Life in Afghanistan | An Afghan boy selling bread reacts to the camera, along a busy street in Kabul.(AFP Photo)
The UK is planning to relax immigration rules by offering cheaper and easier visas for Indian tourists, students and professionals, in an attempt to clinch a trade deal with India, a media report said on Saturday.
The Holocaust survivor Gertrude Pressburger, who became famous during Austria's 2016 presidential campaign with a video message in which “Mrs. Gertrude” warned of hatred and exclusion triggered by the far right, has died at 94.
Pressburger died Friday after a long illness, her family told the Austrian press agency APA on Saturday.
Pressburger was born and raised in Vienna, the daughter of a carpenter.
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Uttarakhand Govt appoints retired IAS officer Anil Chandra Punetha as the Chief Information Commissioner and Vipin Chandra & Vivek Sharma as Information Commissioners. (ANI)
As the clock struck 12, millions of people around the world welcomed 2022 with grand celebrations and magnificent fireworks. Keeping the Omicron regulations in mind, people celebrated New Year's Eve in a subtle manner by avoiding mass gatherings and new year parties. Read more(Reuters Photo)
A three-member panel headed by principal secretary (home) to submit its report on Vaishno Devi stampede within a week, saidJammu and Kashmir government. (PTI)
Members and supporters of Iraq's al-Hashed al-Shaabi ex-paramilitary alliance lift a mock coffin during a demonstration and a symbolic funeral for slain top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani and slain Iraqi commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis (portrait) in Baghdad commemorating the second anniversary of their killing in a US raid. (AFP Photo)
A crowd of 50-60 people pelted stones andsome of them opened fire at a police party that had gone to nab dug supplier Dharamvir in Delhi's Inder Puri today, injuring fourpolicemen. In self-defence, police also opened fire in which twopersons sustained injuries.
Himachal Pradesh Police was seen asking people to vacate Ridge Ground in Shimla. As per a note of the Shimla SP office, police had inputs about a planned bomb blasts in the area by a Pakistan-based entity during New Year celebrations.
"We received input from a very reliable source about an incident to take place at the Ridge Ground in Shimla. We had a meeting with officials anddecided to evacuate the area for the safety of tourists. I thank the Army bomb disposal squad. We're still on alert," HP CM Jairam Thakur. (ANI)
An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 that occurred at the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border also felt in Jammu and Kashmir at 6:45 pm today. (ANI)
Devotees wait in queues to pay obeisance at the Golden Temple on the first day of the New Year 2022, in Amritsar. (PTI Photo)
The report of the tri-services investigation into the chopper crash, that killed CDS Gen Bipin Rawat and 13 others, is set to be submitted to the Air headquarters next week, people familiar with the development said on Saturday.
They said the investigation into the December 8 accident near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu has nearly been completed and the voluminous report is being finalised for submission in the next few days.
It is learnt that the probe team led by Air Marshal Manavendra Singh examined all likely scenarios for the crash, including a possible human error. The experts also investigated if it was a case of disorientation by the crew when the helicopter was preparing for landing. (PTI)
An unidentified terrorist has been killed in an encounter in Jumagund area of Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir: Police (ANI)
Cautioning 2022 would be challenging year from economic and administrative perspective, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai asks top officials of state government to cut down on wasteful expenditure in their respective departments (PTI)
Former US Open and Wimbledon champion Venus Williams will miss action at the Melbourne Park for the first time in a decade, after she withdrew from the season-opening Grand Slam reportedly due to a leg injury, according to News Corp.
At least two people have been killed and many are feared trapped after a landslide at Dadam mining zone in Haryana's Bhiwani district on Saturday, police said. They said around half a dozen dumper trucks and some machines have been buried under debris after the landslide in Tosham block.
The Vaishno Devi pilgrimage is going on smoothly with strict adherence to standard operating procedures (SOPs), including Covid-19 guidelines, despite a stampede that claimed 12 lives and left over a dozen injured, a senior government official said on Saturday.
Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Raghav Langer said bodies of four victims of the stampede were dispatched to their native places, while the process to send the rest of the bodies was in progress.
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A sudden rush of devotees at the Vaishno Devi shrine here to mark the beginning of the New Year triggered the stampede that resulted in the death of 12 people, some of the survivors said, blaming "mismanagement" for the tragedy.
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Saturday he would refocus his efforts on foreign policy and pledged to make 2022 the year of diplomacy, in a New Year statement posted on his website.
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GST revenue collected in December 2021 was over Rs 1.29 lakh crore, 13 per cent higher than the same month last year, the Finance Ministry said on Saturday.
Competition is expected to soar in India's aviation sector during 2022, as new players enter the industry along with deeper penetration of air transport in the hinterland.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday urged the union government to upgrade technology and enhance capacity of the Regional Meteorological Centre here to ensure timely weather forecast, saying it is unable to predict 'red alert situation' in advance which hindered preparatory action by the state.
As the clock struck 12, millions of people around the world welcomed 2022 with grand celebrations and magnificent fireworks. Keeping the Omicron regulations in mind, people celebrated New Year's Eve in a subtle manner by avoiding mass gatherings and new year parties.
Chemical-free farming is a great way to save our earth from becoming barren. So, in the last year, the country has started another visionary effort -- natural farming, he said.
PM Gatishakti National Master Plan is going to give a new edge to the pace of infrastructure construction in the country. Giving new dimensions to Make in India, the country has implemented ambitious schemes for new sectors like chip manufacturing and semiconductors: PM Modi
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Leading the world against climate change, India has also set a target of net-zero carbon emissions in front of the world by 2070. India is also working on electric vehicles. In 2021, increased the age of marriage of daughters from 18 to 21 years i.e. equal to that of sons: PM Modi
Even as farmers celebrated their victory by getting the government to repeal its three agriculture laws, parallels with an earlier public protest may point to the future of farmers' demands for minimum support price (MSP) for crops, compensation, etc.
In a challenge-packed 2021, former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje wasted no time to turn them into opportunities and started religious tours to different temples in the state.
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Rockets fired from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Saturday landed in the Mediterranean Sea off central Israel, the Israeli military said.
It was not immediately clear whether the rockets were meant to hit Israel, but Gaza-based militant groups often test-fire missiles toward the sea. There were no reports of casualties.
Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday expressed grief over the loss of lives in a stampede at the Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu, and prayed for speedy recovery of the injured.
Today, when we are entering the New Year, we have to draw inspiration from our efforts of the past year and move towards new resolutions. This year we will complete 75 years of our independence. It is time to embark on a new vibrant journey of country's resolutions, to move ahead with renewed enthusiasm: PM
Karachi reverberated with heavy gunfire on New Year's Eve claiming at least one life and leaving more than 15 people injured amid tight security arrangements and warnings from the authorities, Geo News reported.
Food aggregators like Swiggy and Zomato will have to collect and deposit tax at 5 per cent rate beginning Saturday, a move which will widen the tax base as food vendors who are currently outside the GST threshold will become liable to GST when provided through these online platforms.
India & Pak today exchanged, via diplomatic channels simultaneously at Delhi & Islamabad, lists of civilian prisoners & fishermen in their custody. This is in keeping with provisions of 2008 Agreement under which such lists are exchanged every year on 1st Jan & 1st July: MEA
India handed over lists of 282 Pakistan civilian prisoners and 73 fishermen in India's custody to Pakistan. Similarly, Pakistan has shared lists of 51 civilian prisoners and 577 fishermen in its custody, who are Indians or are believed to be Indians: MEA
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Political leaders including three former chief ministers were detained ahead of a march by the People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) to protest against the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission.
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People who got admitted here are stable. We may add some technical solutions for the yatra. Earlier people use to visit the shrine during festivals;PM Modi is monitoring the situation: Union Minister Jitendra Singh
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Twenty-four years after Mamata Banerjee formed the Trinamool Congress on January 1, 1998, to unseat the Left Front from power in West Bengal, her party has transcended the geographical boundaries of the eastern state and now attempts to expand its footprint across the country to pose a direct challenge to the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday said a high-level inquiry has been ordered into the stampede at the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine, in which at least 12 people were killed and 20 others injured.
S Aishwarya and S Saundarya, great granddaughters of the legendary M S Subbulakshmi, have just released their rendering of an evergreen invocation she first recorded in 1963.
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Two people were shot and wounded Friday following an apparent altercation at the Mall of America, sending New Year's Eve shoppers scrambling for safety and placing the Minneapolis mall on temporary lockdown, authorities said.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un put the economy front and centre of an agenda-setting speech at the end of a key ruling party meeting, state media reported Saturday, with no mention of the United States.
The Indian Defence Ministry has called China's action to change the status quo in several areas at Line of Actual Control as "provocative" and stated that threat assessment have resulted in reorganisation and realignment of forces to cater for the major augmentation of the Chinese forces and military infrastructure.
In a team stretching the limits of tattoos and hairdos, Mohammed Shami’s aesthetic is plain to the point of boring. The slight paunch and the receding hairline doesn’t help the Bengal pacer’s narrative either.
The Vaishno Devi yatra resumes following a short suspension after 12 people were killed in a stampede.
China's moves to build villages along its disputed boundary with India and to rename places in Arunachal Pradesh in its own languages are all linked to its ploy to take advantage of a bilateral agreement inked in 2005 and to sway the boundary negotiation in its favour.
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He added that a compensation of Rs 2 lakh will be provided for the injured as well.
New Year celebrations began early in the streets as city police barricaded major streets by evening to prevent revellers from gathering in view of Covid restrictions.