- Wednesday, February 26, 2025
AS the security in Jammu and Kashmir faces more challenge and more violence and deaths are reported from the union territory (UT), the local people go through more hardships. Aggrieved families of people who get killed in clashes with the security forces or in crossfire face a tough time in…
IN another incident of terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir, two policemen were killed while 12 were injured on Monday (13) when extremists opened fire on a police bus in a high-security area near Srinagar, the summer capital of the union territory (UT). One more among the injured died at…
THE United Arab Emirates (UAE) edition of the two-day India Global Forum (IGF) kicked off in Dubai on Monday (13) where a bevy of top policy-makers and business leaders assembled to discuss tech innovation, expansion of regional partnerships, growth frontiers and global climate concerns. India’s minister of commerce and industry…
INDIA'S newly appointed Test vice captain Rohit Sharma was on Monday (13) ruled out of the entire three-Test series in South Africa starting on Boxing Day (26) due to injury. The 34-year-old batter’s old hamstring injury resurfaced during Team India’s net session in Mumbai where he also received a blow…
INDIA on Monday (13) successfully tested a long-range supersonic missile assisted torpedo (SMART) system developed by its Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). As per an official release of the premier research and development organisation, the missile aimed at enhancing the country’s anti-submarine warfare capability was launched off the coast…
INDIA'S Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Monday (13) dropped a comprehension passage and the accompanying quotations from the English examination paper of Standard 10 and decided to award full marks for it to the students after it sparked a controversy. The board took the decision after it was…
AN man in India has been arrested for trying to fake his death by murdering a builder and passing the body off as his own, police on Monday (13) said. According to the sources in the police, the arrested, identified as Sudesh Kumar, did it to avoid being tried of…
THE Indian government is working on plans to get leaders of five Central Asian countries, three of which share a border with Afghanistan, as chief guests for the Republic Day parade and celebrations on January 26, 2022, sources told The Indian Express. The daily said citing sources that an informal…
MORE than five years have passed since Indian prime minister Narendra Modi had announced demonetisation which many had expected would help facilitate the drive towards digital economy. However, a recent study has shown that cash is king even when it comes to online shopping in the country, especially among e-commerce…
EMINENT Carnatic singer Supriya Nagarajan will observe the Winter Solstice in the Howard Assembly Room in Leeds, the UK, on December 21 in company with musical partner Duncan Chapman and musicians from the Orchestra of Opera North in a performance inspired by the Northern Lights. Nagarajan, who was born in…
