Afgan, 11/10: A powerful earthquake struck Herat province in Afghanistan near the border with Iran early Wednesday, several days after two major quakes in the same area killed more than 800 people. The magnitude 6.3 temblor struck northwestern Afghanistan at 5:22 am local time at a depth of about 10 kilometers, according to the US…
New Delhi, 11/10: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is conducting a series of raids in six states against the Popular Front of India, which was banned last year under the anti-terror law, an official said on Wednesday. The raids are being conducted in states including Maharashtra, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, the official…
New Delhi, 11/10: Afghanistan are mighty proud of both the quality and quantity of their spin resources. And why wouldn’t you be if you have spinners like Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Mohammad Nabi and Noor Ahmad in your ranks? But in their World Cup opener against Bangladesh in Dharamsala, the Afghans got a taste…
New Delhi, 10/10: The first test flight for India’s human space flight programme is scheduled for October 21, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said in New Delhi on Tuesday. The Gaganyaan Test Vehicle Development flight (TV-D1) will be the first among two sets of trial flights that the Indian Space Research Organisation has planned before an…
Mumbai, 10/10: Amartya Sen, leading economist and winner of Nobel economics prize, is “totally fine” his daughter Nandana Sen said on Tuesday, following wide circulation of fake news claiming that the economist had passed away. I am just shocked as well as disappointed by the state of Indian journalism. How could major newspapers and platforms…
Kashmir, 10/10: Writer Arundhati Roy and a former Kashmiri professor Sheikh Showkat Hussain will face trial on charges of making provocative speeches in 2010 with Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena according sanction for prosecution of the duo, officials said on Tuesday. The FIR was filed in November 2010 following the orders of the Court…
Mumbai, 10/10: Reliance Industries Ltd Chairman Mukesh Ambani overtook Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani in the latest wealth rankings of the 360 ONE Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2023 released on Tuesday. Reliance Industries has made cumulative investments exceeding $150 billion in the last decade, surpassing any other corporation in India. During this period, 66-year-old…
New Delhi, 10/10: India opener Shubman Gill, who is currently down with dengue, was hospitalised in Chennai after his platelet count dropped below 100,000 but has been subsequently released as he still remains a doubtful starter for the marquee World Cup clash against Pakistan on October 14. Gill, who tested positive for dengue upon his…
Hyderabad, 10/: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address a public meeting at Adilabad and a convention of intellectuals in Hyderabad on Tuesday, kick-starting the poll campaign for the assembly elections to be held on November 30 Shah will address the rally at 3 pm and attend the convention of intellectuals in the evening, BJP…
Kashmir, 10/10: Two Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) militants, one of whom was involved in the killing of a Kashmiri Pandit earlier this year, were killed in an encounter with security forces in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on J&K. The gunfight erupted after security forces launched a cordon-and-search-operation (CASO) in Alshipora village of Shopian following ‘specific’ inputs about…
