New Delhi: Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat on Wednesday asserted that any possible terrorist activity flowing out of Taliban-controlled Afghanistan and finding its way into India will be firmly dealt with, and suggested that the Quad nations should boost cooperation in the global war on terrorism. Gen Rawat said India was anticipating a […]
The Union home ministry on Wednesday announced that all Afghan nationals henceforth must travel to India only on e-Visa in view of the prevailing situation in Afghanistan. The decision comes days after the government introduced a new category of visa called “e-Emergency X-Misc visa” for the Afghan nationals after the Taliban captured power in that […]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed concern over inordinate delays in investigation and conclusion of trial in cases lodged by Enforcement Directorate and Central Bureau of Investigation against Members of Parliament and MLAs/MLCs. The Supreme Court also said the state governments have the power under law to withdraw “malicious” criminal cases and it is not […]
India logged 37,593 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases increased marginally to 3,22,327, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The total tally of COVID-19 cases increased to 3,25,12,366 and the number of deaths climbed to 4,35,758 with 648 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am. The active […]
India saw a single-day rise of 25,467 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest in 156 days, while active cases declined to 3,19,551, comprising 0.98 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Tuesday. The tally of COVID-19 cases has increased to 3,24,74,773, while the […]
The government has announced that it will brief political leaders inside Parliament about the developments taking place in war torn Afghanistan, following Taliban takeover of the country. The External Affairs Ministry has been directed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to brief the floor leaders of the political parties about developments in Afghanistan, said External Affairs […]
Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said coming together of different opposition political parties should bring in realization that they are fighting for the liberty of all people. Chidambaram’s remarks came a day after leaders of 19 opposition parties announced that they would organise joint protests across the country, from […]
Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said on Friday that the Modi regime is now entirely prepared to tackle the speculated resurgence of Covid-19 cases during the possible third wave. He also added that a provision of Rs 23,123 has been made for this purpose. According to him, special emphasis is being given to strengthening […]
In a setback to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the Calcutta High Court on Thursday ordered probe by the CBI into the incidents of violence, including murder and rape, allegedly perpetrated by supporters of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) targeting BJP sympathisers after the state Assembly election results were announced on May 2. A five-judge bench of […]
Daily cases of Covid-19 in India continued to decline although infections in Kerala surged past 20,000 again after three days of relatively low numbers. India has added 36,401 new COVID-19 infections, taking the total tally of cases to 3,23,22,258, while the death toll has climbed to 4,33,049 with 530 more fatalities, according to Union health […]