KARGIL VIJAY DIWAS EVE: LAMPS LIT AT MEMORIAL, EPIC BATTLES RECALLED The epic battles of Tololing, Tiger Hill and others were recalled and 559 lamps lit in a tribute to the martyrs at the Kargil War Memorial in Drass area of Ladakh as events to mark the 22nd Kargil Vijay Diwas c
THE GAMES BEGIN At 8 pm sharp local time Friday, the lights dimmed and the fireworks went off. And the country obsessed with punctuality could finally begin the Olympic Games a year later than originally scheduled.
PHILIPPINES CONFIRMS LOCAL TRANSMISSION OF DELTA VARIANT MANILA — The Department of Health confirmed the local transmission of the highly contagious Delta variant of COVID-19. In a statement issued late Thursday, the DOH said that based on the phylogenetic analysis
PEGASUS STALLS PARLIAMENT AGAIN The Pegasus row continued to rock Parliament with Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday making a statement in the Rajya Sabha denouncing reports that the spyware could have been used to snoop on Opposition leaders, activists and others, a
SHASHI THAROOR: NO NEED FOR JPC INTO PEGASUS, IT PANEL WILL DO ITS DUTY Ruling out a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into alleged surveillance using the Pegasus spyware, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, who heads the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Techn
MONSOON SESSION DAY 2 ALSO DISRUPTED: OPP SEEKS SC JUDGE PROBE INTO PROJECT PEGASUS The row over an alleged surveillance operation using the Pegasus spyware rocked Parliament Tuesday as the Opposition and some parties friendly to the ruling coalition, seeking answers from the government, disr
CORNERED, GOVT TRASHES PEGASUS REPORT The report of the alleged use of spyware Pegasus to snoop on journalists, politicians and other personalities generated much political heat on Monday with the government dismissing the issue as “sensationalism” and the Opposition seeking the r
OPPOSITION PARTIES OBJECT TO PM’S JOINT ADDRESS ON COVID TO MPs AT PARLIAMENT ANNEXE Opposition parties on Sunday objected to the government’s offer for a joint address to all MPs by the prime minister on Covid at the Parliament annexe, saying this will be “highly irregular&
REGULATE CROWDS IN MARKETS, HOLD OFFICIALS LIABLE, CENTRE TELLS STATES Citing a rise in Covid-related R-factor (reproduction rate) in various parts of the country amid overcrowding, the Centre on Wednesday advised states and UTs to reimpose curbs on people’s movement and m
60% DISTS WITH HIGH POSITIVITY IN NORTHEAST, PM TO MEET CMs TODAY The Prime Minister will have a virtual meeting today with the Chief Ministers of the eight Northeastern states to discuss the Covid-19 situation in the region.
