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GUWAHATI: Two civilians were killed and nine policemen injured at Dholpur in Assam’s Darrang district on Thursday as an eviction drive to reclaim government land from allegedly illegal settlers triggered mob fury and instant reprisal, including firing from all sides at a man charging at the cops with a stickContinue Reading

NEW DELHI: The PM Cares Fund is not a government of India fund and the amount collected by it does not go to the Consolidated Fund of India, the Centre has informed the Delhi high court. An affidavit filed by an undersecretary at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) who isContinue Reading

Sept 24, 2021 – 03:33 (IST) PM Modi meets Japanese counterpart Yoshihide Suga Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Yoshihide Suga met here on Thursday to discuss ways to further cement the bilateral strategic ties ahead of the first in-person Quad meeting to be hosted by US PresidentContinue Reading

NEW DELHI: The Centre Thursday told the Supreme Court it has decided not to enumerate Other Backward Castes as part of the 2021 Census as taking a headcount of castes other than Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes will be administratively extremely complex and cannot yield complete or accurate information. OpposingContinue Reading

Sept 24, 2021 – 02:24 (IST) What Kamala Harris said on the Indo-Pacific region… “As relates to the Indo-Pacific, the US stresses on maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific,” Harris said, amidst China’s aggressive moves in the strategically vital region. India, the US and several other world powers have been talkingContinue Reading

Sept 24, 2021 – 00:12 (IST) Selection of global CEOs who met Modi shows his govt’s priorities The Prime Minister’s meeting with American CEOs from five different key areas is reflective of the priorities of his government. While Shantanu Narayen reflects the IT and digital priority that the Indian government isContinue Reading

The Assam Police on Thursday evening said they have arrested a man who was seen in a video desecrating the body of a protestor killed in police firing during an eviction drive in Sipajhar area of Darrang district. The police said the Assam Criminal Investigation Department has registered a caseContinue Reading

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held one-to-one meeting with top five American chief executive officers (CEO) from different key sectors. On an official visit to the US, PM met the CEOs on his first day and discussed on a number of topics ranging from drones to 5G,Continue Reading

New Delhi: Horrific visuals of police brutality have emerged from an eviction drive in the Sipajhar area of Darrang district of Assam on Thursday, showing policemen opening fire at a man and thrashing him. A photographer, identified by news agency PTI as Bijay Shankar Baniya, is also seen assaulting theContinue Reading