Jammu: A Pakistani intruder was on Tuesday gunned down by the Border Security Force (BSF) along the International Border in Samba district, officials said. He was shot dead when he ignored the repeated warnings by BSF personnel and tried to sneak into this side from across the border in Ramgarh sector this evening, they said. […]
DUBAI: The ICC on Tuesday slapped eight-year bans on United Arab Emirates (UAE) cricketers Mohammad Naveed and Shaiman Anwar Butt for their alleged role in trying to fix matches in the T20 World Cup qualifier in 2019. The bans are backdated to October 16, 2019, when they were provisionally suspended for attempting to corrupt matches […]
KOLKATA: The All India Football Federation’s (AIFF) developmental side, Indian Arrows showed great determination to notch up a thrilling 2-1 win over Aizawl FC in an I-League match on Tuesday. Parthib Gogoi’s (11th) early strike was cancelled out by a wonder goal from Malsawmtluanga (22nd), but the Arrows showcased their never-say-die attitude as Lalchhanhima Sailo’s […]
NEW DELHI: India recorded 24,492 new Covid-19 cases, registering more than 20,000 cases for the sixth day in a row, taking the infection tally past 1.14 crore, the Union health ministry said on Tuesday. The total cases in the country rose to 1,14,09,831, while the death toll increased to 1,58,856 with 131 fresh fatalities, the […]
NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill to raise the upper limit for permitting abortions from the present 20 weeks to 24 weeks for “special categories of women” including rape survivors, victims of incest, minors and the differently-abled. The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020 to amend the Medical Termination of Pregnancy […]
New Delhi: As many as 31 civilians and 39 security personnel were killed in cross-border firing and ceasefire violations in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5, 2019, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said incidents of ceasefire violations and […]
New Delhi: A total of 32.31 lakh people in Jammu and Kashmir have been given domicile certificates, while 2.15 lakh applications have been rejected, Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said on Tuesday. Reddy also said in Lok Sabha that as per the information provided by the government of Jammu and Kashmir, […]
New Delhi: The central government has no information on the leak of WhatsApp chat related to confidential and sensitive information, including scrapping of Article 370, which surfaced during the investigation of TRP scam by the Mumbai Police, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. A 500-page transcript of a purported WhatsApp conversation, containing details of Balakot […]
Seoul: In North Korea’s first comments directed at the Biden administration, Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister on Tuesday warned the United States to refrain from causing a stink if it wants to sleep in peace for the next four years. Kim Yo Jong’s statement was issued as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence […]
New Delhi: Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday said the government always makes efforts to revive public sector undertakings that can be revived. During the Question Hour in Lok Sabha, Javadekar said the effort always is to utilise full capacity of PSUs. “There is always an effort to ensure […]