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WHO downgrades Covid pandemic, says it’s no longer an emergency

The World Health Organization said Friday that Covid-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency, marking a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies worldwide and killed at least 7 million people worldwide. WHO said that even though the emergency phase was over, the...

8 Tihar staff suspended over Tajpuriya murder

The Delhi government’s Prisons department on Friday suspended eight Tihar Jail staff members in connection with the fatal stabbing of gangster Tillu Tajpuriya on the premises, officials said. Tajpuriya was killed early on Tuesday allegedly by four members of the rival Gogi gang -- Deepak alias Titar, Yogesh alias Tunda,...

Sharad Pawar relents, withdraws decision to step down as NCP chief

Sharad Pawar on Friday said he has decided to rescind his decision to step down as Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president, owing to pressure from party leaders and workers. “I can’t disrespect your sentiments. Due to your love, I am accepting the demand that was made to me to withdraw...

Imphal Valley peaceful but tense, gunfights continue in hills

The Imphal Valley in Manipur remained peaceful but tense on Friday, however intermittent gunfights between militant groups and security forces were reported from the hill districts surrounding the valley. The exchanges of fire between militant groups, who have involved themselves in the ethnic clashes in the state, and security forces...

Congress used defence sector as ‘club for plunder’: PM Modi

Keeping up his relentless attack on the Congress amid intense campaigning for the Karnataka Assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday alleged that it has nurtured, given shelter and surrendered before terror for the sake of vote bank politics, while he also termed the defence sector as “a club...

‘Relations with China won’t be normal until peace at border

Panaji: Reiterating his stand on India-China border issues, External Affairs Minister S Jaishnakar on Friday made it clear again that the ties between the two countries cannot be normal until peace and tranquillity are maintained on the Land of Actual Control (LAC). Addressing a press conference at the conclusion of...

‘Wake up and smell coffee, Art 370 is history’: Jaishankar to Bilawal

Panaji: Hitting back Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto after commented on the abrogation of Article 370 from Jammu & Kashmir on the sidelines of the SCO, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar advised the former to “Wake up and smell the coffee, as Article 370 is history.” Bhutto’s statement marked a...

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‘Follow law, Bajrang dal won’t be banned’

There is no question of banning the Bajrang Dal if it plays by the rule-book and behaves itself, senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily said on Friday, as his party’s manifesto proposing to outlaw the outfit continues to come under fire from the BJP. Speaking to the media, Moily said...

Could be last election for Deshpande, seeks record 9th win

Veteran Congress leader R V Deshpande, who is eying to create a record in Karnataka if he wins for the ninth time in the assembly poll this year, said this could be his last election and noted he is not a man who will fight for the Chief Minister’s post....