Srinagar: A desperate attempt by terrorists to disrupt the G20 event in Kashmir has been thwarted, a defence spokesperson said here, referring to an operation in Uri that foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) on Saturday morning. The terrorists attempted to infiltrate into the Uri sector of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district but…
Chandigarh: Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring conceded defeat in the Jalandhar Lok Sabha bypoll on Saturday and congratulated the Aam Aadmi Party and its candidate Sushil Rinku. As per the latest trends available on the Election Commission website, Rinku was leading by a margin of 58,430 votes over his nearest rival and Congress candidate…
Bengaluru: Counting of votes polled for the May 10 Karnataka Assembly polls, which witnessed a fierce fight between archrivals BJP and the Congress, will be taken up on Saturday as parties including the JD(S) wait with bated breath to know the outcome as hung assembly is a possibility. . The electoral fortunes of top leaders– Chief…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said people’s perspective about border villages are undergoing a big change and they now do not identify these as last but first villages of the country. In a letter to Harish Rana, the pradhan of Jaspur panchayat bordering China in Uttarakhand, Modi said these villages are strategically important…
New Delhi: Regulator Trai on Friday directed telecom operators to take action against misuse of telemarketing messages templates within 30 days to curb pesky messages. The regulator in the direction said that it has noticed some telemarketers are misusing headers and content templates of enterprises. “Unsolicited Commercial Communication (UCC) is a major source of inconvenience…
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India on Friday said a special 100 days campaign will be launched under which banks trace and settle their top 100 deposits in every district of the country. The banks will commence the campaign from June 1, 2023. Balances in savings/current accounts which are not operated for 10 years, or…
New Delhi: Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Friday termed “surprising” NCP leader Ajit Pawar’s remarks that Patole resigned as Speaker in 2021 without consulting then chief minister Uddhav Thackeray. It is not the time to get into ifs and buts when the Supreme Court has given a chance to take the state’s progressive ideology forward,…
Dhaka: In a veiled dig at China, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday that when nations disregard the legal obligations or violate longstanding agreements, the damage to trust and confidence is immense. Addressing the 6th Indian Ocean Conference here in the Bangladeshi capital, he also said a significant shared concern through the Indian Ocean…
Washington: A former U.S. Marine who killed a homeless man by putting him in a chokehold on the New York City subway was taken into custody at a police precinct on Friday and was expected to be arraigned on a manslaughter charge. A viral video showed the former Marine, identified as Daniel Penny, putting 30-year-old…
Lahore: Police in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Friday claimed to have arrested 3,000 people, including women, during the violent clashes between the supporters of Imran Khan and security agencies after the former prime minister’s arrest earlier this week. The law and order situation in Punjab province was under control on Friday after Khan, the chief…
