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Iran: UN nuclear chief’s visit to Tehran no link to US push

Iran: UN nuclear chief’s visit to Tehran no link to US push

Tehran: Iran said Sunday that an upcoming visit this week by the head of the UN’s atomic watchdog agency to Tehran has nothing to do with a US push to impose so-called snapback sanctions on Iran. The Trump administration last week dismissed near-universal opposition to its demand to restore all UN sanctions on Iran, declaring […]

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Govt should consider students’ ‘Mann ki baat’ and defer NEET, JEE: Congress

New Delhi: Top Congress leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, on Sunday requested the government to defer the all-India medical and engineering entrance examinations taking into consideration the concerns raised by a section of students and parents amid the coronavirus pandemic. Rahul Gandhi said the government must listen to the ‘mann ki baat’ of students and arrive […]

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Tablighi Jamaat: HC transfers cases from different trial courts to Saket district court

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has ordered the transfer of a batch of cases pending against 27 foreign nationals, who attended a Tablighi Jamaat event here, to the Saket district court so that they are swiftly decided. The foreigners had allegedly indulged in missionary activities in violation of visa norms and flouted COVID-19 guidelines. […]

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COVID-19 caseload in India breaches 30-lakh mark

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally sprinted past the 30-lakh mark, just 16 days after it crossed 20 lakh, while 22,80,566 people have recuperated in the country so far pushing the recovery rate to 74.90 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data. COVID-19 cases in the country jumped from 10 lakh to 20 lakh […]

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Art 370 revocation was spitefully shortsighted: Pol Parties

Art 370 revocation was spitefully shortsighted: Pol Parties

Nothing about us without us, says fresh resolution

Srinagar: Making clear there can be “nothing about us without us” in Jammu and Kashmir, six mainstream political parties termed abrogation of special status of the erstwhile state as a “spitefully shortsighted” and “grossly unconstitutional” move and pledged a combined effort for restoration of the pre-August 5 position of last year. A resolution termed Gupkar […]

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FATF blacklisting: Pak exercises more curbs on various operatives, Taliban

FATF blacklisting: Pak exercises more curbs on various operatives, Taliban

Islamabad: Seeking to wriggle out of the FATF’s grey list, Pakistan has imposed tough financial sanctions on 88 banned terror groups and their leaders, including Hafiz Saeed, Masood Azhar and Dawood Ibrahim, by ordering the seizure of all of their properties and freezing of bank accounts, a media report said on Saturday. It also announced […]

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Rajnath reviews security scenario in eastern Ladakh

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday reviewed the overall security scenario in eastern Ladakh amid the ongoing talks between India and China on the disengagement process in the high-altitude region, people familiar with the developments said. The meeting was attended by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat, […]

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Jmu-Sgr National Highway reopens after two-day closure

Banihal/Jammu: The 270-km Jammu-Srinagar National Highway reopened on Saturday after remaining closed for the past two days owing to multiple landslides triggered by heavy rains, officials said. The highway got blocked at over a dozen places between Udhampur and Banihal on Thursday, leaving thousands of vehicles stranded. “The highway was cleared for one-way traffic around […]

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Pakistan violates ceasefire along IB in Kathua

Jammu: Pakistani Rangers violated ceasefire by resorting to unprovoked firing and mortar shelling along the International Border in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Saturday. The ceasefire violation in the Border out Post Karol Mathna area of Hiranagar sector started at 11.30 pm on Friday, prompting strong and effective retaliation by the […]

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Centre forms National Council for Transgenders

New Delhi: The Centre has constituted the National Council for Transgender Persons to formulate policies, programmes, legislation and projects regarding members of the community for achieving equality and full participation by them. The council was established by the Centre in exercise of the powers conferred by the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019, according […]