Tag: Pressure

Criminal cases against lawmakers: SC concerned over ‘pressure’ on police As 4,859 cases remain pending against sitting and former lawmakers across India, the Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed serious concern over political pressure on police in such cases.   “We have also been told that police sometimes do not ...

Ministers’ continued use of emergency powers to force through lockdown restrictions without parliamentary debate is “not widely acceptable” and could be unlawful, the House of Commons’ most senior backbench committee has warned Boris Johnson.The warning piled yet more pressure on the prime minister on the eve of his likely ...

Boris Johnson is coming under intense pressure to rethink his 10pm curfew on pubs and restaurants after chaotic closing-time scenes led to warnings that it is causing “more harm than good”.The imposition of early closing in England on Thursday has been followed by images of large numbers of drinkers ...

It is time to exert more pressure on the terrorists and their supporters, said Director-General of Police (DGP) Jammu and Kashmir, Dilbag Singh here on Saturday. "Jammu and Kashmir Police and all security forces in the Union Territory have sacrificed number of officers and Jjwans ...

Jha Washington: Pakistan needs to continue to put extreme pressure on the terrorist groups operating on its soil, including Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), a top American diplomat nominated to be the country’s next envoy to Islamabad has told US lawmakers. “Pakistan needs to continue to put extreme pressure on the ...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to make an announcement imminently on new financial support for businesses after Boris Johnson announced that coronavirus restrictions on social and economic activities could continue for another six months.Amid reports that Mr Sunak is considering a German-style wage subsidy scheme, the chancellor’s cabinet colleague ...

New Delhi: A demand for the government escalating its engagements with the international media to build a global opinion against Pakistan for sponsoring cross-border terrorism and harbouring fugitives such as Dawood Ibrahim was made in the Rajya Sabha on Saturday. Through a Zero Hour mention, Sasmit Patra of the ...

The situation in Eastern Ladakh remains tense as Indian and Chinese troops have been locked in a standoff along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) there since May. Indian foreign policy analyst Amrita Dhillon has explained what is behind the protracted row and who could benefit from the Sino-Indian ...

Source link www.rferl.org The Taliban's burgeoning financial might could make the militant group immune to pressure from the international community as it negotiates a role in postwar Afghanistan, according to a confidential report commissioned by NATO and obtained by RFE/RL. The Taliban “has achieved, or is close to achieving, ...

England batsman Dawid Malan hopes he can continue to make the most of his limited opportunities to cement his place in their Twenty20 side, the 33-year-old said on Monday.Malan has hit seven half-centuries and a ton in 15 innings since making his T20 debut in 2017. He averages 50.84 ...