- Pakistan
Pakistan, China ink deals to boost CPEC phase 2
Islamabad: Pakistan and China on Monday signed six key documents to help undertake the second phase of the USD 60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects under a new model, further cementing…
- World
SL records single-digit inflation for the first time since economic crisis: Official data
Colombo: Cash-strapped Sri Lanka on Monday said that its inflation dropped to 6.3 per cent in July from 12 per cent in June, a single-digit figure for the first time in two…
- India
4 in fray for WFI chief’s post; Bhushan camp files nominations amid fanfare
New Delhi: Four candidates, including outgoing Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh’s close aide Sanjay Kumar Singh from UP, filed nominations for the post of president amid fanfare at…
- India
Haryana communal violence: Home guard dead, several cops injured
A home guard has died following clashes between religious communities during a Shobha Yatra in Haryana’s Nuh district on Monday, July 31. An official said about a dozen policemen were injured and…
- India
Elgar case: Release of Vernon, Arun may get delayed as court rejects bail plea
Mumbai: The release of activists Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira, accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, could get delayed as a special NIA court here on Monday rejected their pleas for…
- India
Highlights of Supreme Court hearing in Manipur case
New Delhi: Following are the highlights from the hearing in the Supreme Court on Monday on a batch of pleas concerning related to the ethnic violence in Manipur. SC terms “horrendous” video…
- Hyderabad
Owaisi calls train shooting by RPF constable a ‘terror attack’
Hyderabad: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday termed the gruesome incident in which a Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable shot dead four persons on a train in Maharashtra as a “terror attack…
- News
Another ‘heist’? Truckload of tomatoes bound for Jaipur from Karnataka goes ‘missing’
Bengaluru: A Jaipur-bound truckload of tomatoes, a precious commodity across the country now, went missing in what is suspected to be another “heist” linked to Karnataka. A trader has claimed that he…
- Pakistan
Pak ex-PM Imran moves SC against IHC for not granting stay in Toshakhana case
Islamabad: Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan approached the Supreme Court on Monday against the Islamabad High Court’s decision to reject his plea seeking a halt on the criminal proceedings against him…
- India
Parliament adjourned amid opposition protest over Manipur
New Delhi: Parliament in both Houses were adjourned for the day on Monday, July 31, as opposition parties’ continued demanding a statement from the prime minister over the ongoing ethnic violence in Manipur.…
- Kashmir
Mufti Sayeed put precondition before PM Modi for govt formation in J&K: Mehbooba
Srinagar: PDP founder Mufti Mohammad Sayeed had put a precondition before Prime Minister Narendra Modi for government formation in Jammu and Kashmir in 2015, seeking an assurance that Article 370 of the…
- India
Mumbai: Doctor commits suicide by injecting himself with drug at TB hospital
Mumbai: A 24-year-old doctor allegedly committed suicide by injecting himself with a drug at the civic-run Tuberculosis Hospital in Sewri here, police said on Monday. Dr Adinath Patil hailed from Jalgaon in…
- India
PM Modi praises women of Niti-Mana Valley in Uttarakhand during ‘Mann ki Baat’
Dehradun: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has heaped praise on the women of the Niti-Mana Valley near the India-China border in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district for developing Bhojpatra calligraphy as a means of livelihood.…
- Kashmir
Jammu Tawi Sealdah express jumps red signal, loco pilot, assistant loco pilot suspended
Patna: The loco pilot and assistant loco pilot of the Jammu Tawi-Sealdah express were suspended by the railways for jumping the red signal near Bhabhua Road station in Bihar, officials said on…
- Pakistan
Pakistan and China ink six agreements to expedite cooperation under CPEC
Islamabad: Pakistan and China on Monday signed six important documents to expand and expedite cooperation under the ambitious multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project, further cementing the all-weather strategic relations between…
