Celebrate Holi With Military Personnel NEW DELHI: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said that he will visit Siachen area — the world’s highest battlefield — on March 24 and celebrate Holi with the armed forces personnel deployed there. The festival of colour will be celebrated from March 24-25. “Tomorrow, 24th March, I shall be […]
Srinagar: Special Director General (SDG) of the BSF’s Western Command, Yogesh Bahadur Khurania, concluded a five-day visit in the Kashmir valley which was aimed to assess the security situation and operational preparedness of the force along the Line of Control (LoC), an official said here on Saturday. The SDG of Western Command Chandigarh undertook a […]
New Delhi: Observing that preventive detention is a draconian measure and any such move based on a capricious or routine exercise of powers must be nipped in the bud, the Supreme Court has set aside a Telangana High Court order rejecting a detenu’s appeal. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud […]
Srinagar: The Army in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday cancelled a seminar, which was aimed to raise awareness about the Uniform Civil Code and other topics after a backlash from the political parties here. The Army late Friday sent invitations to the media houses for a seminar on the subject “Navigating legal frontiers: Understanding Indian […]
New Delhi: Six former MLAs from Himachal Pradesh, disqualified as Congress legislators, have joined the BJP in Delhi. The event took place in the presence of Union Minister Anurag Thakur and former Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur. The six MLAs — Sudhir Sharma, Inder Dutt Lakhanpal, Ravi Thakur, Chetanya Sharma, Rajinder Rana and Devinder […]
New Delhi: Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh likened his party to a “well-established company” whose market capitalisation keeps fluctuating and asserted that it will stage a comeback. In an interaction at the PTI office here, Ramesh also dismissed suggestions that it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s charisma that was […]
New Delhi: There has been a reduction of 36.69 per cent in the volume of coal imported for blending by thermal power plants, amounting to 19.36 million tons (MT) during April 2023 to January 2024, compared to the same period of the previous year, the Coal Ministry said on Friday. This reduction in imported coal […]
NEW DELHI: Nearly two decades after he made his senior debut against Pakistan, Indian talisman Sunil Chhetri is set for another milestone as he will appear in his 150th international match in the World Cup qualifier against Afghanistan in Guwahati on Tuesday. India played out a goalless draw against Afghanistan in their away leg contest […]
KARACHI: After a meeting with Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officials, all-rounder Imad Wasim on Saturday came out of retirement to make himself available for selection for the upcoming T20 World Cup. Wasim had announced his retirement from international cricket in November last year. “I am happy to announce that pursuant to meeting PCB officials, I […]
KARACHI: Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman and career diplomat, Shahryar M. Khan passed away in Lahore on Saturday. He was 89 and is survived by his wife and four children. Khan had two stints as PCB chairman, between 2003 and 2006 and then 2014 to 2017. He was also a manager of the Pakistan […]