Manila: A powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake jolted the central Philippines, collapsing buildings and killing at least 19 people on the island of Cebu, authorities said early Wednesday, with fears the toll could rise as rescuers searched for survivors. The shallow quake struck at 9:50 pm (1359 GMT) Tuesday off the island’s northern end near Bogo, a…
Beijing: President Xi Jinping on Tuesday said China will resolutely oppose “Taiwan independence” separatist activities and external interference, and firmly safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks at a reception held at the…
Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government has decided to clear pending bills of contactor amounting upto Rs 400 crore for the works they executed since 2014, said a government source. Contractors who executed works between 2014 and 2019, with project value below Rs 5 crore, will now receive payments, ending years of financial uncertainty and hardship,…
Guwahati: North East India Festival (NEIF) chief organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta and Zubeen Garg’s manager Siddhartha Sharma have been arrested in connection with the singer’s death in Singapore, police said on Wednesday. Mahanta was arrested on his arrival at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi from Singapore while Sharma was arrested from an apartment…
Tamil Nadu has been shaken by the tragic loss of 41 lives in a stampede at actor Vijay’s political rally in Karur. The visuals of desperate families, bodies lined up, and survivors in shock should have moved the entire political establishment to one united demand: justice for the victims. Instead, what we see is a…
Chennai: Nine labourers lost their lives on Tuesday when a steel arch came crashing down at the Ennore Thermal Power Station construction site in North Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The deceased workers, mostly from Assam and nearby regions, were part of an ongoing project at the location. Confirming the fatalities, J. Radhakrishnan, Secretary of the Tamil…
Hyderabad: An interstate drug peddling racket involved in transporting ganja from Malkangiri district of Odisha to Rajasthan via Hyderabad was busted here on Tuesday, police said. Contraband weighing 1,210 kg worth Rs 6.25 crore was seized, and one person was taken into custody in this connection, it said. Acting on credible information, police teams intercepted…
Guwahati: India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur acknowledged that the ICC Women’s World Cup opener against Sri Lanka wasn’t easy despite the hosts earning a facile 59-run win in the end under the DLS Method to log full points here on Tuesday. Sri Lankan veteran spinner Inoka Ranaweera’s four-wicket haul — three in the 26th over —…
Guwahati: The experience of Deepti Sharma was on full display as she struck a composed half-century alongside debutant Amanjot Kaur before taking a decisive three-wicket haul to help India overcome early hiccups and seal a 59-run win over Sri Lanka via DLS method in their Women’s World Cup opener in Guwahati on Tuesday. For Sri…
India’s latest strategic posture is not theatre — it is sober preparation for a peril no democracy wants to face: nuclear coercion wrapped in the chaos of conventional conflict. When the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Anil Chouhan, warned that India must be ready for radiological and related threats after Operation Sindoor, it was not…
