A helicopter plucked six miners to safety from a Taiwan quarry on Thursday as rescuers worked to free scores of people trapped in highway tunnels after the island’s biggest earthquake in a quarter of a century. Nine people were killed and more than 1,000 injured in Wednesday’s magnitude-7.4 quake, but strict building regulations and widespread public […]
Srinagar, Apr 4: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has pooh-poohed the claims made by rival National Conference and PDP that his newly- formed party was in cahoots with the BJP and asked whether they are the ‘B’ teams of the saffron party going by their past coalition arrangements. Talking to PTI […]
With the announcement of parliamentary elections, code of conduct has been put in force in all the states and union territories. In view of the ensuing elections to Lok Sabha, the Jammu and Kashmir Election Office has issued guidelines with regard to printing and publication of election pamphlets, posters and related material across the Union […]
DODA, APRIL 03: Police officers and officials were today imparted training about handling of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines for the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections-2024 at DPL here. Led by Dr. Akhter Hussain, Nodal Officer Training and Human Resource, the training session witnessed presence of SP, Shakeel Butt, […]
RCB skipper Faf du Plessis has revealed that Mayank Yadav’s ability to control length was impressive on Tuesday night in their defeat to Lucknow Super Giants. Mayank managed to sizzle once again as he starred by picking three wickets at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. “It is the new action you haven’t faced before, and especially if […]
At least four people were killed and nearly 60 injured on Wednesday by a powerful earthquake in Taiwan that damaged dozens of buildings and prompted tsunami warnings that extended to Japan and the Philippines before being lifted. Officials said the quake was the strongest to shake the island in decades, and warned of more tremors […]
Srinagar: Amid cloud cover with possibility of rains during next 24 hours, night temperature recorded an increase in most parts of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, officials said. A meteorological department official said that Srinagar recorded a minimum of 8.0°C against 4.8°C on the previous night and it was 1.6°C above normal for the summer […]
Days after rival parties, the BJD and the BJP, announced the names of their candidates for the Lok Sabha and assembly elections, to be conducted in Odisha simultaneously, the Indian National Congress declared its first list for eight Lok Sabha and 49 Assembly constituencies. The BJD had announced 15, 72 candidates for the Lok Sabha […]
CHITTAGONG: Asitha Fernando claimed 4-34 as Sri Lanka bowled out Bangladesh for 178 to take a massive 353-run lead in the first innings of the second Test in Chittagong on Monday. The tourists decided against enforcing a follow-on but were left struggling with their batting in the second innings, reaching 102-6 at stumps on the […]
A 12-year-old opened fire on Tuesday at a school outside the Finnish capital Helsinki injuring three other children, police said, adding that the attacker was in custody. The school in Vantaa has around 800 pupils and 90 staff. Children in grades one to nine, or aged seven to 15, attend the school. “There are people […]