NEW DELHI: With 11,919 fresh cases, India’s COVID-19 tally has climbed to 3,44,78,517, while the number of active cases has gone up to 1,28,762, the Union health ministry said on Thursday. The death toll due to the viral disease has shot up to 4,64,623 with 470 more fatalities, according to the ministry’s data updated at […]
Islamabad: Sex offenders convicted of multiple rapes in Pakistan could face chemical castration after Parliament passed a new legislation that aims to speed up convictions and impose tougher sentences. The Bill is a response to a public outcry against a recent spike in incidents of rape of women and children in the country and growing […]
SHIMLA: In an apparent dig at opposition parties ahead of the Winter Session of Parliament, Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday said Parliament is meant for discussion and not for dancing and tearing papers. He also suggested that 75 topics of national and human interests should be selected for discussion in Parliament to mark 75 […]
New Delhi: The air quality in the national capital remained in the ‘very poor’ category with the air quality index (AQI) clocking the value of 344 at 8 am on Thursday, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed. Though it remained in the ‘very poor’ category, the AQI improved marginally at 344 on Thursday […]
NEW DELHI: Of the more than 1.59 lakh applications filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act in the last eight years, 11,376 were filed by women and the rest by men, according to the personnel ministry’s data. Replying to an RTI query, the ministry said a total of 1,59,107 applications were filed under the […]
NEW DELHI: The Congress accused the BJP-led government on Thursday of compromising national security and India’s territorial integrity, and questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s silence on new Chinese villages coming up near the Dokalam plateau. Congress spokesperson Gourav Vallabh said latest satellite images show that China has built four villages in Bhutan, next to Dokalam, […]
NEW DELHI: India is investing in developing indigenous capabilities in 5G and 6G telecom technologies besides focusing on manufacturing semi-conductors, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday. In a virtual address at the Sydney Dialogue, the prime minister said the “greatest product” of technology today is data and that India has created a robust framework […]
Srinagar: The families of Altaf Bhat and Mudasir Gul, civilians who were killed on Monday in an encounter between militants and government forces in Hyderpora, protested at Srinagar’s press enclave on Wednesday to assert the innocence of the slain men and demand justice for their “killing in cold blood”. Both families continued to demand that […]
Srinagar: Peoples Conference President Sajad Gani Lone Wednesday appealed to the Prime Minister for his personal intervention in ensuring that justice is delivered to the families of Altaf Bhat and Dr Mudasir Gul killed in Hyderpora encounter. “There are two versions of reality. The first was that there were no terrorists and those who have […]
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday sought the intervention of Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha in handing over the bodies of two civilians killed in the Hyderpora encounter. The bodies were buried by police in Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district to “avoid any law and order problems”. In […]