Sindhu advances, Nehwal knocked out of India Open

NEW DELHI: Two-time Olympic medallist shuttler PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy advanced to the quarterfinals but Sania Nehwal’s campaign ended at the Yonex-Sunrise India Open on Thursday. Former champion and 2012 Olympic bronze medallist Saina suffered a 17-21, 9-21 straight game loss to compatriot Malvika Bansod. Malvika, ranked 111th, took 34 minutes to see off […]

Active COVID-19 cases in India highest in 216 days

Active COVID-19 cases in India highest in 216 days

New Delhi: India logged 2,47,417 new coronavirus infections, the highest in 236 days, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,63,17,927 which includes 5,488 cases of the Omicron variant, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.       The country saw a single day jump of 620 cases of the […]

41 new Covid cases in Ladakh

41 new Covid cases in Ladakh

Leh: Ladakh reported 41 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 22,727, while the number of active cases in the Union Territory has reached 406, officials said on Wednesday. The Union Territory has recorded 222 coronavirus-related deaths — 164 in Leh and 58 in Kargil — since the outbreak of the pandemic last year, they […]

Resolved to show ‘zero tolerance’ to militancy: Gen Naravane

Resolved to show ‘zero tolerance’ to militancy: Gen Naravane

New Delhi: The Indian Army is resolved to show “zero tolerance” to militancy and is committed to extracting “dire costs” for it, Army Chief Gen MM Naravane said on Wednesday, referring to Pakistan’s cross-border terror in Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing a press conference ahead of the Army Day, he said the concentration of some 350 […]

JDA’s demolition drive against Gujjars, Bakerwals in Jammu spurs protest

JDA’s demolition drive against Gujjars, Bakerwals in Jammu spurs protest

Political parties denounce govt move Jammu: Hundreds of people on Wednesday held a protest against the demolition drive by the Jammu Development Authority (JDA) here with PDP President Mehbooba Mufti questioning the selective demolition of houses of tribal communities and asked the residents to stand up against such atrocities . The JDA on Tuesday retrieved […]

Army Commanders interact with train commuters during journey between Ananatnag and Qazigund

Army Commanders interact with train commuters during journey between Ananatnag and Qazigund

Srinagar: Lieutenant General Yogesh Kumar Joshi, Army Commander Northern Command, on Wednesday undertook a surprise railway journey between Ananatnag and Qazigund towns in south Kashmir and interacted with people. “The Army Commander and the Chinar Corps Commander Lt Gen D P Pandey travelled by the train from Anantnag to Qazigund, where their co-passengers were surprised […]

Pakistan’s new security policy seeks peace with India: Report

Pakistan’s new security policy seeks peace with India: Report

Islamabad: Pakistan is willing to make peace with immediate neighbours, including India, under its first-ever National Security Policy which leaves doors open for trade with New Delhi even without the settlement of the Kashmir issue provided there is headway in bilateral talks, according to a media report. The National Security Policy, separately endorsed by the […]

India, China hold 14th round of military talks to resolve Ladakh border standoff

India, China hold 14th round of military talks to resolve Ladakh border standoff

New Delhi: After a gap of over three months, India and China on Wednesday are holding another round of high-level military talks to resolve the 20-month-long military standoff in the remaining friction points in eastern Ladakh, sources in the security establishment said. The 14th round of Corps Commander-level talks are taking place at the Chushul-Moldo […]