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Nipah cases rise to 5 in Kerala, govt steps up surveillance in two districts

Kozhikode: With one more Nipah case confirmed on Friday and the total infected cases reaching five in the state, the health department has decided to increase the surveillance across the state. The health authorities said that a 39-year-old man currently under observation at a private hospital is the latest infected person. The department officials revealed […]

I.N.D.I.A’s decision takes Bharat back to emergency era: NBDA

New Delhi: News Broadcasters & Digital Association (NBDA) has slammed the decision taken by the INDI alliance to boycott 14 anchors. The statement by NBDA, states, “News Broadcasters and Digital Association (NBDA) is deeply anguished and concerned by the decision taken by the I.N.D.I.A media committee not to send their representatives on the shows and […]

Kashmir to Kanyakumari’ no longer a jumla, we made it a reality: Gadkari

New Delhi: The Union Road Transport and Highways minister Nitin Gadkari attended the Aadhar Infra Confluence organised by the Panchjanya magazine on September 13 in Delhi. Speaking at the event, Gadkari caught everyone’s attention by laying down the roadmap for an ambitious Kashmir-Kanyakumari expressway project. He explained how Kashmir to Kanyakumari is no more a […]

Why has Telangana woman’s death in US angered Indians 9 months after?

NEW DELHI: The tragic killing of a 23-year-old Indian woman student in the United States has sparked outrage and calls for justice back home after nine months. Jaahnavi Kandula, a native of Telangana, was killed after being struck by a speeding police patrol vehicle in Seattle on January 23. She was pursuing a Master of Science […]

Won’t endorse Stalin’s Sanatan remarks: AAP’s Chaddha

NEW DELHI: Amidst the ongoing war of words between the DMK and BJP, another rift formed in the INDIA alliance, as Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha condemned Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader, Udhayanidhi Stalin’s comments on Sanatana Dharma, on Wednesday. “I am a Sanatani myself and I condemn any comment that aims to […]

INDIA’s seat-sharing talks to start in states, first joint rally in Bhopal

NEW DELHI: The Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) will soon launch seat-sharing negotiations at the state level for the 2024 Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, and will hold its first joint rally the first week of October. The alliance of 28 parties, committed to challenging the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), also unveiled plans for a […]

Anti Sanatana Dharma comments have fuelled frustration in INDIA camp: BJP Tamil Nadu co-incharge

NEW DELHI: Opposition’s calls for annihilating Sanatana Dharma manifests the frustration and jealousy stemming out of the INDIA bloc’s inability to match up to Prime Minister Narendra Modi growing popularity ahead of the 2024 general elections, a senior BJP leader from Tamil Nadu said. Speaking exclusively to The New Indian, state BJP co-incharge PS Reddy also hailed Tamil […]

Shunted Kerala priest adamant on visiting Hindu temple: ‘Because God is one’

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: To be a person of religion is difficult when placed within binary limits, realized a church priest after being barred from carrying out his duties in Kerala. His crime: he intends to visit a Hindu temple. Reverend KG Manoj has seen life through the lens of both – as a person of science having […]

Nipah In India: Experts divided if mRNA or covid vaccine can work

New Delhi: At a time when two people have died due to Nipah virus infection following its outbreak in kerala,  epidemiologists and health experts have cautioned that the absence of a covid like vaccine remains a concern even as they insisted that mRNA vaccines may be used to reduce transmission.  The New Indian talked to […]

Waqf boards in India should learn from reforms in J&K

J&K Waqf Board plans to appoint degree holders as Imams