Category: India News

India criticises China for new land border law

New Delhi, Oct 27:  India on Wednesday hit out at China for its “unilateral” decision to bring about a new land border law and said it is a matter of concern as the legislation can have implications on the existing bilateral pacts on border management and on the […]

India’s record rice crop brings problem of plenty for farmers juggling protest

MUNAK, India, Oct 26 – Farmers in India are gathering in the largest rice crop in history, which promises record exports, while making sure to keep up their longest-running protest, set to turn a year old next month. The sit-in against controversial agriculture reforms is taking place in […]

SC reserves judgement on issue of grant of reservation in promotion to SCs/STs

New Delhi, Oct 26:  The Supreme Court Tuesday reserved its judgement on the issue of the grant of reservation in promotion to the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) in government jobs. A three-judge bench headed by Justice Nageswara Rao heard all the parties in the matter […]

Nawab Malik claims Sameer Wankhede illegally tapping phones

Mumbai, Oct 26: Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik on Tuesday accused NCB official Sameer Wankhede of illegal phone tapping and announced that he will hand over a letter on the official’s misdeeds’ to the agency head. Sameer Wankhede through two persons in Mumbai and Thane is illegally intercepting the […]

No shortage of power in country, says R K Singh

New Delhi, Oct 25:  Power Minister R K Singh on Monday exuded confidence that there will be no power shortage in the country amid the ongoing low coal stocks at power plants and stressed on timely payments by distribution companies to the plants for electricity supplied to them. […]

Actor Ananya Panday appears before NCB for second day

Mumbai, Oct 22:  Bollywood actor Ananya Panday appeared before the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) here on Friday to record statement in connection with her alleged WhatsApp chats with Aryan Khan, son of superstar Shah Rukh Khan, arrested in a drugs case, sources said on Friday. This is for […]

PM misleading country on vaccinations: Congress

New Delhi, Oct 22: The Congress on Friday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing him of misleading the country on vaccinations when only 21 per cent of the country’s population was fully vaccinated. The opposition party asked the prime minister to bring out a white paper on […]

Many Indians unlikely to be fully vaccinated by year-end despite ample COVID shots

NEW DELHI, Oct 22 – Tens of millions of Indian adults are unlikely to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of 2021, despite ample supplies, due to an unusually large gap between the doses of the most widely-used vaccine and growing complacency as cases fall. The […]

PoK refugees observe October 22 as ‘black day’ in Jammu

Jammu, Oct 22:  Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) refugees on Friday observed October 22 as a “black day” here and paid tributes to members of Hindu and Sikh communities who were killed during the Pakistani invasion of Jammu and Kashmir in 1947. The community members said at least one-third […]

India’s top court: Protesting farmers can’t block roads indefinitely

NEW DELHI, Oct 21 – India’s Supreme Court said on Thursday farmers are entitled to protest against the government over three new agricultural laws but protesters cannot block a road indefinitely. For 11 months, tens of thousands of farmers have camped out on major highways around the capital […]

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