Jammu: The involvement of Pakistan in the drone attack on an Air Force station here cannot be ruled out as the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) is strongly suspected to be behind it, Jammu and Kashmir Police chief Dilbag Singh said on Friday. Singh said the use of armed drones by Pakistan-based militants is a very serious threat […]
Jammu: The Border Security Force (BSF) on Friday opened fire on a suspected Pakistani surveillance drone after it tried to venture into the Indian territory on the International Border here, officials said. The drone was spotted by the alert BSF personnel in Arnia sector on the outskirts of Jammu around 4:25 am, they said. The […]
New Delhi: A drone was spotted over the Indian High Commission complex in Islamabad last week and Pakistan has been asked to investigate the incident and prevent recurrence of such “breach of security”, the external affairs ministry said on Friday. The Indian mission has also lodged a strong protest with Pakistan over the incident through […]
Srinagar: The PDP on Friday said the party’s high command will decide over the participation in the meetings of the delimitation commission but asserted the people of Jammu and Kashmir have reservations over the whole exercise. The party also said it will continue to be a part of the Peoples’ Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) […]
Srinagar: The managing committee of the Srinagar Jama Masjid on Friday called for the release of moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq from “house detention”. The managing committee — Anjuman-e-Auqaf — said it has been 100 Fridays since the Mirwaiz has given a sermon at the historic Jama Masjid here. It expressed deep dismay […]
NEW DELHI: India saw a single-day rise of 46,617 new coronavirus infections, taking the tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,04,58,251, while the national recovery rate has crossed 97 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 4,00,312 with 853 daily fatalities. Over 34 […]
New Delhi: The national drug pricing regulator NPPA on Friday said it has allowed a one-time increase of 50 per cent in the ceiling prices of nine scheduled formulations of three drugs carbamazepine, ranitidine and ibuprofen to ensure their availability. These drugs are used as the first line of treatment and are important to the […]
New Delhi: The country’s exports rose by 47.34 per cent to USD 32.46 billion in June on account of healthy growth in sectors such as engineering, gems and jewellery and petroleum products, even as trade deficit aggregated at USD 9.4 billion during the month, according to the data released by the commerce ministry on Friday. […]
LONDON: Coming to the defence of Virat Kohli, ace Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin said the skipper only expressed his opinion that the WTC final should be a best of three series rather than a one-off Test but never demanded the format to be changed. India were handed an eight-wicket defeat in the inaugural World Test […]
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s World Cup-winning former captain Arjuna Ranatunga has slammed the country’s cricket board for agreeing to host a “second string Indian team” in a white-ball series later this month, saying that it is nothing short of an “insult”. India and Sri Lanka are due to compete in three ODIs and as many T20 […]