Kabul: The Taliban seized three more provincial capitals in Afghanistan and a local army headquarters in a blitz across the country’s northeast, officials said Wednesday, with the insurgents now controlling some two-thirds of the nation as the US and NATO finalise their withdrawal after its decades-long war there. The fall of the capitals of Badakhshan […]
Kabul: An Afghan official and local media reports say President Ashraf Ghani has replaced the army chief of staff amid a Taliban blitz across the country. A Defense Ministry official said Gen. Hibatullah Alizai replaced Gen. Wali Ahmadzai as the Afghan army chief of staff. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the […]
Srinagar: Security forces have recovered arms and ammunition during searches in Gurez sector near the Line of Control in Bandipora district, officials said on Wednesday. The Army and police conducted a joint search operation in Tarbal area of Gurez sector on Wednesday morning, the officials said. They said during the searches, the security forces recovered […]
NEW DELHI: India logged 38,353 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,20,36,511, while the active cases have declined to 3,86,351, the lowest in 140 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll has climbed to 4,29,179 with 497 fresh fatalities, the data updated at […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the country’s economic growth is picking up pace again and the domestic industry needs to enhance its risk-taking appetite. He also said that taking reforms is a matter of conviction for the government, which is ready to take all risks in the national interest. “We […]
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday slammed the government over media reports that India lost Rs 406 crore worth grains due to damage during storage in state-run granaries in the last three years, saying “wasting food is equivalent to stealing from the poor”. In a post on Instagram, the former Congress chief shared […]
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Wednesday said the new system of mentioning cases for urgent hearing before apex court officials instead of its benches directly has been put in place to ensure that senior lawyers are not given “special priority” over their junior colleagues. “We do not want to give any special priority to the […]
NEW DELHI: The Scheduled Caste (SC) department of the Congress will hold a protest on Thursday over the alleged rise in “atrocities” against Dalits and non-implementation of measures to protect them by the BJP-led central government. In a statement, the Congress’ SC department chairman Nitin Raut alleged that the Modi government has been slashing allocations […]
New Delhi: Gold in the national capital on Wednesday jumped Rs 159 to Rs 45,130 per 10 gram amid firm global trends, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal had closed at Rs 44,971 per 10 gram. Silver also gained Rs 99 to Rs 61,250 per kilogram from Rs 61,151 per […]
LONDON: Captain Virat Kohli might have to seriously consider playing his best spinner Ravichandran Ashwin while expecting a far better show from the seasoned batting line-up when India meet England in the second Test at the Lord’s starting Thursday. While India were in a better position to win the first Test before heavens opened up […]