Diaspora groups from across the world also created a Twitter storm on January 8 with the hashtag #StopIndianMuslimGenocide to highlight the issue.

Some 400 Parliament staffers have tested positive for Covid-19 during random testing, sources said here.

Mamata Banerjee asserted that she had last year inaugurated the second campus of the Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute which Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation on Friday.

He is safe, thank God, wailed the lord after getting out of the jam. Wasn’t he made of sterner stuff, wonders Rupa Gulab.

A law and a collegium for appointment of the CEC and ECs and securing the tenure of them all alone will give EC to confidence to act independently, says Prof Jegdeep S Chokkar.

Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate accused the BJP of using the app to amplify its messages and agenda on social media, and for targeting those against the saffron party, including women journalists.

With every passing hour since the hold up on the flyover in Punjab, it is becoming more and more apparent that Modi intends to use it as an excuse for avoiding an election in Punjab that the BJP is bound to lose.

Assembly elections in the states of Punjab, Goa and Uttarakhand will be held on February 14, while elections in Uttar Pradesh will be held in seven phases from February 10 to March 7. In Manipur, the election will be held in two phases, on February 27 and March 3.

Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said that there was no crowd in Ferozepur where the Prime Minister was scheduled to address the gathering, so the visit was cancelled.

Govt must prepare for an impending crisis within days in terms of medical facilities and preventing a devastating disruption in supply chain of essential commodities and relief needed to people.