Five charred to death as car catches fire after collision with truck near Agra
Agra (UP), Dec 22 (PTI) Five people were charred to death on Tuesday after their car caught fire on colliding with a tanker truck carrying diesel on the Yamuna Expressway near Uttar Pradesh’s Agra, police said. Etmadpur Deputy Superintendent of Police Archana Singh said the truck took a wrong turn while moving at a high […]
2 LeT militants surrender after brief encounter in Kulgam: Police
Srinagar, Dec 22: Two Lashker-e-Toiba militants surrendered before security forces after a brief encounter in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on wee hours of Tuesday. Police in a tweet said that a joint team of Srinagar and Kulgam Police besides army’s 34RR and CRPF launched a cordon-and-search-operation in Tongdounu area of the district. As the joint […]
The vaccine challenge
Now that the world has got some hope in the form of Covid-19 vaccine but many a countries across the globe, especially Muslim nations have raised some concerns over its use among Muslims and other groups that have objection in the use of pork gelatin that forms one of the components needed for preserving the […]
Let’s value them!
Desh Bir We eat what they produce. Our survival shall face the threat of extinction if these people were not there. Obviously, we are considering the critically vital role of cultivated food in continuity of human life. We can overlook and under-assess the role of the food-grower only if we are ready to take to […]
‘Modernity’ and my mother’s dilemma
N J Ravi Chander In the winter of December 1980, the popular ice show, ‘Holiday on Ice’ arrived in Bengaluru. The huge hoardings prominently displaying European girls clad in the shortest of skirts, strutting their stuff on the ice rink caught the fancy of city dwellers. The show boasting of an ice rink, snowflakes and […]
UAE top diplomat acknowledges visa restrictions on Pakistan
Dubai, Dec 21 (AP) The United Arab Emirates’ top diplomat has publicly acknowledged a so-far unexplained ban on visitors from Pakistan, which travel agents say also targets tourists and labourers from a dozen Muslim-majority countries amid the pandemic and the UAE’s normalisation of ties with Israel. Following a meeting with his Pakistani counterpart, Emirati Foreign […]
Politics set to wreck BJP MP’s marriage after wife joins TMC
Kolkata, Dec 21 (PTI) Politics makes strange bedfellows. It can also wreck a marriage. Sujata Mondol Khan, the wife of BJP MP from West Bengal’s Bishnupur Saumitra Khan, Monday found her marriage on the rocks when her husband of 10 years threatened to divorce her after she joined the ruling TMC. Claiming that “misfit and […]
232 fresh covid-19 cases reported in JK
Srinagar, Dec 21: Thirty-five travelers were among 232 new covid-19 cases reported in JK during the last 24 hours, taking the overall count to 118495. Among these cases, 129 were reported from Jammu Division and 103 from Kashmir Valley, the officials said. Giving district wise details, they said, Srinagar reported 36 cases, Baramulla 9, Budgam […]
Give vaccine emergency use authorisation after trials on sufficient sample size: Par Panel
New Delhi, Dec 21 (PTI) Any vaccine against COVID-19 should be granted emergency use authorisation only after proper consideration and conducting its trials on a sufficient sample size, a parliamentary panel chaired by senior Congress leader Anand Sharma has recommended to the government. In a report submitted Monday to Rajya Sabha chairman and Vice President […]
Jammu NC leaders assail ED action against Abdullah, accuse BJP of political vendetta
Jammu, Dec 21 (PTI) National Conference (NC) leaders here on Monday assailed the attachment of properties of party president Farooq Abdullah and said the action was political vendetta aimed at weakening the political party of Jammu and Kashmir. The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday attached residential and commercial properties worth nearly Rs 12 crore of the […]