JAMMU: Alert Army personnel opened fire at a Pakistani drone spotted hovering in Indian airspace along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district early Wednesday, forcing it to return. A search operation was launched in the area later in the day to trace drone-dropped narcotics or weapons, if any.“Army troops noticed…
JAMMU: More than 100 sheep were charred to death in a fire that gutted a cattle shed in Vijaypur in J&K’s Samba district early Wednesday. No human casualties or injuries occurred in the accident.The blaze erupted around 3.30am in Rakhbrotian Basti area of Vijaypur at a cattle shed owned by Jamal Din son of Shobian….
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan-occupied Kashmir‘s president Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry has invited Chinese businesses to invest heavily in the disputed region, state media reported on Wednesday after the director of China’s Yunnan Sunny Road and Bridge Company met him in Muzaffarabad the previous day to discuss “massive opportunities” across sectors. Giant Russian Ship Enters British Waters; UK To…
NEW DELHI: Nitish Kumar‘s Janata Dal(United) on Wednesday acted swiftly to control damage after its Manipur unit chief wrote a letter to state governor reiterating party’s earlier decision of not supporting the BJP-led Biren Singh government.“The seating arrangement of the lone MLA of Janata Dal (United) in Manipur, Md Abdul Nasir was made in the…
FEROZEPUR: Many might have seen magicians performing feats of creating or making things disappear in thin air, but Punjab government officials have gone a step further. In 2018-19, they created a village that does not exist in reality but astonishingly spent a whopping Rs 43 lakh on various development projects for this ‘Mr India’ village.According…
External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar met with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington External affairs minister Dr S Jaishankar met US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington on Wednesday, marking the latter’s first bilateral engagement since assuming office under the Trump 2.0 administration. The discussions, held on the sidelines of the…
India outplayed England by seven wickets in the first T20I at Eden Gardens on Wednesday, taking a 1-0 lead in the five-match series. Abhishek Sharma‘s blistering 34-ball-79, backed by a disciplined bowling effort, powered India to victory.England were bundled out for a paltry 132 at a venue where the average first-innings score is around 195….
Abhishek Sharma (Photo Credit: BCCI) Abhishek Sharma lived up to his big-hitting promise, as the India opener blew England away with a blistering half-century to lead the home team’s impressive seven-wicket win in the first T20I at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Wednesday. Abhishek smashed 79 off just 34 balls and decorated it with…
NEW DELHI: India is set to host the FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 from October 31 to November 27, as confirmed by a senior official of the All India Chess Federation (AICF) in a conversation with TimesofIndia.com.Though FIDE’s website briefly listed India as the host venue on Monday, it reverted the status to “To be…
NEW DELHI: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday voiced concerns over the “weaponization” of access to the judiciary, calling it a significant challenge to India’s governance and democratic ethos. Addressing students at the Indian Institute of Democratic Leadership, Dhankhar also criticized institutions for overstepping their boundaries, indirectly targeting the judiciary for issuing advisories without proper…
