43% of legislators have criminal antecedents; country needs course correction: SCBA prez
New Delhi: Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Vikas Singh on Monday said 43 per cent of lawmakers have criminal antecedents and the country needs a course correction by enacting a law to prevent such persons from getting elected. Singh, addressing a function at the Supreme Court on the 75th anniversary of India’s independence, also […]
Independence Day: Cong vows to fight attempts to distort historical facts, party leaders take out march
New Delhi: The Congress on Monday vowed to fight attempts to “trivialise” the sacrifices of freedom fighters and “distort” historical facts for political gains, as the opposition party marked the 76th Independence Day with flag hoisting and a march by senior leaders here. Congress Working Committee member Ambika Soni unfurled the national flag in the […]
Time has come to weed out corruption, communalism to fulfill dreams of freedom fighters: Mann
Ludhiana: Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday called on the people of Punjab to wage a war against social maladies like unemployment, corruption and communalism to realise the dreams of freedom fighters and make the state ‘rangla’ (vibrant) again. These maladies are hampering the progress of the state and the prosperity of its people, said […]
China conducts another round of massive military drills around Taiwan as US Congressional delegation visits Taipei
Beijing/Taipei: China resorted to more high-intensity military drills around Taiwan on Monday as one more American Congressional delegation visited the self-ruled Island claimed by Beijing, challenging its ‘one China’ policy. The new drills come less than a fortnight after Beijing launched unprecedented war games in retaliation to US House Speaker Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, sparking […]
India hands over Dornier maritime surveillance aircraft to Sri Lanka Navy
Colombo: The security of India and Sri Lanka is enhanced by mutual understanding, mutual trust and cooperation, the Indian envoy here said on Monday, as India gifted a Dornier aircraft to the Sri Lanka Navy to enhance its maritime surveillance capabilities and bolster bilateral defence ties. Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe was present at the […]
Taliban rejected national and global appeals to create inclusive govt: Afghan diplomatic missions
New Delhi: The Taliban have not only failed to deliver on their commitments but also “re-enacted draconian policies”, including systematically erasing women from public life, Afghan diplomatic missions across the world said on Monday on the first anniversary of fall of the democratically-elected government in Kabul. The Taliban seized power in Kabul on August 15 […]
Natural & chemical free farming to give strength to self-reliant India: Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said natural and chemical-free farming can boost the country’s efforts to be more self-reliant in agriculture. Addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the 76th Independence Day, Modi also stressed on judicious use of water in farm fields. Stating that Atma Nirbhar Bharat […]
From Red Fort, PM lauds armed forces for supporting self-reliance in defence
New Delhi: From the ramparts of the Red Fort, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday saluted the armed forces for supporting his vision for a self-reliant India and made a mention of the export of Brahmos supersonic cruise missile. In his Independence Day address, Modi also referred to the use of an indigenously developed howitzer […]
Free education, healthcare not freebies, can eliminate poverty: Kejriwal
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday asserted that free education and healthcare are not freebies and access to these two can eliminate the country’s poverty in one generation. At the Delhi government’s Independence Day event at Chhatrasal Stadium here, he also emphasised that school education and healthcare in the whole country can […]
Cop injured in Nowhatta attack succumbs
Srinagar: A policeman injured, alongside a militant, in a ‘chance’ encounter at Nowhatta here on Sunday last has succumbed to his injuries, officials said. They told GNS that Constable Sarfaraz Ahmad of Batote Ramban was undergoing treatment at Army’s 92 Base Hospital after sustaining injuries during the gunfight. “Despite all possible efforts made by the […]
