WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday told reporters he believes the war in Iran “militarily is effectively over,” suggesting that — at least for now – he’s not prepared to resume the bombardment that has devastated the Islamic Republic and caused reverberations across the global economy. The president made a surprise visit to the […]
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 […]
NEW DELHI — The situation along the Line of Control remains stable after the armies of India and Pakistan agreed to observe a ceasefire in February last year, the defence ministry said on Monday. Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt, replying to a question in Rajya Sabha, said the Army has been keeping a […]
BHUJ (GUJARAT) — A 17-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and gang-raped after being forced to consume country-made liquor on the outskirts of Bhuj town in Gujarat’s Kutch district, police said on Sunday. Four persons have been arrested in connection with the crime, which took place on a farm at the foot of a hill in […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Monday said that in the past many decades no serious effort was made to prevent power losses with the result the UT continues to face huge Transmission and Distribution (T&D) losses to the tune of Rs 3400 Crore a year. He also announced that Jammu areas […]
BEIJING — A Chinese airliner with 133 people on board crashed in the southern province of Guangxi on Monday, state media has reported. Broadcaster CCTV said the accident involving a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 and occurred near the city of Wuzhou in Teng county. Media said the crash sparked a mountainside fire. It said […]
SRINAGAR — Suchetgarh, the last village along Line of Control (LoC) in Ranbir Singh Pura in Jammu division is surrounded by nearly 10 border villages. Barely 28 kms from Jammu, the Winter Capital of Jammu and Kashmir, Suchetgarh can be developed on the lines of Wagah Border in Amritsar in Punjab that will give boost […]
KUPWARA — Four persons were injured while as at least eight persons including four females were rescued on Monday after a vehicle they were travelling in was hit by an avalanche in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Officials said that four among the eight persons have also sustained injuries and were rushed to the hospital. A […]
KOLKATA — Telcos have warned that consumers may see a sharp slowdown in the availability of latest 5G mobile phones with the government calling for mandatory local testing and certification of such devices from January 1, 2023, before they are sold in the country. Telecom operators have also cautioned that any move to test and […]
SAN FRANCISCO — In a bid to help users discover quality apps on large screens, tech giant Google is making big changes in Play Store to enable users to discover and engage with high-quality apps and games. “We recently published our large screen app quality guidelines in addition to our core app quality guidelines to […]
NEW DELHI — In the last 24 hours, India reported 1,549 new Covid-19 cases and 31 deaths, the Union Health Ministry announced on Monday. The new fatalities increased the nationwide death toll to 5,16,510. Following a continuous downward trend, India’s active caseload has further declined to 25,106 on Monday, constituting 0.06 per cent of the […]
KUPWARA — Four residential houses were gutted in a fire at Ganai Mohalla area in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Monday. An official of fire and emergency department told GNS that soon after receiving the information about the blaze, fire engines were rushed to the area. Four houses, one of them three-storey and others two-storey, […]
