Guwahati: Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi on Saturday said the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has “exposed” the illegal coal empire in Assam where illegal mining activities have been going “under the nose” of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma “who kept denying” it. Gogoi also asked who is Assam’s real “Syndicate Raja” and demanded an answer from the…
Srinagar: Authorities in Kashmir have launched a massive crackdown on terrorists and their sympathisers in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack, razing homes of the ultras, raiding their safe havens and detaining hundreds of overground workers for questioning, officials said on Saturday. The security forces are going after the known terrorist associates and their…
United Nations: The UNSC has “condemned in the strongest terms” the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir, stressing that those responsible should be held accountable and the organisers and sponsors of this “reprehensible act of terrorism” should be brought to justice. The 15-nation Council issued a Press Statement on ‘terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’…
Hyderabad: Telangana Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy has alleged that the National Dam Safety Authority (NDSA) report that “exposed serious flaws” in the construction of the Kaleshwaram project, was a “direct indictment” of the previous BRS government. “BRS leaders should have some shame. The NDSA report clearly stated that the design was faulty, the…
Bengaluru: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Department of Space (DoS) and Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology (SCTIMST), Department of Science & Technology (DST) signed the ‘Framework Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in Space Medicine’. This partnership marks a significant milestone in the advancement of Space Medicine and its applications in the…
New York: US President Donald Trump on Friday said there have always been tensions between India and Pakistan and the two countries will figure it out between themselves “one way or the other”. “I am very close to India and I’m very close to Pakistan, as you know. And they’ve had that fight for 1,000…
Srinagar: Pakistan violated the ceasefire along the Line of Control in the Kashmir valley by resorting to unprovoked firing, a defence official said on Saturday and added the army responded appropriately. “On the night of April 25-26, unprovoked small firing was carried out by multiple Pakistan Army posts all across the Line of Control (LoC)…
MS Shanker In conversation with Khalid Abdul Qayyum, one of Hyderabad’s cricketing greats I’ve been on a mission lately—one that’s deeply personal and driven by passion: speaking to former Hyderabad cricketers who’ve donned the whites for the state and, in many cases, for the country. Their insights, their memories, and their vision for the game’s…
Chennai: Pacer Harshal Patel made the best use of a sluggish Chepauk surface as Sunrisers Hyderabad put Chennai Super Kings on the brink of exit door by winning the battle of back-benchers by five wickets in the Indian Premier League here on Friday. Harshal, a fine exponent of the slower delivery and the knuckle ball,…
Islamabad: For the second consecutive day on Friday, Pakistan briefed Islamabad-based foreign diplomats on the rising tension with India in the aftermath of the Pahalgam attack. “As part of ongoing diplomatic engagement, Foreign Secretary Amna Baloch briefed Heads of Mission and diplomats based in Islamabad on the latest developments following the Pahalgam attack” in Jammu…
