WHO not sharing enough info about China virus probe: US
Geneva: A senior US government official complained Tuesday that the World Health Organization has not shared enough information about its planned mission to China to investigate the animal origins of the coronavirus. Garrett Grisby of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services griped that the criteria for WHO’s China mission had not been shared […]
Shahbaz Sharif, his son indicted in money laundering case
Lahore: Pakistan’s Opposition leader and PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif and his son Hamza were indicted in a money laundering case by an accountability court here on Wednesday. The country’s anti-graft body, National Accountability Bureau (NAB), framed the charges against Shahbaz, who is the younger brother of deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif, and Opposition leader in […]
Trump not conceding defeat is an embarrassment: Joe Biden
Washington: US President Donald Trump not conceding defeat in the just-concluded election is an embarrassment, President-elect Joe Biden said Tuesday, asserting that his transition plans have remained unaffected by this and he has started talking to world leaders. “I just think it’s an embarrassment quite frankly…. It will not help the president’s legacy…. I know […]
11 drug peddlers held in Kathua in 10 days
Jammu: Eleven drug peddlers, including a woman, were arrested with contraband substances in the last 10 days in Kathua district, police said on Wednesday. The arrests were made by the anti-drug unit of the Kathua police in separate operations as part of a drive to eradicate the drug menace from the society, a police spokesperson […]
BJP workers in Jammu celebrate victory in Bihar polls
Jammu: The BJP’s victory in the Bihar assembly elections and bypolls have vindicated the policies of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government, Jammu and Kashmir party president Ravinder Raina said here on Wednesday. He also lashed out at the Congress and other opposition parties, terming them as anti-national. Accompanied by party workers and supporters, […]
Virtual SCO summit: Members should respect sovereignty, territorial integrity, says PM Modi
New Delhi: In a stern message to China and Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said all member nations of the SCO should respect each others’ sovereignty and territorial integrity. The remarks by Modi at a virtual summit of the eight-member Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) came in the backdrop of the Sino-India border row […]
Imran opposes ‘illegal, unilateral’ actions of any country
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday opposed “illegal and unilateral” actions by any country to change the status of disputed regions in violation of UN Security Council resolutions. Addressing the 20th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Council of Heads of State (SCO-CHS) meeting through video link, Khan called for the implementation of the UN resolutions […]
