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COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

US hails talks with Taliban, denies troop withdrawal window

9:08 pm July 6, 2019

Kabul: The latest round of talks with the Taliban – now in their second week – has been “very productive,” a member of the American negotiating team said Friday, while strenuously denying Washington sought a fixed deadline for the withdrawal of its estimated 14,000 troops from Afghanistan as part of a final peace deal. Negotiations […]

Sudan generals, protesters reach agreement on new ruling body: Mediators

3:07 pm July 5, 2019

Khartoum: Sudan’s ruling generals and protest leaders reached an agreement on the disputed issue of a new governing body Friday, mediators said, in breakthrough talks aimed at ending the country’s months-long political crisis. “The two sides agreed on establishing a sovereign council with a rotating military and civilian (presidency) for a period of three years […]

Gujarat Chief Secretary gets six months’ extension

7:40 pm May 31, 2019

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government Friday gave a six-month extension to state Chief Secretary J N Singh. Singh, a 1983-batch Gujarat-cadre IAS officer, was due to retire Friday. He has been chief secretary since July 2016. A notification issued by the General Administration Department said he will serve for another six months, from June 1 to […]

If Modi is a wave, I am tsunami: Bhagwant Mann

8:42 pm May 24, 2019

New Delhi: Bhagwant Mann, the lone AAP member in the new Lok Sabha, Friday said the “Modi wave” could not shake him off because he had earned the people’s trust and asserted that the electorate has given “one last chance” to the Congress in Punjab ahead of 2022 Assembly polls. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) […]

Rice scheme: Bedi okays deposit of cash under DBT system

Bedi says Raj Nivas not getting govt files for approval

9:08 pm May 17, 2019

Puducherry: Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi, whose ‘powers’ have been curtailed by the court for ‘interfering’ in the functioning of the territorial government, Friday said her office has not received files from it for days now. In a whatsapp message to mediapersons here, Bedi said her office ‘has received no files relating to either service […]