KARACHI: Pakistan’s pace legend and former captain Wasim Akram has backed white-ball skipper Babar Azam to also take over Test captaincy from the tour of New Zealand and urged him to be more assertive. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is expected to announce a new Test captain on November 11 to replace Azhar Ali, who […]
Washington:US President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to unite the country as he called it ‘a time to heal in America’, after his historic victory over Donald Trump in a bitter and closely-fought presidential election – billed as one of the most divisive in recent American history. Trump has so far refused to concede the election […]
Srinagar:The BJP lashed out at the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) on Sunday, a day after the alliance announced it would contest the upcoming first-ever District Development Council (DDC) polls in Jammu and Kashmir unitedly, saying it is only after power and is befooling people about seeking the restoration of the erstwhile state’s special […]
New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload went past 85 lakh, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 78,68,968 pushing the national recovery rate to 92.49 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 85,07,754 with 45,674 infections being reported in a […]
Jammu: National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah’s residence here saw a flurry of political activities on Saturday, as members of the Gupkar Alliance met in Jammu for the first time since its formation last month. Several delegations met leaders of the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), which was formed by seven mainstream political parties for […]
Washington: Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has said that it was “clear and convincing” that he is going to win the closely-fought race for the White House against incumbent Republican President Donald Trump. Biden is on the cusp of being declared as the winner of the November 3 presidential elections, as the 77-year-old former US […]
PUNE: Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria on Saturday said that today’s battle-space is “highly complex and multi-dimensional” with unpredictable security scenarios, and the armed forces have to be prepared for hybrid threats emanating from multiple fronts. He also hailed the creation of the post of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and Department of […]
WASHINGTON: Confident of their victory in the US presidential election, Democratic candidate Joe Biden and his running mate Senator Kamala Harris have begun working on the task ahead by focusing on two critical areas of public health and economy, both battered by the raging Covid-19 pandemic. According to latest projections, Biden had 264 of the […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday lashed out at three-time former premier Nawaz Sharif, describing him as a “jackal” who is trying to create “rebellion” in the army by accusing it of involvement in the country’s politics and calling for a change in the military as well as the ISI leadership. Sharif, the […]
MUMBAI: Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, arrested in an abetment of suicide case on November 4, failed to get any immediate relief on Saturday as the Bombay High Court reserved its order on his interim bail plea. But the court said he can move the sessions court for regular bail in the meantime. Elsewhere, the […]