India

  • China not complying with border pacts leading to friction, says Jaishankar

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    New Delhi, Aug 22 The spectre of China disregarding border pacts is clearly influencing India-China bilateral relations, according to India's External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar. "Right now, we are going through a very difficult phase mainly because we have agreements with China going back to the 1990s, which prohibit ...
  • J&K approves adoption of revised compassionate appointment rules

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    Srinagar, Aug 22 The Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Council (AC), which met here under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday, approved the adoption of J&K Rehabilitation Assistance Scheme, 2022. "The decision is aimed at promoting equity, inclusion and accountability in providing compassionate appointment by introducing a criteria-based ...
  • Sisodia has recording of BJP leader who offered to drop cases: AAP sourc

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    New Delhi, Aug 22 After day-long exchange of heated arguments between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the saffron camp on BJP's alleged 'offer' to Manish Sisodia, a source in the AAP said that Sisodia has the recording of the 'offer' made by the BJP. Sisodia, whose house was raided ...
  • Guj BJP chief urges leaders, workers to gear up for assembly polls

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    Vadodara, Aug 21 Gujarat BJP president C.R. Patil said on Sunday that the party is working round the clock and has hourly plans to achieve the aim of winning all 182 seats in the state assembly elections. He also urged the party leaders and the workers to gear up as ...
  • Covid raises brain disorder, epilepsy risks in kids months later: Lancet

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    New Delhi, Aug 21 Not just adults, children who suffered from Covid-19 are also at an increased risk of cognitive deficit, insomnia, ischaemic stroke, nerve/psychotic disorders and epilepsy or seizures even months after they were infected, a large-scale observational study of over 1.25 million patient health records has revealed. According ...
  • Shankersinh Vaghela launches party, will contest assembly polls

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    Gandhinagar, Aug 21 Veteran politician and former Gujarat chief minister Shankersinh Vaghela on Sunday floated a new party, Praja Shakti Democratic Party. His party will contest the upcoming assembly elections in Gujarat. Declaring his intent about his re-entry into electoral politics, Vaghela told the local media in Gandhinagar, "People are ...
  • Liquor policy not the issue, but to defame Kejriwal’s health, education model: AAP MP

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    New Delhi, Aug 21 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP and national spokesperson, Sanjay Singh told the media that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) only wants to defame Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's model of governance but the major issue for the saffron party is not the liquor policy. "The issue ...
  • Gujarat CM relieves two ministers of their portfolio

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    Gandhinagar, Aug 20 Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Saturday took away the Revenue portfolio from cabinet minister Rajendra Trivedi, and Roads and Building from Purnesh Modi. Gujarat Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi has been given the additional portfolio of Revenue while Jagdish Vishwakarma will get the additional ...
  • Chandigarh airport to named after Bhagat Singh

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    Chandigarh, Aug 20 Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Punjab, his first after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) came to power in the state, Punjab and its neighbouring Haryana on Saturday agreed to name the Chandigarh International Airport after Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh. An announcement in this regard was ...
  • India delivers 10th batch of medical aid to Afghanistan

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    New Delhi, Aug 20 India has delivered the 10th batch of medical assistance to Afghanistan as part of its ongoing humanitarian assistance programme. The medical aid was handed over to the Indira Gandhi Hospital in Kabul. In view of the urgent appeals made by the United Nations to assist the ...