NEW DELHI: Two Samajwadi Party (SP) leaders have been served summons in connection with the edited video speech of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. SP candidate from Ambedkar Nagar, Lalji Varma, has been served notice and was even subjected to initial questioning. “This is a clear attempt to prevent me from filing nomination and contesting […]
NEW DELHI: Charges have been framed against three killers of slain gangster Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf in the Court of Additional Sessions Judge. Three accused, who are presently lodged in Chitrakoot jail, appeared through video conferencing before the court. After framing of charges, Additional Sessions Judge Dinesh Gautam fixed May 2 for recording […]
SHIMLA: Denying accusations of BJP’s role, former Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur on Tuesday blamed mistakes and failure for the impending downfall of Congress government in Himachal Pradesh. He said this while addressing the ‘Panna Pramukh’ conference at Kansa Maidan in Balh Assembly Constituency of Mandi district on Tuesday. Thakur said […]
RAMALLAH: The Palestinian presidency has said that Israel would not dare to continue its assault in Gaza without US support. Palestinian Presidency spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeineh made the remarks in response to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statements earlier on Tuesday that an invasion of Rafah is imminent, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. […]
TEL AVIV: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was meeting with Israeli leaders on Wednesday in his push for a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, saying “the time is now” for an agreement that would free hostages and bring a pause in the nearly seven months of war in Gaza. He said Hamas would […]
Benefits of the Covid-19 vaccine far outweigh the risks of extremely rare potential side effects, pharma giant AstraZeneca said on Tuesday. The company’s response, in a statement to IANS, comes amidst furore over the company admitting in UK court documents that its vaccine against Covid-19, developed in partnership with Oxford University, can raise the risk […]
LONDON: The UK government has welcomed a “significant fall” in the number of dependents, or close family members such as a spouse and children, accompanying overseas students after its crackdown on student visas effective from early this year. In an update issued on Tuesday for the period of January to March this year compared to […]
Srinagar: The Election Commission of India on Tuesday revised date of polling for -Anantnag-Rajouri parliamentary constituency from May 7 to May 25. The poll conducting body had issued the Notification for the constituency in 3rd Phase on April 12 and the Poll Day was scheduled on May 7. “Various representations have been received from different […]
New Delhi: A voter turnout of 66.14 per cent was recorded in phase one and 66.71 per cent in phase two of the ongoing Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission said on Tuesday. On Tuesday, the Congress, CPI-M and TMC questioned the EC over the delay in announcing the final voter turnout figures for the […]
Srinagar: In a sigh of relief for people, especially those living in low-lying areas, the chances of flood ebbed with river Jhelum showing a declining trend on Tuesday. Having breached ‘alarm mark’ of 18-ft in Ram Munshi Bagh gauge here this morning, the water level in Jhelum in the Srinagar was flowing at 17.49ft at […]