SHARM EL SHEIKH (Egypt): The UN COP27 climate summit in Egypt drew praise Sunday for the creation of a “loss and damage” fund to help vulnerable countries cope with the destructive impacts of global warming. But there was also anger over a failure to push further ambition on cutting emissions in order to keep alive […]
PARIS: Activists on Sunday expressed alarm that Iran was implementing a major crackdown in a Kurdish-populated town that has seen intense anti-regime protests in the last few days. Reinforcements of the security forces were sent to the city of Mahabad in western Iran, rights groups said, while images and audio files of heavy gunfire and […]
New Delhi/ Silchar: Sarbananda Sonowal, Cabinet Minister, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways & Ministry of Ayush, Government of India inaugurated the Regional Research Institute of Unani Medicine (RRIUM), Silchar at Veterinary Bazar, Ghungoor, Silchar, Assam today. Parimal Suklabaidya, Minister of Transport, Fisheries and Excise, Government of Assam, Dr. Rajdeep Roy, Hon’ble Member of Parliament, […]
Chandigarh: Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday accused the BJP-JJP government of pushing Haryana into a debt trap with its “wrong economic policies”. He alleged that during the eight-year rule of the BJP-JJP combine no medical college, national or international level institute, new railway or metro line, and big industry or project came up […]
Patna: A winged visitor, a rare white-rumped vulture, from Nepal which went missing some ten months ago, was found by Bihar’s bird ringing station officials at Darbhanga after it went off the radar despite being radio tagged. The bird, belonging to a critically endangered species, was last sighted in the Himalayan nation’s Tanahun district, and […]
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday urged people not to vote for those in the upcoming municipal polls who want to stop the development and welfare work in the national capital. Addressing a public meeting in Paharganj here, he said though his government improved schools and hospitals, it could not do much […]
Srinagar: Police on Saturday conducted massive searches at 12 locations including journalists in connection with threatening of journalists by militant outfit The Resistance Front, officials said. The searches were conducted in Srinagar, Anantnag and Kulgam districts of the Valley. The premises where the searches were conducted included residences of several journalists as well as some […]
‘No Money for Terror’ Conference New Delhi: Asserting that no country can defeat terrorism alone, Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the international community must continue to fight shoulder to shoulder against this increasingly complex and borderless threat. Addressing the concluding function of 3rd ‘No Money for Terror’ Ministerial Conference on Counter-Terrorism Financing, he […]
Says NC to pull out J&K from its troubles Jammu: Having already announced his decision to step down as president of National Conference, former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said he will be contesting the next assembly elections. Abdullah, who on Friday had announced he will be relinquishing the presidency of NC next month, […]
Mumbai: Gautam Navlakha, an accused in Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, is likely to walk out of the Taloja prison in Navi Mumbai on Saturday, as a special court here issued a release memo to facilitate his month-long house arrest. The special court hearing cases related to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) issued the release memo […]