NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a plea to call for a report on investigations in the FIRs registered in different states over the alleged malpractices in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET-UG) which was held on September 12, saying that any interference will be detrimental to a large number of […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ramiz Raja has emphasised the need for the revival of sporting ties between archrivals India and Pakistan, who have been fighting it out against each other at their borders and the sporting arena. He said it was high time that cricket, the most loved sport of all in […]
SRINAGAR — Advising present government to adopt people friendly approach, senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Ghulam Nabi Azad Wednesday said that it has become very vital to nab anyone involved in target killings so that their modus operandi could be known and made public. While condemning the target killings […]
MUMBAI — A special NDPS court in Mumbai has rejected the bail plea of Aryan Khan, the son of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, as well as the pleas filed by two others arrested in connection with the Mumbai cruise ship drugs bust. Aryan Khan and two others — Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha — […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday asked Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik to withdraw his purported comments that the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister was a beneficiary of now-abandoned Roshni scheme, failing which legal action will be taken against him. “False & unsavoury utterances of Satya Pal Malik about me being a […]
NEW DELHI — Former Bangladesh cricket captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has condemned the recent attacks against the Hindu community in his country, saying this is “not the red and green we wanted to see”. In a Facebook post written in Bangla Monday, Mortaza said this is the loss of an entire nation. “We witnessed two […]
BANDIPORA — Atleast 50 people have fallen ill after consuming Wazwan at a marriage party in Lawaypora village of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Wednesday, officials said here. Officials told that the around 50 wedding guests complained of vomiting and loose—motion after they consumed the feast at the marriage party at Lawaypora. “Hearing this incident, […]
HYDERABAD — AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi Tuesday slammed the Narendra Modi government for allowing the Indian cricket team to play a T20 match with Pakistan at a time when “our soldiers are being killed in Kashmir”. India is scheduled to play the first match of T20 World Cup against Pakistan in Dubai October 24. Addressing […]
SRINAGAR — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) sleuths Wednesday raided multiple locations in Kashmir Valley in connection with case FIR no- RC-29/2021/NIA/DLI “hatching of conspiracy for undertaking violent terrorist acts in J-K and other major cities, by cadres of proscribed terrorist organisations Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), Al Badr and their affiliates”. Reliable sources […]
NEW DELHI — Social media giant Facebook Inc is planning to rebrand itself with a new name next week, the Verge reported on Tuesday, citing a source with direct knowledge of the matter. Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg plans to talk about the name change at the company’s annual Connect conference on Oct. 28, but […]