Cabinet gives ex post facto nod to law for specified domicile criterion for employment in JK
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Tuesday gave ex post facto approval to a law on specified domicile criterion for employment in the public sector in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. “The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given its ex post facto approval for the Jammu & Kashmir (Adaptation […]
NPP torches effigy of BJP-led govt to protest new domicile rules in JK
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) on Wednesday torched an effigy of the BJP-led central government here to protest the new domicile rules and demanded a relook into the provisions allowing outsiders to become domicile of the union territory. The JKNPP termed the notification an “obnoxious piece of superimposed legislation” enacted by […]
Nations reopen yet struggle to define ‘a new normal’
Rome: As nations around the world loosen coronavirus restrictions, people are discovering that the new normal is anything but. Yet some realities have emerged: schools, offices, public transport, bars and restaurants are now on the front lines of post-lockdown life. How each of those key sectors manages social distancing and tamps down on expected new […]
Coronavirus coming from India ‘more lethal’ than those from China, Italy: Oli
Kathmandu: Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli has said the coronavirus coming from India is more lethal than those from China and Italy and blamed the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the Himalayan nation on those illegally entering the country from India, as the total number of COVID-19 cases jumped to 427 on […]
Covid-19 forces UN to change pattern of meetings
UNGA meet to witness pre-recorded messages by world leaders
United Nations: UN chief Antonio Guterres has suggested holding the annual General Assembly session in September under a different format, such as using pre-recorded messages of world leaders, saying it is highly unlikely that Heads of State and Government will be able to travel to New York for the high-level week due to the COVID19 […]
New domicile law for JK is ‘illegal’: Pakistan
Islamabad: Pakistan on Tuesday termed as “illegal” India’s new domicile rules in Jammu and Kashmir, alleging that it was in clear violation of the UN resolutions and agreements between the two countries. Under the domicile rules, all those persons and their children who have resided for 15 years in Jammu and Kashmir or have studied […]
SC quashes 14 FIRs against Arnab Goswami
Asks Mumbai police to probe the first FIR against him Palghar mob-lynching
New Delhi: Journalistic freedom lies at the core of fundamental right to free speech and India’s freedom will rest safe as long as journalists can speak to power without being chilled by a threat of reprisal, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday. The top court made these strong comments on the media freedom in its […]
With 36 fresh deaths Covid fatalities in Pak reach 939
Islamabad: Pakistan reported 1,841 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 36 fatalities during the last 24 hours, taking the total infections in the country to nearly 44,000 with 939 deaths, the health ministry said on Tuesday. As the coronavirus cases in the national capital Islamabad crossed the 1,000-mark, other parts of Pakistan also continued […]
