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CALCUTTA HC REJECTS TMC LEADER ANUBRATA MANDAL’S PLEA FOR PROTECTION FROM ARREST IN CATTLE SMUGGLING CASE

March 12, 2022

Calcutta High Court on Friday rejected Trinamool Congress (TMC) Birbhum district president Anubrata Mandal’s plea for protection from arrest in cattle smuggling probe. Mandal has been asked to appear before the Central Bureau of Investigation on March 14. On March 8, CBI sent a notice to the TMC leader asking...

ARMY’S CHEETAH HELICOPTER CRASHES IN BANDIPORA’S GUREZ, ONE PILOT DEAD

March 12, 2022

SRINAGAR: One pilot was killed and another remains critical after an Indian Army Cheetah helicopter crashed in the Baraub area of Gurez sector in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday afternoon while on a routine mission to evacuate an ailing soldier from a forward post. As per the...

AAP MOVES DELHI HC, SEEKS TO CONDUCT MCD ELECTION THROUGH EVM WITH VVPATS

March 12, 2022

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday moved Delhi High Court seeking its direction to the Delhi State Election Commission to conduct the upcoming General Elections for the Municipal Corporations of Delhi with Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) which are compatible with VVPAT. The bench of Justice Rekha Palli after hearing...

‘Report claiming Covid deaths higher than official count, speculative’

March 12, 2022

The Centre on Friday dismissed a recently published article in a “reputed international journal” that provided estimates of all-cause excess mortality for a number of countries based on a mathematical modelling exercise and said that the report is “speculative” and “misinformed.” Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in a statement...

MAMATA CALLS FOR OPPOSITION UNITY TO FIGHT 2024 LS POLLS

March 12, 2022

Following the results of Assembly polls in five states, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said Congress has lost its credibility and the Opposition parties cannot bank on Congress to fight Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2024 general elections. Briefing mediapersons, the chief minister said, “All political polities...

PAYTM PAYMENTS BANK BARRED FROM TAKING NEW CUSTOMERS

March 12, 2022

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Friday that it had banned Paytm Payments Bank from onboarding new customers with immediate effect. “Reserve Bank of India has today, in the exercise of its powers, inter alia, under Section 35A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, directed Paytm Payments Bank...

Putin asks volunteers to join ‘military operation’ in Ukraine

March 12, 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited volunteers to participate in Russia’s “special military operation” in Ukraine. “If you see that there are people who want on a voluntary basis, especially not for money, to come and help people living in the Donbas, well, you need to meet them halfway and...

A DAY AFTER ELECTION VICTORY IN 4 STATES, PM HOLDS ROADSHOW IN GUJARAT

March 12, 2022

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a roadshow in Ahmedabad on Friday, a day after the Bharatiya Janata Party convincingly won four state Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur. The roadshow—some dubbed it as a victory march—holds importance as Gujarat is scheduled to go for Assembly elections later...

INDIA ACCIDENTALLY FIRED MISSILE INTO PAKISTAN; DEEPLY SORRY

March 12, 2022

India on Friday said that a missile was accidentally fired from a military base and expressed regret that it landed in Pakistan on 9 March. The Pakistan Army had held a press conference on Thursday saying that an Indian projectile had entered the Pakistani airspace and caused some damage to...

Novak Djokovic Withdraws From Indian Wells, Miami Open

March 11, 2022

World number two men’s tennis player Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from Indian Wells and Miami Open, the Serbian confirmed on Wednesday. The unvaccinated Serbian player was listed in the draw of the Masters 1000 tournament in the Californian desert. As the next player in line to be seeded, Grigor Dimitrov...

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