New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday attacked opposition parties for creating a ‘false narrative’ around her budget of being pro-rich, saying from free foodgrains, gas to building roads and houses have been for the poor. Replying to the debate on Budget in the Rajya Sabha, Sitharaman said the Budget is the instrument for […]
Srinagar: Body of Basharat Ahmad Zargar, a resident of Soura Srinagar, who was working as civil engineer with a private company, at the Rishi Ganga power project in Uttarakhand, has been found. He had been missing after the glacier burst on Sunday morning and his body has now been recovered, the officials told GNS. […]
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge is likely to replace Ghulam Nabi Azad as the leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha and the party has written to the chairman of the Upper House of Parliament in this regard, sources said. The Congress has written to Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu for […]
New Delhi:The daily new COVID-19 cases fell below 10,000 for the third time this month taking India’s tally of cases to 1,08,80,603, while fresh fatalities were recorded below 100 for the seventh time in February, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday A total of 9,309 infections have been reported in a […]
Washington:US President Joe Biden in his maiden phone call with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping talked about the fundamental concerns he has with Beijing’s coercive and unfair economic practices, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Thursday, a day after the two-hour-long conversation between the two leaders. Biden wants to lead with a clear […]
Beijing:China has banned BBC World News from airing in China, one week after threatening to retaliate for the recent revocation of the British broadcasting license for China’s state-owned CGTN. The National Radio and Television Administration said in a statement dated midnight Friday that BBC World News coverage of China had violated requirements that news reporting […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asserted that the BJP does not believe in political untouchability and values consensus in politics, as he noted that his government has bestowed state honours on even the ruling party’s political rivals to acknowledge their service to the nation. Addressing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs at an […]
New Delhi: In a reference to the eastern Ladakh row, Chief of Army Staff Gen MM Naravane on Thursday said the situation along the northern frontier highlighted the nature of threats facing India in preserving its territorial integrity and sovereignty, noting that the “legacy challenges” have only grown in scale and intensity. He said while […]
Islamabad, Feb 11 (PTI) Pakistan on Thursday conducted a successful training launch of a surface-to-surface cruise missile which can strike targets up to 450 kilometres, the Army said, the country’s third missile test in three weeks. The Babar missile “is capable of engaging targets at land and sea with high precision, the Army said in a […]
New Delhi: Gold in the national capital gained marginally by Rs 36 to Rs 47,509 per 10 gram on Thursday in line with firm global prices, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal had closed at Rs 47,473 per 10 gram. Silver also jumped Rs 454 to Rs 69,030 per kg, […]