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Atal Tunnel: Ahead of PM Modi's visit, Rajnath Singh inspects world's longest underground tunnel

A day ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to inaugurate the strategic Atal Tunnel beneath the Rohtang Pass, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday inspected the tunnel to review the arrangements.

Oct 2, 2020

Maharashtra govt withdraws cases against Aarey protestors who opposed tree-felling

After much debate and a long wait, the cabinet in Maharashtra has decided to withdraw the cases against the protestors in the Aarey protest who were opposing tree-felling. They were charged under various sections of the IPC in 2019.

Oct 1, 2020

PD Vaghela, IAS officer who helped in GST rollout, appointed as TRAI's new chairman

PD Vaghela replaces the current TRAI chief RS Sharma, who held the high post for five years.

Sep 28, 2020

Pakistan courts nail opposition leaders Sharif and Zardari

The courts in Pakistan have rejected Shahbaz Sharif's bail plea and has indicted Asif Ali Zardari in a money laundering case.

Sep 28, 2020

Former Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey joins JDU ahead of Bihar polls

Former Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey, who recently took voluntary retirement from service, joined Janata Dal (United) at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's residence on Sunday, September 27.

Sep 27, 2020

Jaswant Singh passes away at 82; 'Saddened by demise', says PM Modi

Former Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran Jaswant Singh died on Sunday morning at the age of 82. PM Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh condoled the death of former Union Minister Jaswant Singh.

Sep 27, 2020

Nepal to conduct census in Kalapani; won't be easy as India strongly opposes

India and Nepal have boundary conflicts across two distinct sections of their 1,800-km porous frontier including Kalapani, Limpiyadhura and Lipulekh.

Sep 24, 2020

Himachalis enraged after tourists leave trash behind as Govt opens borders

It should be noted that in order to revive tourism in the state, restrictions were eased for tourists by the Himachal Pradesh government recently

Sep 23, 2020

Indian villager loads bamboo on a cart in Chhattisgarh

Explained: What MSP hike for rabi crops means and how does it benefit farmers

The MSP hike cleared by Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs is seen as a move to ally apprehensions among the farmer community.

Sep 22, 2020

Farm bill 2020 explained: Decoding MSP mystery for farmers

Farmers fear that minimum support price (MSP) for agriculture produces will no longer exist and food grain mandis will collapse.

Sep 21, 2020

Parliament's monsoon session may be cut short as COVID cases among MPs rise

India's parliament session that began this week is likely to be cut short after 30 lawmakers were found infected with the coronavirus, two senior parliament officials said, as the number of cases in the country rose to 5.3 million.

Sep 19, 2020

'Don't be misled': PM Modi assures farmers as politics heats up over farm bills

Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacked Opposition parties, saying they are "lying" to farmers. He also claimed that the NDA Government is doing what "they" themselves promised in their manifestos, referring to the Congress.

Sep 18, 2020

Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Union Cabinet Minister of Food Processing in the Government of India

Harsimrat Kaur Badal resigns in protest against farm bills; Narendra Singh Tomar assigned her portfolio

The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed two contentious agriculture Bills, despite the opposition as well as BJP ally Shiromani Akali Dal terming it an "anti-farmer" move and some staging a walkout, and widespread protests by farmers in various states over the issue.

Sep 18, 2020

Yoshihide Suga officially named as Japan's new Prime Minister, replaces Shinzo Abe

The 71-year-old head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) replaces outgoing leader Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving Prime Minister.

Sep 16, 2020

China is watching every move; PM Modi, Congress leaders, judges targeted | Full list

The technology company is said to have links to Chinese military and intelligence networks, has People's Liberation Army and the Chinese Communist Party as some of its main clients.

Sep 15, 2020

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