Dubai: It was double delight for Pakistan skipper Babar Azam as he was picked for both the ‘ODI Cricketer of the Year’ and the ‘Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the ICC Men’s Cricketer of 2022’ on Thursday. A year after he won the ‘ODI Cricketer of the Year’ in 2021, the charismatic batter continued to […]
Washington: Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has claimed that India, which has charted an independent course on foreign policy, was forced to change its strategic posture and join the four-nation Quad grouping due to China’s aggressive actions. India and China are locked in a lingering border standoff in eastern Ladakh for over 31 […]
Washington: Meta Platforms Inc has said that it will restore former US President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts, which were suspended following the Capitol Hill riots on January 6, 2021. Trump, 76, announced in November last year that he will make another dash for the White House in 2024. Before his accounts got suspended, […]
London: The United Kingdom on Thursday expressed its greetings for India’s 74th Republic Day with a personal message from the country’s foreign minister James Cleverly to his Indian counterpart, Dr S. Jaishankar. UK Foreign Secretary Cleverly took to Twitter to wish his “friend” and the people of India on the celebration of the day India […]
Jammu, Jan 26 Every drop of blood and tears” shed in Jammu and Kashmir due to the barbaric killings of innocents at the behest of the neighbouring country will be avenged, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said on Thursday. In his address at the Republic Day function here, he also said that sustained efforts of security […]
Srinagar, Jan 26 He was ‘bindaas’, a daredevil cop who with a larger-than-life personality. Conferred with the Shaurya Chakra on the eve of Republic Day, Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel Mudasir Ahmed Sheikh had eliminated a group of Jaish-e-Mohammad militants in Baramulla district before laying down his life. Constable Sheikh, alias ‘Bindaas’, of Uri (in […]
New Delhi: India and Pakistan came “close” to a “nuclear conflagration” in February 2019, former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said in his new memoir. In Never Give An Inch: Fighting for the America I Love, Mr Pompeo says he does “not think the world properly knows just how close the India-Pakistan rivalry […]
Ramban/Jammu: Bad weather and landslides on Wednesday led to the cancellation of the second leg of Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra that was scheduled to start this afternoon in the nearby highway town of Banihal. Amid incessant rains, Gandhi resumed the march from Ramban Wednesday morning but inclement weather forced its suspension. The march will […]
New Delhi: Delhi Police has detained over 70 students who were gathered at Jamia Millia Islamia to protest against the detention of four activists over the proposed screening of a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Students’ Federation of India said. There was no immediate response from the police. Heavy deployment of police […]
New Delhi: With “many” proposals of the Election Commission (EC) “pending” with the government, Union Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday said any electoral reform step should be taken after extensive consultation with stakeholders, including political parties. Rijiju’s comments come in the wake of the poll panel’s proposal to introduce remote voting for […]