Islamabad: Pakistan and the US have agreed to deepen bilateral cooperation to tackle leading militant groups, including the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), ISIS-Khorasan, and the Taliban. The issues were discussed during a bilateral counterterrorism dialogue in Islamabad on Tuesday, a day after the US designated the Pakistan-based BLA a Foreign Terrorist Organisation. The dialogue was…
New Delhi: A coach who believed in him more than himself, a captain who supported him when the chips were down, and conditions that felt more like home than away — Indian pacer Akash Deep says his maiden but impactful tour of England was rather smooth. A 10-wicket match-haul in one game and a very…
New Delhi: YSR Congress Party president Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday alleged that Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is in touch with Congress MP Rahul Gandhi through Telangana CM Revanth Reddy on a hotline. Reddy, a former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, was responding to a query about Gandhi’s ‘vote chori’ allegations during…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the 11 documents required to be submitted by an elector for Bihar’s special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral roll, as opposed to seven documents in summary revision conducted previously, showed the exercise was “voter-friendly”. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi, which resumed hearing…
Jaipur: A pickup van crashed into a parked truck in Rajasthan’s Dausa district in the early hours of Wednesday, killing 11 people, including seven children, and injuring eight others, police said. The passengers of the pickup vehicle were returning to their village in Uttar Pradesh’s Etah after visiting Khatu Shyam and Salasar Balaji temple when…
MS Shanker Who says social media is all noise and no fact? Those dismissing “WhatsApp University” often forget that a well-sourced forward can carry more truth than a thousand wordy editorials. Sure, there’s a margin of error—call it 5–7%—but the core data often exposes what conventional academia and mainstream commentary won’t admit. One such fact…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday appointed its retired judge L Nageswara Rao as an ombudsman of Bihar Cricket Association to take action against alleged illegal activities of some office bearers. A bench comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan said it was passing the order to ensure smooth functioning of the association without…
Hoshiarpur/Kapurthala: Agricultural fields in the low-lying areas adjoining the river Beas in several villages of the Tanda region in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur district have been inundated due to the release of water from the Pong Dam in Talwara following heavy rainfall in the upper reaches of the river, officials said on Monday. A nearly 100-foot breach…
United Nations: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to address the annual high-level session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in September, according to a provisional list of speakers issued by the UN here. The 80th session of the UNGA will open on September 9. The high-level General Debate will run from September 23-29,…
New Delhi: India and China are in an “advanced stage” of negotiations to resume direct flight services between the two countries soon, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The development comes ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s likely visit to the Chinese city of Tianjin later this month to attend the annual summit…
