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Army Colonel, Major, 2 militants among 7 killed in Handwara encounter

Srinagar, May 3 (PTI) A Colonel and a Major were among five army personnel killed in an encounter with militants at a village in...

Pant calls Dhoni his mentor, but says he never offers complete solutions

New Dehi: Calling M S Dhoni his mentor, wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant says the World Cup-winning skipper has his own way of helping the...

Big egos not harmful if there is team culture, environment, says Jayawardene

NEW DELHI: Sri Lankan batting great Mahela Jayawardene says there is "nothing harmful" in having players with big egos in a team as long...

Australia restricts use of saliva, sweat to shine ball under COVID-19 guidelines

NEW DELHI: Australia will not allow the use of saliva or sweat to shine the ball once cricket training resumes in the post-COVID-19 world,...

COVID-19 death toll rises to 1,223, no. of cases climbs to 37,776 in India: Health ministry

New Delhi:   The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 1,223 and the number of cases climbed to 37,776 in the country on Saturday,...

Commercial passenger flights to remain suspended till May 17 midnight: DGCA

New Delhi:  A day after the Modi government announced extension of the coronavirus-induced lockdown till May 17, the DGCA on Saturday said all commercial...

14 West Bengal residents stuck in Kashmir for month

Jammu:  A 14-member group from West Bengal, on a trip to Jammu and Kashmir, has been stuck at a hotel here for over a...

Cop dragged on car bonnet in Jalandhar, driver held

Chandigarh: An assistant sub inspector of the Punjab Police was dragged on the bonnet of a car after he tried to stop the driver...

Coronavirus: New York state schools, colleges to remain closed for remainder of academic year

New York:  New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that schools and colleges across the state will remain closed for the rest of the...

Barber shops, sale of non-essentials by e-commerce platforms allowed in green, orange zones: MHA

New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Saturday clarified that barber shops and salons will be allowed to operate in green...

Russia, Pakistan virus cases spike as others ease controls

Beijing:  Russia and Pakistan reported their biggest one-day jumps in new coronavirus infections as some other countries and U.S. states where case numbers are...

62-yr-old beaten to death in UP’s Amethi

  Amethi: A 62-year-old man was beaten to death allegedly over a land dispute in a village here, police said on Saturday. According to police the...

China’s coronavirus cases drop to one

Beijing:   China, where the deadly coronavirus first emerged in December last, reported just one COVID-19 case, the National Health Commission (NHC) said on Saturday. The...

Amid attack from Trump, WHO praises China for handling coronavirus pandemic

Beijing:  The World Health Organisation has praised China for handling the coronavirus pandemic and said that the countries need to learn from Wuhan on...

Coronavirus: US announces relaxations for H-1B visa holders, Green Card applicants

Washington:   In a major relief for professionals and immigrants from countries like India, the US government has given a grace period of 60 days...

2 soldiers injured in cross LOC firing succumb

Srinagar: Two soldiers, who were injured in firing from across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, succumbed here on Saturday,...

WHO chief reiterates virus had natural origin

  Washington:  The head of emergencies at the World Health Organisation reiterated that the group believes the novel coronavirus is natural in origin. Dr Michael Ryan...

N Korea’s Kim Jong Un appears in public amid health rumours

Seoul:  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance in 20 days as he celebrated the completion of a fertilizer factory...

Tariff on China for mishandling virus outbreak is ‘certainly an option’: Trump

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Friday reiterated that imposing an additional tariff on China for allegedly mishandling the coronavirus outbreak is "certainly an...

Encounter breaks out between government forces and militants in Pulwama

Srinagar:  An encounter broke out between government  forces and militants in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, police said. Government forces launched a...

COVID-19 death toll rises to 1,218, cases to 37,336

New Delhi:  The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 1,218 and the number of cases climbed to 37,336 in the country on Saturday,...

Govt extends lockdown by two weeks with certain relaxations

New Delhi: The government on Friday announced that a “limited” lockdown, including suspension of inter-state travel, air and train services, will continue to remain...

J&K CAT bench to hear service matters of employees, clarifies GoI

New Delhi: The Central Administrative Tribunal’s Jammu and Kashmir bench will hear service-related matters of employees of the central government and union territories of...

Covid-19: Centre lists red, green zone districts for week after May 3

NEW DELHI: Ahead of the end of the extended lockdown, the Union Health Ministry has listed 130 districts in the country in red zone,...

MHA allows movement of stranded migrants, students, pilgrims by spl trains

NEW DELHI: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday allowed the use of trains for ferrying people stranded due to the nationwide...

Anti-Muslim incidents bound to attract negative attention abroad; need to change domestic reality: Tharoor

NEW DELHI: Asserting that incidents and comments against Muslims were bound to attract negative reactions abroad, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday said...

Over 32,000 Indians in UAE register to return home

ABU DHABI: More than 32,000 Indians in the UAE, who wish to return home amidst the coronavirus lockdown, have registered with the Indian missions...

India lose top spot in ICC Test rankings to Australia

DUBAI: India lost the top spot in the ICC Test rankings to Australia on Friday, dropping to third after their stupendous 2016-17 record was...

Quality of cricketers not the same any more: Abdul Razzaq

New Delhi: Former Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq thinks the standard of cricket has gone down in the recent times. He said the kind of...

J&K CAT bench to hear service matters of employees, clarifies GoI

New Delhi: The Central Administrative Tribunal's Jammu and Kashmir bench will hear service-related matters of employees of the central government and union territories of...

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