SpiceJet to start 24 new domestic flights
New Delhi, Feb 11 (PTI) SpiceJet said on Thursday that it will start 24 new domestic flights in February from various cities including Ajmer, Jaisalmer, Ahmedabad and Bengaluru. The airline said it would be the only airline to start flights on the Ajmer-Mumbai route and Ahmedabad-Amritsar route. The new flights also include four new seasonal […]
Minimum temperature drops in parts of Kashmir
Srinagar, Feb 11 (PTI) The minimum temperature in most parts of Kashmir dropped on Thursday, but there was some improvement in Srinagar, even as the MeT Office forecast dry weather for the next few days, officials said. Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, recorded a low of minus 0.4 degrees Celsius last night, […]
No change in policy on Jammu and Kashmir, says US
Washington, Feb 11 (PTI) The United States on Wednesday said that there is no change in its policy on Jammu and Kashmir. “I want to be very clear there has been no change in US policy in the region,” State Department Spokesperson Ned Price told reporters in view of a tweet from the South and […]
Biden announces sanctions against military leaders of Myanmar
Washington, Feb 11 (PTI) US President Joe Biden has announced a series of sanctions on the military leaders of Myanmar in response to their recent action to overthrow a democratically elected leadership in a coup. “Today I’m announcing a series of actions that we’re taking to begin imposing consequences on the leaders of the coup. […]
Coronavirus resurge: Saudi Arabia several Masjids, Bahrain suspends all group prayers
Riyadh, Feb 11: Saudi Arabia temporarily shut down several Masjids after 28 cases of coronavirus infection were detected among worshipers, bringing the total number of mosques that were closed within two days up to 22, the Ministry of Islamic Affairs announced. The closed mosques will reopen after comprehensive sanitization and implementation of COVID-19 precautionary measures, […]
MPs demand restoration of MPLAD scheme
New Delhi, Feb 11 (PTI) Several MPs cutting across party lines on Wednesday demanded restoration of the Member of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) scheme suspended last year. Under the scheme, MPs can recommend development programmes involving expenditure of Rs 5 crore every year in their constituencies. Last year, the government suspended MPLAD (Member of […]
Farm protests: PM Modi says new system not compulsory
Govt respects farmers, their agitation 'sacred'
New Delhi: The government and Parliament have great respect for farmers who are voicing their views on the three farm bills, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday, and asserted that he holds their agitation “sacred”, while making a fresh appeal to agitating farmers to resume talks with the Centre. In his reply in Lok […]
LAC faceoff: Chinese, Indian border troops start “synchronised” disengagement
Beijing/New Delhi: The frontline troops of China and India at the south and north banks of the Pangong Lake in eastern Ladakh started “synchronised and organised” disengagement from Wednesday, the Chinese defence ministry said, in what is seen as a forward movement in the overall disengagement process to defuse the over nine-month border standoff. There […]
