NITI Aayog propose vax price between Rs 300-500

New Delhi (IANS) The NITI Aayog has promulgated a price range of Rs 300-500 for two Covid vaccines that would be available for the priority group at private facilities in the third phase of vaccination set to begin from March 1, sources privy to the…

US condemns LoC infiltration, expects Pak's 'constructive role'

New York (IANS) The US condemns terrorists infiltrating the Line of Control (LoC) and expects Pakistan to play a "constructive role" in Kashmir, according to State Department Spokesperson Ned Price.

"We have been very clear that we condemn…

UN welcome Indo-Pak statement reaffirming ceasefire

United Nations (IANS) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and General Assembly President Volkan Bozkir have welcomed the joint statement by India and Pakistan reaffirming their commitment to upholding the ceasefire along the Line of Control in Kashmir.

G-23's first public event in Jammu as Rahul tours TN

New Delhi (IANS) In the first ever show of strength, the dissenters in the Congress will be sharing a public platform in Jammu as party leader Rahul Gandhi will be busy campaigning in Tamil Nadu.

Ghulam Nabi Azad, the veteran Congress leader…

After petrol & diesel, consumers face cooking gas price rise

New Delhi IANS) Government seems to be in no mood to subsidise the price of common mans cooking gas which like the price of auto fuels petrol and diesel has maintained consistent increase for past few months.

The price of domestic 14.2-kg LPG…

India talking to Bangladesh to take back sea-stranded Rohingyas

New Delhi (IANS) India is negotiating with Bangladesh to take back 81 Rohingyas whose boat drifted into its territorial waters in mid-February.

Eight Rohingyas on that boat have already died and one has gone missing, possibly drowned in the…

India asks China to resolve remaining boundary issues

New Delhi (IANS) The government said on Friday that following the disengagement of Indian and Chinese troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh, it is not in the interest of either side to prolong the remaining boundary issues between…

8-phase poll in Bengal, three-phase in Assam, single in TN, Kerala

New Delhi (IANS) The Election Commission on Friday announced single-phase polling in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Assembly elections, three-phase polling in Assam, and eight phases in West Bengal.

Declaring the election schedule for the…

Mamata questions EC's 8-phase poll schedule for Bengal

Kolkata (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has questioned the eight-phase schedule for West Bengal Assembly elections that was announced by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday.

According to the ECI, West Bengal will…

After 20 years in jail, UP man found 'wrongly convicted'

Lucknow (IANS) A 43-year-old man from Lalitpur, 'wrongly convicted' in a rape case, has finally been acquitted by the Allahabad High Court after spending 20 years in jail.

The man has been lodged in the Agra jail since the past two…