Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane will be in Leh and Kashmir on a two-day visit to take stock of the situation on the ground amid border tensions between India and China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). General Naravane’s visit comes after the deadly clash between Indian and Chinese troops on 15 […]
A limited-overs marauder he might be but West Indies swashbuckler Chris Gaylesays there is nothing more challenging than Test cricket, a format which can also help one understand the vagaries of life. Speaking to Indian cricketer Mayank Agarwal for BCCI’s online show ‘Open Nets, Gayle, who has played 103 five-day games in his roller-coaster career, said […]
Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted bail to pregnant Jamia student Safoora Zargar, arrested under the anti-terror law –UAPA– in a case related to communal violence in northeast Delhi during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act in February this year. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta did not oppose the bail on humanitarian grounds. (More details awaited.) OUTLOOK
A key body of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Monday backed the Kashmiri people’s demand for self-determination and rejected the Indian government’s decision to scrap the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. A virtual meeting of the OIC’s contact group on Kashmir, held on Pakistan’s call, adopted a communique that also expressed concern […]
Massive road development projects in the Tibet Autonomous Region have led to rivers changing their course and expanding China’s boundary into northern territories of Nepal, a document by Nepal’s agriculture department has warned. The document, accessed by Hindustan Times, said patches of Nepalese territory in several districts had already been encroached by China and cautioned that Beijing […]
Srinagar 23 June: The Casual Employee’s Union (CEU) of R&B Division Kashmir held at Chief Office R&B Kashmir under the banner of CEU and were demanding immediate regularization and pending wages According to KNS Casual Employees said that they are facing tough times as the department has not releasing their salaries from last two years. […]
New Delhi: Petrol price on Tuesday was hiked by 20 paise per litre and diesel by 55 paise as the oil companies increased prices for the 17th day in a row that took the cumulative increase to a steep Rs 8.5 and Rs 10.01 per litre, respectively. Petrol price in Delhi was hiked to Rs 79.76 […]
New Delhi: The Centre and the CBSE told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that discussion on whether to scrap the remaining exams of Class XII from July 1-15 in view of increasing number of COVID-19 cases is at an advanced stage and a decision is likely to be taken on Wednesday. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta informed […]
(Agencies) New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s tweet today questioning the government on Chinese aggression came with a photo taken by his father and former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi of the Pangong Tso lake in Ladakh. “We stand united against Chinese aggression. Has China occupied Indian territory?” Rahul Gandhi tweeted in Hindi with the photo, […]
Srinagar : Combined Forces launched a cordon and search operation in Srinagar outskirts and claimed that it recovered arms and ammunition during the operation. Official sources told news agency KNT that a search operation was launched by soldiers from 5 and 20 Rashtriya Rifles in Harwan forest area of Srinagar outskirts. During the operation, a […]