NEW DELHI — India may be the world’s most populous country, with 1.42 billion people and challenges like high youth unemployment, opens new tab, but powerful allies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi are championing larger families to counter a declining fertility rate. Even though the United Nations projects India’s population will keep rising for about […]
SRINAGAR — The Delhi high court on Monday granted interim bail until June 2 to jailed Baramulla member of Parliament and Awami Itihaad Party (AIP) chief Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, to enable him to attend the last rites of his father. Haji Khazir Mohammad Sheikh, 85, passed away at the All […]
KARACHI — Pakistani security forces killed 35 terrorists and captured three high-profile senior commanders during an ongoing intelligence-based operation in Balochistan’s Mangla Zarghoon Ghar area. A spokesperson for the Balochistan Government, Shahid Rind, told the media in Quetta on Sunday night (May 17, 2026) that the operation, which began on May 13, saw the deaths […]
TEHRAN — President Donald Trump issued a fresh warning to Iran on Sunday, saying it had to move quickly towards a peace deal or “there won’t be anything left of them.” Washington, locked in conflict with Tehran since US and Israeli forces launched major strikes on the Islamic republic beginning February 28, has struggled to […]
SRINAGAR — The father of jailed Baramulla MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid, also known as Engineer Rashid, died at a hospital in Delhi on Monday. He was 85. “Haji Khazir Mohammad Sheikh, father of Member of Parliament, Baramulla, Engineer Rashid, is no more,” Awami Itihaad Party (AIP) chief spokesperson Inam Un Nabi said here. Nabi appealed […]
CAIRO — Saudi Arabia on Sunday said it intercepted three drones after they entered its territory from Iraqi airspace. The kingdom’s defense ministry said it would take the necessary operational measures to respond to any attempt to violate its sovereignty and security. While hostilities during the Iran conflict have largely been scaled down since a […]
NEW DELHI — Eid-ul-Adha will be celebrated in India on May 28 as the crescent moon marking the beginning of the Islamic month of Zil Hijja was not sighted on Sunday evening in most parts of the country, Muslim clerics said. Unlike Eid-ul-Fitr, Eid-ul-Adha is observed on the 10th day after the sighting of the […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA — WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared the Ebola disease outbreak in Congo and neighboring Uganda a public health emergency of international concern on Sunday after more than 300 suspected cases and 88 deaths. In a post on X, the World Health Organization said the outbreak does not meet the criteria of a […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir government has approved used water management projects worth over Rs 72 crore for Baramulla and Rajouri districts to strengthen sanitation infrastructure, ensure scientific sewage treatment, and improve public health, officials said on Saturday. The government approved Used Water Management Projects for Baramulla and Rajouri at an estimated cost of Rs […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan fast bowler Hasan Ali was stretchered off after suffering a blow to the head on day one of the second test against Bangladesh in Sylhet on Saturday. Ali landed awkwardly while attempting a return catch in the eighth over, diving to his right off Tanzid Hasan Tamim’s shot. He clutched his head […]