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I-T, CBI & ED are functioning as BJP ‘affiliates’, alleges Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah

Sat, 03 Feb 2024 11:38:01 S O Correspondent

Delhi Police team visits CM Kejriwal’s residence again to serve notice over ‘poaching’ claims

Sat, 03 Feb 2024 11:37:09 S O Correspondent

BJP tried to ‘steal popular mandate’ in Jharkhand but stopped by INDIA bloc: Rahul Gandhi

Sat, 03 Feb 2024 11:35:09 S O Correspondent

India to replace military personnel in 3 aviation platforms in Maldives by May 10: Maldives

Sat, 03 Feb 2024 11:31:40 S O Correspondent

India on Friday said a “set of mutually workable solutions” was agreed upon with the Maldives for continuing the operations of Indian aviation platforms in the island nation, a move that came against the backdrop of Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu’s call for a withdrawal of Indian military personnel from his country by March 15.

More than 3.4 lakh cervical cancer cases reported in India: Govt

Sat, 03 Feb 2024 11:30:37 S O Correspondent

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research’s National Cancer Registry Programme (ICMR-NCRP), the estimated number of cervical cancer cases in the country in 2023 was more than 3.4 lakh, the government informed Parliament on Friday.

Offenders must pay for damage to public property to get bail: Law panel

Sat, 03 Feb 2024 11:29:21 S O Correspondent

Compelling offenders to deposit the estimated value of the public property damaged by them as a condition for granting bail would definitely work as a deterrent against such acts, the Law Commission has said.

Opposition laments no mention of Manipur violence in President’s speech

Sat, 03 Feb 2024 11:27:53 S O Correspondent

Opposition members on Friday regretted that President Droupadi Murmu in her address to the joint sitting of Parliament did not mention a word on the continuing violence in Manipur.

GST Council may consider pan-India rollout of biometric-based authentication for registration: CBIC

Sat, 03 Feb 2024 11:26:55 S O Correspondent

The GST Council may take up a proposal to make biometric-based Aadhaar authentication mandatory pan-India for suspicious persons, seeking GST registration, CBIC chief Sanjay Kumar Agarwal said on Friday.

I-T dept collects over Rs 1,260 cr in TDS from online gaming, crypto trade

Sat, 03 Feb 2024 11:23:47 S O Correspondent

The government has collected about Rs 1,260 crore in taxes till now this fiscal after a new TDS regime was brought in for online gaming and trade in cryptocurrency, CBDT Chairperson Nitin Gupta said Friday.

Delhi excise case : CBI opposes Manish Sisodia’s bail plea, custody parole application

Sat, 03 Feb 2024 11:22:24 S O Correspondent

The CBI on Friday opposed two applications filed by Senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia, seeking bail and custody parole respectively, in alleged excise scam case.

Questions swirl over reports of actor-model Poonam Pandey’s death from cervical cancer

Sat, 03 Feb 2024 11:21:27 S O Correspondent

Actor Poonam Pandey, who hit the headlines in 2011 with her declaration that she would strip if India won the cricket World Cup, died of cervical cancer at the age of 32, her publicist said on Friday but didn’t have details of exactly where and when. Till the end of a day

Hospital admissions worth over Rs 79k cr approved under Ayushman Bharat since 2018: Minister

Sat, 03 Feb 2024 11:19:16 S O Correspondent

Around 6.22 crores hospital admission worth Rs 79,174 crore were authorised under the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme till January 15 since its inception in 2018, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya told the Lok Sabha on Friday.