Day: February 24, 2020

Former PM Manmohan Singh to skip President’s banquet in Trump’s honour

7:57 pm February 24, 2020

New Delhi: Former prime minister Manmohan Singh will not attend the official banquet hosted by President Ram Nath Kovind in honour of US President Donald Trump on February 25, sources said. Singh had earlier accepted the invite but expressed his inability to attend the same on Monday. He has conveyed his regret to the President’s […]

Rahul Gandhi condemns violence in Delhi

7:32 pm February 24, 2020

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday condemned the violence in Delhi and urged people to show restraint, compassion and understanding irrespective of the provocation. He said peaceful protests are a sign of a healthy democracy, but violence can never be justified. “The violence today in Delhi is disturbing and must be unequivocally condemned. […]

Plan prepared to vaccinate all adults in 3 months: CM Kejriwal

69 MLAs take oath as members of Delhi Assembly

7:26 pm February 24, 2020

New Delhi: Sixty-nine newly elected MLAs, including Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia, took oath as members of the Delhi Assembly as its three-day session began on Monday. Janakpuri MLA Rajesh Rishi could not take oath on Monday because he was not in town and he will now take oath as the […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

AJKLWU office bearers join BJP

7:23 pm February 24, 2020

Jammu: Over a dozen office bearers of a Jammu and Kashmir-based workers’ union, including its chief, joined the BJP here on Monday. Members of the All Jammu and Kashmir Labour and Workers Union (AJKLWU) joined the BJP at a function presided over by party general secretary (organisation) Ashok Kaul at its headquarters here. The BJP […]

UK’s top judge witnesses Supreme Court proceedings

7:21 pm February 24, 2020

New Delhi: The President of the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court, Lord Robert John Reed, witnessed the proceedings of the Supreme Court on Monday. Justice Reed, who has come to India to take part in a two-day international judges’ conference on “Judiciary and the Changing World”, sat for around 15 minutes in a packed courtroom, along […]