Chidambaram has links with ISI, Naxalites: Ravinder Raina
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina lashed out at senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday for his support to restoration of Article 370 of the Constitution, saying “he is toeing the line of China and Pakistan and might have links with the ISI and Naxalites”. He also said Congress president Sonia Gandhi […]
People fed up with ‘bluffs and failures’ of BJP: Congress leader
Jammu: A senior Congress leader on Saturday claimed that the people of Jammu and Kashmir were fed up with the “bluffs and failures” of the BJP and would teach the saffron party a lesson in the next assembly elections in the Union Territory. Vice President of Pradesh Congress Committee Raman Bhalla also alleged that the […]
Mention Art 370 restoration in its Bihar poll manifesto, BJP dares Congress
New Delhi:A day after the Congress pitched for restoration of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP Saturday dared it to say so in its manifesto for the Bihar assembly polls and accused it of speaking the language of “separatists”. Senior BJP leader and Union minister Prakash Javadekar accused the Congress of practising the […]
PM cautions against complacency in COVID-19 fight
Directs full preparedness for vaccine distribution
New Delhi: Calling for full preparedness to ensure speedy access to COVID-19 vaccines for every citizen, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday suggested developing a vaccine delivery system on the lines of conduct of polls and disaster management while involving all levels of government and citizen groups. Chairing a meeting to review the COVID-19 pandemic […]
Despair: India ranks 94 in Hunger Index, put under ‘serious’ category
New Delhi: India ranked 94 among 107 nations in the Global Hunger Index 2020 and was in the ‘serious’ hunger category with experts blaming poor implementation processes, lack of effective monitoring, siloed approach in tackling malnutrition and poor performance by large states behind the low ranking. Last year, India’s rank was 102 out of 117 […]
Pak continues to sponsor terror: Jaishankar
New York: Terrorism remains publicly acknowledged by the Pakistan government as a policy that they justify, making it very hard to conduct normal relations with it, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday. “Terrorism from Pakistan remains publicly acknowledged by their government as a policy that they are justifying. So it makes it very […]
Cong welcomes unity among mainstream parties in K
Demands restoration of Art 370
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday demanded restoration of Article 370 and the rights of people of Jammu and Kashmir and welcomed the coming together of mainstream regional parties of the Union Territory. Senior Congress spokesperson P Chidambaram said the Centre must also stop looking at the mainstream political parties and the people of Jammu […]
Can’t authorize Covid-19 vaccine well before Nov: Pfizer
New York: Pfizer Inc. cannot request emergency authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine before the third week of November — and that’s if everything goes well, the company’s CEO announced Friday. Despite President Donald Trump’s repeated promises of a vaccine before Election Day, scientists have been cautioning that it’s unlikely data showing a leading shot actually […]
Congress trains guns on Modi govt
Says it has no strategy to deal with coronavirus pandemic, revive economy
New Delhi: The Congress Friday hit out at the Modi government alleging it has no strategy to fight the coronavirus pandemic or revive the economy and is instead busy in building narratives which run counter to the reality. Addressing a press conference, Congress spokesperson Supriya Srinate said the government instead of building “false narratives” should […]
