China’s Communist Party begins key meet stem economic slowdown, a defining moment for Xi’s leadership

BEIJING: China’s GDP dipped to 4.7 per cent in the second quarter, the government said on Monday, as the ruling Communist Party began a key meeting stated to be a defining moment for President Xi Jinping’s leadership to revive the world’s second-largest economy.   The four-day meeting called the ‘Third Plenum’ is being attended by […]

Traditional 8th Muharram procession begins from Guru Bazar, Sgr peacefully

  Srinagar: For the second consecutive year, the J&K administration Monday allowed the 8th Muharram procession from Guru Bazar to Dalgate in which hundreds of mourners participated.   The procession will start at Guru Bazar and reach Dalgate via Budshah Kadal while passing through Moulana Azad road. The traditional procession, which had been barred for […]

FM to present full budget of J&K after general budget on July 23

  JAMMU: Full budget of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir will be presented in the Parliament few days after general budget on July 23 and is expected to be the tune of Rs 1.18 lakh crore with major focus on development, agriculture and horticulture sectors. As Assembly elections in the UT are due […]

Biden condemns attack on Trump during Pennsylvania rally

CHICAGO: US President Joe Biden on Saturday condemned the life-threatening attack on his Republican rival and predecessor Donald Trump and said “there is no place for this kind of violence in America”.   Trump got injured during his election rally in Butler, Pennsylvania following an apparent series of gunshots. He was immediately escorted out of […]

Trump injured following apparent gunfire at Pennsylvania rally, campaign says ‘he is safe’

CHICAGO: Former US president and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump got injured during his election rally in Butler, Pennsylvania following an apparent series of gunshots.   “He is fine and is being checked out at a local medical facility,” Steven Cheung, Trump spokesperson said in a statement amidst a report of possible gunshots at him […]

A bullet pierced upper part of my ear, says Trump after escaping assassination bid

CHICAGO: Former US president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Saturday said he was shot at during his rally in Pennsylvania and a bullet pierced the upper part of his right ear.   In his first statement issued on the social media platform Truth Social, 78-year-old Trump thanked the US Secret Service for saving […]

Asaduddin Owaisi slams Centre for ‘gifting’ more powers to Jammu and Kashmir L-G

  Hyderabad The Union Home Ministry’s notification on Jammu and Kashmir granting more powers to the Lieutenant Governor was issued by the Centre, anticipating that the BJP will not be able to form a government there if elections are held, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said on Saturday. In a social media post, the Hyderabad Lok […]

“Modi Govt’s Betrayal Of J&K Continues Unabated”: Kharge After MHA Amends J&K Reorganization Act

    New Delhi: After the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) amended the rules of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, Congress President Mallikarjunj Kharge said on Saturday that Modi government’s betrayal of J-K continues unabated.   In a post on X, Kharge said that this step reflects another example of “Samvidhan Hatya Diwas” […]

Two Independent MLAs who joined BJP lose seats in bypolls, Congress defeated in Hamirpur

SHIMLA: Resigning and switching to the BJP has proved costly for two Independent legislators of Himachal Pradesh who lost to Congress candidates from their seats on Saturday in the assembly bypolls.   Congress candidate Kamlesh Thakur, the wife of Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, defeated BJP’s Hoshiyar Singh for the Dehra seat by a margin […]

After nearly a year in jail, former Pak PM Imran Khan acquitted in illegal marriage case

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani court on Saturday acquitted jailed former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the un-Islamic marriage case, the only case keeping the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party founder behind bars.   On February 3 — days before the general elections on February 8 — an Islamabad court convicted the couple based […]