NEW DELHI: Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Tuesday convened the first secretary-level meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Coordination Group (IMCG), a mechanism set up for mainstreaming India’s ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy in line with PM Narendra Modi’s vision. Secretaries of ministries/departments of Home, Commerce, Finance, Fisheries, representatives from ministries/departments of Defence, Railways, Economic Affairs, Consumer […]
NEW DELHI: Another tranche of 11,000 metric tonnes of rice from India reached Sri Lanka, amid the Island nation’s economic catastrophe. The aid reaches at a time when Sri Lanka is expected to celebrate Sinhalese and Tamil New Year on April 13 and 14. Prior to this, 16,000 metric tonnes of rice was supplied by […]
RANCHI: The operation to rescue people stranded in cable cars on a ropeway at Trikut Parvat in Jharkhand’s Deoghar successfully concluded on Tuesday, two days after some of the cars collided with each other due to malfunction resulting in several deaths and injuries, Chief Minister Hemant Soren announced. At least three people were killed in separate […]
BUDGAM: Abhinavgupta, one of the most important philosophers and polymaths of India, wrote Tantraloka —an encyclopedia on Kashmir Shaivism in the 10th century. Known widely for non-dual awareness or consciousness, Abhinavgupta in his lifetime, wrote 35 books. His influence is so huge that his philosophy spread and flourished in south India as well. Legend has […]
MUMBAI: Sunrisers Hyderabad on Monday chased down 163 in 19.1 overs at the loss of two wickets to hand Gujarat Titans their first defeat of the Indian Premier League 2022. Batting first, Gujarat lost Shubman Gill in the 3rd over as he was dismissed for 7 by Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Matthew Wade and Sai Sudharshan also […]
MUMBAI: Rajasthan Royals on Sunday survived the onslaught by Marcus Stoinis to pip Lucknow Super Giants by 3 runs in match 20 of the Indian Premier League 2022. Chasing 166, Lucknow needed 34 off the last 2 last over with just two wickets in hand but Stonis smoked two sixes off the pacer Prasidh Krishna […]
BARAMULLA: The Jammu and Kashmir administration is committed to addressing all issues pertaining to the youth in order to empower them, said Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and cautioned parents against extremist elements. Addressing a programme in Pattan area here to celebrate the successful fructification of the “Personality Development Programme” popularly known as ‘Sahi Rasta’, Sinha […]
NEW DELHI: India on Saturday designated Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed’s son Hafiz Talha Saeed as a designated terrorist as a court in Pakistan sent the Mumbai attack mastermind to 33 years in prison. In a notification, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said that the Central government believed that junior Saeed was involved in […]
MUMBAI: Riding on Abhishek Sharma’s breezy half century, Sunrisers Hyderabad chased down 155 in 17.4 overs to seal an eight-wicket win against Chennai Super Kings in match 17 of the Indian Premier League 2022. This is Hyderabad’s first win, out of three matches, in the tournament. After being asked to bat first, Hyderabad lost Robin […]
ISLAMABAD: Amid political instability triggered by a no-confidence vote against PM Imran Khan, Pakistan on Saturday said it had successfully tested fired Shaheen III, a nuclear capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile. “Pakistan today conducted a successful flight test of Shaheen-III surface to surface ballistic missile. The test flight was aimed at revalidating various design and technical […]