Name: Jaitley jibe at Oppn: lower they go, stronger we will emerge
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Union Minister Arun Jaitley rubbished allegations by the Opposition that the announcement of 'Mission Shakti' was done by the govt to score political brownie points ahe

Jaitley jibe at Oppn: lower they go, stronger we will emerge

Union Minister Arun Jaitley rubbished allegations by the Opposition that the announcement of 'Mission Shakti' was done by the govt to score political brownie points ahead of the elections. Jaitley said the issue was of national security and the BJP had not politicised it. "Can anybody argue that details of such a sensitive programme should have been disclosed to anybody but those who are highest in command. Its regrettable that elementary lessons of national security is lost on my friends in the opposition," said Jaitley. 

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that he was attacked by his own party people as he pushed for elections in the youth organisation and student organisation

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that he was attacked by his own party people as he pushed for elections in the youth organisation and student organisation of the party.&nbsp;During a virtual interaction with Prof Kaushik Basu of Cornell University Gandhi said that democratic election within the party is absolutely critical but asked as to why no other party, be it BJP, BSP, or Samajwadi Party, is questioned over its internal democracy. His comments come in the wake of the&nbsp;'Group of 23' party leaders' call for systemic changes and democracy within the Grand Old Party. &nbsp; &nbsp;

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is on course to dominate civic bodies in Gujarat winning 2,085 seats, while the Congress won 602 seats so far across various municipali

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has registered big win in the Gujarat local body polls. It is on course to dominate civic bodies in Gujarat winning&nbsp;all 31 district panchayats, 70 out of 81 municipalities and moving far ahead of main rival Congress in 231 taluka panchayats. Elections for the 8,474 seats across district and taluka panchayats and municipal councils were held on February 28th. The Congress trailed far behind, winning 1,768 seats and only three municipalities so far. It could not win a single district panchayat.&nbsp;On the brilliant performance of the party, PM Modi said that the results clearly show that Gujarat is firmly with the BJP&rsquo;s agenda of development &amp; good governance as he thanked the people of the state for the unwavering faith &amp; affection towards the party. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP president JP Nadda too thanked people for reposing their faith in the party.

A total of 54 students in a school hostel in Haryana's Karnal tested positive for Covid-19, the government said on Tuesday. The school hostel has been sealed and declar

A total of 54 students in a school hostel in Haryana's Karnal tested positive for Covid-19, the government said on Tuesday. The school hostel has been sealed and declared a containment zone. Medical teams have reached the hostel," a civil surgeon Yogesh Kumar Sharma said. The state in December had allowed students from Classes 9 to 12 to go to schools. They reopened for those from Classes 3 to 5 from February 24. The COVID-19 death toll in Haryana rose to 3,050 on 1 March with two more fatalities, while 166 new cases pushed the infection count to 2,70,950, a health bulletin said.

Farmers will block Kundli–Manesar–Palwal Expressway at different points between 11 am & 4 pm on March 6 as the farmers' protest enters day 100, Yogendra

In a meeting of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha&nbsp;it was decided that farmers will block Kundli&ndash;Manesar&ndash;Palwal Expressway at different points between 11 am &amp; 4 pm on March 6 as the farmers' protest enters day 100, Yogendra Yadav informed on Tuesday. On Womens' Day on March 8, women protesters will lead the protest at Delhi borders and other places across the country, Yadav said. Further, on March 15 farmers will join labourers &amp; employees in protest against privatisation and corporatization. He also said they will appeal to people in poll bound states to punish the BJP and its allies who brought anti-farmer laws in the assembly elections. 'We will go to the boll-bound states', Yadav said and added that the programme will begin in Kolkata on March 12 with a public meeting.&nbsp;Bhartiya Kisan Union's&nbsp;Balbir S Rajewal&nbsp;also spoke of sending teams to states going to polls and appealing to people to vote against the BJP.
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Gujarat Congress Chief Amit Chavda and the party’s state legislative leader Paresh Dhanani tendered their resignations as BJP leaps ahead in the civic polls. The

Gujarat Congress Chief Amit Chavda and the party&rsquo;s state legislative leader Paresh Dhanani tendered their resignations as BJP leaps ahead in the civic polls. The counting of votes for the 8,474 seats is underway in 81 municipalities, 31 distict panchayats and 231 taluka panchayats for elections that were held on Sunday. As per results till 1 pm, the BJP won 2,085 seats while the Congress won 602, news agency PTI reported. Newcomer Aam Aadmi Party has bagged 15 seats, Bahujan Samaj Party has won 5 and independents have claimed 42 seats so far according to the State Election Commission.

The Union Health Ministry said more than 1.48 crores doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered till Tuesday afternoon and that over 50 lakh potential benefic

The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday said more than 1.48 crores doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered till Tuesday afternoon and that over 50 lakh potential beneficiaries have registered for the COVID-19 vaccinations on the Co-Win 2.0 platform in two days. Although certain states in the country have seen a surge in the number of active cases, the recovered cases are more than 97% and active cases are still less than 2%," Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said. Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, Punjab and Tamil Nadu cumulatively account for 84.16 per cent of the active Covid-19 cases, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday, adding five states and one Union territories have a weekly positivity rate higher than the national average of 2 per cent.&nbsp;

The Haryana Governor has approved a bill that reserves 75 percent private jobs for the people of the state, Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala informed on Tuesday.

The Haryana Governor has approved a bill that reserves 75 percent of the private sector jobs with gross salary upto&nbsp;₹&nbsp;50,000 per month for the people of the state, Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala said on Tuesday. Last year,&nbsp;Haryana&nbsp;govt had&nbsp;announced that it wants 75 per cent of private sector jobs in the state, till a certain salary slab, reserved for local candidates. The state Assembly had also passed the&nbsp;Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Bill, 2020&nbsp;paving way for more employment opportunities for locals in private sector.

BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday trained guns at the Maharashtra government, alleging it was trying to probe icons like Sachin Tendulkar and Lata Mangeshkar over

BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday trained guns at the Maharashtra government, alleging it was trying to probe icons like Sachin Tendulkar and Lata Mangeshkar over their pro-India tweets issued after some foreign celebrities Rihanna and Greta Thunberg talked about farmers' protest near Delhi. The state's Home Minister Anil Deshmukh promptly refuted the charge in the state Assembly, saying the state government has ordered a probe into tweets by the BJP's IT cell and not by cricketer Tendulkar and legendary singer Mangeshkar. Earlier last month, Deshmikh had said state intelligence department will conduct a probe into allegations that some celebrities were pressurised recently to issue tweets.

India came out strongly against the statement of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Jammu and Kashmir at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Tuesday. I

India came out strongly against the statement of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Jammu and Kashmir at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Tuesday. India said the OIC has no locus standi to comment on the Kashmir issue, accusing Pakistan of "misusing the forum". India also reminded the Council that Pakistan has deliberately misused the OIC for its malicious propaganda against India, to divert attention from its own serious violations of human rights. This comes almost a week after India rejected Pakistan minister Shireen Mazari's criticism of the human rights situation in Jammu and Kashmir.

Over 150 monks have reportedly tested positive for Covid-19 at Gyuto Tantric Monastery in Dharamsala of Himachal Pradesh. Over 300 monks have reportedly tested positive

Over 150 monks have reportedly tested positive for Covid-19 at Gyuto Tantric Monastery in Dharamsala of Himachal Pradesh. Over 300 monks have reportedly tested positive for coronavirus so far in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, Kangra Chief Medical Officer was quoted as saying by news agency ANI on Tuesday. &ldquo;One monk in critical condition has been shifted to Tanda Medical College. Others are in isolation in the monastery itself, Kangra CMO Dr Gurdarshan Gupta said. He added that monks who have been home-isolated had traveled from Karnataka and Delhi for New Year.

Ahead of the crucial Bengal assembly polls, UP CM Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday addressed a rally in Malda.

Ahead of the crucial Bengal assembly polls, UP CM Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday addressed a rally in Malda.
Adityanath alleged the Bengal government is unable to stop cow smuggling and &ldquo;<a href="https://www.editorji.com/story/love-jihad-law-is-not-anti-muslim-it-is-for-all-yogi-adityanath-1614480967636" target="_blank" rel="noopener">love jihad</a>&ldquo; due to politics of appeasement in the state.
Calling cow smuggling and &ldquo;love jihad&ldquo; dangerous activities, the Chief Minister warned that these 'will show results in the time to come'.
He claimed people's sentiments are toyed with through cow smuggling and that cow slaughter is forcefully started during Eid. He blamed the state government for being a silent spectator.
He also accused the <a href="https://www.editorji.com/story/must-stop-bjp-at-all-costs-mamata-gets-support-from-bhai-tejashwi-for-bengal-polls-1614607542739" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mamata Banerjee </a>led TMC government of attempting to ban slogan of 'Jai Sri Ram'. He said it hurts him to see the anarchy in a state that has been the land of the revolution.
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Also Read: <a href="https://www.editorji.com/story/west-bengal-assembly-polls-tollywood-actor-srabanti-chatterjee-joins-bjp-1614614563383" target="_blank" rel="noopener">West Bengal assembly polls 2021: Tollywood actor Srabanti Chatterjee joins BJP</a>

Indigo Flight News: Indigo flight 6E1412 from Sharjah to Lucknow was diverted to Karachi on Tuesday morning after a passenger on board fell ill.

Indigo flight 6E1412 from Sharjah to Lucknow was diverted to Karachi on Tuesday morning after a passenger on board fell ill.
The flight entered the Pakistani airspace and&nbsp;made an emergency landing at 5 am after the flight captain contacted the control tower and requested for the aircraft to make an emergency landing on humanitarian grounds.
The passenger, 67-year-old Habib ur Rehman could not be revived and was declared dead on arrival. Indigo released a statement&nbsp;sharing the news.&nbsp;The&nbsp;flight was allowed to depart for Ahmedabad&nbsp;after completing all formalities.

Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Tuesday attacked the governemnt for high rate of unemployment in the country. He pointed out that India's informal sector is

Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Tuesday attacked the government for high rate of unemployment in the country. He pointed out that India's informal sector is in shambles following the "ill considered demonetisation decision" taken by the BJP-led government in 2016. He also criticised the central government for not holding regular consultations with the states. He said public finances are in disarray with states having to resort to excessive borrowing, which creates an intolerable burden on future budgets.

One in five working women in India feels that their companies have a 'favorable bias' towards their male counterparts, reveals LinkedIn's Opportunity Index 2021 re

One in five working women in India feels that her company has a 'favorable bias' towards the male counterparts, reveals LinkedIn's Opportunity Index&nbsp;2021 report. The study was conducted on&nbsp;10,000 people aged&nbsp;between 18-65 from across&nbsp;the Asia Pacific region.&nbsp;2,285 respondents were from India, out of which 1,223 were males and 1,053 females.&nbsp;The report brings to light the difference in opinion about the&nbsp;inequality in pay and opportunity available. While 37% of women feel that they get fewer opportunities than men, only 25% agree with it. Likewise, 37% of women feel they are paid less and in contrast, only 21% of men feel the same way. Almost 85% of women feel they have missed out on a salary raise, promotion, or work offer as opposed to the regional average of 60%. 89% of women feel that they have been negatively impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite these grim statistics, around 66% of people in India believe that gender equality has improved as compared to their parents' time.&nbsp;&nbsp;

A family, including a 3-year-old child, was held hostage inside their car by residents of their apartment complex in Gurugram for feeding stray dogs. The residents

A family, including a 3-year-old child, was held hostage inside their car by residents of&nbsp;their apartment complex in Gurugram for feeding stray dogs. The residents allege that the dogs have bitten children and have become a menace in their apartment&nbsp;complex.&nbsp;
Paws for Cause, an&nbsp;animal welfare organisation in NCR,&nbsp;tweeted a video purported&nbsp;to be shot by the man whose family was being attacked. A large crowd can be seen surrounding the family's car.&nbsp;

It tweeted that Chowdhury is in a pitiable condition where he has to defend "communal elements" to show his loyalty.

It's Congress Vs Congress this election season. A day after senior Congress leader Anand Sharma slammed his party's alliance with ISF in Bengal as communal, party's state chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has hit back with vengeance at the so-called <a href="https://www.editorji.com/story/congress-g-23-strikes-again-anand-sharma-questions-bengal-alliance-1614649631245" target="_blank" rel="noopener">G23</a>.
In a series of tweets titled #KnowYourFacts, Chowdhury urged the group to stop wasting time in praising PM Modi and help party fight polls in five states. He also said the Congress was a part of the CPM-led Left Front in Bengal, which was "determined to defeat BJP".
Calling the decision of the front "communal" would only play into the hands of the BJP, he commented. The BJP, of course, is loving the intra-party sparring in the Congress.
It tweeted that Chowdhury is in a pitiable condition where he has to defend "communal elements" to show his loyalty.

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted bail to former CEO of TV ratings agency Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) Partho Dasgupta, who was arrested for his al

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted bail to former CEO of TV ratings agency Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) Partho Dasgupta, who was arrested for his alleged involvement in the TRP Scam. Dasgupta was arrested on December 24 on charges of criminal breach of trust and cheating. The court has ordered Dasgupta to submit his passport before the court and appear before the Crime Branch every month for a period of 6 months. Dasgupta, who was BARC's CEO between June 2013 to November 2019, has been accused of receiving $12,000 and Rs. 40 lakh cash from Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami for manipulating TRPs for his channel.
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Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and his wife Smt Nutan on Tuesday received the first shot of the Covid-19 vaccine in the ongoing 2nd phase of the vaccinat

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and his wife Nutan&nbsp;on Tuesday received the first shot of the Covid-19 vaccine in the ongoing 2nd phase of the vaccination drive. The health minister was administered the vaccine jab at the Delhi Heart and Lung Institute. Earlier on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi&nbsp;kickstarted the 2nd phase of the vaccination drive by getting the first shot of&nbsp;Bharat&nbsp;Biotech's&nbsp;Covaxin&nbsp;at AIIMS.

The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that consensual sex during a prolonged live-in cannot be called rape if the man doesn't keep his promise of marriage. A bench of

The&nbsp;Supreme Court on Monday ruled that consensual sex during a prolonged live-in cannot be called rape if the man doesn't keep his promise of marriage. A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna&nbsp;and&nbsp;V Ramasubramanian&nbsp;said that 'making a false promise to marry is wrong' and even a woman shouldn't make such false promises but that 'does not mean that in a prolonged live-in consensual intercourse&nbsp;would be categorised as rape'.
The court was hearing a case related to a couple who were living together for 5 years but the man eventually married someone else. The woman then filed a rape case against him accusing him of having sex with her under the pretext of marriage.&nbsp;
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Many Maharashtra government officials have tested positive when they were screened on Monday before the budget session of the state Assembly, Vidhan Bhavan officials sa

Many Maharashtra government officials have tested positive when they were screened on Monday before the budget session of the state Assembly, Vidhan Bhavan officials said. At least 26 people tested positive, which included government staff, police personnel, other office-bearers of political parties. According to officials of Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai, these 26 people had earlier applied for passes to attend the session on behalf of their respective offices. The state is witnessing a sudden spike in daily infections as the number of daily infections rose from 4,000 something to 8,000 in February.
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