WASHINGTON: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met his US counterpart Antony Blinken here and held discussions covering deepening bilateral cooperation, the situation in West Asia, recent developments in the Indian sub-continent, the Indo-Pacific and Ukraine. Jaishankar – on his first visit to the US capital since the third Modi government took office – met Blinken […]
NEW DELHI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah on Tuesday informed that state associations will be able to access the Athlete Monitoring System (AMS) and the costs of it will be borne by the board. In a letter addressed to the president and honorary secretary of BCCI member associations, […]
NEW DELHI: A new study from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has revealed an unexpected factor influencing bird species diversity in mountainous regions: the presence of Oecophylla ants. The research, published in Ecology Letters, challenges long-held assumptions about species distribution patterns in mountain ecosystems. Mountains, covering only 25% of Earth’s surface, are home to […]
DUBAI: India’s pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah is back at the summit of the ICC Test bowling rankings following his match haul of six wickets in the second Test against Bangladesh in Kanpur. The 30-year-old replaced his India team-mate Ravichandran Ashwin – Player of the Series against Bangladesh – at the top of the chart. Spinner […]
Srinagar: The three border districts of Kashmir — Baramulla, Bandipora and Kupwara — registered a voter turnout of 60 per cent with traditional boycott bastions of Sopore and Baramulla towns witnessing the highest turnout in an election in the last three decades. However, the turnout in the 16 Assembly segments of these three districts on […]
Srinagar: Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Tuesday said that “J&K assembly elections have marked a significant deepening of democracy which will echo in the pages of history and continue to inspire a democratic spirit of the region for years to come.” He dedicated these elections to the people of J&K acknowledging their determination and […]
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that the government that would keep away terrorism, separatism, corruption and dynastic politics should be formed in Jammu and Kashmir. Shah also said Jammu and Kashmir needed a government that was visionary and could take strong decisions for security, peace and stability. “Today, the people voting in […]
Haryana: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched an attack on the Congress party, reviving the “urban naxal” accusation and saying that while Congress claims it will restore Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir (J-K), it has never said that it will reclaim Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK). Addressing a public rally in Haryana’s Palwal, […]
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir was about self-respect and rights of people of J&K. Voting for the third phase of the Jammu and Kashmir elections concluded in 40 seats across seven districts, including the winter capital Jammu. The assembly segments in the region where […]
New Delhi: The situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh is stable but sensitive and not normal, Chief of Army Staff Gen Upendra Dwivedi said on Tuesday on the dragging military standoff between China and India in the region. Though a “positive signalling” is coming out from the diplomatic talks between […]