Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter Iltija has been issued a passport for a limited period of two years to allow her to study abroad despite an adverse report by the CID, officials said on Thursday. Iltija, 35, had moved the Jammu and Kashmir High Court in February for issuance of the passport for her […]
New Delhi: India has logged 5,335 fresh coronavirus cases, the highest in 195 days, while the active cases have increased to 25,587, according to Union health ministry data updated on Thursday. On September 23 last year, 5,383 cases were recorded in a single day. The death toll has increased to 5,30,929 with 13 deaths — […]
Srinagar: PDP leader Nayeem Akhtar on Thursday rubbished claims made by veteran politician Ghulam Nabi Azad on the formation of a PDP-Congress alliance in 2002, saying his statements did not add up to a “very credible presentation of facts”. Azad, a former Congress stalwart, has claimed in his new book — “Azaad: An Autobiography” — […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday slammed the practice of filing sealed cover reports in courts and said it violates both principles of natural justice and open justice. The top court suggested that public interest immunity proceedings should be adopted in cases where the government is hesitant to disclose the contents of its intelligence […]
New Delhi: Veteran politician Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said Rahul Gandhi is the primary reason why he and many others are not in the Congress today and claimed that one has to be “spineless” to remain in the grand old party. He further claimed that it is not in the hands of Congress Parliamentary […]
Salangpur (Guj): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken some tough decisions without any confusion and also maintained peace and tranquillity in the country while implementing them. Shah was referring to some of the big projects of religious and cultural significance including renovation of the Kashi Vishwanath temple […]
Bengaluru: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday came down heavily on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for making baseless allegations against Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Adani issue, and described him as a “repeat offender” in levelling such charges. “If Rahul Gandhi really thinks that Adani has been given all these things (undue favours), […]
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that India shares Japan’s vision for a free, open and rules-based Indo-Pacific and stressed that both the countries must continue to expand the scope of their bilateral cooperation. Singh conveyed this to Japan’s Vice Minister of Defence for International Affairs Oka Masami during a meeting. Oka […]
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday hit the pause button and decided to keep key benchmark policy rate at 6.5 per cent even as inflation is trending above its tolerance level. The rate hike has been paused after six consecutive rate increases aggregating to 250 basis points since May 2022. Announcing the bi-monthly […]
New Delhi: Union Food Secretary Sanjeev Chopra on Thursday said the government is hopeful of a record wheat production of 112.18 million tonne in 2022-23 crop year ending June despite inclement weather conditions in some parts of the country affecting grains quality. The government has projected a record wheat production at 112.18 million tonne in […]