Search For "media reports"
MGNREGA allocation not slashed, clarifies Finance Secretary
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 2 (ANI): The government has not slashed the allocation for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (MGNREGA) scheme, Finance Secretary TV Somanathan told ANI on Wednesday, rubbishing media reports.
Read More
Canadian PM moved to secret location as anti-COVID rules protests flare-up
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], January 30 (ANI): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his family have left their home in the country's capital and shifted to a secret location after a large-scale protest opposing COVID vaccine mandates converged on Parliament Hill, media reports said on Saturday.
Read More
Iran-Afghanistan water dispute: Iranian protesters attack Afghan vehicles
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 29 (ANI): Iranians held a protest in country's Sistan-Baluchestan province and demanded their rights to water that flows from Afghanistan, according to media reports.
Read More
Taliban's opposition to Durand fencing not its policy, claims Pakistan NSA
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 28 (ANI): Contrary to media reports, Pakistan National Security Advisor (NSA) Moeed Yusuf has said the Taliban authorities in Afghanistan was maintaining cordial ties with Pakistan despite recent border fencing troubles.
Read More
China agrees to Xinjiang visit by UN rights chief in first half of 2022: R
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], January 28 (ANI): China has agreed to let the United Nation's human rights chief visit Xinjiang in the first half of 2022 after the conclusion of the Beijing Winter Olympics, media reports said.
Read More
US stepping up pressure on Beijing in South China Sea
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 27 (ANI): Amid military rivalry between Washington and Beijing in the South China Sea, the United States is demonstrating a growing appetite to challenge China's naval assertiveness in the area, according to media reports.
Read More
Burkina Faso's army says President Roch Kabore ousted
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Ouagadougou [Burkina Faso], January 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Burkina Faso's army announced on Monday it had ousted President Roch Marc Christian Kabore, dissolved the government and the national assembly, and closed the borders, according to media reports.
Read More
Plea in SC seeks early hearing of Tablighi Jamaat fake news case
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 24 (ANI): Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, a Muslim body, on Monday filed a plea in the Supreme Court urging it to urgently hear its petition seeking action against media reports indulging in communal branding of COVID-19 pandemic in the light of 2020 Tablighi Jamaat congregat
Read More
Islamic State claims responsibility for attack in Afghan city of Herat
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 24 (ANI): Islamic State claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on Saturday in the western Afghan city of Herat, media reports said on Sunday.
Read More
12 people dead, several injured after heavy rains in northwest Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], January 24 (ANI): At least 12 people were killed and several injured due to rainstorms in Pakistan's northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, media reports said.
Read More
Several Pak fishermen missing after two boats capsize in Arabian Sea
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 23 (ANI): At least eight fishermen went missing after two boats capsized in the Arabian Sea near the country's southern Sindh province on Saturday, media reports said.
Read More
China dismisses US media report about Xi Jinping's alleged 'request' to Pu
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], January 23 (ANI): US media reports about Chinese leader Xi Jinping's alleged request to Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding Ukraine are a fake and a provocation, the Chinese Embassy in Russia said.
Read More