Lucknow: UP BJP state president Bhupendra Chaudhary and organisation general secretary Dharampal Singh launched stickers as part of the Next Gen GST Reform campaign and changed their WhatsApp DPs on Thursday. Deputy chief ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak, along with campaign coordinator and state general secretary Subhash Yaduvansh, were also present on the…
LONDON: US President Donald Trump repeated his claim at a press conference at Chequers, the UK PM’s official country retreat, that his intervention had stopped the brief India-Pakistan conflict earlier this year, a claim refuted umpteen times by India.Trump, speaking on the final day of his state visit to Britain, said he personally had stopped…
Lucknow: The Lakhimpur Kheri administration is distributing over 5,000 special kits procured under the CSR programme to the flood-hit people in five sub-divisions.“This in addition to the financial assistance, compensation and regular relief kits being provided by the state govt,” said DM Durga Shakti Nagpal. Nagpal said the kits prepared with a budget of Rs…
The Indian government reacted cautiously to the strategic mutual defence pact that Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have signed, saying it’s studying the implications of the development and remains committed to protecting India’s national interests and ensuring comprehensive national security in all domains. The agreement, which states that any aggression against either country shall be considered…
Kusal Mendis’ fifty was pivotal for Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup match against Afghanistan, which they won by six wickets and 8 balls to spare (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) Kusal Mendis produced a composed, unbeaten knock of 74 as Sri Lanka booked their place in the Super Four stage of the Asia Cup with a…
JAMMU: The Vaishno Devi yatra resumed Thursday morning from Katra town in Reasi district of Jammu & Kashmir after a night-long halt due to inclement weather, with the authorities starting fresh registration of pilgrims.Suspended on Aug 26 after a landslide on the trek route led to multiple deaths, the yatra was earlier scheduled to begin…
SRINAGAR: J&K’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and at least two senior politicians – PDP president and ex-CM Mehbooba Mufti and Sajad Lone of People’s Conference – alleged on Thursday that the administration ordered their house arrest to prevent them from attending the funeral of pro-Pakistan separatist Abdul Gani Bhat.“I have been locked up inside…
A centuries-old curriculum is about to shape America’s next generation of military leaders. According to POLITICO, America’s five federal service academies are preparing to announce that they will begin accepting Classic Learning Test (CLT) scores from the 2027 admissions cycle, alongside the SAT and ACT. This will mark a historic shift for elite institutions that…
Mohammad Nabi and Yuvraj Singh NEW DELHI: Veteran all-rounder Mohammad Nabi unleashed a stunning display of death-overs hitting to revive Afghanistan’s hopes in their must-win Asia Cup Group B clash against Sri Lanka at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium on Thursday. The 40-year-old blasted a whirlwind 60 off just 22 balls, smashing five towering sixes…
JAMMU: Senior advocate Nirmal K Kotwal on Thursday recused himself from representing Aam Aadmi Party’s Doda MLA Mehraj Malik, who has been detained under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA), citing certain videos on social media in which the legislator is purportedly heard praising terrorists Masood Azhar and Burhan Wani and stating that Jammu and…
