prices of Petrol, Diesel and LPG cylinders. Led by party State Secretary S Balasubramanian, the agitators shouted slogans urging the on government to …

April 13, 2022, 12:21 pm New Delhi, April 13 : The BJP on Wednesday nominated a five-member fact finding committee to look into the alleged rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl at Hanskhali Nadia in West Bengal on April 4. BJP President J.P. Nadda has nominated the committee to visit the place of rape and murder of the girl, …

April 13, 2022, 12:27 pm Lucknow, April 13 : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Wednesday accused the Yogi Adityanath government of ignoring the judiciary in the name of crime control in Uttar Pradesh. Mayawati tweeted, “In UP the manner in which the government and the police are working by ignoring the judiciary is not only spiteful, but also …

April 13, 2022, 12:28 pm Srinagar, April 13 : Rains lashed Kashmir valley much to the delight of the people thus ending weeks of dry spell even as the weather forecast of more light to moderate rains during the next 24hours, it was reported on Wednesday. The Meteorological Department forecast that the weather was likely to remain generally cloudy with …

April 13, 2022, 3:19 pm New Delhi, April 13 : The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik’s plea seeking to be freedom from prison in connection with charges of money laundering. A Bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana directed that the matter be listed after hearing the arguments of senior advocate Kapil Sibal …

April 13, 2022, 10:54 am Hamirpur(HP), April 13 : Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister and senior BJP leader, PK Dhumal has said that one had to understand and know who was doing development work in the Sujanpur assembly constituency and who was managing those. He said while addressing a mass public relations program of the party at Sujanpur last evening. …

April 13, 2022, 11:26 am Manila, April 13 ( /Xinhua) The death toll from the tropical storm that battered the Philippines over last weekend rose to 56, including the 47 buried by landslides in the central Philippines, authorities said on Wednesday. As of Wednesday morning, Baybay City Mayor Jose Carlos Cari said rescuers retrieved 47 bodies from the mud that …

April 13, 2022, 7:36 pm Ranchi, April 13 : Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Wednesday said that the state government is committed to provide quality based higher and technical education to the youth of the state. Chairing a high-level review meeting over the Higher and Technical Education Department he directed the officials to make sure that the work is …

April 13, 2022, 11:57 am Thane, April 13 : Thane district in Maharashtra reported 9 new cases of Covid-19, taking the case tally to 7,08,858, an official said on Wednesday . No Covid related deaths were reported, hence the death toll remained at 11,883 in the district. The mortality rate in the district was 1.67 per cent, he added. In …

April 13, 2022, 12:05 pm Kanpur Dehat, April 13 : Three persons were killed while five others injured when a pick-up van collided with a truck in Akbarpur area on Etawah-Kanpur highway, police said on Wednesday. According to the police the incident occurred late last night when the pick-van in which farmers and workers were travelling collided with a stationary …

April 13, 2022, 7:49 pm Paris, April 13 : French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday denied that he has struck a political agreement with former president Nicolas Sarkozy in exchange for his endorsement ahead of the second round of voting in the presidential elections. “There was no agreement,” Macron was quoted as saying by France 2 television on Wednesday. The …

April 13, 2022, 12:11 pm Puducherry, April 13 : Department of Nursing Services, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) organized a one-day workshop cum hands-on training programme for nurses on “Promoting Technology Based – Learning in Critical Care” on Tuesday. According to a Jipmer release here on Wednesday, its Director Dr. Rakesh Aggarwal, in the presence of …

April 13, 2022, 12:20 pm Puducherry, April 13 : Chief Minister N Rangaswamy on Wednesday greeted the people on the occasion of Tamil New Year on Thursday. In a message, the Chief Minister said Tamils and Tamil language are there all over the world now. It is the duty of the Tamils to protect the root of their culture and …

April 13, 2022, 8:00 pm Aurangabad,Apr 13 : Aurangabad AIMIm MP Imtiaz Jalil had pursued the demand of Maulana Azad Minority Economic Development Corporation to increase the limit of educational loans for students pursuing degree and postgraduate courses in various educational courses from economically weaker sections of the minority comm ty. Accordingly, the managing director of Maulana Azad Minority Economic …

April 13, 2022, 8:25 pm New Delhi, April 13 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation KK Patel Super Speciality Hospital in Bhuj, Gujarat on Friday at 11 AM via video conferencing. The hospital has been built by Shree Kutchi Leva Patel Samaj, Bhuj. “This is the first charitable super speciality hospital in Kutch. It is a …

April 13, 2022, 8:30 pm Paris, April 13 ( /Sputnik) Marine Le Pen, the leader of the French right-wing National Rally party, said on Wednesday that in the event of victory in the presidential runoff, she would withdraw France from NATO’s integrated military command structure, but would still adhere to the alliance’s Article 5 mutual protection commitment. “If elected president, …

April 13, 2022, 7:48 pm New Delhi, April 13 : Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel met Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday, and discussed various issues including the state not receiving GST share. Talking to media after the meeting, Baghel said, “We discussed many issues. Around Rs 11,000 crore was deducted from our excise as payment for deployment of CRPF. …

April 13, 2022, 8:01 pm Chennai, Apr 13 : The Madras High Court on Wednesday sentenced advocate RD Santhana Krishnan to two weeks imprisonment after he was seen in a compromising position with a woman during virtual court proceedings in December 2021. Passing the order, theBench of Justices Prakash and AA Nakkiran also suspended him from practicising in future. The …

April 13, 2022, 8:07 pm New Delhi, April 13 : India and the UK strongly condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations and stressed on the importance of perpetrators of terrorist attacks being systematically and expeditiously brought to justice. This was agreed upon during the 15th meeting of the India- ted Kingdom Joint Working Group on Counter-Terrorism that was …

April 13, 2022, 6:54 pm New Delhi, April 13 : The Congress on Wednesday launched a fresh attack on the Basavaraj Bommai-led BJP government over the death of contractor Santosh Patil, alleging the Karnataka chief minister has remained silent on the charges of graft against his minister, who the deceased has accused of abetment to suicide. Patil had alleged Minister …

April 13, 2022, 7:23 pm Lucknow, April 13 : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the state government is committed to provide clean tap water to every household by the year 2024 under the Jal Jeevan Mission. He has directed the officers to prepare an action plan in this regard …

April 13, 2022, 3:16 pm Shivamogga, April 13 : Denying his involvement in the death of Belagavi contractor Santosh Patil, Karnataka RDPR Minister K S Eshwarappa on Wednesday alleged a conspiracy to malign his name even as the Congress demanded the Minister’s ouster from the Cabinet. Eshwarappa said this was why he had asked Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to hold …

April 13, 2022, 6:56 pm Kochi, April 13 : The visit of Seychelles Peoples Defence Force Ship Zoroaster to Kochi has enhanced the defence cooperation between the two countries, according to a defence press release here on Wednesday. Zoroaster, a Fast Attack Craft constructed by Garden Reach Shipbuilders Engineering (GRSE) Kolkata and presented to Seychelles People’s Defence Force in 2021, …

April 13, 2022, 7:01 pm Patna, April 13 : RJD on Wednesday staked claim for recognising its senior leader and former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi as leader of the opposition in Bihar Legislative Council. RJD MLC S l Singh handed a letter to acting Chairman of Bihar Legislative Council Awadhesh Narain Singh requesting him to recognize party MLC and …

April 13, 2022, 7:22 pm New Delhi, April 13 : With the objectives to facilitate utilisation of lands which are mined out or are practically unsuitable for coal mining, the on Cabinet on Wednesday approved the policy for use of land acquired under the Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition & Development) Act, 1957. The policy provides for utilisation of such land …

April 13, 2022, 6:35 pm Islamabad, April 13 : The US has a “healthy military-to-military relationship” with the Pakistan Army, Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby has said, adding that the US hopes that this engagement will also continue in the future. The remarks from the senior Pentagon official come two days after Shehbaz Sharif was elected as the prime minister of …

April 13, 2022, 1:11 pm Srinagar, April 13 : Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday greeted people on the auspicious occasion of Baisakhi. The former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister in a statement said that the custom of observing Baisakhi with harmony and brotherhood adds colour to its festivity. She called for strengthening the bonds between various …

April 13, 2022, 7:17 pm Aurangabad, Maharashtra, Apr 13 : on Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, will dedicate Solapur-Dhule national highway (no 211), under the NHAI, and perform ‘bhoomi pujan’ of different roads here on April 24, informed on Minister of State for Finance Dr Bhagwat Karad on Wednesday. Addressing a press conference here this evening, he …

April 13, 2022, 7:38 pm Jammu, April 13 : The General-Officer-Commanding Lieutenant General Manjinder Singh on Wednesday said that the change of guard in neighbouring Pakistan is their internal matter but the Indian Army is always on alert and maintaining vigil along the Line of Control. “The internal situation in Pakistan and the situation on the LoC are two different …

April 13, 2022, 7:42 pm Ayodhya, April 13 : Vice President M. Vankaiah Naidu would be visiting Ayodhya Dham on April 15 and will pray at the Ram Lalla temple. Vice president will reach Ayodhya from Lucknow by presidential train at around 11 am. Officials here on Wednesday said Naidu will stay in Ayodhya for about 3 hours on April …

April 13, 2022, 6:01 pm New Delhi, April 13 : Comm st Party of India (Marxist) leader Sitaram Yechury on Wednesday said ‘isolating and defeating’ BJP is imperative for India, and said Opposition parties should come together to defeat the ruling party. Addressing a press conference here, Yechury announced the outcome of the 23rd party Congress held in Kannur of …

April 13, 2022, 6:05 pm Itanagar, April 13 : Arunachal Pradesh Governor Brig (Retd) Dr BD Mishra has extended his warm greetings to the people of the State on the auspicious occasion of Sangken. He expressed his hope that the sacred Sangken Festival will usher in a happy and prosperous year ahead. In his message, the Governor said that the …

April 13, 2022, 6:18 pm New Delhi, April 13 : BJP President JP Nadda on Wednesday visited a PDS center in Shastri Park in east Delhi’s Kailash Nagar, and distributed packets of ration to beneficiaries. The event came as a part of social justice fortnight being observed by BJP. Amid chants hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and ‘Jai Ram’, Nadda …

April 13, 2022, 6:22 pm Panaji, April 13 : Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday ordered a probe into the Chorla-Saquelim road repair work. The Chief Minister also suspended the concerned Assistant Engineer and a J or Engineer till the enquiry is pending. He also asked the officials concerned to inform about the action taken within 45 days. Meanwhile, …

April 13, 2022, 6:22 pm New Delhi, April 13 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday is set to interact with personnel of IAF, Indian Army, NDRF, ITBP, local administration and civil society, who were involved in a rescue operation in Jharkhand’s Deoghar, where a ropeway tragedy took the life of two person. The rescue operations were for nearly two …

April 13, 2022, 6:31 pm New Delhi, April 13 : A CBI Special Court after hearing submission by the CBI against an order to withdraw a Look Out Circular against former Amnesty International India chief Aakar Patel, reserved its ruling till April 16. The Central Bureau of Investigation filed a written submission before the court that Patel has been involved …

April 13, 2022, 6:36 pm Indore, Apr 13 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi came in the Congress line of fire on Wednesday when Rajya Sabha Member Digvijaya Singh alleged that the former is silent over recent riots. “I am sad. Mr Modi writes in social media and issues statements even if somebody’s finger gets hurt. Across the country, some individuals …

April 13, 2022, 6:39 pm New Delhi, April 13 : Rajya Sabha Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for remaining silent over incidents of communal violence across the country. “Narendra Modi ji is the first PM in 75 years who is silent on rising hate and violence in the country. Says a lot,” Kharge …

April 13, 2022, 6:42 pm Kolkata, April 13 : Calcutta High court on Wednesday further extended its stay for another four weeks for the appearance of West Bengal’s former education minister Partha Chatterjee (now commerce and industry minister) before the CBI officials in relation to alleged government schools teachers’ recruitment irregularities cases of the state school service commission (SSC). The …

April 13, 2022, 5:37 pm New Delhi, April 13 : After a long spell of heatwave, Delhi-NCR may get some relief, as no further steep rise in mercury is forecast in the national capital for the next five to six days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Wednesday. Delhi will see no heatwave till April 17, the IMD said. …