Defence minister Rajnath Singh with Indian forces. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan issued a rebuke on Thursday to defence minister Rajnath Singh’s call for International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) oversight of Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal, calling the remarks “irresponsible” and claiming they were reflective of “profound insecurity”.Singh’s statements, made during a visit to Jammu and Kashmir, questioned the safety…
LONDON: A high court judge in London on Thursday has refused fugitive Indian businessman Nirav Modi bail for the eighth time.Justice Fordham said: “There are substantial grounds for believing that if released by me on bail that applicant would fail to surrender and interfere with witnesses.”Nirav has been in prison in the UK for over…
‘Border posts to be named after martyred BSF duo’ JAMMU: BSF director-general Daljit Singh Chawdhary, during his visit to Jammu Frontier on Thursday, announced that the border posts, where BSF SI Mohammad Imteyaj and Constable Deepak Chingakham laid down their lives, would be named after them. DG Chawdhary paid floral tributes to both martyrs —…
BJP leaders and local residents take part in a Tiranga rally to hail Operation Sindoor in Pahalgam. (PTI Photo) SRINAGAR: BJP took Thursday its Tiranga Yatra to Pahalgam, the touristy town in south Kashmir where a terrorist attack killed 26 people on April 22 and triggered India’s May 7 airstrikes on terrorism-tied sites in Pakistan…
The Indian rupee declined by 22 paise to close at 85.54 against the US dollar on Thursday, pressured by strong demand for the greenback from importers and continued foreign fund outflows. However, gains in domestic equities and a fall in crude oil prices helped limit the currency’s losses, according to forex traders.At the interbank foreign…
SRINAGAR/JAMMU: Security forces shot dead three Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists Thursday during a gunfight in Tral area of south Kashmir, the second clash in the region in 48 hours after three Lashkar-e-Taiba men were killed Tuesday.Terrorists Asif Ahmad Sheikh, Amir Nazir Wani, and Yawar Ahmad Bhat — all three Kashir natives — were killed after forces launched…
J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah SRINAGAR: With the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance after the Pahalgam terror attack, J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday suggested that the govt could resume work on Tulbul Navigation Barrage in the Wullar Lake in north Kashmir.In a post on X, Omar said that civil works in the…
JEECUP 2025 application deadline extended to May 20, admit card to follow soon JEECUP Admit Card 2025: The Joint Entrance Examination Council, Uttar Pradesh (JEECUP), has extended the online application deadline for the JEECUP 2025 entrance exam to May 20, offering candidates additional time to apply. The latest extension was announced on May 15, 2025,…
Speculation around Samantha Ruth Prabhu’s growing closeness with filmmaker Raj Nidimoru has taken a different turn after a new report claimed that the duo is planning to take their relationship a step further by moving in together and are actively looking for a place. However, Samantha’s team has now addressed the claims and called them…
The US banking regulators shut down the Silicon Valley Bank (SVP) Financial Group, which caused shockwaves in the startup community. Just two years after the dramatic collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and First Republic Bank sent shockwaves through the financial world, a new wave of concern is building within the United States banking sector. A…
