Srinagar: The country cannot be saved if hatred and violence-based politics is not stopped, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury said on Thursday while accusing the BJP of “raising only those issues which divide the people”. At a press conference, he referred to the film, ‘The Kashmir Files’, which has kicked up a political storm, and […]
New Delhi: The government has not found it possible to change the existing provisions regarding the number of attempts and age-limit in respect of the civil services examination (CSE); the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday. Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said that with regard to the requests received from candidates on granting […]
New Delhi: The phone of Syed Faisal, a 30-year-old from Srinagar, hasn’t stopped buzzing since a video of him being denied accommodation at a Delhi hotel went viral. He said the incident has left him disturbed. As the clip went viral on social media, hospitality firm OYO took off from its platform the hotel located […]
Islamabad: The OIC Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir said on Wednesday that lasting peace in South Asia cannot be achieved without a settlement of the Kashmir issue. The group met on the sidelines of the 48th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Islamabad and was […]
New Delhi: India on Thursday said references made to it at a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Islamabad were based on “falsehoods and misrepresentation”. The strong reaction by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) came a day after the OIC at its foreign ministerial meeting in Pakistan criticised India for its […]
NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday rejected as uncalled for Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s comments referring to Jammu and Kashmir at a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Islamabad, amid contacts between the two sides over a possible visit by him to New Delhi this week. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) […]
NEW DELHI: With 1,938 coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s total tally of cases rose to 4,30,14,687, while the active cases further declined to 22,427, according to Union health ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll has climbed to 5,16,672 with 67 daily fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The […]
NEW DELHI: Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, alleging that he does not care about people, workers or COVID-19 patients. He cited news reports that claimed that India saw an increased number of suicides due to an economic upheaval over the last two years and that Covid […]
NEW DELHI: A demand for holding simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha, state assemblies and municipal bodies to avoid draining of national resources was made in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. Raising the issue through a zero-hour mention, D P Vats (BJP) said the country “is in permanent election mode” with some or the other […]
United Nations: India, along with 12 other UN Security Council members, abstained on a resolution by Russia on the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. The draft resolution by Russia was co-sponsored by Syria, North Korea and Belarus. It failed to get adopted in the Council on Wednesday as it did not get the required nine yes […]