PM receives Philip Kotler award
New Delhi, Jan 14 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday received the first-ever Philip Kotler Presidential award here. The award focuses on the triple bottom-line of ‘people, profit and planet’. It will be offered annually to the leader of a nation, a statement from the Prime Minister’s office said. According to the award citation, Modi […]
Pak SC dismisses appeal against suspension of Sharifs’ sentences in graft case
Islamabad, Jan 14: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the country’s anti-graft body’s appeal against the suspension of the jail sentences of ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his family in the Avenfield corruption case. In July 2018, an accountability court here handed Sharif 10 years as jail time for owning assets beyond known income […]
Appointment of Nageswar Rao as interim Director of CBI challenged in SC
New Delhi : Petition filed by NGO Common Cause seeks a direction to quash the January 10 order. The appointment of M. Nageswar Rao as the interim Director of the CBI was challenged in the Supreme Court on Monday. The petition filed by NGO Common Cause sought a direction to quash the January 10 order […]
Triple talaq ordinance re-promulgated
New Delhi, Jan 13: The government has re-promulgated the ordinance banning the practice of instant triple talaq. Under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Ordinance, 2019, issued on Saturday, divorcing through instant triple talaq will be illegal, void and would attract a jail term of three years for the husband. A Bill to […]
PM attacks Cong on Kartarpur Sahib, 1984 riots
New Delhi, Jan 13: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday attacked the previous Congress government for its inability to bring Kartarpur Sabib under India during partition. Releasing a commemorative coin as part of the 350th birth anniversary celebrations of 10th Sikh guru Guru Gobind Singh, Modi also came down on the Congress for the 1984 riots […]
Pakistan should strengthen ties with neighbours instead of US: Hina Rabbani Khar
LAHORE, Jan 13: Former foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar said Pakistan always chose to be a client state instead of becoming strategic partner of one country or the other. With a begging bowl in both hands, Pakistan cannot command respect in the comity of nations. Speaking in a session on the US-Pakistan relationship at ThinkFest […]
Pak SC gives govt one month’s time to compensate riot victims
Lahore, Jan 13: Pakistan’s Supreme Court has directed the federal and provincial governments to compensate within a month all those who suffered losses during the violent protests by radical Islamist parties following the acquittal of Christian woman Aasia Bibi in a blasphemy case. The apex court in October overturned the conviction of the 47-year-old mother […]
Don’t deny students, candidates right to wear hijab, carry kirpan: Minorities body to govt depts
New Delhi, Jan 13: The Delhi Minorities Commission has asked city government departments to allow minorities to wear dresses and carry articles as per their religious beliefs when appearing in recruitment and academic tests. Acting on the commission’s order, the General Administration Department (GAD) issued a circular to all principal secretaries and heads of department […]
SP, BSP announce tie-up for Lok Sabha polls sans Congress, to contest 38 seats each in UP
Lucknow, Jan 12 : Once-arch rivals Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) announced Saturday their tie-up in Uttar Pradesh for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, sharing 38 seats each and keeping the Congress out of the alliance. The parties, however, said they would not field candidates in Amethi and Rae Bareli, represented by […]
Intolerance, anger reign supreme in India: Rahul
Dubai, Jan 12 : Congress President Rahul Gandhi said here Saturday that India has witnessed a great deal of intolerance and anger in the last four and a half years which stemmed from the “mentality of the people in power”. Gandhi, who is in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on the second day of his […]
