Day: September 5, 2020

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh arrives in Iran

11:36 pm September 5, 2020

Tehran: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday arrived in Tehran where he will meet his Iranian counterpart and discuss bilateral defence ties, a day after he urged the Persian Gulf countries to resolve their differences through dialogue based on mutual respect. Singh arrived in Tehran from Moscow after concluding his three-day visit to Russia where he attended a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) defence ministers. He also held bilateral […]

Two complaints seek FIR against Kangana over PoK comment

11:31 pm September 5, 2020

Mumbai: Two separate complaints have been filed with the police here against actor Kangana Ranaut over her remark where she compared Mumbai to Pakistan- occupied-Kashmir (PoK). While one of the complaints was submitted by Ali Kashif Khan Deshmukh, a lawyer, at Andheri police station on Friday, another was submitted at Azad Maidan police station by a city Congress functionary. Both applications […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

DUTA observes ‘Black Teacher’s Day’ to protest ‘delay’ in grants to 12 colleges

11:28 pm September 5, 2020

New Delhi: The Delhi University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) on Saturday observed ‘Black Teachers’ Day’ to protest the alleged delay in grants to 12 DU colleges fully funded by the city government. Teachers’ Day is celebrated on September 5 on the birth anniversary of former president S Radhakrishnan. The police detained over 30 teachers even before the protest […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Ethiopian lawmakers call region’s vote unconstitutional

11:25 pm September 5, 2020

Johannesburg: Ethiopia’s upper house of parliament on Saturday called elections planned next week in the northern Tigray region unconstitutional, amid a confrontation between the federal government and regional officials who have warned that any intervention amounts to a “declaration of war.” “The decision by the House of Federation treats the act of the Tigray regional state as void from the very […]

Tripura minister says colleagues can spend time at COVID hospital to monitor situation

11:22 pm September 5, 2020

Agartala: Tripura Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath has said his colleagues can spend some time at the Govinda Ballabh Pant (GBP) Hospital hereby rotation to interact with healthcare professionals and monitor the COVID- 19 situations. “Every single COVID-19 death is unfortunate and undesirable. There is a spike in the number of fatalities in the country as well […]