Jammu: A former legislator figured in the second list of 44 candidates released on Sunday by the BJP for the District Development Council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir. The list, which covered all 10 districts of the Jammu region, also included 14 women candidates, a party spokesperson said. The maiden DDC polls, along with […]
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) on Sunday claimed that the leaders of the opposition parties continue to be deprived of the requisite security cover even as the maiden District Development Council (DDC) elections are scheduled to start later this month. It also claimed that security categorisation of political and other vulnerable […]
Thiruvananthapuram: ‘Jail-made’ hawai chappal will soon be available in your next-door shop or marketin Kerala as a central prison here has started manufacturingthe rubber slippers now. After dishing out a variety of products, including delicious but cost-effective food items, and successfully venturing into organic farming and beauty parlour business to running a petrol pump, the […]
New Delhi: Gold imports, which have a bearing on the current account deficit, declined 47.42 per cent to USD 9.28 billion during April-October due to fall in demand in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data from the Commerce Ministry. Imports of the yellow metal stood at USD 17.64 billion in the corresponding […]
New Delhi: With an overhang of disputes choking investments in the oil and gas sector, the government is pushing for contractual wrangles being sent to an expert committee for time-bound resolution but the move has found few takers due to inherent conflict of interest in such a process, sources said. The government had in December […]
NEW DELHI: India has reported less than 50,000 new daily cases of Covid-19 for the eighth continuous day, a trend which assumes wider significance as many countries in Europe and America continue to see a surge in their daily numbers, the Union health ministry said on Sunday. A total of 41,100 persons were found to […]
NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel, who tested positive for Covid-19 a few weeks ago, has now been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of Medanta Hospital, Gurgaon for further treatment, his family said on Sunday. Patel, 71, had announced on Twitter on October 1 that he had contracted coronavirus. In a tweet on […]
PATNA: The NDA in Bihar unanimously elected Nitish Kumar as its leader in the state legislature on Sunday, paving the way for his return as the chief minister for the fourth consecutive term. Senior BJP leader and Union defence minister Rajnath Singh, who had flown down as an observer of the BJP, announced this after […]
LONDON: Normalcy from the Covid era can only be expected by next year’s winter as any Covid vaccine will take to show its effect and will not immediately reduce the number of infections, as per the co-developer of Pfizer’s vaccine, media reports said. A new Covid vaccine’s impact will work significantly over the summer and […]
Washington: Fervent supporters of President Donald Trump rallied in Washington on Saturday behind his spurious claim of a stolen election and swarmed his motorcade when he detoured for a drive-by on his way out of town. I just want to keep up his spirits and let him know we support him, one loyalist, Anthony Whittaker […]