Punjab CM-elect Bhagwant Mann on Saturday said that each MLA of the Aam Aadmi Party would work for the growth and progress of Punjab, once their government assumed office. The state would be run on the principles laid by Bhagat Singh – of public welfare and putting the state first, he said. He was taking […]
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of kidnapping the mayor of the city of Melitopol, equating it to the actions of “ISIS terrorists”. “They have transitioned into a new stage of terror, in which they try to physically liquidate representatives of Ukraine’s lawful local authorities,” Zelenskyy said in a video address on Friday evening.Kirill Timoshenko, […]
India’s ODI skipper Mithali Raj on Saturday broke the record for most matches captained in the ICC Women’s World Cup, surpassing former Australian counterpart Belinda Clark. Mithali, 39, led the country in 24 World Cup games, claiming 14 victories, eight losses and one no result. Clark had captained her side in 23 matches.The India skipper […]
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has communicated the results of the Term-1 exams for Class 10 to the schools, according to an official. Last year, the CBSE had announced that the board examinations for 2022 will be conducted in two terms. The Term-1 exams for major subjects were held between November 30 and […]
US President Joe Biden has announced his intent to nominate Indian-origin political activist Shefali Razdan Duggal as his envoy to the Netherlands, according to the White House. An immigrant to the US from Kashmir, Duggal, 50, has been raised in Cincinnati, Chicago, New York and Boston.The White House made the announcement on Friday along with […]
Seven people were killed after a fire broke out in shanties in northeast Delhi’s Gokulpuri area in the early hours of Saturday, officials said. A senior official of the Delhi Fire Services said information regarding the blaze near pillar number 12 of Gokulpuri village was received at 1.03 am.Thirteen fire tenders were rushed to the […]
Four terrorists, including a Pakistani commander of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), were killed and an ultra was arrested in three separate encounters with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Saturday. The encounters took place in Pulwama, Ganderbal and Kupwara districts of the Kashmir Valley, a police official said.He said two JeM terrorists, including […]
India’s military accidentally fired a missile into Pakistan, New Delhi’s defence ministry said on Friday, claiming that routine maintenance made the missile go off because of a ‘technical malfunction’.The missile landed in ‘an area of Pakistan’, the defence ministry said in a statement, adding that a high-level inquiry had been ordered. India called the bombing […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met his mother Heeraben Modi at her residence in Gujarat’s capital city Gandhinagar. This comes after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) clinched victories in four of five states, including the crucial Uttar Pradesh, which went into polls between February and March. Modi is currently in his home state for […]
Terrorists shot dead a sarpanch belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party in Audora area of Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir. The attack comes days after a sarpanch was shot dead by terrorists inside his house in Khanmoh in Srinagar. This is the third attack on a panchayat member this year and the second in Kulgam. […]