Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he boards the flight for Tashkent, Uzbekistan, in New Delhi NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday embarked on a four-day visit to Uzbekistan and the Kyrgyz Republic, during which he will hold bilateral talks with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and attend the 26th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)…
Delhi Police arrested a city couple for their alleged involvement in anti-national acts NEW DELHI: Delhi Police’s special cell has arrested a city-based couple for their alleged involvement in anti-national acts, including bulk supply of Indian SIM cards in which ISI-backed entities activated WhatsApp and carried out espionage-related activities.The accused have been identified as 25-year-old…
File photo: Army personnel continue to remain vigilant and guard the borders of the country across the LoC Security forces along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir have been put on high alert after fresh aerial activity originating from across the border was detected in the Rajouri sector.According to inputs from Army…
He scored more than 400 goals, inspired India’s dominance of world hockey and was the central figure in the country’s first hat-trick of Olympic gold medals. Decades after his playing career ended, Major Dhyan Chand remains one of the most revered figures in Indian sporting history.His contribution is remembered every year on August 29, his…
Tata Group in talks with Shapoorji Pallonji for potential share swap or buyout of its 18.4% stake in Tata Sons. The Tata Group is in talks with its biggest minority shareholder on proposals to unlock liquidity, including a potential swap of shares of its listed entities, as the Shapoorji Pallonji Group seeks funds to repay…
Trump had discussed bringing US oil companies back to Venezuela shortly after Maduro was removed. US President Donald Trump on Friday announced what he described as an agreement with Venezuela that would give the US control over 65 billion barrels of the South American country’s oil reserves.Trump said the deal was negotiated by Secretary of…
Nepal hydel capacity hit, may import from India NEW DELHI: In a possible reversal of the usual power flow between the two neighbours, India may have to export electricity to Nepal during the season when it typically imports hydropower from the land-locked country to meet high domestic demand.The move may be needed to bridge the…
The survivors arrived by an Air India flight from Delhi and were received at the airport by ministers N Anand and D Sarathkumar CHENNAI: Twenty-one members of a Tamil Nadu tourist group who escaped from a devastating flash flood in Nepal’s Rasuwagadhi area reached Chennai on Friday, recounting how they narrowly escaped as muddy water,…
Ladakh LG welcomes President’s nod for High Court bench in UT, calls it historic step for easier access to justice. SRINAGAR: Ladakh’s Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena Friday hailed the decision to set up a bench of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh in the union territory.President Droupadi Murmu’s has given her…
Excavations for the second phase of the 2,000-year-old Buddhist site at Zehanpora in Baramulla to begin on Saturday ZEHANPORA (BARAMULLA): Excavations will begin Saturday on the second phase of Zehanpora, a Buddhist site in north Kashmir’s Baramulla. J&K chief secretary Atal Dullo will inaugurate the project.The presence of a 2,000-year-old Buddhist civilisation at the site…
