BY VISHAL GULATI Madrid, Dec 14 : The UN climate change conference was locked in a stalemate over a number of technical issues relating to finance, loss and damage, and mechanism of a new carbon trading market, even as it went into an extra day on Saturday. The two-week-long climate negotiations, named COP25, undergoing in […]
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US, Canada warn citizens against visiting Northeast
New Delhi, Dec 14 : The US and Canada have warned their citizens against visiting the northeastern states of India due to the ongoing protests over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, officials said. An advisory issued by the American embassy here on Friday stated that the US citizens should “exercise caution in the light of […]
Centre moots Article 371 in lieu of 370 for J&K
Srinagar, Dec 13 : A new dispensation may be afoot in Jammu & Kashmir with the Centre proposing granting of Article 371 as compensation for the abrogation of Article 370. Under Article 371, the Constitution provides special provisions for all the hill states with domicile rights, similar to that enjoyed under Article 35A in J&K. […]
Delay in renewing defence land lease led to loss of Rs 27 cr: CAG
By Sumit Kumar Singh New Delhi, Dec 13 : Delay caused by the Ministry of Defence in taking decision for renewal of leases of defence land has incurred a loss of Rs 27.42 crore to the exchequer, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) finds in its report on Union Government (Defence Services)-Army, sources in the […]
Nirbhaya’s killers fate to be decided on Dec 18: Court
New Delhi, Dec 13 : As Nirbhaya’s parents moved the Patiala House Court on Friday seeking to expedite the execution of their daughter’s killers seven years since the brutal crime, the Delhi court said it will wait for the Supreme Court’s order taht will be hearing the matter as well on December 17. Judge Satish […]
Yogi clicks his first ever selfie
[Kanpur: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath gets a selfie clicked during inspection ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit, in Kanpur, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. ( /PTI] Kanpur, Dec 12 : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday clicked his first ever selfie during a programme in Kanpur. The chief minister was inaugurating […]