NEW DELHI — In a horrific incident, 13 villagers were shot and killed by army, who thought the villagers were “militants” in Nagaland. The incident took place in and around Oting village in Mon district during a counterinsurgency operation conducted by members of the Assam Rifles, a part of Indian security forces deployment in the […]
NEW DELHI — Veteran journalist Vinod Dua, arguably one of India’s most popular and influential news broadcasters, died here on Saturday. He was 67. Dua was known for questioning the government of the day in shows he anchored and had recently been hounded by the police in states ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party for […]
NEW DELHI — Top Indian genome scientists have recommended a booster dose of COVID-19 vaccines for those above 40 years with preference to high-risk and high-exposure population. The recommendation was made in the weekly bulletin of the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Sequencing Consortium (INSACOG), a network of national testing labs set up by the government to […]
NEW DELHI — Uttar Pradesh told the Supreme Court that polluted air was mostly coming from Pakistan, during the hearing on pollution in Delhi and nearby cities. This provoked a question from Chief Justice of India NV Ramana that UP’s lawyers could not answer. “Uttar Pradesh is downwind. Air is mostly coming from Pakistan. Whatever […]
HYDERABAD — A woman accused of sexually assaulting her 14-year-old nephew was booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act on Thursday, the New Indian Express reported. Banjara Hills police said the accused, who is from Bengaluru, assaulted the boy, who studies in class 9, multiple times. She had also allegedly taken […]
NEW DELHI — India has detected first two cases of the new Omicron coronavirus variant in Karnataka, a health ministry official said on Thursday. Both the patients are men aged 66 years and 46 years with mild symptoms. Severe symptoms have not been noted, an official said during a press conference. “All primary contacts and […]
NEW DELHI — India on Wednesday postponed the resumption of commercial international passenger flights due to concerns over the new Omicron variant of coronavirus. The services were scheduled to resume on December 15. In a circular issued on Wednesday, aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation that the new date for resumption of international flights […]
NEW DELHI — Over six lakh Indians have given up their citizenship in the last five years, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai also said that as per the information available with the Ministry of External Affairs, a total number of 1,33,83,718 Indian nationals are living […]
NEW DELHI — The Press Club of India (PCI) has expressed disappointment and hurt at the deactivation of the press gallery passes of journalists covering Parliament, on the first day of the winter session Monday. The PCI also tweeted about it, sharing an open letter it wrote to various political leaders on 27 November. “Instead […]
NEW DELHI — A bill to repeal the three contentious farm laws, against which farmers have been protesting for over a year, was passed by the Lok Sabha within minutes of introduction on Monday. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar introduced The Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021 shortly after noon on the first day of […]