Vatican City: Pope Francis has denounced Russia’s repugnant war against Ukraine as cruel and sacrilegious inhumanity. In some of his strongest words yet since Russia’s invasion on February 24, Francis on Sunday told thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square that every day brings more atrocities in what is a senseless massacre. “There is no […]
Bratislava: Slovakia’s Defense Minister Jaroslav Nad says the first multinational NATO units with the Patriot air defense systems have been moving to his country. Nad said on Sunday the transfers will continue in the next days. Germany and the Netherlands have agreed to send their troops armed with the Patriots to Slovakia. The troops are […]
BEIJING: The US’ Indo-Pacific strategy is as “dangerous” as NATO’s eastward expansion in Europe resulting in Russia’s military offensive against Ukraine, a senior Chinese diplomat has said. “With the disintegration of the Soviet Union, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) should have been consigned to history alongside the Warsaw Pact,” China’s Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng […]
Islamabad: Pakistan’s National Assembly will convene on Friday to take up a no-trust motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan, who offered a deal to his dissent lawmakers on Sunday in an effort to overcome his toughest political test since assuming office in 2018. Around 100 lawmakers from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples’ […]
CHANDIGARH: AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday told the newly-appointed ministers in Punjab in no uncertain terms to perform or be ready to be replaced and said those unhappy with missing out on ministerial berth need to leave behind personal ambitions for the state’s progress. While he will be there “like an elder brother […]
New Delhi: The Income Tax department has detected “undisclosed” income of more than Rs 224 crore after it recently raided Maharashtra-based unicorn start-up Infra.Market, officials said on Sunday. The searches were launched on March 9 at the firm’s 23 premises in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. The CBDT said the group, […]
New Delhi: The price of diesel sold to bulk users has been hiked by about Rs 25 per litre in line with a near 40 per cent rise in international oil prices, but retail rates at petrol pumps remain unchanged, sources said. Petrol pump sales have jumped by a fifth this month after bulk users […]
New Delhi: The Income Tax department is working to improve the “abysmally poor” tax literacy in the country so that the number of tax paying people and entities can be increased leading to enhanced collections, CBDT Chairman J B Mohapatra has said. He said the direct tax establishment — the government authority that primarily collects […]
MUMBAI: Having bought a lot of new faces at the Indian Premier League (IPL) mega auction this year, Delhi Capitals’ head coach Ricky Ponting stressed that the players who have been retained by the franchise now have a responsibility to guide the youngsters in the team. The Capitals had retained four players — skipper Rishabh […]
Islamabad: Pakistan’s National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser on Sunday announced to convene the assembly session on March 25 to take up a no-trust motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan. Around 100 lawmakers from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) submitted the no-confidence motion before the National Assembly Secretariat on March 8, […]