NEW DELHI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi has convened a meeting of party general secretaries and state in-charges on March 26 to discuss organisational elections, the party’s membership drive and the current political situation besides planning agitational programmes. Congress general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal will chair the meeting at the party headquarters and all general […]
Kabul: China’s foreign minister made a surprise stop on Thursday in Afghanistan’s capital to meet with the country’s new Taliban rulers — even as the international community fumes over the former insurgents’ broken promise to reopen schools to girls beyond the sixth grade. The official Bakhtar News Agency announced that Wang Yi will meet with […]
New Delhi: Condoling the death of former chief justice of India Ramesh Chandra Lahoti, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that he would be remembered for his contributions to the judiciary and emphasis on ensuring speedy justice to the underprivileged. Lahoti died at a hospital in the national capital on Wednesday evening. He was […]
NEW DELHI: Former India coach Ravi Shastri thinks Virat Kohli has taken a “smart decision” by giving up captaincy from all forms of cricket, paving the way to express himself better in the upcoming Indian Premier League. Shastri, who witnessed Kohli’s leadership from close quarters during his stint as India coach, however, also feels the […]
Kyiv,: Ukraine President Volodymr Zelenskyy called on people worldwide to gather in public Thursday to show support for his embattled country as he prepared to address US. President Joe Biden and other NATO leaders gathered in Brussels on the one-month anniversary of the Russian invasion. “Come to your squares, your streets. Make yourselves visible and […]
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: The Delhi Police on Wednesday clarified that it has not issued any direction against giving reservation in hotels to those furnishing identity cards from Jammu and Kashmir. The statement comes after a purported viral video on social media shows a man allegedly being denied reservation in hotel as he is from the union […]
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday asserted that justice, democracy and economic development were reaching everyone in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370 and an environment of normalcy was returning. The minister was replying to a discussion on the Budget 2022-23 for the Jammu and Kashmir (J-K) in Rajya Sabha. […]
New Delhi: Parliament on Wednesday approved the Rs 1.42-lakh-crore budget for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir for 2022-23, with Rajya Sabha returning the relevant bills to the Lok Sabha. The Lok Sabha had passed the bills on March 14. The upper House returned the bills — The Jammu and Kashmir Appropriation Bill, 2022, […]
New Delhi: After Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha addressed a Gulf countries investment summit in Srinagar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hailed “exemplary efforts” to draw more investment to the Union Territory and ensuring greater opportunities for the people. The PM was responding to a tweet by the office of J&K Lieutenant […]