New Delhi: The country’s ‘annadatas’ have made “arrogance bow its head” through ‘satyagraha’, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Friday and described the Centre’s decision to repeal the farm laws as a “victory against injustice”. His remarks came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an address to the nation this morning, announced that the […]
New Delhi:The Bharatiyan Kisan Union’s (BKU) Ugrahan faction on Friday welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement to repeal the three contentious farm laws. In his address to the nation on the occasion of Guru Nanak Jayanti, Modi said the three farm laws will be repealed in the coming Winter session […]
New Delhi:Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced that the government has decided to repeal the three farm laws, which were at the centre of protests by farmers for the past year. Addressing the nation on the occasion of Guru Nanak Jayanti, the prime minister said the three laws […]
Singapore: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday that India and China are going through a “particularly bad patch” in their ties because Beijing has taken a set of actions in violation of agreements for which it still don’t have a “credible explanation” and it is for the Chinese leadership to answer where […]
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Thursday called for shutdown on Friday in protest against the killing of civilians in Hyderpora encounter on November 15. “In solidarity with the devastated families of the slain civilians and their demand that the dead bodies of their loved ones be returned to them for burial, […]
Leh: Ladakh has recorded 23 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 21,252 while the number of active cases in the union territory has gone up to 206, officials said on Thursday. Ladakh has registered 211 Covid-related deaths — 153 in Leh and 58 in Kargil — since the outbreak of the pandemic last year. […]
New Delhi: India and China on Thursday agreed to hold the next round of military talks at an early date to achieve the objective of complete disengagement in remaining friction points in eastern Ladakh. At a virtual meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination (WMCC) on border affairs, the two sides had “candid […]
NEW DELHI: India exported more than 65 million doses of Covid vaccines to nearly 100 countries this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday, asserting that the global trust earned by the Indian healthcare sector has led to the country being called the “pharmacy of the world”. Speaking after inaugurating the first global innovation […]
NEW DELHI: With 11,919 fresh cases, India’s COVID-19 tally has climbed to 3,44,78,517, while the number of active cases has gone up to 1,28,762, the Union health ministry said on Thursday. The death toll due to the viral disease has shot up to 4,64,623 with 470 more fatalities, according to the ministry’s data updated at […]
Islamabad: Sex offenders convicted of multiple rapes in Pakistan could face chemical castration after Parliament passed a new legislation that aims to speed up convictions and impose tougher sentences. The Bill is a response to a public outcry against a recent spike in incidents of rape of women and children in the country and growing […]