PM hailing farm laws shows govt ‘drunk with power’, ‘rigid’ in face of protests: Cong
New Delhi: Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for reiterating that the new agri laws are beneficial for farmers, the Congress on Sunday said the insistence in support of the legislations shows that the government is “drunk with power” and is rigid even in reconsidering the laws. The Opposition party also demanded that Prime […]
Afghan officials say 34 killed in separate suicide bombings
Kabul, Afghan officials said Sunday at least 34 people were killed in two separate suicide bombings that targeted a military base and a provincial chief. In eastern Ghazni province, officials said 31 soldiers were killed and 24 others wounded when the attacker drove a military humvee full of explosives onto an army commando base before […]
Suspected extremists kill at least 40 farmers in Nigeria
Maidguri: Suspected members of the Islamic militant group Boko Haram killed at least 40 rice farmers and fishermen while they were harvesting crops in Nigeria’s northern Borno State, officials said. The attack was staged Saturday in a rice field in Garin Kwashebe, a Borno community known for rice farming, on the day residents of the […]
Over 150 arrested in anti-lockdown protests in London
London: Scotland Yard has said its officers policing anti-lockdown protests in central London have made 155 arrests as part of early interventions to prevent people from gathering amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Metropolitan Police made arrests for offences including breaching coronavirus regulations, assaulting a police officer and possession of drugs. Save Our Rights UK, a […]
Iran newspaper: Strike Haifa if Israel killed scientist
Tehran: An opinion piece published by a hard-line Iranian newspaper on Sunday suggested Iran should attack the Israeli port city of Haifa if Israel carried out the killing of a scientist linked to its disbanded military nuclear program. Though the hard-line Kayhan newspaper has long argued for aggressive retaliation for operations targeting Iran, Sunday’s opinion […]
Horticulture Department plans to develop CA stores
SRINAGAR: Director Horticulture Kashmir, Ajaz Ahmad Bhat on Sunday said ‘Horticulture Department is exploring every opportunity to have the infrastructure of CA stores developed across J&K to provide best services to orchardists’. He was speaking during his visit to Baramulla where he inspected various units established under the Post Harvest Management scheme like Controlled Atmosphere […]
RBI likely to maintain status quo for 3rd straight time on inflation concerns
New Delhi: The Reserve Bank is likely to keep the benchmark interest rates unchanged in its next monetary policy review in view of heightened retail inflation which has persistently remained above its comfort level, feel experts. However, with the economic growth continuing to remain in the negative territory for the second consecutive quarter ending September, […]
CBIC asks for physical verification of biz granted deemed GST registration between Aug 21-Nov 16
New Delhi: The CBIC has asked field offices to carry out physical verification of premises of businesses which have been granted deemed GST registration between August 21 and November 16 to ascertain that they have genuine business or intend to carry out so. The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has also asked […]
Environment-friendly ‘kulhad’ to replace plastic tea cups at railway stations
Jaipur: Tea will be sold in environment-friendly ‘Kulhads’ (earthen cups) in place of plastic cups at all railway stations in the country, Railway minister Piyush Goyal said on Sunday. Speaking at an event organised at the Digawara railway station in Rajasthan’s Alwar district, the minister said the initiative will be the contribution of the Railways […]
