India

Mumbai, Jun 18 (PTI) In the wake of the killing of 20 Indian soldiers in a violent clash with Chinese troops in Ladakh, Maharashtra NCP minister Jitendra Awhad on Thursday said no country is speaking on the Galwan Valley standoff when it is clear that China indulged in aggression.

Seeking to know whether India's international policy has failed, Awhad said the American policy also does not seem to be favouring India.

New Delhi, Jun 18 (PTI) Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Thursday appealed to people to boycott products from China and also directed officials of his ministry not to procure any Chinese products for day-to-day office use.

The comments from the Food and Consumer Affairs Minister come against the backdrop of heightened border tensions between India and China.

Howrah, Jun 18 (PTI) A marriage scene was recreated for a man who was released upon recovery from a hospital in Howrah district where he was admitted with COVID-19, a day after he got married on June 2.

The man, Supriyo Bandyopadhyay, in his early 20s, had tested positive for the disease on June 3, a day after he had tied the nupital knot with Piyali Bandyopadhyay, Superintendent of the hospital Subhasis Mitra told reporters.

Lucknow, Jun 18 (PTI) A special CBI court hearing the Babri demolition case on Thursday recorded the statement of accused Vinay Kumar Rai.

He was the 12th accused to depose before the court, which is conducting day-to-day proceedings in order to conclude the trial by August 31, as directed by the Supreme Court.

There are 32 people who are facing a trial for the conspiracy to demolish the disputed structure in Ayodhya in 1992.

Special Judge S K Yadav will hold proceedings on June 19 as well.

KANPUR: Why are boat makers facing tough days amidst the Coronavirus? Their earnings have reduced to zero in the absence of demand from the buyers. Not many families are depending on the boat making business in the city but nearly one hundred families of boat making artisans live here. 

Lamenting at the sudden decline in their particular profession owing to more than two-month-long lockdown one boat maker pointed out that we were badly facing hard days due to dearth of the customers. Thereby this trend had brought our position to a very wretched level.

NEW DELHI (AP) — India on Thursday cautioned China against making “exaggerated and untenable claims” to the Galvan Valley area even as both nations tried to end a standoff in the high Himalayan region where their armies engaged in a deadly clash.

Twenty Indian troops were killed in the clash Monday night that was the deadliest conflict between the sides in 45 years. China has not disclosed whether its forces suffered any casualties.

New Delhi, Jun 17 (PTI) Front-line bases of the Indian army and the air force along the nearly 3,500 km de-facto border with China were Wednesday put on high alert in view of the worst border clash between Indian and Chinese troops in Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh that left 20 Army personnel dead, official sources said.

The Indian Navy has also been asked to raise its alert level in the Indian Ocean Region where Chinese Navy has been making regular forays.

New Delhi, Jun 17 (PTI) Petrol price on Wednesday was hiked by 55 paise per litre and diesel by 60 paise a litre, marking the 11th consecutive day of increase in rates that now totals to Rs 6.02 for petrol and Rs 6.4 for diesel.

Petrol price in Delhi was hiked to Rs 77.28 per litre from Rs 76.73, while diesel rates were increased to Rs 75.79 a litre from Rs 75.19, according to a price notification of state oil marketing companies.

Rates have been increased across the country and vary from state to state depending on the incidence of local sales tax or VAT.

United Nations, Jun 17 (PTI) India is expected to register a comfortable victory in the Security Council elections on Wednesday that will bring the country to the UN high-table as a non-permanent member for the 2021-22 term.

The 193-member UN General Assembly will hold elections for President of the 75th session of the Assembly, five non-permanent members of the Security Council and members of the Economic and Social Council under special voting arrangements put in place at the UN headquarters due to COVID-19 related restrictions.

Lucknow, Jun 16 (PTI) The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday granted bail to UP Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu while questioning his party's offer to provide buses for migrant workers, the issue which triggered a row with the state government and also led to his arrest.

The Lucknow bench of the high court said it is "disturbing" that the state government and the party were at loggerheads over the issue.