‘Women look good even if they don’t wear clothes’: Baba Ramdev’s sexist remark sparks outrage

Mumbai, November 28 Barely 72 hours after his comments on women sparked a furore, a chastened Yoga guru, Swami Ramdev has expressed regrets and apologised for his remarks. Ramdev has sent an email to the effect to the Maharashtra State Commission for Women Chairperson Rupali Chakankar, in response to her…

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BBC journalist reporting protests against Covid lockdowns in China arrested, beaten up by police

ANI London, November 28 In worrying news around the ongoing mass anti-Covid restrictions protests across China, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has expressed concern over the treatment meted out by Chinese authorities, to its journalist, who was arrested and handcuffed while covering a similar ongoing protest in Shanghai. In a…

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BBC journalist reporting protests against Covid lockdown in China arrested, beaten up by police

ANI London, November 28 In worrying news around the ongoing mass anti-Covid restrictions protests across China, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has expressed concern over the treatment meted out by Chinese authorities, to its journalist, who was arrested and handcuffed while covering a similar ongoing protest in Shanghai. In a statement,…

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BBC journalist reporting protests against Covid lockdowns in China arrested, beaten by police

ANI London, November 28 In worrying news around the ongoing mass anti-Covid restrictions protests across China, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has expressed concern over the treatment meted out by Chinese authorities, to its journalist, who was arrested and handcuffed while covering a similar ongoing protest in Shanghai. In a…

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Canada to strengthen visa processing capacity in Delhi, Chandigarh

New Delhi, November 28 As a Pacific nation, Canada constituted an ambitious plan, which initially provides for an investment of nearly $2.3 billion over the next five years as it recognises that the Indo-Pacific region will play an important and fundamental role in Canada’s future. To foster greater diversity among…

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5,000 ‘fake’ pharmacists under lens, yet Punjab eases licensing norms

Vishav Bharti Chandigarh, November 27 Even as the degrees of more than 5,000 “fake” pharmacists are under the scanner, the Punjab State Pharmacy Council has decided to do away with the process of verifying the basic qualification before registering new pharmacists. In 2015, information obtained through the RTI revealed…

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Amritsar: Peddler held with 2 kg heroin, 8 hi-tech pistols ‘delivered via drone’

Amritsar, November 27 A special task force of the Punjab Police here today arrested an alleged smuggler, Paramjit Singh, alias Pamma, after recovering eight hi-tech pistols and 2 kg heroin, suspected to have been delivered through a drone from Pakistan. A resident of Hawelian village of border Tarn Taran…

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No violation of privacy, personal data access in exceptional cases: Govt

New Delhi, November 27Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar today said the government would not be able to violate the privacy of citizens under the proposed data protection law as it would get access to personal data only in exceptional circumstances like national security, pandemic and natural…

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Amritsar: Peddler held with heroin, guns ‘delivered via drone’

Amritsar, November 27 A special task force of the Punjab Police here today arrested an alleged smuggler, Paramjit Singh, alias Pamma, after recovering eight hi-tech pistols and 2 kg heroin, suspected to have been delivered through a drone from Pakistan. A resident of Hawelian village of border Tarn Taran…

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Gujarat elections 2022: For votes, UPA govt went soft on terror, says PM Modi

New Delhi, November 27 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched his sharpest offensive so far on rival Congress in poll-bound Gujarat, saying the erstwhile UPA government at the Centre “would let off terrorists while the BJP government in Gujarat would invest energy in nabbing them”. Accusing the Congress…

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For votes, UPA govt went soft on terror: PM Modi in Gujarat

New Delhi, November 27Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched his sharpest offensive so far on rival Congress in poll-bound Gujarat, saying the erstwhile UPA government at the Centre “would let off terrorists while the BJP government in Gujarat would invest energy in nabbing them”.Accusing the Congress and newer parties…

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Quad partners India, Australia stay away from China-led meet on Indian Ocean

New Delhi, November 27Quad members Australia and India did not participate in a conference on the Indian Ocean organised by China last week. Maldives, a close security partner of India’, also did not participate though the organisers of the “China-Indian Ocean Forum on Development Cooperation”.Analysts see the move as an…

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Sunny Deol shares heartwarming video, special message on son Karan’s birthday, ‘you will succeed in life because you take no shortcuts’

Chandigarh, November 27 It is Karan Deol’s birthday today and daddy Sunny Deol is mighty proud of his son. Sunny Deol showed that to the world with a heartwarming video and a special video on social media. In the video, Sunny Deol as a director can be seen…

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Tarn Taran villager arrested with 8 Chinese pistols, bullets, 2-kg heroin smuggled from Pakistan via drone

Amritsar, November 27Punjab Police on Sunday said it has arrested a person and seized from him eight Chinese pistols, 60 bullets and 1-kg heroin smuggled into India by a drone from Pakistan, an official said.A Punjab Police official said the accused has been identified as Paramjit Singh, a resident of…

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