NEW DELHI: Amid uncertainty over the AIFF elections scheduled for August 28, the returning officer on Sunday rejected the candidature of ValankaAlemao and Manvendra Singh for the president’s post after their respective seconders denied having signed any nomination paper. The filing of nomination papers for the election of AIFF’s executive committee under the aegis of […]
TOKYO: B Sai Praneeth failed to cross the opening hurdle after losing in three games but India registered twin wins in women’s and mixed doubles competition on the opening day of the BWF World Championships here on Monday. Praneeth, a 2019 bronze medallist, put up a brave effort before going down 15-21 21-15 15-21 to […]
New Delhi:India on Monday logged 9,531 fresh coronavirus infections that pushed its tally to 4,43,48,960, while the number of active cases came down to 97,648, according to Union Health ministry data. The toll due to COVID-19 climbed to 5,27,368 with 26 more fatalities, including 10 deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am […]
Srinagar: Dissatisfied with the clarification issued by the Jammu and Kashmir administration on issues related to revised electoral rolls, the National Conference said they will go ahead with their planned “all-party meeting’’ on Monday to discuss the matter. Parties like the NC and PDP claimed the administration has not addressed their main concern on whether […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir is now moving ahead to become one of the leading regions in sectors like IT, industries, tourism, women entrepreneurship and youth empowerment, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said here on Sunday. Addressing the 17th edition of the ‘Awaam Ki Awaaz’ programme, Sinha said ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ provides the perfect opportunity to […]
Srinagar: National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah Sunday criticised the Jammu and Kashmir administration over Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha’s comments on Mirwaiz Umar Farooq’s “house arrest”, claiming the LG says one thing and the police does something entirely different. Omar’s remarks came after journalists were not allowed to meet the Mirwaiz at his Nigeen residence […]
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday claimed she had been put under house arrest to stop her from visiting the family of Kashmiri Pandit Sunil Kumar Bhat who was shot dead by terrorists in Shopian recently. Taking to Twitter, Mufti posted pictures of the locked gates of her residence in Gupkar area here and […]
New Delhi: Questioning silence of Muslim organizations over barbarous attack on writer Salman Rushdie, the Indian Muslims for Secular Democracy (IMSD) has appealed to them to rethink their position on blasphemy that is a “form of politics which is doing Muslims more harm than good”. The statement by IMSD was endorsed by 60 eminent citizens, […]
Lucknow: An action plan is being prepared to garner funds for the construction of a mosque in Ayodhya’s Dhannipur village on five-acre land given to Muslims on the directions of the Supreme Court. The land was given to the Muslim side following the Supreme Court’s verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit. The Indo […]
Sao Paulo (Brazil): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that China has disregarded the border pacts with India, casting a shadow on the bilateral ties as he asserted that a lasting relationship cannot be a one-way street and there has to be mutual respect. Jaishankar, who arrived here on the first leg of his […]