NEW DELHI: An exchange of fire on Thursday morning broken out between security forces and terrorists in the Singhpora area of Chatroo in Kishtwar district, according to the Jammu & Kashmir Police.The incident comes nearly two weeks after India launched Operation Sindoor, a major counterterror campaign targeting terror bases in Pakistan and PoK.Although hostilities between…
India slammed Pakistan for claiming its involvement in the school bus attack, saying Pakistan remained the epicentre of terrorism and its attempts to hoodwink the global community was doomed to fail. The ministry of external affairs also condoled the loss of lives in the attack that took place in Khuzdar.“India rejects the baseless allegations made…
New Delhi: Women who use a combined oral contraceptive (COC)—better known as the pill—are three times more likely to suffer an unexpected stroke than those who don’t. These new findings were presented at a conference of European Stroke Organisation in Finland’s Helsinki on May 20.The pill is a hormonal contraceptive, containing both oestrogen and progestogen,…
NEW DELHI: On a day when the first multi-party delegation led by JDU MP Sanjay Jha left for Japan to put across India’s views on terrorism emanating from Pakistan, BJP on Wednesday lashed out at Congress for alleging the govt undertook the move to divert public attention from “tough questions” and said nationalism has completely…
Amid growing calls to boycott Turkiye and Tukish goods, many Indians attempting to migrate illegally to US courting risks along the way have found themselves in deeper waters. Nearly 500 Gujaratis are stranded in Istanbul, which has long served as a key stopover for illegal immigrants on their forward journey to US.A source privy to…
NEW DELHI: Chief Justice B R Gavai Wednesday said lawyers don’t want to work during vacation but the judiciary is blamed for the backlog of cases.A bench of CJI B R Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih got miffed when a lawyer urged listing of a petition after summer vacation. “The first five judges are…
NEW DELHI: Renewing attacks on the Modi govt over post-Pahalgam events, Congress on Wednesday termed the all-party delegations being sent on global outreach as govt’s attempt to “divert attention from tough questions”.The party also raised the “intelligence and security failure” behind the Pahalgam attack, demanding that home minister Amit Shah take responsibility, and that a…
NEW DELHI: After the UK, India is now looking to close an “early harvest” trade agreement with the European Union as soon as July with both sides looking to push exports amid the uncertainty caused by Donald Trump’s moves on tariffs.Negotiators from both sides are working overtime to finalise the trade pact – which has…
NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday expelled another Pakistani official, declaring him persona non grata for indulging in activities not in keeping with his official status in India. The official was asked to leave India within 24 hours.It is believed that the official, working as a visa assistant in the Pakistan high commission, was linked to…
CHENNAI: A vacation bench of Madras high court Wednesday clamped an interim stay on operation of amendments to 10 state university laws empowering the CM to appoint vice-chancellors, effectively wresting what is the governor’s prerogative in the capacity of chancellor.The contentious provision, which was deemed to have received Supreme Court’s assent based on its ruling…
