Capt Amarinder urges EC to prevent Badal govt from pushing poll sops through ‘back-door’ special session

NEW DELHI: Punjab Congress president Captain Amarinder Singh has urged the Election Commission to take immediate preventive steps to stop the Badal government from trying to push through its pending ordinances, which the governor has refused to sign, through the special Assembly session called by it in violation of all norms. Having failed to push […]

Syria’s Assad, Russia and Iran have blood on hands: Obama

Washington : Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian regime and its Russian and Iranian backers have blood on their hands, US President Barack Obama has said while pitching for an impartial international observer force in Aleppo to coordinate an orderly evacuation through safe corridors. “The Syrian regime and its Russian and Iranian allies are trying to obfuscate the […]

Govt gives 3 more months to come clean on black money

New Delhi : Warning black money hoarders that just by depositing money in bank accounts would not make it white, the government today announced a long window for the income declaration scheme stretching up to March 31, offering a chance to pay 50 per cent tax on bank deposits of the old currencies made post-demonetisation. […]

Will not accept any changes in Indus Waters Treaty, says Pakistan

Washington : Pakistan has firmly stated that it will not accept any alterations or changes to the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) after India said that it is ready to engage in further consultations with Islamabad on the matter of resolving current differences over the Kishenganga and Ralte projects under the Indus Water Treaty. “Pakistan will […]