Ahmedabad, May 31 COVID-19 is a humanitarian crisis and not a political one, and merely criticising the government is not going to magically cure people or make the dead come back to life, the Gujarat High Court said in its latest order on a suo motu PIL related to the outbreak. It also called for […]
Srinagar, May 31 Security forces busted a militant hideout in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district and recovered a number of items including ammunition, police said here. On receiving information regarding presence of militants in Akhal-Malwan forest belt of the south Kashmir district, a cordon and search operation was launched by security forces, a police spokesperson […]
Mumbai, Jun 1 Singer-composer Wajid Khan of music director duo Sajid-Wajid, popular for their work on superstar Salman Khan’s films such as Wanted , Dabangg and Ek Tha Tiger , died in wee hours of Monday in a city hospital due to complications arising from a kidney infection. He was 42. Music composer Salim Merchant, […]
Jammu: On the completion of the first year of the Modi government’s second term, the Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Congress on Saturday accused the Centre of subverting the Constitution by dividing the erstwhile state into two Union territories and downgrading its status. The J&K Congress also claimed that the first year of Prime […]
New Delhi: The Indian Army on Sunday rejected a video, which emerged on the social media, purportedly showing clashes between Chinese and Indian troops in eastern Ladakh. “The contents of video being circulated are not authenticated. Attempt to link it with the situation on the Northern borders is mala fide,” the Army said in a […]
New Delhi: Over 40,000 bullet proof jackets and 170 armoured troop carriers have been sanctioned by the Union home ministry for the CRPF for use in counter-terrorist operations in the Kashmir valley and anti-Naxal offensives in various states, officials said. They said the central paramilitary force has also “re-fabricated” and armour-plated about 80 Maruti Gypsy […]
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that the poor and labourers have been hit the hardest by the coronavirus crisis and that their pain cannot be explained in words. In his monthly “Mann ki Baat” radio address, Modi said all classes of people have suffered during the pandemic but it is the […]
Dubai: Tens of thousands of mosques across Saudi Arabia reopened Sunday for the first time in more than two months, but worshipers have been ordered to follow strict guidelines to prevent the spread of the coronavirus as Islam’s holiest site in Mecca remained closed to the public. The Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, the third holiest […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has postponed the G7 Summit till September and expressed his desire to expand the “outdated” bloc to G10 or G11, including India and three other nations to the grouping of the world’s top economies. Trump has been over the weeks suggesting that there is “no greater example” of reopening amid […]
ISLAMABAD: The total coronavirus cases in Pakistan has increased to 69,474, while the death toll reached 1,483, according to figures released by the health ministry on Sunday. In the past 24 hours, 88 more fatalities and 3,039 new coronavirus cases were registered. Pakistan’s COVID-19 tally now stands at 69,474 cases and 1,483 deaths, the health […]