SRINAGAR: Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA), has strongly rebutted the news item circulated in a section of media regarding distribution of inadequate quantity of rice by some FPS dealers and quality not being up to mark, in certain areas, among the ration-card holders. Taking strong note of the news, the concerned […]
Srinagar: With the approval of Covaxin for children, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Saturday said the vaccine will pave way for reopening of schools. “Vaccination will play an important role in getting children back to classrooms,” said DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. He said prolonged closure of schools due to Covid-19 […]
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Saturday claimed that India is no longer regarded as a democracy and has earned the label of an “electoral autocracy”, as it called upon all democratic parties to join hands in resolutely opposing the Modi government. In a resolution on the political situation in the country, the Congress Working Committee […]
NEW DELHI: India recorded 15,981 COVID-19 cases in a day, taking the infection tally to 3,40,53,573 while 166 more fatalities pushed the death toll to 4,51,980, according to the Union Health Ministry’s data on Saturday. The number of active Covid cases has declined to 2,01,632, the lowest in 218 days. The national recovery rate was […]
PUNE: Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday said the Union government should handle the ongoing agitation against new farm laws with sensitivity, keeping in mind that majority of protesters are from Punjab, a border state. The country has paid the price of upsetting Punjab in the past, he said, referring to former prime […]
NEW DELHI: Election of the new Congress president will be held between August 21 and September 20 next year, the party announced on Saturday after the crucial meeting of its working committee which approved the schedule for organisational polls at various levels. After a nearly five-hour-long meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), Congress general […]
NEW DELHI: Mere delay in recording the statements of eyewitnesses cannot result in rejection of their testimonies, the Supreme Court has said while dismissing an appeal by four people challenging their conviction in a murder case. A bench headed by Justice U U Lalit said the material on record definitely establishes the fear created by […]
ORANGS: Bill Clinton is doing fine and will be released soon from a Southern California hospital where he’s being treated for an infection, President Joe Biden said. Biden said Friday during remarks at the University of Connecticut that he had spoken to Clinton and the former president “sends his best.” “He’s doing fine; he really […]
KABUL: Taliban authorities pledged to step up security at Shiite mosques after the second Islamic State attack in a week on worshippers killed more than 40 people in the Afghan city of Kandahar on Friday. The hardline Sunni group Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack on the Fatima mosque in Kandahar which saw a […]
India will cross the landmark of 100-crore Covid-19 vaccine doses next week, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Saturday as a Covid-anthem penned by singer Kailash Kher was released to dispel myths and shed vaccine hesitancy. Till this evening, as many as “97.23 crore have been administered the first dose of Covid vaccine in the […]