Farmer leaders say they will give govt. time till May 9 to agree to their demands Protesting farm unions under the banner of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha plan to block the Western Peripheral Expressway surrounding Delhi from 8 am on Saturday to 8 am on Sunday. They will be joined by a contingent of youth from Punjab led by gangster-turned-activist Lakha Sidhana, who is wanted by Delhi Police in connection with the violence in the capital on Republic Day.The 24-hour blockade of the road, also known as the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal or KMP Expressway, is intended to be “a warning to the…
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Sri Lanka police’s Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) on Friday arrested the Mayor of Jaffna for allegedly promoting the LTTE’s ideology, in the choice of uniforms for an environment task force of the local municipal council. The move has drawn wide condemnation, including from the country’s Tamil polity and civil society. Late on Friday, the Jaffna Magistrate’s Court released him on bail, on a surety bond, amid a growing backlash. In the early hours of Friday, police arrested the Jaffna Mayor Viswalingam Manivannan, in connection with the municipal body assigning light blue coloured uniforms to a newly set-up team tasked with…
The Enforcement Directorate has attached assets worth ₹77.65 crore in a bank fraud case allegedly involving the promoters of the Housing Development Infrastructures Limited (HDIL), taking the value of the attachment so far to ₹147.49 crore.The assets, including five commercial properties spread across 32,300 sq. ft. and two residential flats in Mumbai, belong to Sunlight Housing Development Private Limited (SHDPL) and its directors.The ED probe is based on an FIR registered by the CBI alleging that ₹200 crore sanctioned by the Yes Bank to one Mack Star Marketing Private Limited was siphoned off. The case involves HDIL promoters, Rakesh Wadhawan…
The previous ninth round of the ECG was also held prior to the Doklam standoff, in April 2017 in Beijing. Bhutan and China have agreed to set up the next round of much-delayed boundary talks between them “as soon as possible” and discussed a roadmap for expediting the boundary resolution, a joint release of the 10th Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on the Bhutan-China Boundary held in Kunming announced on Friday. The upcoming talks, the 25th round of the boundary talks mechanism, will be the first since the Doklam standoff in 2017, and the first since China made new claims on…
Katharine Lee got her COVID-19 vaccination early on in the United States’ rollout. So did a friend of hers — they got their shots on the same day. They compared notes, curious to see what the side effects would be. Lee, a research fellow in the Division of Public Health Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, says that they both had one surprising symptom: they both started their period soon after they took the vaccine. “It wasn’t a symptom that was on the list,” she says. “I expected that my arm would be sore, or that I might have…
In a joint statement, the two countries said they would “firmly safeguard multilateralism and support the central role of the United Nations in international affairs.” China and Pakistan have pledged to back each other’s “core and major interests” in the United Nations after holding bilateral consultations on UN affairs.Both countries, which describe their relationship officially as one of “all-weather partners” and “iron brothers”, have in recent months stepped in to provide crucial support to the other on issues they see as sensitive, with Beijing raising the Kashmir issue at the UN Security Council and Islamabad backing China on Hong Kong…
Prince Philip was one key figure the Queen could turn to and trust. Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth and a leading figure in the British royal family for almost seven decades, has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace said on Friday.The Duke of Edinburgh, as he was officially known, had been by his wife’s side throughout her 69-year reign, the longest in British history, during which time he earned a reputation for a tough, no-nonsense attitude and a propensity for occasional gaffes.“It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen announces the death of her beloved husband, His Royal…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has already approved Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine that works with just one dose for emergency use in February Global healthcare major Johnson & Johnson is in discussions with the Indian government to begin a clinical trial of its single-dose COVID-19 vaccine in the country, the company said on Friday.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has already approved Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine that works with just one dose for emergency use in February.”We are in discussions with the Government of India with the objective of starting a bridging clinical study of our Janssen…
Mr Vaze’s lawyer has sought for a safe cell as his apprehends some danger for his client’s safety. The special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Friday remanded suspended assistant police officer Sachin Vaze to judicial custody till April 23.He was arrested by NIA on March 13 in connection with explosives found in a car near Mukesh Ambani’s residence and for the murder of auto parts dealer Mansukh Hiren.Also read: Hiran murder case | NIA takes Sachin Vaze to CSMT to recreate sceneMr Vaze’s lawyer has sought for a safe cell as his apprehends some danger for his client’s safety.The…
The plane was about to descend when the control tower informed of the closure of the airport A plane carrying Pakistan’s Parliament Speaker and a delegation of lawmakers was not allowed to land in Kabul and was turned back due to security reasons after explosives, apparently years old, were found buried near the airport. National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser was heading a nine-member parliamentary delegation to Kabul for a three-day visit on the special invitation of Speaker of Afghan Wolesi Jirga Mir Rehman Rehmani. A spokesperson for the speaker said that Mr. Qaiser along with the delegation had departed for…