Indian-American Judge Amul Thapar is among the top names considered by US President Donald Trump to replace Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg, according to various media reports. Ginsburg died Friday at the age of 87. Trump, who on Saturday indicated that he wanted to act “without delay” in naming a replacement, …
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NEW DELHI: Amid determined resistance to the three agricultural-related bills by Congress and others, government administrators remained confident of the passage in the Rajya Sabha on Sunday of the troika of legislation aimed at liberalizing trade in agricultural products. On a day when BJP’s separate ally SAD, Congress, DMK, and …
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New Delhi: Delhi police said on Saturday they arrested a Chinese woman and her Nepalese partner, claiming they were paying freelance journalist Rajeev Sharma huge amounts of money for allegedly passing sensitive information to “Chinese intelligence.” “Special Cell arrested a freelance journalist, Rajeev Sharma, for passing confidential information to Chinese …
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Madhya Pradesh schools to partially reopen from September 21 | Photo Credit: Representative Image The Madhya Pradesh government has decided to partially reopen schools as of September 21. Public and private schools will function partially and students in classes 9 to 12 will be able to go to their respective …
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Provincial President of the National Conference, Devender Singh Rana, on Saturday called for a medical emergency declaration in Jammu in light of the increasing cases of Covid-19 and inadequate infrastructure facilities to address the crisis-like situation. “The general scene is quite bleak and there is no room for complacency. It …
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The bill was presented by Labor Minister Santosh Gangwar (Archive) New Delhi: Companies with no fewer than 300 workers will soon be able to hire and fire workers without seeking prior permission from the government, and the Labor Ministry will propose changes to the rules in a bill presented in …
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Railways to charge ‘user fee’ at nearly 1,000 stations, tickets may cost more New Delhi: Indian Railways plans to introduce “affordable” user fees at 700-1050 train stations across the country with large numbers of visitors to generate more revenue while providing better world-class facilities to passengers. At a press conference …
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India has allowed the export of onions in ports in transit to all countries, including Bangladesh, government sources said on Friday. In the Calcutta area, there are 20,089 metric tons of onion in the port, while in the Mumbai-II area, 4,576 metric tons of the product remain, the sources said. …
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Tribune News Service Chandigarh, September 18 With all the political parties in Punjab trying to prove that they are the most farmer-friendly, the farmers have rejected their offer to join their state riot. Since the beginning of this week, all the prominent farmers’ unions have been protesting against the three …
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