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Thursday 31 March 2022
March 31, 2022
Will not mind Nitish Kumar becoming vice president, says Rabri Devi
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March 31, 2022
March 31, 2022
Wednesday 30 March 2022
March 30, 2022
March 30, 2022
March 30, 2022
Tuesday 29 March 2022
March 29, 2022
March 29, 2022
Finance minister blames Putin’s war, UPA oil bonds for fuel price hike
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that the war in Ukraine had resulted in higher petrol and diesel prices and the government is seeking to respond to the situation. The statement came as oil prices raised pump prices again on Tuesday, pushing petrol beyond the Rs 100 a litre mark in the capital.from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/Qq39vMC
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March 29, 2022
March 29, 2022
Monday 28 March 2022
March 28, 2022
Govt affidavit not with SG, Supreme Court defers ‘Hindus minority’ case
The Supreme Court on Monday deferred the hearing on the issue of granting minority status to Hindus in states where they are outnumbered by other communities as solicitor general Tushar Mehta submitted that he was not supplied the affidavit filed by the Centre which was filed on Sunday.from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/4DvS16Q
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March 28, 2022
UP deputy CM loses PWD to Jitin Prasada; ex-PMO hand gets 2 key portfolios
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath sprang a few surprises while allocating portfolios to his ministers on Monday, taking away the important public works department from deputy CM Keshav Maurya, and giving the middleweight medical-health and medical education departments to the other deputy, Brajesh Pathak. According to the portfolio list released by Raj Bhavan late Monday evening, Yogi has kept 34 departments, including home.from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/st8BSN3
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March 28, 2022
March 28, 2022
Women flying high in the armed forces but still a miniscule minority
Slowly but steadily, often with help from the Supreme Court, women are shattering multiple glass ceilings in the overwhelmingly male-dominated environs of the armed forces. There are now 15 women IAF fighter pilots as well as 145 women helicopter and transport aircraft pilots in the three Services, while 28 have also been deployed on frontline warships and 100 have become trained military policewomen.from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/a3EwFVY
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March 28, 2022
US eases Covid-19 travel advisory for India
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and State Department eased government Covid-19 travel ratings for India and some other countries on Monday. The CDC said had changed its Covid-19 travel recommendation for India to "Level 1: Low" from "Level 3: High," which urges unvaccinated Americans to avoid travel to those locations.from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/IGvwWjg
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March 28, 2022
March 28, 2022
March 28, 2022
Sunday 27 March 2022
March 27, 2022
Want fresh NRC exercise: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday upped the ante over the state’s updated National Register of Citizens (NRC), calling for a fresh exercise to collate citizenship data rather than just partially reverifying the rolls. “The old NRC should be reviewed; it should be new and done again,” he told the media on the sidelines of an event in the city. “The government is in touch with All Assam Students’ Union in this regard.”from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/No9pm5P
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March 27, 2022
March 27, 2022
Will cooperate with CBI, but protest if probe biased: Didi
CBI recorded on Sunday statements of at least three wounded prime witnesses of the Bogtui village carnage as part of its probe into the burning of eight of a family in Bengal’s Birbhum district, while CM Mamata Banerjee said her government will cooperate with the central agency, but protest if it follows instructions from BJP, CPM or Congress.from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/saAOpdv
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Saturday 26 March 2022
March 26, 2022
Friday 25 March 2022
March 25, 2022
India, China agree to disagree on LAC as India seeks border peace, China long-term view
India pressed China for an early and complete disengagement of troops in the remaining areas along the LAC in eastern Ladakh, as foreign minister S Jaishankar and NSA Ajit Doval met Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi Friday, saying normalisation of the border situation is a prerequisite for normalisation of ties.from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/FCPS25z
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March 25, 2022
March 25, 2022
March 25, 2022
US calls India's position over Ukraine 'unsatisfactory' but unsurprising
A senior White House official said on Friday India's position at the United Nations over the crisis in Ukraine has been "unsatisfactory" but was also unsurprising given its historical relationship with Russia.from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/xXcpGFN
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March 25, 2022
Thursday 24 March 2022
March 24, 2022
HC to resume hearing on Kashi temple-Gyanvapi Mosque issue from March 29
The Allahabad high court on Thursday adjourned till March 29 the cases relating to Varanasi’s Kashi Vishwanath Temple-Gyanvapi Mosque complex, directing that the arguments shall continue thereafter on regular basis till their conclusion in all connected matters.from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/qD89VgB
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March 24, 2022
Wednesday 23 March 2022
March 23, 2022
March 23, 2022
CUET on Class 12 subjects, but no bar on any course
The Common University Entrance Test (Undergraduate) 2022, to be conducted by NTA, will be the basis for admission to close to 1.8 lakh seats across 45 central universities and their affiliated/constituent colleges. The application process and the test and admission criteria need to be understood to let you choose your preferred course and college across the country. Ahead of NTA’s own announcement over a week later, TOI simplifies things for you.from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/0msVhO2
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March 23, 2022
Two years on, national Covid-19 plan to end on March 31
Two years after the Centre imposed a nationwide lockdown in view of the Covid-19 outbreak and followed it up with monthly review of health protocols, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has decided against invoking provisions of the Disaster Management Act beyond March 31 for management of the pandemic.from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/x4Yg3EW
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March 23, 2022
Tuesday 22 March 2022
March 22, 2022
Boy and girl cadets to be trained in ‘absolute gender neutral’ mode: NDA
The National Defence Academy (NDA) said on Tuesday that a majority of military training activities of boy and girl cadets would be conducted together, and it was “geared up” for training the first batch of girl cadets in an absolutely gender-neutral manner from June 2022. The move was crucial keeping their employability in mind, wherein the women officers are required to command the troops of men, the NDA said in a press release.from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/8blCEXn
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March 22, 2022
March 22, 2022
ED attaches Uddhav Thackeray kin’s assets; MVA cries vendetta
The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached properties worth Rs 6.45 crore, including 11 residential flats at Thane, belonging to a company controlled and owned by Shridhar Madhav Patankar, brother-in-law of chief minister Uddhav Thackeray. Patankar is brother of Rashmi Thackeray, wife of the CM and editor of Saamna newspaper.from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/g6dmj54
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March 22, 2022
Pressure on India as Russia, West seek UN vote on Ukraine
India’s position on the Ukraine crisis will be put under the microscope again by its Western partners later this week with the UN General Assembly likely to meet and vote on a resolution brought by France and Mexico on the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the war-ravaged country. UNGA president Abdulla Shahid announced that he would convene an emergency special session of the General Assembly on Wednesday following a letter from 22 countries.from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/f3lzRXA
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March 22, 2022
Monday 21 March 2022
March 21, 2022
MSP demand not based on sound logic, infeasible to implement, says Supreme Court panel
The demand for legalising procurement of crops at minimum support price (MSP) is not based on sound logic and is infeasible to implement, said the Supreme Court-appointed committee in its report which also flagged how the repeal of farm laws would be “unfair to the silent majority” who supported it.from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2iMpcXJ
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March 21, 2022
Australia & India: Can’t allow a Ukraine in the Indo-Pacific
While Australian PM Scott Morrison called for holding Russia to account for its Ukraine offensive in the virtual summit with PM Narendra Modi, Australia also expressed understanding of India's position on Ukraine, Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla said after the meeting on Monday.from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/5kKXFp9
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March 21, 2022
BJP’s Dhami move clears way, Maurya may keep deputy CM chair
The BJP leadership’s decision to continue Pushkar Singh Dhami as Uttarakhand CM seems to have cleared the way for the retention of Keshav Prasad Maurya as deputy CM in the new Yogi government in UP. Like Dhami, Maurya suffered defeat in his home constituency of Sirathu. However, the decision regarding who helms the saffron regime in neighbouring Uttarakhand may have removed what could have been a hurdle for the OBC leader.from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/z69oE2e
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March 21, 2022
Sunday 20 March 2022
March 20, 2022
No Class 12 re-exam for hijab protesters: Karnataka govt
Hundreds of pre-university (PU) II students in Karnataka who had participated in hijab protests will not be given a second chance to appear for their practical examinations, which they boycotted in February-March. In Karnataka, Class 12 is called PU II. Two days after hinting at a re-exam, the government on Sunday categorically ruled out that option for students who were “absent” for the practicals conducted as part of the board examinations.from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/R9Tjlzk
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March 20, 2022
Weekly Covid deaths drop below 200, lowest in 2 years
India recorded less than 200 deaths from Covid-19 in the week ending Sunday, the lowest toll from the pandemic since the week after the country went into total lockdown on March 25, 2020. Even as global cases of Covid surged by 4% in the last seven days (till Saturday), India again reported a 40% fall in infections in the week ending Sunday.from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/SM2IOAw
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March 20, 2022
As cases rise elsewhere, govt set to cut Covishield shots gap
The government’s top vaccination advisory panel, National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI), has recommended reducing the interval between the two primary doses of Covishield to 8-16 weeks, while the Centre is evaluating the need for expanding the booster programme as emerging evidence suggests that a third shot can significantly enhance protection against the highly transmissible Omicron, official sources said.from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/eZrTfYh
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Saturday 19 March 2022
March 19, 2022
Decisive control over Pakistan-backed terrorism in J&K after abrogation of Article 370, says Amit Shah
Security forces have taken a “decisive control” over Pakistan-sponsored terrorism in J&K following the abrogation of Article 370 two-and-a-half-years ago, Union home minister Amit Shah said. Democracy has returned to J&K and the Union territory has been recording “inclusive development” through corruption-free governance as a result of Article 370’s removal, said Shah.from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/yg04FXh
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March 19, 2022
2 held for 'death threats' to judges over hijab verdict
Tamil Nadu police arrested two men on Saturday on the charge of issuing death threats to Karnataka high court judges who delivered the 'hijab verdict' on March 15 that upheld a ban on students wearing the Islamic headscarf in class. Kovai Rahmathullah was arrested in Tirunelveli, while S Jamal Mohammed Usmani, 44, was taken into custody in Thanjavur.from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/i5914Xt
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March 19, 2022
Japanese PM wants Modi to intervene with Putin
Seeking a common stand on Russia’s action against Ukraine, Japan PM Kishida sought cooperation from Modi in convincing Vladimir Putin to maintain a “free & open international order”. While PM Modi didn’t mention Ukraine in his press statement, Kishida said he had told Modi any attempt to unilaterally change the status quo anywhere should never be tolerated.from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/6tnmPvH
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March 19, 2022
What’s wrong with saffron education, asks VP, pans ‘Macaulay system’
Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu called for Indians to “give up their colonial mindset” and instead “take pride in their own identity.” “Education in English-medium schools has given rise to a small class of aristocrats. We are accused of saffronising education, but then what is wrong with saffron? We have believed in the welfare of all and considered the whole world as one family” he said.from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/zdawU86
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March 19, 2022
Friday 18 March 2022
March 18, 2022
Covid-19: Fourth wave could occur in India but not yet, feel experts
While the Omicron subvariant BA2 has caused a huge surge in South Korea and Europe, Indian experts are not worried about it triggering another wave in the country right away. Their reasons include boosted immunity from the third wave that occurred between December 2021 and February and high vaccination coverage in most states. But as antibodies wane, scientists believe the SARSCoV-2 virus can re-infect people.from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/GJDIZlh
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March 18, 2022
Woman and eight first-time MLAs to join Punjab cabinet
Ten ministers, including a woman, will be inducted in the Bhagwant Mann government in Punjab on Saturday. Among the 10 ministers, eight are first-time MLAs. After their oath-taking, the newly inducted ministers will assume charge in the Punjab Civil Secretariat and the first cabinet meeting of the AAP government will be held in the afternoon, sources said.from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/SbFWLPG
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March 18, 2022
Ghulam Nabi Azad meets Sonia Gandhi, G-23 seeks greater say in Congress
After maximalist demands from dissidents, like Kapil Sibal who called for the Gandhi family to step away from the party leadership, Azad's visit to 10 Janpath indicates that the bloc may not push for an extreme position. Some G-23 members are keen that the leadership be divided- like the Gandhi family taking the leadership of Parliament, while the party reins go to a senior leader outside the family, or vice versa.from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/suHWzL8
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March 18, 2022
March 18, 2022
Thursday 17 March 2022
March 17, 2022
March 17, 2022
March 17, 2022
Covid: Data shows India managed Omicron wave better than others, says govt
While many countries are still experiencing a surge in cases, which is higher than the previous surges, India experienced a much lower peak and cases declined much faster in merely 24 days during the third surge, as against 68 days during Delta wave. Average daily Covid cases in India dropped sharply from 3.11 lakh during January 19-25 to 3536 cases during March 9-15.from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/ECmLkc4
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March 17, 2022
Reopen embassy, will give security: Taliban tell India
With international recognition on mind, and following efforts by the government to strike the right chord with post-US withdrawal Afghanistan. The Taliban's UN ambassador-designate Suhail Shaheen told TOI on Thursday that the government in Kabul is ready to provide a "secure environment" for the Indian embassy in Kabul and that diplomatic presence is essential for boosting bilateral relations.from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/ibZv4lt
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Wednesday 16 March 2022
March 16, 2022
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