UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif on Friday accused India of “massive expansion of its military capabilities” and issuing threats to cross the LoC for taking over Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, as he raised the Kashmir issue again in his UNGA address. He demanded that New Delhi reverse the 2019 abrogation of Article 370.Pakistan routinely raises the…
Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu has denied having an “India Out” agenda, asserting that the island nation had a “serious problem” with the presence of foreign military on its soil.Muizzu, who is in the US to attend the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, made the remarks on Thursday while responding to a question…
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was the target of the Israeli strikes conducted on Friday in southern suburbs of Beirut, according to several media reports. A source connected to Hezbollah informed Reuters that Nasrallah is alive. Additionally, a senior Iranian security official stated that Tehran is verifying his status.The Israeli military stated that a strike targeting…
NEW DELHI: Calling India’s rise in Global Innovation Index 2024 to 39th position a ‘remarkable feat’, PM Narendra Modi Friday posted on X that his government is committed to ensuring “a vibrant innovation ecosystem, which can transform lives of the youth”. India has improved its ranking from 81 in 2015 to 39 in 2024 among…
PRAYAGRAJ: UP Special Task Force (STF) on Thursday arrested former principal of a Prayagraj school, Parul Solomon, in connection with paper leak of preliminary examination for recruitment of review officer/assistant review officer (RO/ARO).STF officials said the former principal had appointed one of the accused, Arpit Vinit Yashwant, as the centre manager at the school, where…
AHMEDABAD: City police on Friday issued a notification instructing citizens not to turn up in “see-through” or “indecent attire” at garba venues. Issued by police commissioner G S Malik, the notification issued ahead of Navratri, however, did not specify what constitutes indecent clothing.Besides regulating the dress code, the notification also included guidelines for event organisers.Garba…
An Urdu teacher of a government senior secondary school in Rajasthan‘s Beawar district was suspended on Wednesday for offering namaz on the school premises. The action against Asma Parvez, 43, followed a departmental probe. Another teacher, Shagufta, 45, is also facing action. “We have sent a report to the education minister regarding the second teacher…
An Urdu teacher of a government senior secondary school in Rajasthan‘s Beawar district was suspended on Wednesday for offering namaz on the school premises. The action against Asma Parvez, 43, followed a departmental probe. Another teacher, Shagufta, 45, is also facing action. “We have sent a report to the education minister regarding the second teacher…
Ex-Andhra CM Jagan Reddy (File photo) VIJAYAWADA: Former Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy called off a planned visit to Tirupati temple Friday amid heightened tension and protests by several religious organisations which joined governing TDP in demanding that he sign a declaration form for non-Hindus. Jagan also claimed a police notice denying him…
Kangana Ranaut, Mahua Moitra and Nishikant Dubey NEW DELHI: Four-time BJP MP from Godda in Jharkhand, Nishikant Dubey and TMC’s Mahua Moitra, who had a running fight in the last Lok Sabha resulting in termination of TMC MP’s membership of the House over cash-for-query charges, have landed on the same parliamentary standing committee on communications…
