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‘Only sensationalism’: IT Minister hits out at ‘The Wire’ for its report on Pegasus, says outrage a day before monsoon session ‘no coincidence’

The report by The Wire claimed that govt was using Pegasus to snoop on journalists, ministers, judges, opposition leaders and other notable personalities.

‘Take the vaccine, become Baahubali’: PM Modi addresses media ahead of Monsoon Session, encourages people to take Covid jabs

PM Modi marked the beginning of the Monsoon Session on Monday saying he hoped all issues will be discussed in a healthy and constructive manner in the Parliament.

Over 1 crore households in 61 encephalitis-prone districts now have access to clean tap water under Jal Jeevan Mission: Report

Clean tap water reached to over 1 crore households in 61 vulnerable districts across five states under the Modi govt's flagship Jal Jeevan Mission.

Won’t hold live streaming of Chardham Yatra because it is not written in the Vedas: Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami

The Uttarakhand government aver that live streaming of the religious ceremonies inside the sanctum sanctorum would violate the sanctity of the rituals

Jammu and Kashmir administration clarifies there is no cow slaughter ban ahead of Bakra-Eid, media had misreported its order

Jammu and Kashmir administration had issued an order to ban illegal slaughter of bovine animals, media had reported it as full ban

Modi govt places single largest order of 66 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses, targets to vaccinate 94.4 crore people by December

Indian government placed an order for 66 crores Covid-19 vaccine doses worth Rs 14,505 crore with Serum Institute and Bharat Biotech

South African MP Shameen Thakur-Rajbansi talks to OpIndia: Racist attacks against Indians, the Indian govt’s help, a ‘toolkit’ and a people in distress

"Whenever there was a crisis in power in South Africa, one of the communities that has always got the brunt of violence has been the Indian community", says Shameen Thakur-Rajbansi.

Jammu and Kashmir administration bans illegal slaughtering of cows, camels on Eid-ul-Adha

Jammu and Kashmir administration has ordered the officials to stop the illegal killing of cows, camels and other animals on the occasion of Bakra-Eid

Assam govt cracks down on criminals, 15 killed in encounters so far: CM says ‘full operational liberty’ to police as long as they are...

CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has asserted that he has given the police full operational liberty as long as their actions are within the law.

Rs 1 lakh crore allotted for modern agricultural infrastructure and improvement of mandis: Key takeaways from PM Modi’s speech in Varanasi

The Rs 1-lakh-crore Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) launched by the Modi government will help in the up-gradation of mandis

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