SRINAGAR / NEW DELHI: Jammu & cashmere On Tuesday night he revoked the arrest of the former president of CM and the PDP Mehbooba Mufti after 14 months and eight days. However, he did not mention any reason for its release before the end of the three additional months for …
Read More »India’s border infrastructure cause of tension: China | India News
NEW DELHI: A day after the inauguration of 44 bridges built by the Border Roads Organization to facilitate the smooth movement of Indian armed forces, particularly along its northern borders, China on Tuesday described the development of border infrastructure of India, along with an enhanced military deployment, as the “Root …
Read More »#MeToo: Judge Hearing MJ Akbar Vs. Ramani Defamation Case Seeks Case Transfer | India News
NEW DELHI: After listening for two years, a court of Additional Metropolitan Chief Magistrate Tuesday asked the district judge to transfer the criminal complaint for defamation of former trade union minister MJ Akbar against journalist Priya Ramani to another judge on the basis that the court was appointed to hear …
Read More »India in third place in disaster ranking; global losses in $ 3 trillion | India News
NEW DELHI: India ranks third, after China and the US, for recording the highest number of natural disasters in the past 20 years (2000-2019). In a report published by the UN office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) on Tuesday, also celebrated as International DRR Day, global economic losses have been …
Read More »PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti Detained for Over a Year, Released | India News
SRINAGAR: PDP President and former Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti she was released Tuesday night when the Union Territory administration reversed the Public Safety Act charges against her, more than a year after she was detained following the repeal of the former state’s special status. The incident …
Read More »Covid-19 vaccine scheduled for early next year, possible from more than one source: Harsh Vardhan | India News
NEW DELHI: India is expected to have the Covid-19 vaccine early next year, and possibly from more than one source, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said Tuesday. He hoped to be able to provide doses of 40 to 50 crore to 20-25 crore of people in the country by next …
Read More »The cremation of the Hathras victim without the family’s consent violates human rights, notes HC India News
NEW DELHI: El Allahabad Supreme Court has arrested the government of Uttar Pradesh during the midnight cremation of the Hathras victim of gang rape without the consent of her family and said the action amounts to a “violation of human rights.” The high court also asked the Uttar Pradesh government …
Read More »Sharad Pawar writes to Prime Minister Modi, says “shocked” by Maharashtra Governor’s language in letter to Uddhav Thackeray | India News
NEW DELHI: Sharad, head of the CPN Pawar wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, expressing “shock” at the “intemperate language” used by Maharashtra Governor BS Koshyari in his letter to the Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. “Unfortunately, the letter from the Hon. Governor to the Chief Minister …
Read More »Don’t Recognize “Illegally Established” Ladakh UT: China | India News
NEW DELHI: Amid the ongoing military confrontation in LACQUER, China said on Tuesday that it does not recognize the Union Territory of Ladakh which has been established “illegally” by India. The remarks came a day after India inaugurated 44 key bridges in the border areas of Ladakh, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim. …
Read More »Captured with the doorbell camera: this is how economist Paul Milgrom had to be informed about the Nobel Prize | India News
NEW DELHI: Two economists Paul R Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson On Monday he won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Economics, but when the Nobel committee tried to reach out to the two winners with the good news, Milgrom could not be reached. Then his colleague Wilson, who is also …
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