Two militants were killed in a gunfight on Monday with the security forces and another was arrested in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. “In Handwara encounter so far two terrorists neutralised,” Director General of Police (DGP) of Jammu and Kashmir, S.P.Vaid, tweeted. Following specific information about the presence of militants in Unsoo village, the security forces […]
A tank and an aircraft targeted two military posts in the Gaza Strip, following projectiles that was fired from the northern Gaza Strip and exploded in southern Israel, according to a statement made by Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) on Thursday. The IDF held Hamas responsible for the hostile activity perpetrated against Israel from the Gaza […]
India on Thursday became a member of the Wassenaar Arrangement, that controls the global trade of conventional weapons and dual-use goods and technologies. India was made the 42nd member of the grouping, at its two-day plenary in Vienna. The Ambassador of France Alexandre Ziegler tweeted his country’s congratulations. “As president of the Wassenaar Arrangement this […]
Taking a cue from global markets, the key Indian equity market indices opened higher on Friday. The Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE, which had closed at 32,949.21 points on Thursday, opened higher at 33,034.20 points. Minutes into trading, it was quoting at 33,104.06 points, up by 154.85 points, or 0.47 per cent. At the […]
Authorities imposed partial restrictions in Srinagar on Friday to prevent separatist-called anti-US protests, police said. Senior separatist leaders including Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik have called for post-Friday prayer protests against US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The restrictions have been imposed in […]
The Union Commerce Ministry has sought additional financial assistance from the Department of Expenditure to support the Darjeeling tea industry which had suffered huge losses due to the indefinite shutdown in the north Bengal hills and is working out a mechanism for extending the support, an official said. All plucking and manufacturing activities in the […]
Interest-sensitive stocks dragged the key Indian equity indices — the BSE Sensex and the NSE Nifty50 — lower after the Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday maintained status quo on its key lending rates in its fifth monetary policy review of the fiscal. Rate-sensitive stocks like banking, metals and capital goods stock closed trade deep […]
Press Council of India (PCI) Chairman Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad, who earlier took suo motu cognizance of the killings of Tripura journalists, is now on a visit to the state to take stock of the ground realities, an official said here on Wednesday. Justice Prasad, who is accompanied by two other associates, arrived here on […]
Under flak over the way rescue operations were handled, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday said there was no advance warning about Cyclone Ockhi and cleared a slew of packages for those affected. Chairing his cabinet meeting, Vijayan also announced fresh measures to tackle similar calamities so that destruction could be minimized. Addressing reporters […]
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday thanked the BJP for pointing out mistakes in his tweet question on Tuesday over inflation, saying that “unlike” Prime Minister Narendra Modi he was “human” and did make the odd mistake. He asked the BJP to “please do keep it coming”. “For all my BJP friends: unlike Narendrabhai […]