Jamaat campaign against India led to US hearings, resolutions on Kashmir

New Delhi/Washington (IANS) Two Islamic charities, linked to the banned Islamist outfit Jamaat-e-Islami, ran a persistent disinformation campaign against India leading to hearings and resolutions on Kashmir in the US Congress last year.

As…

Islamic missionaries of Tablighi Jamaat may be biggest carrier of Covid-19 in South Asia

New Delhi/Islamabad (IANS) In a strange pattern, members of Tablighi Jamaat, an Islamic proselytizing group, have been found unrestrainedly preaching in large religious gatherings amid the coronavirus pandemic restrictions in several countries in…

Govt extends validity of lower withholding tax till June 30

New Delhi (IANS) The government has extended the validity of all lower withholding tax orders, secured by assessees, by three months till June 30 to mitigate the hardship caused by Covid-19-related disruptions.

In an order on Tuesday, the Central…

Banks will automatically defer your EMIs by three months

New Delhi (IANS) Customers who receive EMI payment notice at the beginning of every month can heave a sigh of relief as banks have decided to defer receiving such payments for a period of three month under the terms of a Covid 19- RBI package announced…

Spike in Covid-19 cases due to lack of support in some locations: Govt

New Delhi (IANS) As the number of positive coronavirus cases witnessed a spike on Tuesday, the government said that it was due to "lack of support in some locations", possibly hinting at the outbreak seen in Nizamuddin Markaz in the national capital…

Baseless: Govt on claims Lockdown21 will be extended

New Delhi (IANS) Debunking viral reports on social media that claimed government will extend the 21-day lockdown, the Centre on Monday denied them as 'baseless'.

"There are rumours and media reports, claiming that the Government will…

Migrant exodus under control, states to enforce lockdown: MHA

New Delhi (IANS) A day after its move to curb the movement of lakhs of migrant workers across states in an exodus prompted by a 21-day nationwide lockdown to mitigate COVID-19 spread, the Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday announced that the situation…

Two catalysts which have changed India and US for good (Comment)

What will the world look like after the coronavirus induced shut down? I am not in possession of a crystal ball for global survey but I can activate my intuition on the basis of two stories I have covered. I was in the US for the 2016 Presidential…

'Missing' posters put up in Sonia's Rae Bareli

Rae Bareli (IANS) Politics continues to pay out even in times of crisis and lockdown in Uttar Pradesh.

In Rae Bareli, the parliamentary constituency of Congress president Sonia Gandhi,‘missing' posters cropped up on Saturday night in which…

Modi apologises for harsh steps to fight COVID-19

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday during his monthly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat' apologised for taking harsh steps to fight COVID-19 outbreak.

He said, "I apologise for taking these harsh steps which have caused…