Yet another round of India-China military talks to defuse the almost 21-month-old border standoffs between rival forces has ended without any progress. This should come as no surprise: Stalling tactics, deception, information warfare and drawing out negotiations are integral to China’s negotiating strategy, so as to test the limits...
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The Election Commission postponed the polls, scheduled for February 14, after the state government and several political parties urged it to do so as lakhs of followers of Guru Ravidas travel to Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh to celebrate the day.
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New Delhi: “I began to hear the chilling screams of a woman next door”, wrote Moazzem Begg in his memoirs of his time in Afghanistan’s Bagram prison, on terrorism charges that were later dropped. “For two days and nights I heard the sound of the screaming. I felt my mind...
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Coronavirus Omicron LIVE Updates | India saw a single-day rise of 2,58,089 new coronavirus infections taking the tally of cases to 3,73,80,253, which included 8,209 cases of the Omicron variant detected so far, according to data updated by the Union Health Ministry on Monday. A total of 8,209 cases of the...
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Dubai: Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement said on Monday it had carried out an attack on the United Arab Emirates after authorities in the Gulf state reported two fires in the capital Abu Dhabi that were possibly caused by drones. Abu Dhabi police said three fuel tanker trucks had exploded...
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Chandigarh: Assembly elections in Punjab will be held on February 20, the Election Commission said today. The date has been changed from February 14 after political parties requested the Election Commission to factor in Guru Ravidas Jayanti celebrations. Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi in a letter to the...
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UP, Punjab, Uttarakhand Elections 2022 LIVE Updates: The Election Commission on Monday announced that elections in Punjab will be held on February 20. Earlier, the polling date in Punjab was scheduled for February 14. “After considering these new facts emerging out of these representations, inputs from the State Government and...
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Assembly Elections 2022 Latest Updates: The Congress will hold a virtual meeting of its central election committee on Monday to select candidates for the Goa Assembly election. Meanwhile, Harak Singh Rawat, who was dismissed from the Uttarakhand government and the BJP, is likely to join the Congress on Monday...
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Dehradun/New Delhi: Merely a month before the Assembly elections, Uttarakhand cabinet minister Harak Singh Rawat was on Sunday sacked from the state council of ministers and also expelled from the BJP for six years. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has also apprised the governor about the removal of Rawat...
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UP, Punjab, Uttarakhand Elections 2022 LIVE Updates: Days after he publicly backed comic-turned-politician Bhagwant Mann as the party’s chief ministerial pick for Punjab elections 2022, but stopped short of a formal declaration, AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal today said he would announce the CM pick tomorrow. Kejriwal had said he...
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