NEW DELHI: At a time when authorities are wary of taking action against those burning crop residue prior to Haryana elections, the beginning of stubble burning in Punjab-Haryana that fouls winter air in Delhi and NCR made the Supreme Court on Friday rap the Commission of Air Quality Management (CAQM) for inaction and ask why…
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah The Israeli military launched a massive airstrike on Hezbollah’s headquarters in southern Beirut, targeting the militant group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, on Friday. The strike was described as the heaviest bombardment in nearly a year of conflict which levelled multiple buildings in the Dahiyeh suburb, according to the Guardian.The Israeli Defence Forces…
ISLAMABAD: At least 64 people have been killed this week in a fresh outbreak of violence involving the Pashtun Sunni and Shia tribes of Pakistan‘s militancy-prone Kurram district along the Afghanistan border in the northwest, where a ceasefire had been signed just over a month ago.Governor Faisal Karim Kundi of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province said dozens…
LONDON: Conservative leadership candidate Robert Jenrick has pledged to “severely restrict visas” to people from India if it does not accept the return of around 1lakh illegal migrants in the UK, if he becomes Tory leader and the next PM.Jenrick, one of four remaining candidates in the race to replace Rishi Sunak, has set out…
JAMMU: BJP president JP Nadda on Friday accused National Conference (NC)-Congress combine and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of trying to revive the “era of violence and bloodshed” in J&K.“They are supporting activists working against the country. NC’s manifesto says it will release terrorists (from jails), resume cross-border trade and talks with Pakistan. This is how…
JAMMU: Jammu: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday raided seven places in Reasi and Rajouri districts of J&K as part of its probe into the deadly terror attack on a bus carrying pilgrims returning from Shiv Khori temple to Katra on June 9.Officials said local police and CRPF assisted the NIA teams during the…
NEW DELHI: A group of 131 CEOs of the Global Alliance for climate action representing some big companies from across 27 countries, including India, had reduced 10% of aggregate absolute emissions between 2019 to 2022 while recording 18% aggregated growth in their revenues during the same period, according to a report from the World Economic…
NEW DELHI: Mumbai Police on Friday summoned the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the parent company and technical head of the ticket booking platform BookMyShow in case of alleged black-marketing of tickets for the upcoming Coldplay concert in Mumbai.Mumbai Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has summoned CEO Ashish Hemrajani of Big Tree Entertainment Private Limited…
NEW DELHI: After forward deploying howitzers, missiles, rocket systems and loiter munitions along the China frontier, India is now stepping up induction of more long-range, high-volume precision firepower that can prove decisive in battles as well as expanding its indigenous ammunition vendor base to counter global supply chain disruptions.With lessons being learnt from the ongoing…
NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister and BJP‘s state election co-in-charge Himanta Biswa Sarma addressed the demographic issue in Jharkhand stating that “NRC (National Register of Citizens) will be done and the people whose names will not be there in NRC, we will have to push them away to Bangladesh.”“This will be our policy. Everyone will…
