INDIA, PAK AT AFGHAN MEET TODAY; NO BILATERAL TALKS ON CARDS SO FAR Foreign ministers of India and Pakistan will participate in a key meeting on Afghanistan, to be held in Dushanbe on Tuesday, along with about 30 countries and a dozen regional and international organisations
DESPITE PANGONG DE-ESCALATION, CHINA THREAT REMAINS: ARMY CHIEF Despite the de-escalation on Pangong Lake in Ladakh, the threat from China has not entirely dissipated, Army chief MM Naravane said Thursday as he stressed on the need to demarcate the Line of Actual Control. &
12 PARTIES STAND UNITED AS CENTRE PUSHES THROUGH DELHI BILL The controversial Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which seeks to make the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi equivalent to the Delhi government, was passed in Parliament Wednesday
2ND COVISHIELD DOSE 4-8 WEEKS AFTER FIRST, INSTEAD OF 4-6 WEEKS The central govt on Monday advised states to administer the second dose of Covishield at an interval of 4-8 weeks instead of the earlier bracket of four to six weeks.
NCP BACKS DESHMUKH, SAYS HE NEEDN’T QUIT After a daylong huddle and a late evening meeting that lasted nearly three hours at NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s residence yesterday, party’s Maharashtra chief Jayant Patil said Home Minister Anil Deshmukh won’t re
US DEFENCE SECY MEETS PM MODI US Secretary of Defence Lloyd J Austin, who arrived in New Delhi on Friday, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and conveyed Washington’s “strong desire” to further enhance the strategic partnership for peace, stability and prospe
MAHARASHTRA REPORTS 23K CASES, BUT THE SILVER LINING IS FEWER DEATHS Maharashtra on Wednesday reported this year’s record high of 23,179 Covid-19 cases, accounting for over 60 per cent of new cases diagnosed in India. This is close to the peak of 24,886 that the state
GOVT IN DELHI MEANS THE NOMINATED L-G: CENTRE BRINGS BILL IN LOK SABHA The Centre on Monday introduced a Bill in Lok Sabha to bring amendments to the Act that decides the roles of the elected government and the nominated Lieutenant Governor in Delhi. Delhi Deputy Ch
PARLIAMENTARY PANEL ENDORSES ONE POLL The government’s “one nation, one election” plan yesterday got a boost with the parliamentary standing committee on law and justice endorsing it, besides batting for common electoral rolls for the Lok Sabha, state and l
JAISHANKAR ON INDIA’S DEMOCARCY DOWNGRADE: ‘CUSTODIANS CAN’T STOMACH WE DON’T WANT THEIR APPROVAL’ Days after reports by two international organisations criticised India over freedom and democracy, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar slammed
