New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload zoomed past58 lakh, while over 47 lakh people have recuperated from the disease, pushing the national recovery rate to 81.74 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The total coronavirus cases mounted to58,18,570 with 86,052 infections being reported in a day. The death toll climbed […]
New Delhi: India has made it clear to China that its soldiers will open fire to defend themselves, and Chinese tactics of “using mass” — or seeking to outnumber Indian soldiers, like in the 15 June Galwan Valley clash — will not be tolerated, top government sources said. With no signs of disengagement on the ground in Ladakh, […]
Line of Actual Control (LAC), with New Delhi on Thursday pressing for stability at the friction points in Ladakh sector. A meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination (WMCC) on border affairs is expected to be held before the seventh round of talks between military commanders, people familiar with developments said on condition of anonymity. The […]
The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is probing the Bengaluru violence case, arrested a “key conspirator” on Thursday for his alleged involvement in the attack on Kadugodanahalli (KG Halli) police stations on August 11. According to the NIA team camping in the city since it took over the investigation on Tuesday, they have arrested one Sayyed […]
Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Salman Khurshid, CPM leader Brinda Karat and Udit Raj were among politicians who gave provocative speeches during the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), alleged Delhi police in the charge sheet filed in connection with the February riots here. Police have referted to former Congress Councillor Ishrat Jahan and […]
A Delhi court Thursday sent former JNU student leader Umar Khalid, arrested under the stringent anti-terror law, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, in a case related to the communal violence in north east Delhi in February, to judicial custody till October 22. Khalid was present before Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat through video conferencing at the […]
New Delhi: As many as 43 bridges built in border areas of Ladakh, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir will be dedicated to the nation by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday, officials said. Most of the 43 bridges, including seven in Ladakh, are in strategically important areas and they […]
New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload raced past 57 lakh, while over 46 lakh people have recovered from the disease pushing the national recovery rate to 81.55 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 57,32,518 with 86,508 people testing positive in a day while the death […]
The Centre Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it had served a showcause notice to Sudarshan TV over its “UPSC Jihad” programme that claims to expose a “conspiracy to infiltrate Muslims in government service”. The Centre said the show prima facie violated programme code and Sudarshan TV has been asked to submit a reply by […]
Amidst demands for an NIA probe in the alleged Bollywood drug cartel, the government has empowered NIA to seize narcotics during its probe in cases under NDPS act. A notification issued by Ministry of Finance says, “In exercise of the power conferred by sub section (1) of section 53 of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic […]