‘Kashmiri youth need to be brought into mainstream’ New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday came to the aid of a young Kashmiri girl, pursuing MBBS from a college in Bangladesh, whose financial assistance was stopped as she took admission in another college, saying “we need to promote the youth of Jammu and Kashmir by […]
New Delhi: The government on Friday said there are no plans to restrict the entry of former bureaucrats and judges into Parliament and state legislatures. Law Minister Kiren Rijiju replied in the negative to a question in Lok Sabha on whether the government plans to bring in a law to restrict the representation of people […]
NEW DELHI: With 1,685 new COVID-19 cases being reported in a day, India’s total tally of infections has climbed to 4,30,16,372, while the count of active cases has declined to 21,530, according to the Union Health Ministry on Friday. The death toll due to the disease stands at 5,16,755 with 83 daily fatalities being reported, […]
NEW DELHI: Over one crore children in the age-group of 12-14 years have been administered the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Friday. The vaccination for this age group started on March 16 with Biological E’s intramuscular vaccine Corbevax, two doses of which are to be administered 28 days […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan National Assembly’s crucial session on a no-trust motion against embattled Prime Minister Imran Khan was adjourned on Friday without tabling of the resolution, amid vociferous protests from opposition lawmakers. National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser said that the session was adjourned till 4pm on March 28 due to the demise of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf lawmaker […]
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to the Centre to disclose accounts, activity and expenditure details of the PM-CARES Fund and make it open for audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG). A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and B R Gavai asked […]
JERUSALEM: Israel said Friday it would host the foreign ministers of the United Arab Emirates, Morocco and Bahrain during U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit early next week, in what would be the latest in a flurry of high-level meetings held across the Middle East. The three Arab countries normalized relations with Israel in […]
NEW DELHI: Opposition members from various parties in Lok Sabha on Friday walked out of proceedings over rising fuel prices, with a Congress MP questioning the need to hike price of petrol, diesel and cooking gas following a 137 days hiatus after polls in five states concluded. Gaurav Gogoi (Cong) raised the issue of rise […]
MUMBAI: From having Virat Kohli as part of the leadership group to learning from ‘captain cool’ MS Dhoni during his stint with CSK, Faf du Plessis is all excited to lead Royal Challengers Bangalore in the upcoming IPL. The former South African skipper, who was bought by the RCB for Rs 7 crore in the […]
MANAMA: A close 0-1 defeat against Bahrain in their previous match notwithstanding, India would look to dish out an improved show against higher-ranked Belarus in their second international football friendly here on Saturday. Six players could not accompany the team that left Mumbai on Monday due to visa issues but they reached here on the […]