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NEW DELHI: A Parliamentary Standing Committee headed by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor will take up the WhatsApp snooping case in its next meeting on November 20, sources said on Wednesday. Two parliamentary panels headed by Congress leaders have decided to examine the WhatsApp snooping case and will seek details from ...

Ultimately, truth prevails: Kejriwal, after Prez rejects disqualification of AAP MLAs NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party Convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday hailed the decision of the Election Commission to reject the disqualification of 11 AAP MLAs in the office-of-profit case.Reacting to the order of President Ram ...

JAMMU: Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat on Tuesday interacted with religious preachers of different faiths from Reasi and Rajouri areas of Jammu and Kashmir and assured them of all support for the development of the region. During his interaction with the priests, clerics and granthis, Rawat exhorted them to work ...

SRINAGAR: Two suspected drug peddlers were arrested Tuesday with six kilograms of brown sugar and a large quantity of AK ammunition and magazines in Uri sector of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, police said. The police also seized Rs 3.28 lakh cash during the operation which was conducted on a specific ...

NEW DELHI: Amid an acute shortage of onion supplies and soaring retail prices, the government has decided to import onions from Iran, Turkey, Egypt and Afghanistan. This was decided during a meeting of the inter-ministerial committee on Tuesday to review the prices and availability of onions in the domestic markets. After ...

MEXICO CITY: Gunmen killed nine women and children in the bloodiest attack on Americans in Mexico for years, prompting US President Donald Trump to offer to help the neighbouring country wipe out drug cartels believed to be behind the ambush. The nine people killed in Monday`s daytime attack at the ...

By Rizwan Asif LAHORE: When it comes to gun-crazy nations, Pakistan may not be on the same level as the United States but it is not that far behind either. The Small Arms Survey estimated there to be nearly 44 million civilian-held firearms in Pakistan in 2017 or roughly 22 ...

NEW DELHI: A Supreme Court mandated panel on Friday declared a public health emergency in the Delhi-NCR region and banned construction activity till November 5. As pollution level in the region entered the “severe plus” category, the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority also banned the bursting of crackers during the ...

NEW DELHI: German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday paid a floral tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat in Delhi. Merkel is in Delhi for the fifth India-Germany Inter-Governmental Consultations (IGC). She was received by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and accorded a ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhawan. Merkel will hold talks ...

SRINAGAR: In a sarcastic tweet, the daughter of detained PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Friday raised the issue of forcible separation of families in Jammu and Kashmir following the security clampdown in the Union territory related to the abrogation of Article 370. Iltija Mufti, the daughter of Mehbooba, had been operating ...