KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday accused Russia of intensifying strikes across the country to put pressure on Kyiv at upcoming talks after an overnight barrage triggered power cuts as temperatures drop. The latest strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure came days before the trilateral US-brokered meeting in Abu Dhabi scheduled for Tuesday and […]
NEW DELHI — Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has accepted the resignation of Srinagar MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, who on November 3 resigned from his Parliamentary seat and the National Conference following differences with the party leadership. “Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, an elected member of Lok Sabha from the Srinagar Parliamentary constituency, has resigned […]
SYDNEY — Former opener Usman Khawaja claimed on Saturday that the entire Australian team knew about the 2018 “Sandpapergate” scandal in Cape Town and said they also employed the tactic during the previous Test at Port Elizabeth. Captain Steve Smith, his deputy David Warner and Cameron Bancroft were sent home in disgrace and found by […]
SRINAGAR — An 8-year-old boy was killed while five persons including three minors were injured in a road accident along SSG road near Baltal on Monday. An official told news agency Kashmir News Observer that a parked vehicle fell down from road after a child mistakenly pulled its hand brake. “The vehicle fell down from […]
SRINAGAR — Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Vijay Kumar Monday said police was working on a multi-dimensional front to prevent local youth from joining militancy and those who motivate and lure youth towards militancy are being booked under Public Safety Act (PSA). Talking to media men here, IGP Kashmir said that police have succeeded […]
NEW DELHI — Shruti Sharma has topped the civil services examination 2021, results of which were announced by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Monday. As many as 685 candidates have qualified the prestigious test, it said, without sharing further details of candidates selected in the examination. While Shruti Sharma has topped the examination, […]
KATHMANDU — Rescuers on Monday pulled out 14 bodies from the wreckage of the Tara Airlines plane that crashed in Nepal’s mountainous Mustang district with 22 people on board, including four Indians, according to a media report. Pieces of the wreckage of the passenger plane that crashed on Sunday morning were found at 14,500ft in […]
PULWAMA — Two local militants of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant outfit were killed in an overnight encounter that broke out between government forces and militants at Gundipora village in Pulwama district of South Kashmir on Sunday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) at […]
KABUL — Afghanistan’s central bank is planning to implement an “Islamic banking system”, a spokesman said. Sabir Momand, the spokesman of Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB), however did not elaborate on the details of the new system, reports TOLO News. “The implementation of the Islamic banking system will be a long process and it is being […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained inclement in Jammu and Kashmir during the last 24 hours as the Meteorological (MeT) department said on Monday that partly cloudy weather with light rain/thundershowers are likely during the next 24 hours. “Partly cloudy weather with possibility of afternoon light rain/thundershowers is likely during the next 24 hours in J&K,” the […]
NEW DELHI — With 2,706 new coronavirus infections being recorded in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,31,55,749, while the active cases increased to 17,698, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll climbed to 5,24,611 with 25 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am […]
KABUL — A UN report has claimed that the relationship between the Taliban in Afghanistan and Al Qaeda remains close, with the latter “renewing its pledge of allegiance to Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada”, the supreme leader of the Taliban. The report by the UN Security Council’s Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team assessed the presence of […]
RAMALLAH — The Palestinian presidency has rejected the remarks of Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, in which he said that “Jerusalem is a unified city”. Palestinian Presidential Spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh said on Sunday in a press statement that “East Jerusalem and all its holy sites will remain the eternal capital of the state of […]
