Mangaluru: An upgraded government school in Dakshina Kannada district has purchased a bus with the revenue it earned through the sale of areca nut grown on its land. The school, which has a history of 112 years, has 4.15 acres of land. In 2017, the school development and monitoring committee (SDMC), teachers and villagers planted […]
New Delhi: India’s batting in the middle overs, between overs 7 to 15, is the main area of concern ahead of the all-important ICC T20 World Cup, the BCCI has concluded after reviewing the team’s forgettable outing at the Asia Cup. The showpiece will be held from October 16 to November 20 and India’s first […]
Lucknow: Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan, who was recently granted bail by the Supreme Court, will continue to remain in a jail here as a case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate against him is still pending, officials of the prison department said. A court here on Monday issued the release order of Kappan, who was […]
New Delhi: India logged 4,369 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,45,04,949, while the active cases dipped to 46,347, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll climbed to 5,28,185 with 20 fatalities, which includes seven deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 […]
New Delhi: Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande on Monday said the process of Indian and Chinese militaries disengaging from Patrolling Point 15 in the Gogra-Hotsprings area in eastern Ladakh was “going as per schedule”. The External Affairs Ministry had said on September 9 that the disengagement process will be completed by September 12. Gen Pande, […]
Jammu: Northern Army Commander Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi on Monday visited forward areas in western Ladakh and reviewed the operational preparedness of the troops, officials said. Lt Gen Dwivedi was received by top Army officials of 14 Corps and he was briefed about the security situation in the area, they said. He later visited forward […]
Kibithu (Arunachal Pradesh): The overall situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China in the Eastern Theatre is “reasonably calm” and “firmly under control”, eastern Army Commander Lt Gen Rana Pratap Kalita said here. The commander said the situation in the region has been stable and no major “changes or palpable shift of […]
Jammu: Lambasting the Lieutenant Governor administration for alleged public discontent, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said Jammu and Kashmir today stands at crossroads where people have neither any right and nor any forum to project their grievances. She also hit out at the BJP for allegedly weaponising the pain and sufferings of the Kashmiri […]
Jammu: Two persons were killed when their car skidded off the road and rolled down into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district on Monday, officials said. Ajay Kumar (27) of Cheera and Ranjeet Singh (31) of Jagote died on the spot, they said. The victims were on their way to Cheera area […]
Srinagar: Chakshu Mahajan on Monday won the men’s singles title while Moazzam Rashid and Haider Hussain retained their doubles title at this year’s Srinagar Open Tennis Championship. Mahajan defeated 20-year-old Chirag Dogra in straight sets 6-3, 7-6 in the final played at Gindun Sports Complex at Rajbagh. Mahajan had registered an impressive win in the […]