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6:24 PM

Maharashtra reports 1152 new cases along with four deaths today

6:24 PM

PM Narendra Modi holds a roadshow in Guwahati

6:23 PM

Arvind Kejriwal has been sent a CBI summon: AAP MP Sanjay Singh

I'd like to tell the PM - you and your Govt are covered in corruption from head to toe and Arvind Kejriwal's fight will not stop with this CBI summon. The conspiracy hatched by you to arrest, jail and take action against Arvind Kejriwal on 16th April will not stifle his voice.

 

3:13 PM

Anurag Thakur inaugurates sports facilities at SAI National Centre of Excellence in Hamirpur

Hamirpur has massive potential in sports and more facilities will be added at SAI's National Centre Excellence in this Himachal Pradesh district, said Union Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur on Friday. Thakur, who hails from Hamirpur, inaugurated the badminton court, mats hall, judo hall and boxing hall at the Sports Authority of India's (SAI) NCOE at Anu.

1:48 PM

Amit Shah arrives in Bengal on two-day visit

Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in West Bengal on Friday on a two-day visit to the state. During the visit, he will hold a public meeting and take stock of the organisational strength of the BJP in the state. Shah is visiting the state ahead of the rural polls due next month, and the party seeks to strengthen its organisational machinery.

1:47 PM

'Will definitely go', says Delhi CM Kejriwal on Goa Police notice

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said he will definitely go to Goa to appear before the police in connection with a case related to the illegal sticking of posters on public properties during the 2022 assembly election campaign.

Asked about the Goa Police's notice, Kejriwal said, "I will go. I will definitely go."

1:45 PM

Former deputy CM Laxman Savadi to join Congress in poll-bound Karnataka

Former Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi, who announced his decision to resign from the primary membership of the BJP after being denied ticket to contest in the May 10 Assembly elections, on Friday decided to join the Congress.

1:01 PM

Rajasthan governor Kalraj Mishra tests positive for Covid-19

Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra has tested positive for COVID-19, the Raj Bhavan said on Friday. Mishra's test report is positive, the Raj Bhavan said, and suggested that those who came into contact with him recently get themselves tested and follow Covid guidelines.

12:21 PM

PM Modi inaugurates AIIMS Guwahati in Assam

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates AIIMS Guwahati in Assam. The foundation stone of AIIMS Guwahati was laid by PM Modi in May 2017 and it has been built at a cost of more than Rs 1,120 crores.

11:26 AM

FM Sitharaman attends high-level meeting on Sri Lankan debt issues

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman attended a high-level meeting on Sri Lankan debt issues and expressed India's commitment to support Colombo in dealing with its current economic crisis. She emphasised that a collaboration among creditors is important to ensure transparency and equality in treatment of all creditors in the debt restructuring discussions.

 

10:45 AM

BJP is walking on footprints of Dr BR Ambedkar: Nadda

10:16 AM

ED arrests 7 after raids against Jharkhand IAS officer, others in money laundering case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested seven people, including a government officer, after it conducted raids in Jharkhand, Bihar and West Bengal in connection with a money laundering investigation linked to an alleged land grab case, official sources said Friday.

Those taken into custody have been identified as Afshar Ali, Imtiaz Ahmed, Pradeep Bagchi, Md Saddam Hussain, Talha Khan, Bhanu Pratap Prasad and Faiyaz Khan.

10:07 AM

Amit Shah on a 2-day visit to Bengal, will hold public meeting

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will arrive in West Bengal on Friday on a two-day visit to the state.

 

He will hold a public meeting and take stock of the organisational strength of the BJP in the state during the visit.

 

Shah is visiting the state ahead of the rural polls in the state, which is due next month, and the party seeks to strengthen its organisational machinery.

10:04 AM

Real 'anti-nationals' are those misusing power to divide Indians against each other: Sonia Gandhi

Launching a scathing attack on the government on B R Ambedkar's birth anniversary, former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Friday alleged that the regime in power is "misusing and subverting" the institutions of the Constitution, and the people must act to defend the Constitution from this "systematic assault".

 

Penning an article in The Telegraph on the 132nd birth anniversary of Ambedkar, the architect of India's Constitution, Gandhi said today the real anti-nationals are those who are misusing their power to divide Indians against each other on the grounds of religion, language, caste and gender.

9:44 AM

Vigilance called me today when all the offices are closed, they can kill me too: Channi

9:32 AM

PM Modi to inaugurate AIIMS Guwahati, other Medical colleges in Assam today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate AIIMS Guwahati and three other Medical colleges in Assam today.

The foundation stone of AIIMS Guwahati was laid by PM Modi in May 2017 and it has been built at a cost of more than Rs. 1120 crores.

9:30 AM

Mayawati pays tribute to Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar on his birth anniversary

Bahujan Samaj Party Chief Mayawati pays tribute to Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar on his birth anniversary today

9:12 AM

G7 diplomats to grapple with Ukraine, China, North Korea crises

Russian threats to nuke Ukraine. China's belligerent military moves around rival Taiwan. North Korea's unprecedented run of missile testing.

 

The top diplomats from some of the world's most powerful democracies will have plenty to discuss when they gather in the hot spring resort town of Karuizawa on Sunday for the so-called Group of Seven foreign ministers' meeting.

 

Some believe that with the weakening of the United Nations, amid Russian and Chinese intransigence on the Security Council, global forums like the G7 are even more important. But there's also considerable doubt that diplomats from mostly Western democracies can find ways to influence, let alone stop, authoritarian nations that are more and more willing to use violence, or its threat, to pursue their interests.

9:01 AM

Dr BR Ambedkar’s 133rd birth anniversary celebration at Parliament House Lawn in Delhi

8:59 AM

A symbol of knowledge and prodigy: President Murmu greets countrymen on Ambedkar Jayanti

President Droupadi Murmu on Friday extended her greetings on the occasion of the 132nd birth anniversary of Dalit icon and the father of the Constitution, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar.

Taking to Twitter, Murmu said, "I extend my heartiest greetings and best wishes to all fellow citizens on the occasion of the Birth Anniversary of the architect of our Constitution, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar."
 

8:57 AM

PM Modi pays tribute to architect of India's Constitution Ambedkar on his birth anniversary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday paid tribute to Bhim Rao Ambedkar, a social reformer, economist, jurist and the architect of India's Constitution, on his birth anniversary.

He dedicated his life to the empowerment of the deprived and the exploited sections of society, Modi tweeted, posting an audio clip of his earlier remarks on Ambedkar's life.
 

8:34 AM

Indian banking system remains insulated: RBI Guv amid US banks crisis

India's financial system remains "completely" insulated from the recent developments in the US and Switzerland, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said, asserting that the country's banking system is resilient, stable and healthy.

 

The governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) told a press conference here on Thursday that at the global level, the recent developments in the banking system in the US and in Switzerland, have once again, brought into focus the importance of financial stability and banking sector stability.

8:33 AM

Govt implementing measures to promote public transport: Nitin Gadkari

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said that Ecology and environment are the highest priority of the Union Government.

 

He said that the government is considering many options to curb pollution and accordingly is working on various projects on a war footing.

8:33 AM

Russian court fines Wikipedia for article about Ukraine war

A Moscow court on Thursday again fined Wikipedia for a Russian-language article it refused to remove about Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the latest in a series of government moves to silence objective reporting or criticism of the war and restrict the Russian public's access to information.

 

The court fined Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that runs the free, publicly-edited online encyclopedia, 2 million rubles ($24,464) for not removing a Wikipedia article titled Russian occupation of the Zaporizhzhia region," a reference to one of four Ukrainian provinces that Russia annexed last September. Most countries have condemned the annexation, as well as that by Russia in 2014 of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula, as illegal.

8:33 AM

Punjab's ex-CM Channi summoned to appear before Vigilance Bureau today

Former Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi has been asked to appear before the Vigilance Bureau on Friday (April 14) for questioning in a disproportionate assets case, state Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring said.

 

The vigilance bureau had initially asked Channi to appear for questioning on April 12. He, however, requested for another date to join the investigation, which the bureau allowed, asking him to appear on April 20 at its Mohali office.