New Delhi: Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat on Tuesday visited a number of forward locations along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China around the Himachal Pradesh sector to take stock of India’s military preparedness in the sensitive region. In his interactions with troops, Gen Rawat exhorted them to remain steadfast in […]
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday asked Kashmiri separatist leader Shabbir Shah, arrested in a money laundering case, whether he has faith in the country’s judicial system and its Constitution. Special Judge Dharmender Rana put the queries to Shah’s lawyer during the hearing of his bail application. Ask your client if he has faith […]
Beijing: Two doses of the China-made COVID-19 vaccine, CoronaVac, are safe and produce a strong antibody response among children and adolescents aged 3-17 years, according to a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal. The phase 1/2 trial on 550 young people found that over 96 per cent of children and adolescents who received […]
She had approached HC for protection against harassment by family Srinagar: One of the four Sikh women alleged to have been converted to Islam by force had approached the High Court seeking protection from any coercive action by her family and the police, saying she changed her religion and married a Muslim man willingly. Viran […]
New Delhi: A delegation of Sikhs met Union minister G Kishan Reddy Tuesday and apprised him about the alleged forced conversion and marriage of girls from the community in Jammu and Kashmir. The delegation, including Delhi’s BJP leader R P Singh, submitted a memorandum to Reddy who assured them that necessary action will be taken. […]
Srinagar: A Sikh woman, who was restored to her family from her alleged kidnapper amid allegations of forced conversion, was Tuesday married off to a man from the Sikh community. “The girl was married to Sukhbir Singh today. They knew each other and there was no coercion or force used (against the girl), Shiromani Akali […]
New Delhi: The single-day rise in fresh cases was recorded below 40,000 after 102 days, bringing the Covid infection tally to 3,03,16,897, while the daily fatalities remained below 1,000 for the second consecutive day, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. India saw 37,566 new cases being reported in a day, while […]
New Delhi: Facebook and Google officials here on Tuesday deposed before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology on the issue of misuse of social media platforms. The panel chaired by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor had asked the officials of the social media sites to appear in-person on the issue. While from Facebook its country […]
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed states and Union Territories to implement the ‘one nation, one ration card’ scheme by July 31, while asking the Centre to provide dry ration for free distribution among migrant workers till the COVID-19 situation continues. A bench of justices Ashok Bhushan and M R Shah issued a […]
WASHINGTON: The US has announced an additional USD 41 million assistance to help India respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and strengthen the country’s preparedness for the future health emergencies, taking the total aid to more than USD 200 million. In April and May, India struggled with the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic with more […]