New Delhi, 30/7: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday made it clear that there was no third party intervention in bringing about a ceasefire with Pakistan during Operation Sindoor, asserting that the halting of the Operation was not linked to trade. Intervening in the special discussion on Operation Sindoor in the Rajya Sabha, Jaishankar…
Hawaii, 30/7: A powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula triggered 4-metre (13-foot) tsunami waves and sparked evacuation orders in Hawaii and across the Pacific on Wednesday. The shallow earthquake damaged buildings and injured several people in the remote Russian region, while much of Japan’s eastern seaboard – devastated by a 9.0…
London, 30/7: India pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah is set to miss the series-deciding fifth Test against England, starting Thursday at The Oval, as part of workload management, with Akash Deep likely to replace him, according to a report. The 31-year-old world No 1 pacer appeared off-colour during the drawn fourth Test at Old Trafford, where…
New York, 30/7: US President Donald Trump has said the trade deal with India is not finalised, as he stressed that India imposes more tariffs than almost any other country. Trump spoke to reporters on Tuesday on Air Force One on his way back to Washington from Scotland and was asked about the trade deal…
London, 29/7: India head coach Gautam Gambhir was on Tuesday involved in a heated exchange of words with the Oval’s chief curator Lee Fortis and was heard telling him “you don’t tell us what we need to do” while pointing fingers at the groundstaff. The Oval will host the fifth and final Test between India…
New Delhi, 29/7: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi tore into the Narendra Modi government for the way it handled the Pahalgam terror attack and the way it conducted itself after Operation Sindoor saying instead of saving lives, the Centre was keen on extracting political mileage out of it. Participating in the special discussion in the Lok…
New Delhi, 29/7: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday upheld the conviction and punishment awarded to activist Medha Patkar in a defamation case filed by Delhi L-G V K Saxena. Justice Shalinder Kaur said the trial court’s order, against which Patkar had approached the high court, did not require any interference.
Mangaluru, 29/7: The process of exhumation in connection with the Dharmasthala mass burial case has commenced in the spots shown by the complainant witness, in Dharmasthala on Tuesday. Despite heavy rains, a group of seven to eight labourers began digging in a forest area near the Netravathi River beside the Dharmasthala bathing ghat, where the…
Bengaluru, 29/7: Three people have been arrested after a bag containing gelatin sticks and explosives were recovered recently at a BMTC bus stand in west Bengaluru. From the arrested, the police have so far recovered 22 gelatin sticks and 30 electric detonators
New Delhi, 29/7: News regarding the death sentence of Nimisha Priya, an Indian national imprisoned in Yemen being overturned on Tuesday is inaccurate, sources revealed to news agency ANI. The Indian Grand Mufti’s office had claimed that Priya’s sentence was completely overturned, as per an earlier report by ANI.
