Sun, 15 Aug 2021 20:39:41
Farmers protesting the Centre's farm laws on Sunday took out "Tiranga Yatra" at several places in Haryana and Punjab on Independence Day.
Scores of farmers, including women, took part in the yatra, demanding the repeal of the three laws.
They put up the national flag on their tractors and other vehicles and marched on roads at many places, including Haryana's Jind and Sirsa besides Punjab's
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Sun, 15 Aug 2021 20:35:07
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that India takes pride in having the world's largest COVID-19 vaccination programme and more than 54 crore people have already taken the vaccine shots.
In his Independence Day address from the ramparts of the Red Fort, the prime minister spoke of the country's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and praised the scientists, doctors and paramedical staf
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Sun, 15 Aug 2021 20:30:28
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a batch of petitions, including those filed by the Editors Guild of India and senior journalists N Ram and Sashi Kumar, seeking independent probe into the alleged Pegasus snooping matter.
A bench of Chief Justice N V Ramana and justices Suryakant and Aniruddha Bose will continue hearing the matter.
On August 10, the top court had taken excepti
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Sun, 15 Aug 2021 20:28:38
Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday said during the upcoming state assembly polls, youths will be given more tickets than they got during the last one.
Sidhu also trained guns at the previous SAD-BJP regime accusing them of patronising mafias in Punjab.
Without naming anyone, the cricketer-turned-politician also took potshots at the AAP, claiming that they were after him to jo
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Sun, 15 Aug 2021 20:05:33
An Air India flight from Delhi hovered over the Kabul airport for about an hour on Sunday waiting for the air traffic control permission before it could finally land with 40 passengers on board, but the corresponding return flight left the Afghanistan capital hours later with 129 passengers as Taliban fighters closed in on the city, officials said.
According to officials of Air India, there is
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Sun, 15 Aug 2021 19:59:43
Taliban fighters entered Kabul on Sunday and sought the unconditional surrender of the central government, officials said, as Afghans and foreigners alike raced for the exit, signalling the end of a 20-year Western experiment aimed at remaking Afghanistan. The beleaguered central government, meanwhile, hope for an interim administration, but increasingly had few cards to play.
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Sun, 15 Aug 2021 19:48:14
: India were 56 for three in their second innings at lunch on the fourth day of the second Test against England on Sunday.
The lead stood at a measly 29 runs for the visitors, with three of their top batsmen back in the dressing room.
England were bowled out for 391 in their first innings, in reply to India's 364 all out at the Lord's.
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Sun, 15 Aug 2021 19:44:05
Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka celebrated the 75th Independence Day meaningfully without much pomp and gaiety due to the Covid-19 surge.
Minister for fisheries, ports and inland transport S Angara hoisted the tricolour at Nehru Maidan in a ceremony held following Covid-19 protocol on Sunday.
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Sun, 15 Aug 2021 19:04:08
The Congress on Sunday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of only making announcements about schemes in his Independence Day speeches and not implementing them, even as it hit out at him for not withdrawing the three agri laws against which the farmers have been protesting.
Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said for seven years the country has been listening to the "same speeches" by
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