TALIBAN AT KANDAHAR GATES, INDIA PULLS OUT NATIONALS FROM CONSULATE IN CITY With Taliban forces having advanced to within a few kilometres of Kandahar, India has evacuated Indian staff and personnel from its consulate in the southern Afghanistan city.
COVID TASK FORCE HEAD WARNS OF A FRESH VIRUS SPREAD With daily case detections still above 40,000 and reports and pictures of blatant violations of social distancing norms coming from tourist spots, the head of India’s pandemic task force has again warned that the second w
CHARGE BASELESS, WORLD KNOWS PAK’S RECORD ON TERROR: MEA Four days after Pakistan made serious allegations against India, terming the June 23 bomb blast near the home of Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed as “India-sponsored terrorism”, New Delhi broke its silenc
DELETE AND RESET: MODI’S BIG RESHUFFLE His govt’s image hit by a crisis of capacity and credibility during the second Covid wave, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday signalled a reset effecting the most sweeping change in his Council of Ministers since he took cha
GOVERNORS SHUFFLED; CABINET EXPANSION LIKELY TODAY The appointment of four new Governors and the transfer of four others Tuesday, has set the stage for the much-anticipated expansion of the Union Council of Ministers.
PM MODI OFFERS CO-WIN MODEL TO REST OF THE WORLD Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday offered India’s Co-WIN platform to the world for adaptation to local use. Speaking at the global Co-WIN conclave being attended by health and technology experts from abroad, Modi
PAK ACCUSES INDIA OF CARRYING OUT BLAST NEAR LET CHIEF HAFIZ SAEED’S HOME Pakistan on Sunday ended its four-month pause on accusations and attacks against New Delhi, describing the June 23 bomb blast near the home of Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed as “India-sponsor
VALLEY PARTIES OPEN TO DISCUSSIONS WITH DELIMITATION PANEL With the Delimitation Commission set to visit Jammu and Kashmir next week, key mainstream political parties in the Valley including the National Conference and the People’s Conference are likely to participate in t
SC DIRECTS NDMA TO PAY EX GRATIA TO KIN OF COVID VICTIMS The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to pay an ex-gratia compensation to the kin of those who died due to Covid, saying the authority is statutorily mandated to provide
ONE NATION, ONE RATION CARD’ MUST BY JULY 31: SUPREME COURT The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed states and UTs to implement the ‘one nation, one ration card’ (ONORC) scheme by July 31, while asking the Centre to provide dry ration for free distribution among
