Pondy Assembly adopts resolution against CAA, NPR and NRC
Puducherry: The Puducherry Assembly on Wednesday adopted a resolution tabled by Chief Minister V Narayanasamy registering strong protest against the controversial Citizenzhip Amendment Act, the National Register of Citizens and National Population Register. All the members belonging to the opposition AINRC and AIADMK boycotted the session while the three nominated legislators belonging to the BJP […]
AAP sweeps Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal scripts extraordinary win to return as Delhi CM
New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal, engineer, civil servant and Delhi’s man with a development agenda, is the David who slayed the mighty Goliath for the second time in five years. The Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party is poised to win 62 of Delhi’s 70 seats, leaving the BJP with seven and decimating the Congress, overcoming the BJP’s […]
Delhi loss continues BJP’s woes in assembly polls
New Delhi: The BJP has fought few state elections in recent times with such organisational firepower and ideological fervour as it did the Delhi polls, but this all came to nought as the party suffered a big loss, a defeat that continues its poor run in state elections since 2018. The only consolation for the […]
WHO warns of ”very grave” global virus threat
Geneva: The head of the World Health Organisation on Tuesday warned the novel coronavirus was a “very grave threat” for the world as he opened a conference to combat the epidemic. “With 99% of cases in China, this remains very much an emergency for that country, but one that holds a very grave threat for […]
UN meeting ponders fast-track drugs, vaccines for new virus
Geneva: The World Health Organisation convened outside experts Tuesday to fast-track promising tests, drugs and vaccines to help slow the outbreak of a new virus that emerged in China that has killed more than 1,000 people and spread to two dozen other countries. The new coronavirus was only identified late last year in the Chinese […]
PM congratulates Kejriwal for Delhi win
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday congratulated AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal for his party’s win in the Delhi assembly elections and wished him “the very best” in fulfilling the aspirations of the people of the national capital. “Congratulations to AAP and shri @ArvindKejriwal ji for the victory in the Delhi assembly elections. Wishing […]
Sitharman hits back at Chidambaram, says doesn’t want to learn from his faulty remedies
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman on Tuesday hit back at former finance minister P Chidambaram for his ‘incompetent doctors’ overseeing the economy comment, saying she doesn’t want to learn from those who gave “faulty remedies” and under whom FDI literally ran away and “cronies” fled the country after defaulting on bank loans. In her […]
No restrictions on visit of any Indian citizen to Jammu and Kashmir: Govt
New Delhi: There are no restrictions on visit of any Indian citizen to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the government informed Parliament on Tuesday. In response to a question seeking to know the time by which the government proposes to allow Indian delegates to visit Jammu and Kashmir, Minister of State for Home […]
Two new cases of coronavirus detected in UAE; infection cases rise to 7
Dubai: Two new cases of coronavirus infection have been detected in the UAE, bringing the total number of people diagnosed with the deadly disease to seven, the country’s health ministry has said. The death toll in China’s coronavirus outbreak rose to 811 on Sunday, while over 37,000 people have been confirmed as being infected with […]