US prosecutors have started negotiating a plea deal with Pakistani terrorist and 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four others currently lodged in the Guantánamo Bay detention camp, a move which could result in the commutation of their death sentence to life imprisonment, according to a media report. The New York Times’ report said that […]
Situation turns volatile as demonstrators demanding constitution of “Swarn Aayog” defy prohibitory orders, demolish barricades erected by police at Shoghi, pelt stones damaging vehicles, reach Tutikandi bifurcation and resort to Chakka jam, bringing vehicular traffic to a halt in Shimla. SP Shimla Sushil Thakur and other police personnel sustained injuries as the agitators pelted stones […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said India was much better placed to fight the Covid pandemic now with many Made in India vaccines and asked people to adhere to Covid-appropriate behaviour. Hailing the commencement of Covid inoculation drive for younger children, the PM noted with satisfaction the level of vaccine acceptance in India and […]
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday red flagged the “rising danger of social media abuse to hack Indian democracy” and urged the government to end the interference of social media giants in national electoral politics. Noting that this issue was beyond partisan politics and was important for all parties irrespective of who was in power, […]
Refusing to urgently list petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court verdict upholding the ban on hijab in educational institutes in the state, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would take up the matter after Holi vacation. The Karnataka High Court had on Tuesday upheld the ban on wearing hijab in educational institutes in the […]
Highlighting that the AAP had invited him for Bhagwant Mann’s swearing-in as Punjab’s chief minister, Congress leader Manish Tewari on Wednesday took a swipe at his own party saying he was not an invitee to former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi’s oath-taking ceremony. Tewari shared the invite for the swearing-in of Mann on Twitter, but […]
India restores 5-year e-tourist visa, suspended since March 2020, to nationals of 156 countries with immediate effect. Govt restores regular (paper) tourist visa with 5-year validity issued to nationals of all countries: Officials.*Long duration (10 years) regular tourist visa restored for USA, Japan nationals: Officials.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government over a plea seeking cancellation of bail granted to Ashish Mishra, son of union minister Ajay Mishra Teni, who had been arrested in connection with the death of four farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri district in October last year. Ashish Mishra had been […]
Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday took oath as Punjab chief minister at Khatkar Kalan in Nawanshahr. Governor Banwarilal Purohit administered the oath to the AAP leader at around 1.25 pm. AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Raghav Chadha and party MLAs were present on the occasion. Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann quoted Bhagat Singh after taking oath of […]
Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday left for Punjab to attend the swearing-in ceremony of chief minister-designate Bhagwant Mann. Elaborate arrangements have been made for Mann’s oath-taking ceremony at Khatkar Kalan – ancestral village of legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district.”It’s a big day for […]