Sitharaman hits out against Rahul, says Congress creating fake narratives
New Delhi, Feb. 13 (UNI) Union Finance Minister Nitharaman on Saturday hit out at Congress and its leader Rahul Gandhi in the Lok Sabha, saying the party was involved in twin tendencies of creating fake narratives and heaping baseless allegations against the government. In her reply to the discussion on general budget 2021-22 in the […]
Uttarakhand glacier burst: Body of engineer from Srinagar found, being brought home
Srinagar, Feb 12 : Body of Basharat Ahmad Zargar, a resident of Soura Srinagar, who was working as civil engineer with a private company, at the Rishi Ganga power project in Uttarakhand, has been found. He had been missing after the glacier burst on Sunday morning and his body has now been recovered, the officials […]
India records 9,309 new cases of COVID-19, 78 die
New Delhi, Feb 12 (UNI) India on Friday recorded 9,309 new cases of COVID-19 during the past 24 hours, pushing the country caseload to 1,08,80,603, while the death toll mounted to 1,55,447 with 78 more fatalities. According to the Union Health Ministry, the active cases further shrank by 6,636 to stand at 1,35,926. It is […]
Petrol and diesel prices at record level
New Delhi, Feb 12 (UNI) Fuel prices were again hiked for the fourth straight day on Friday with petrol prices touching record levels and diesel prices also at historically high levels except in the National Capital. According to the Indian Oil Corporation, the largest oil marketing company in the domestic market, petrol in the […]
India, China reach pact on disengagement in Pangong lake areas in eastern Ladakh:Rajnath Singh
NEW DELHI- India and China have reached an agreement on disengagement of troops from the north and south banks of the Pangong lake in eastern Ladakh, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said in Rajya Sabha today. Under the agreement, Singh said both sides will cease their forward deployments in a phased, coordinated and verified manner in […]
Farooq Abdullah along with Nazir Masoodi holds a Protest in the Parliament
Farooq Abdullah along with Nazir Masoodi holds a Protest in the Indian Parliament against #SrinagarEncounter- He also demanded that the dead bodies of the trio be handed over to their families.
One who replaces Ghulam Nabi will have to toil hard to match up to his stature as LoP: Modi
New Delhi, Feb 9 (UNI) Bidding farewell to the four Members of the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, an emotional Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the one who will be replacing Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad as Leader of Opposition, will have to strive really hard to match up to his stature. He said that as a […]
PM Modi, Biden agree on free & open Indo-Pacific, rule of law in Myanmar: White House
Washington, Feb 9 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden on Monday agreed to continue their close cooperation on advancing freedom of navigation in the Indo-Pacific region and also insisted that the rule of law must be restored in Myanmar. During the telephonic conversation, which was also the first conversation between them […]
Actor-activist Deep Sidhu arrested in Republic-Day violence case
New Delhi, Feb 9(UNI) Punjabi actor-turned activist Deep Sidhu, an accused in the Republic-Day violence, was arrested on Tuesday morning by Delhi police here. Sidhu was accused of instigating the farmers during the tractor rally held against the three contentious farm laws. The tractor parade had taken a violent turn after the protestors deviated from […]
UP: 6 killed in an accident in Jaunpur
Jaunpur, Feb 9(UNI) At least six people were killed and 11 others were injured when a pickup van collided head on with a truck under Jalalpur police station area on the Varanasi-Lucknow highway on Tuesday morning. Police here said that the accident occurred at around 0330 hrs near Laharpur village when a family and their […]