AUSTRALIAN OPEN: Sania-Ram pair cruises into mixed doubles quarterfinals

MELBOURNE: India’s Sania Mirza and her American partner Rajeev Ram advanced to the mixed doubles quarterfinals of the Australian Open with a straight set win over Ellen Perez and Matwe Middelkoop here on Sunday. The unseeded Indo-American duo took one hour 27 minutes to dispatch Australian Perez and Dutch Middelkoop 7-6 (8/6),6-4 in the second-round […]

Sindhu wins Syed Modi International badminton title

LUCKNOW: Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu eased past young compatriot Malvika Bansod in straight games to win her second women’s singles title at the Syed Modi International badminton tournament here on Sunday. Playing in a depleted field due to multiple COVID-19 cases, top seed Sindhu hardly broke her sweat to get past Bansod 21-13 21-16 […]

COVID-19 death toll climbs to 4,89,409

COVID-19 death toll climbs to 4,89,409

      New Delhi:India logged 3,33,533 new coronavirus infections, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,92,37,264, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday.       The active cases have increased to 21,87,205, while the death toll has climbed to 4,89,409 with 525 fresh fatalities, the data updated at […]

Assembly polls in JK after delimitation, statehood to be restored once situation is normal: Shah

Assembly polls in JK after delimitation, statehood to be restored once situation is normal: Shah

Says J&K ranks fifth in implementing development schemes in District Good Governance Index New Delhi/Jammu: Legislative Assembly elections will be held after the completion of the ongoing delimitation process and statehood will be restored once the situation in Jammu and Kashmir becomes normal, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday. Virtually releasing India’s first […]

People in Kashmir rejected militancy, separatism: Army Commander

Says number of militants below 200 in Valley Udhampur: The Operation Snow Leopard’ is still on with troops on alert and ready to meet any eventuality as the focus of disengagements in Ladakh continues to be through talks, Army’s northern commander Lt Gen Y K Joshi said on Saturday. Joshi, the General Officer-Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C), was […]

GoI defends move to amend IAS cadre rule

GoI defends move to amend IAS cadre rule

NEW DELHI: Information and Broadcasting secretary Apurva Chandra on January 21 defended the Centre’s proposal to amend the IAS (Cadre) Rules, saying working with both— the Centre and State governments not just broadens the perspective of officers but also serves the purpose of the all India services. He said that the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) […]

Pak flag seized along IB in Samba

Pak flag seized along IB in Samba

Jammu: Amid heightened security arrangements ahead of Republic Day, a small Pakistani flag was seized along the International Border in Samba district on Saturday, officials here said. The flag tied to a balloon landed inside Raguchak village of Ghagwal sector, the officials said. They said the flag had apparently flown to this side from across […]