New Delhi: The ban imposed on Islamic Research Foundation (IRF), set up by Zakir Naik who was accused of inspiring Muslim youths in India and abroad to commit terror acts, has been extended by the Centre by five years. Naik, who was born in Mumbai but fled India in the wake of the 2016 Dhaka […]
New Delhi: The Kartarpur Sahib corridor to the most revered shrines of Sikhs located in Pakistan will be reopened from Wednesday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced on Tuesday. The corridor links Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan, the final resting place of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev, to Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Punjab’s Gurdaspur […]
WASHINGTON: The US has expressed its “concern” over the delivery of S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile defence systems from Russia to India but it remains undecided on how to deal with the transaction, a senior Pentagon official said. The S-400 is known as Russia’s most advanced long-range surface-to-air missile defence Though there is no official comment […]
NEW DELHI: India logged 8,865 new coronavirus infections, the lowest in 287 days, taking the country’s total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,44,56,401, while the active cases settled at 1,30,793, the lowest in 525 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll climbed to 4,63,852 with 197 fresh fatalities, […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said data is information and it will dictate history in the future as he exhorted for strong and scientific audits to make systems strong and transparent. Speaking at the Audit Diwas event of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), he said in the past information […]
NEW DEHLI: Ghaziabad Bhartiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait said on Tuesday farmers or stubble burning should not be blamed for air pollution, citing a Supreme Court observation. The Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) national spokesperson, who has been one of the most prominent faces of the protests at Delhi borders against the Centre’s farm laws, […]
NEW DELHI: On National Press Day, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attacked the government Tuesday, saying when there is punishment for speaking the truth, it is clear that “falsehood is in power”. National Press Day is observed annually on November 16 to honour the establishment of the Press Council of India (PCI). “When there’s punishment for […]
SULTANPUR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday landed on the Purvanchal Expressway airstrip in an IAF C-130 Hercules plane to inaugurate the highway in Uttar Pradesh. Governor Anandiben Patel and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath received the prime minister at the airstrip. The 3.2-km airstrip has been constructed on the expressway to facilitate emergency landing of […]
Washington: The US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a ‘Level One’ Covid notice for Americans travelling to India, saying the risk of contracting the infection and developing severe symptoms may be lower if one is fully vaccinated. The travel health notice has also been issued for Pakistan. However, the US State […]
Beijing/Washington: Striking a tough posture at the much-awaited virtual summit with his US counterpart Joe Biden on Tuesday, President Xi Jinping said that China will “certainly defend” its sovereignty and security interests as he warned that whoever plays with fire over Taiwan will “get burnt”. In a lengthy speech touching a host of issues at […]