BEIJING: Chinese embassy in Delhi has launched ‘China Online Visa Application System’ for Indian passport holders to apply for visas online, a social media report said on Monday.The process is easier than the previous one, where applicants were required to present many paper documents in person, Shenzhen-based Chinese portal Greater Bay Area reported.Earlier, Chinese embassy…
LUCKNOW: A three-year-old boy was killed in another wolf attack in UP’s Bahraich district Monday, intensifying fear across rural areas where such fatalities have continued unabated for months. At least 13 people, including 12 children, died and 42 were injured in wolf attacks in the district in the past three months.Police identified the boy as…
NEW DELHI: India has moved closer to inking deals to export BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles to Vietnam and Indonesia, which collectively will be worth over Rs 4,000 crore ($450 million).Russia, the joint developer of BrahMos missiles that fly at almost three times the speed of sound (Mach 2.8), has assured India that it has no…
NEW DELHI: The India-New Zealand FTA ran into some political opposition in Wellington as the right-wing New Zealand First (NZF), a member of the ruling coalition, opposed the deal, calling it neither free nor fair. NZF leader Winston Peters, who is also the foreign minister of New Zealand, said his party would vote against the…
NEW DELHI: In his first visit to the national capital after taking oath last month for the 10th time, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar met PM Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday.Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary, who is from BJP, accompanied Nitish along with Union minister Lalan Singh, of JDU, and later described…
NEW DELHI: The conclusion of the India-New Zealand free trade agreement (FTA) in record nine months will serve as a catalyst for greater trade, investment, innovation and shared opportunities between both countries, PM Narendra Modi and his counterpart Christopher Luxon said after jointly announcing the conclusion of talks.“The FTA would significantly deepen bilateral economic engagement,…
NEW DELHI: The disclosures made by political parties to Election Commission, after assembly elections in Delhi earlier this year, revealed BJP at Centre, and also in the state now, has a bank balance of over Rs 6,900 crore.Its rival and the grand old party, Congress, at the same time, has merely Rs 53 crore, both…
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab government will soon provide health insurance cover of Rs 10 lakh each family of the state under Mukh Mantri Sehat Bima Yojana.The new scheme, which is expected to be rolled out by the state government early next year, will provide health cover to around 65 lakh families, which will be significantly higher…
MUMBAI: Activists Anjali Damania and Vijay Kumbhar on Monday demanded that police register an FIR against Parth Pawar and Dy CM Ajit Pawar be asked to resign over the Pune land “scam.” They said despite complaints and evidence, no action was taken by the police or the govt.The two showed text messages among an advocate…
CHANDIGARH: Punjab and Haryana high court has ruled that the authority vested in a criminal court to impose the condition of ‘deposit of passport’ ought not to be exercised in a “rote or automatic manner”, and such bail conditions must not unduly curtail personal liberty.HC was of the view that the condition for depositing one’s…