Himachal’s Hamirpur district mandates Covid test
Hamirpur (HP), January 8 (UNI) The health department authorities of the district have issued orders for mandatory Covid test of people visiting the hospitals to get checkup for any ailment.
This order has been issued in the wake of spurt…
CM Stalin writes to EAM on fishermen release
Chennai, Jan 8 (UNI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin today urged External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar to take steps through diplomatic channels to secure the release of 56 fishermen and their 75 boats from
Sri Lankan custody.…
Eastern Ladakh: 14th India China talks on Jan 12
New Delhi, Jan 7 (UNI) India and China are likely to hold the 14th round of Corps Commander Level dialogue to resolve the remaining areas of friction in Eastern Ladakh on January 12, 2022, sources said.
The focus of the Indian side would…
MHA team begins probe in PM’s security breach
Chandigarh/New Delhi, Jan 7 (UNI) A committee formed by the Union Home Ministry to investigate the security breach during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Punjab visit, reached the spot of the incident on Friday and inspected the location and…
BJP stages protests against PM’s security lapse, slams Congress
New Delhi, Jan 7 (UNI) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday staged protests in Delhi against the breach in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's security in Punjab.
MPs of the party held a protest in the Parliament House near the Gandhi…
Delhi Court grants bail to Apoorva on husband Rohit Tiwari murder case
New Delhi, Jan 7 (UNI) A Delhi Court on Friday granted bail to Apoorva Shukla Tiwari, arrested in connection with the alleged murder of her husband Rohit Shekhar Tiwari, the son of former Uttarakhand chief minister N D Tiwari.
Mehmood…
Supreme Court takes control of investigation in PM’s security lapse
SC Bench led by Chief Justice passes strong strictures on PM's security breach
Kazakhstan: suspended Flights to resume from today
Nur-Sultan, Jan 8 (Sputnik) Kazakhstan is going to resume flights via the international airport of Aktau starting from January 8, a correspondent of Sputnik Kazakhstan reported, citing the authorities of the Mangystau Region.
The flights,…
A ‘rocky few weeks ahead’ for UK hospitals
London, Jan 7 (UNI/Xinhua) British Health Secretary Sajid Javid said Friday that there will be a "rocky few weeks ahead" for the National Health Service (NHS) as COVID cases continue to soar in the country.
Speaking during a visit to a…
Pelosi invites Biden to deliver State of the Union address on March 1
Washington, Jan 7: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday invited President Joe Biden to deliver his first State of the Union address on March 1.
"Indeed, this past year has been historic: with the life-saving American Rescue Plan,…
Pak set to get its first woman SC judge
Islamabad, Jan 6 (UNI) Pakistan on Thursday approved the elevation of Lahore High Court Justice Ayesha A Malik to the Supreme Court, paving way for her to become the country's first female apex court judge.
Chief Justice of the country…
US, Japan to collaborate on developing hypersonic missile defenses
Washington, Jan 7 (UNI/Sputnik) The United States and Japan will soon sign an agreement that will enable bilateral cooperation on developing defenses against hypersonic missiles and on new space-based capabilities, US Secretary of State…
Central team reaches PM’s security breach site in Punjab
New Delhi/Chandigarh, Jan 7 (UNI) A committee formed by the Union Home Ministry to investigate the security lapse during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's trip to Punjab on Friday visited the spot where Modi's motorcade got stuck.
The Home…
Mah: Hoax call to blow up Shivaji Terminus
Mumbai Jan 7: A hoax call threatening to blow up Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) railway station in south Mumbai and Kurla railway station in city suburb was received on Friday sending the police into a tizzy, with searches being…
Russian troops arrive in Kazakhstan
Nur-Sultan, Jan 7 (UNI) Russian forces arrived in Kazakhstan at the request of the country's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, to help him quell anti-government protests, here on Friday. Officials have said that there have been casualties…
Sinister Attacks on Indian Democracy
The Blockade of Prime Minister Modi's route by 'unknown agitators' in Punjab on January 05 is a very sinister attack on Indian democracy. Every political leader or a political party has a right to reach out to Indian citizens at any…
SAD principally opposed to imposition of President’s rule: Sukhbir Badal
Khadoor Sahib, Jan 6: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday said the SAD was opposed to any move to impose President’s rule in Punjab and that Punjabis would deal with the corrupt and inefficient Congress…
Bihar shuts schools, colleges, coaching institutes till Jan 21
Patna, Jan 6 (UNI) The daily rise in the number of positive cases of Novel Coronavirus prompted the Bihar government on Thursday to order closure of all schools, colleges and coaching institutes till January 21.
The decision was…
Pak still playing games on India’s 50,000 MT wheat aid to Afghanistan
New Delhi, Jan 6 (UNI) Three months after India sought permission from Pakistan to transport 50,000 MT wheat and life-saving medicines via the Wagah border to Afghanistan, and over a month after Islamabad agreed to it as a one-time…
Will assist any Indians in distress in Kazakhstan
New Delhi, Jan 6 (UNI) A violence continues to spiral in Kazakhstan, India said on Thursday that it is monitoring the situation there from the perspective of the safety and welfare of Indian nationals there, and would assist any Indians in…
