India

Delhi govt shuts schools, colleges for offline classes as pollution hits emergency levels

NEW DELHI — Schools, colleges and educational institutes in the national capital will be closed for physical classes for a week from Monday because of the deteriorating air quality, the Delhi government announced on Saturday after an angry Supreme Court termed the rise in pollution an “emergency situation”. Online teaching and learning will continue in […]

India

Attack by 15 Heavily Armed Militants Shows Manipur Ambush ‘Well-Planned’: Initial Probe

NEW DELHI — An initial investigation in the dastardly attack on the convoy of the commanding officer of an Assam Rifles unit by militants in Manipur’s Singhat has shown that it was “well-planned”, sources said, adding that its difficult to believe that two proscribed militant organisations – the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and the Manipur […]

Kashmir

Cold wave tightens grip across Kashmir

SRINAGAR — Srinagar, the summer capital of J&K, recorded the first sub-zero night of the season while other parts of Kashmir valley continued to endure below freezing point temperature on Sunday. A meteorological department official said that mercury settled at minus 0.9°C against previous night’s 0.1°C °C. The temperature is below minus 2.1°C than the […]