Poonch/Jammu: An old Pakistan mortar shell was recovered near Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Friday, according to sources said. The shell was dug out during a constructions work in Shahpur area of the district, they said. The shell has been defused, they said. Press Trust of Indiakashmirreader.com
Amritsar: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) said on Friday that the convening of a “sarbat khalsa” congregation is the sole prerogative of the Akal Takht chief, after fugitive radical preacher Amritpal Singh sought such a meet to discuss issues concerning the Sikh community. In his two video messages that surfaced on social media on […]
Chandigarh: Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu is likely to be released from the Patiala jail on April 1, said his counsel HPS Varma on Friday. The 59-year-old was serving a one-year sentence in a 1988 road rage case. On May 20 last year, Sidhu, the former Punjab Congress chief, was jailed following his surrender before […]
New Delhi: The government on Friday came out with Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2023 which seeks to boost the country’s exports to USD 2 trillion by 2030 by shifting from incentives to remission and entitlement based regime. Unlike the practice of announcing 5-year FTP, the latest policy has no end date and will be updated […]
New Delhi: The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed three major contracts to buy equipment worth about Rs 23000 crores to bolster the strength of the Indian Navy. Giving a boost to the government’s endeavour to achieve ‘Aatmanirbharta’ in defence, the MoD signed contracts with Indian shipyards for the acquisition of 11 Next Generation Offshore […]
New York: Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury over hush money payments made to a porn star during his 2016 campaign, making him the first former US president to face a criminal charge and upending his bid to retake the White House in 2024. The office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin […]
Seoul: North Korea executes people for sharing South Korean media, religious activities and drugs as the country stifles its citizens’ human rights and freedom, according to a report by its rival South Korea. South Korea’s Unification Ministry, which handles inter-Korean affairs, based the 450-page report on testimony collected from 2017 to 2022 from more than […]
Washington: Indian-American business leader Ajay Banga is poised to become the next President of the World Bank which has said he is the sole nominee for the post as no other candidates were nominated. The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors will interview Banga before he is formally appointed. In February, President Joe Biden announced […]
Karachi: The Pakistan Cricket Board on Friday clarified that its chairman Najam Sethi never floated the idea at the ICC Board meeting about the national men’s team intending to play its World Cup matches in Bangladesh instead of India. The PTI had on March 29 reported that ICC had declined that any such discussions happened […]
New Delhi: Hockey India has named a 39-member men’s core group for the national coaching camp, starting at the SAI Bengaluru centre on Saturday. The camp will conclude on May 21 ahead of the team’s trip to Europe, where it will take on Belgium, Great Britain, Netherlands and Argentina in the remaining matches of FIH […]