The Supreme Court on Monday deferred the hearing on SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia’s petition seeking quashing of cases registered against him by the Punjab Police under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. A Bench led by Justice DY Chandrachud posted the matter for hearing on April 21 after senior advocate V Giri, […]
Soon after he was elected as Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif in his inaugural speech on Monday raised the issue of abrogation of Article 370 in Kashmir and alleged that the people in the Valley were “bleeding” and Pakistan will provide them with “diplomatic and moral support” besides raising the matter at every international fora. […]
PM Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden hold virtual meeting ahead of ‘2+2’ ministerial dialogue. We share strong and growing major defence partnership: President Joe Biden in virtual meeting with PM Modi.“As world’s two largest and oldest democracies, we are natural partners,” said PM Modi.Our talks today are taking place at a time when […]
Shehbaz Sharif — the 70-year-old brother of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and the leader of opposition PML-N — has been elected unopposed as the next Prime Minister of Pakistan, succeeding Imran Khan, who was removed by a no-trust vote on Saturday. Ahead of the election of the new Prime Minister, Imran Khan resigned as […]
As the wheat arrivals surge in most parts of the state, the Procurement Agencies have also stepped up their efforts to ensure that Mandi operations are executed with greater efficiency. Disclosing this today a spokesperson of the government said that the total purchase of wheat by the government agencies, as on 10th April, has broken […]
Days after Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s office’s Twitter account was hacked, the state government’s official handle was targeted on Monday morning. A series of random posts could be seen on the feed. The account was restored later. Shortly before, the Punjab Congress’s Twitter handle had also put out multiple posts, tagging random users, […]
Despite a sustained decline in daily coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases across the country, Delhi, Haryana and Gujarat showed a significant increase in new infections over the last week. Delhi recorded 943 fresh Covid cases, a 26 per cent increase from the previous week, while neighbouring Haryana witnessed a nearly 50 per cent rise with 514 […]
Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge was examined on Monday in the National Herald corruption case by the Enforcement Directorate, sources said. The 79-year-old leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha,a relentless BJP critic, was summoned to appear before the officials. His statement will be recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) as the agency […]
The Centre on Monday said the Supreme Court, in an order dated March 24, had fixed timelines to file the claims for the compensation of Covid-19 deaths. For deaths that occurred prior to March 20, the claims have to be filed within 60 days, while for any future deaths, 90 days’ time has been given […]
The names of six key aides of ousted prime minister Imran Khan have been put on a stop list by Pakistan’s top investigation agency to prevent them from leaving the country, according to a media report on Monday. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) placed the names of the six on the ‘stop list’ on Sunday […]