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15 Jun

Pakistan : Two Indian High Commission Officials Missing In Islamabad .

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Two Indian High Commission officials have been missing from Islamabad, Pakistan, since Monday morning, according to sources.The officials were out for an official work before they went missing. The Indian government has taken up the matter with Pak authorities. New Delhi has complained to the Pakistan government about the deeply worrying development. The incident comes weeks after two Pakistani officials at the Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi were accused of espionage and deported. The two worked in the visa section in Delhi. Several top Indian diplomats in Pakistan have also been aggressively tailed in Islamabad over the last several…

14 Jun

Gujarat : Earthquake of 5.5 magnitude hits Rajkot.

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A 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck near Gujarat's Rajkot at 8.13 PM Sunday, according to the National Center for Seismology (NCS), the government's nodal agency for monitoring of seismic activity in the country. The epicentre of the earthquake was 118 km north-northwest of Rajkot, according to the NCS. The quake was felt in cities like Kutch, Rajkot, Ahmedabad and Patan, where many people rushed out of their houses. The time of the quake was 8.13 pm. Citizens in high-rises rushed out of their residences in several parts of Ahmedabad.

14 Jun

5.5 Earthquake Strikes Near Rajkot In Gujarat

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New Delhi: An earthquake of 5.5 magnitude struck near Gujarat's Rajkot at 8.13 PM, according to the National Center for Seismology (NCS). The epicentre of the quake was 118 km north-northwest of Rajkot, according to a report generated by thepurbottar website.No injuries, deaths or damage has been reported so far.

14 Jun

BJP: To Share Details On Changes To Labour Laws.

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More than a month after the Parliamentary Committee on Labour wrote to eight State governments seeking explanation on the changes brought to the labour laws during the extended lockdown, three BJP-ruled States — Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh — have not responded, despite two reminders from the Committee. The three States have effected the most significant changes, suspending the majority of the labour laws for a period up to three years. The Committee had sought details of the amendments made by them and also the instruments (executive order or ordinance) used to effect the change. A total of 13…

14 Jun

Testing to be Tripled in Delhi within 6 days.

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India’s COVID-19 death toll crossed the 9,000-mark on June 13 with a record daily increase making it the world’s ninth worst hit nation in terms of fatalities, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed steps to contain the pandemic in areas where large numbers of cases are being detected. Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday announced several key decisions taken at a Covid-19 review meeting held with Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, Delhi L-G Anil Baijal, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and others. "The Modi government is committed to control spread of Covid-19 in Delhi. Today, several important decisions were taken to…

14 Jun

Muzaffarnagar to observe ‘Janata curfew’ every Sunday

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The Muzaffarnagar district administration has ordered a complete shutdown in the district on Sunday. District Magistrate Selvakumari J. said that it has been decided to impose 'Janata Curfew' and all business establishments, including shops, hotels and malls will remain closed every Sunday. The District Magistrate has warned that strict action will be taken against those found violating the curfew. Legal action under provisions of the Disaster Management Act will also be taken, she warned. Official sources said that extensive sanitisation work would be undertaken in public areas on Sunday. Muzaffarnagar presently has 83 active corona cases in the district, which…

14 Jun

Trump delays rally

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President Trump bowed to pressure on Friday night and announced that he would delay his upcoming campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, rather than hold it on the day that honours the end of slavery in the US and is considered a major holiday by many African-Americans. The rally was originally set for next Friday, or June 19, the date known as Juneteenth, which marks the day in 1865 when Union soldiers arrived in Texas and read the Emancipation Proclamation announcing that slaves had been freed, the last of the Confederate states to officially receive the news. The Trump campaign’s decision…

14 Jun

India no longer a weak country, asserts Rajnath

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Amid a standoff with China on the Ladakh border, defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday that India will never compromise on its "national pride", asserting that it is no longer a "weak" country and that its security capability has increased. Speaking at a virtual rally for Jammu and Kashmir, Singh also assured the Opposition that the central government will not keep Parliament or anyone in the dark about developments on the border and will share details at an appropriate time. "I want to assure that we will not compromise with national pride under any circumstance. India is no longer…

14 Jun

Sunderbans tiger kills one

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A36-year-old man, who went to catch crabs and fish in the Sunderbans area on Saturday morning, died after a tiger attacked him when he was chopping firewood in the forest, an official said. Goshto Naiya had set out on a small boat with three other men from the Deulbari area near Kultali in the South 24-Parganas forest range on Saturday morning, the official said. He was attacked by the tiger from behind in the Chituri forest where he had gone to cut firewood, the official said. Tigers are being frequently spotted in areas that are not considered to be hot…

14 Jun

Four forest officials suspended over elephant deaths in Chhattisgarh

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The Chhattisgarh forest department has suspended four officials, including a sub-divisional forest officer (SDFO), over the deaths of three elephants which took place earlier this week. As per the suspension order, the officials have been found guilty of negligence in duty. Bodies of the three female wild elephants were found in the jungles of Balrampur and Surajpur district between Tuesday and Thursday. All of them were from the same herd and were roaming in the forests of Surguja. “The SDFO KS Khutiya was attached to Chief Conservator of Forest (Regional) Forest Circle of Surguja. Two forest rangers and one forest…