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Nepal's month-long Swosthani Bratakatha starts amid COVID pandemic
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], January 17 (ANI): Separated from other devotees in an isolated area on embankments of Sali Nadi in Sankhu on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Hindu women donned in maroon red outfits sit next to the live-fire as they continue their month-long fast.
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Nirmala Sitharaman holds pre-budget stakeholder consultation with BJP stat
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 16 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman held a pre-budget stakeholder consultation with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state representatives belonging to different backgrounds and communities such as industries, professional, business, academicians, econo
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Pakistan: Farmers protest over fertiliser crisis, poor law and order situa
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Rahim Yar Khan [Pakistan], January 16 (ANI): Hundreds of farmers in Pakistan staged a protest against the fertiliser crisis, unavailability of irrigation water and the "precarious" law and order in Sadiqabad Tehsil, local media reported on Sunday.
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Jamaat-Islami protests against Sindh local government law
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], January 16 (ANI): Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) on Sunday has announced to stage its sit-in against Sindh local government (LG) law, at Shara-e-Faisal in front of the Awami Markaz.
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UP Polls: Congress in strong situation, confident of people voting for us,
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 16 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel kickstarted door to door campaign in Uttar Pradesh's Noida on Sunday after the election commission extended the ban on public rallies up to January 22 due to rise in the COVID-19 cases.
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'Too much tension on border', says Peskov commenting on Ukraine situation
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], January 16 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia cannot stress the importance of talks on security guarantees enough, since the situation on the border with Ukraine raises concerns, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with CNN's Fareed Zakaria.
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Security increased at Synagogues in Texas amid ongoing hostage situation
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Texas [US], January 16 (ANI): Synagogues in Dallas, Texas, are getting extra law enforcement protection amid the ongoing hostage situation at a synagogue in the town of Colleyville, Dallas, Mayor Eric Johnson said on Saturday (local time).
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Congress gives tickets to most sitting MLAs in Punjab in first list
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], January 15 (ANI): The Congress has retained most of the sitting MLAs in its list of 86 candidates announced for Punjab assembly polls on Saturday with both Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu to contest from their traditional
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UP Polls: BJP denies tickets to 20 sitting MLAs, fields 21 new candidates
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 15 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday released its first list of 107 candidates for the upcoming Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh in which it denied tickets to 20 sitting MLAs and fielded 21 new candidates in the polls scheduled to begin
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Situation at LoC better than last year, says Army Chief General Manoj Muku
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 15 (ANI): Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane on Saturday said that at the Line Of Control, the situation is better than the last year but Pakistan is still harbouring terrorists near the border.
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Blinken discusses Afghanistan situation with UN official, President of Red
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 15 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday (local time) virtually met UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths and President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer and discussed the Afghanistan situation.
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Taliban denies Human Rights Watch report characterizing human rights situa
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 15 (ANI): The Taliban on Friday denied Human Rights Watch (HRW) report that characterized the human rights situation in Afghanistan as a "crisis" and said that the situation has become better compared to the previous years in the country.
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