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CM orders probe into complaint against ex-Minister’s son

9:53 pm May 23, 2021

Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Sunday instructed Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar to inquire into a complaint against former Minister Etala Rajenders son on alleged land- grabbing. The Chief Minister received the complaint from one Pitla Mahesh Mudiraj alleging that Etala Nitin Reddy had grabbed his land, said an official press release here. […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

UP: 8-year-old girl raped by her uncle

9:45 pm May 23, 2021

Shahjahanpur (UP): An eight-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her uncle in Shahjahanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Sunday. Station House Officer, Tilhar police station, Harpal Singh Baliyan said on Saturday, the girl was playing outside her house, when her 19-year-old uncle living in the neighbourhood allegedly raped her and fled. Baliyan said […]

Not able to marry girl of his choice, man ends his life

9:40 pm May 23, 2021

Kota (Raj): A 27-year-old man here allegedly committed suicide by consuming a poisonous substance after not being able to marry a girl of his choice, police said on Sunday. The girl, whose marriage was fixed for Saturday, also tried to end her life by taking poison. She was saved by immediate medical intervention and married […]

Family members can also be covered under workplace COVID-19 vaccination: Govt

11:56 pm May 22, 2021

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry Saturday announced that family members and dependents of workers can also be covered under the COVID-19 vaccination drive at industrial and workplace inoculation centres. In a letter to all chief secretaries, the Health Ministry said that for industrial and private workplace CVCs (COVID-19 vaccination centres), the vaccine doses will have to be procured […]

Rahul emphasises power of local languages

Rahul Gandhi accuses PM of shedding crocodile tears on Covid deaths

11:46 pm May 22, 2021

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said a crying prime minister is the government of India’s response to ”the highest Covid deaths” in the country, devoid of vaccines and having the lowest GDP. Gandhi made the frontal attack against Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the grim pandemic situation in the country, leading two other senior Congress leaders, P Chidambaram and Jairam Ramesh, too to […]