Delhi Police’s “anti-eve teasing” or “Shishtachar” (etiquette) squads will soon be doing the rounds of public places across the city, to ensure women’s safety. The squads have been asked to “focus on enforcing the law, rather than imposing personal or cultural morality on individuals”. The Delhi Police move is an attempt to curb crimes against...
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Delhi BJP’s ‘Sangathan Parv’ to begin next week, organisational elections on agenda
The Delhi unit of the BJP is set to begin its organisational restructuring process, termed Sangathan Parv, next week, the party said on Sunday. Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva said, “The BJP is a party that operates through collective leadership while also ensuring internal democracy, providing every worker the opportunity to be part of the...
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Delhi CM inspects drains ahead of monsoon
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday inspected major drains across the national capital and directed officials to ensure their desilting before the monsoon sets in to prevent waterlogging and sewage overflow. Gupta was accompanied by Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena, Public Works Department Minister Parvesh Verma and senior officials as she visited key drainage sites, including...
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India, New Zealand Announce Resumption Of Free Trade Agreement Talks
India and New Zealand on Sunday announced resumption of negotiations for a proposed free trade agreement, after it was stalled in 2015. India and New Zealand began negotiating the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) in April 2010 to boost trade in goods, services, and investment. However, after nine rounds of discussions, the talks stalled in...
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Ajit Doval Meets Tulsi Gabbard In Delhi, Chairs High-Level Security Meet
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Sunday held bilateral talks with US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, and chaired a conclave of top global intelligence czars focusing on boosting cooperation in confronting various security challenges including terrorism and threats posed by emerging technologies. In their one-on-one meeting, Mr Doval and Ms Gabbard mainly discussed...
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Sunita Williams’ Homecoming Date Confirmed, Will Splash Down Off US Coast
A pair of US astronauts stuck for more than nine months on the International Space Station will be returned to Earth on Tuesday evening, NASA said. Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams are to be transported home with another American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon craft, which arrived at the ISS...
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“Almost Irrelevant”: PM Modi Slams UN, International Organisations On Podcast
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking on American scientist Lex Fridman’s podcast on Sunday, slammed the United Nations and other international organisations as irrelevant amid rising global conflicts – referring to the ongoing Middle East wars and China – US tensions. According to PM Modi, the organisations have become “almost irrelevant” as there is “no reform” left...
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Holi celebration
Delhi BJP celebrated Holi at party office. Attended by Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva, Delhi CM Rekha Gupta, Union Minister Piyush Goyal and other senior leaders
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“Another Gimmick”: Atishi’s Jab At Free LPG Cylinder On Holi Promise, BJP Responds
The AAP on Tuesday questioned the BJP government in Delhi over its promise to provide free cooking gas cylinders to women on the occasion of Holi. Addressing a press conference, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Delhi chief minister Atishi said that women in the national capital are waiting for the BJP to fulfil...
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Court orders FIR against Kejriwal for ‘defacing’ public property
A Delhi court on Tuesday ordered Delhi Police to file an FIR against former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and others in a defacement of public property case. Additional chief judicial magistrate Neha Mittal said one Shiv Kumar Saxena submitted visual evidence with the date and time indicating that the illegal banners bore the names and...