Chidambaram takes dig at law minister over ‘no proposal to scrap sedition law’ reply in LS
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday took a swipe at Law Minister Kiren Rijiju for stating that the home ministry has no proposal under consideration to scrap the sedition law, saying what…
Most places in Valley experience season’s coldest night
Srinagar: Most places in Kashmir, including Srinagar city, experienced the coldest night of the season so far as the minimum temperature plummeted several notches below the freezing point, officials said on Saturday. The officials said…
Custom of reading namaz in the open will not be tolerated: Haryana CM Khattar
Spelling out his government’s stand clearly for the first time since protests began in the city two months ago, Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday said the practice of offering namaz in the…
Second case of Omicron variant detected in Delhi
A Zimbabwe returnee, who is fully vaccinated against Covid-19, has tested positive for Omicron, becoming the second patient in Delhi of the new Covid-19 variant.
19 fresh COVID-19 cases recorded in Ladakh
Leh: Ladakh’s tally of COVID-19 cases increased to 21,792 on Saturday with 19 fresh infections, officials said. The death toll remained at 215 and of these, 157 deaths have been reported from Leh and 59…
Farmers leave from Delhi borders in large convoys; traffic slows down on highways
New Delhi, Dec 11: As farmers began heading home from sites at Delhi’s borders where they had been stationed for over a year, traffic movement on Saturday slowed down considerably on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) flyover,…
Covid live: ‘No recommendations for booster dose’
Delhi has also reported its second case on Omicron, taking India's variant tally to 33. Meanwhile 7,992 new cases in 24 hours have pushed India's Covid-19 tally to 3,46,682,736. Active caseload has declined to 93,277,…
China brands US democracy ‘weapon of mass destruction’
China branded US democracy a "weapon of mass destruction" on Saturday, following the US-organised Summit for Democracy which aimed to shore up like-minded allies in the face of autocratic regimes. "'Democracy' has long become a…
Beaten England must not feel sorry for themselves: Joe Root
England captain Joe Root said Saturday his team must fix their fielding and batting to get back into the Ashes series, while defending the decision to leave Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad out of the…