New Delhi: Coal production has achieved a significant 11.83 per cent spike in February over the corresponding month in previous year, the Ministry of Coal said on Tuesday. In February, the Ministry of Coal obtained 96.60 Million Tonne (MT) coal production, surpassing the figures of 86.38 MT of the corresponding month in previous year. The […]
United Nations: India has called for an “immediate de-escalation and eschewing of violence” in Gaza but stopped short of specifically mentioning a ceasefire, which is now a broad demand across the UN but opposed by Israel. “In order to arrive at a lasting solution, we urge for an immediate de-escalation and eschewing of violence,” India’s […]
Seoul: The era when a few powers exercised “disproportionate influence” over the reshaping of the global order is a thing of the past so India and South Korea have a growing responsibility to actively contribute to the process, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Tuesday. Speaking at the Korea National Diplomatic Academy, Jaishankar who […]
New Delhi: A 31-year-old Kerala man was killed and two more Indians were injured in a missile attack by Hezbollah along the border with Lebanon in Northern Israel, the Israeli Embassy in India confirmed on Tuesday. The deceased has been indentified as Nibin Maxwell, son of Pathrose Maxwell, from Kerala’s Kollam district. The injured persons […]
NEW DELHI: Off-spinner R Ashwin will appear in his 100th Test in Dharamsala on Thursday. He will be only the 14th Indian cricketer to feature in 100 Tests.Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar are among the 13 Indians to have played 100 Tests. Off-spinner R Ashwin will join the 100-Test club at Dharamsala. The fifth Test […]
NEW DELHI: Standing on the cusp of the historic feat of playing 100 Tests, Ravichandran Ashwin said that the milestone meant more to his family than to him. “Just because I have great memory, people actually think that I value numbers, but I actually don’t. It does not mean anything to me. The 100th Test […]
RIYADH: Cristiano Ronaldo returned from suspension and could not prevent Al-Nassr losing to Al-Ain 1-0 in the first leg of their Asian Champions League quarterfinal on Monday. Ronaldo was fresh after missing a Saudi Pro League match on Thursday as punishment for making an alleged offensive gesture during the previous game against Al-Shabab. A video […]
ABL, KDA Unimpressed: ‘Meeting Ended Without Any Concrete Outcome’ New Delhi: A six-member delegation of Apex Body, Leh (ABL) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) from Union Territory of Ladakh called on Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi, today. “Union Home Minister assured the delegation that under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra […]
Srinagar: A three-tier security ring has been thrown around the Bakshi Stadium here for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally later this week while drones and CCTVs are being used for increased surveillance across the city, officials said on Monday. Modi will visit Srinagar on March 7. This will be his first visit to the Valley […]
New Delhi: Six north eastern states and two Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh will see Rs 41,000 crore investment in rollout of city gas network to retail CNG to automobiles and piped cooking gas to houses over the next few years, Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Monday. Speaking at a […]