- Sports
PCB set to announce early start for Australia series due to weather conditions
Lahore: The Pakistan Cricket Board is set to announce an early start to the three-match T20 series against Australia later this month due to the weather and light conditions in Lahore. A…
- Sports
Shahid Afridi not averse to joining politics
Karachi: Pakistan’s former captain Shahid Afridi has said he is not averse to joining politics in the future after he moved his residence from his hometown Karachi to capital Islamabad. Afridi was…
- India
Air pollution increases risk of eye infection, other ocular problems, say doctors
New Delhi: Air pollution is considered a reason for respiratory and cardiac problems. However, experts warn that it also increases the risk of eye infection and aggravates existing issues among those with…
- Middle East
2026 Iran protest: Family searches corpses, buries daughter roadside
Beirut: Robina Aminian’s family believes the college student was killed by a bullet fired by Iranian security forces at close range, straight into the back of her head. But her death in…
- Pakistan
Pakistan security forces kill 12 terrorists in Balochistan
Karachi: Pakistan security forces killed 12 terrorists after they attacked two banks and a police station in restive southwestern Balochistan province, a military statement issued on Saturday, January 17, said. “Around 15-20…
- India
Congress takes swipe at Modi govt over US-Pak military exercise
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday, January 17, took a swipe at the Modi government and said the joint training exercise by American and pakistani troops was “yet another blow to the…
- World
US lawmakers urge Trump to seek lower Indian tariffs on pulse crops
New York: Two US lawmakers have urged President Donald Trump to push for favourable provisions for pulse crop in any future trade deal with India, saying American producers face a “significant competitive…
- India
Rahul Gandhi meets patients, families of Indore water contamination victims
Indore: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday, February 17 met patients and families affected by the vomiting and diarrhoea outbreak linked to water contamination in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore city. He visited four…
- India
UP: Man kills wife in fit of rage following altercation
Shahjahanpur: A man allegedly struck his wife on her head with a heavy staff in a fit of rage following an altercation, killing her on the spot, a senior police officer said…
- India
Headmaster suspended for submitting ‘forged’ pictures of renovation work at school
Ballia: The in-charge headmaster of a government primary school in Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia has been suspended with immediate effect for allegedly submitting forged, computerised photographs of paint and renovation work of the…
- Pakistan
US, Pakistani troops conclude joint training exercise ‘Inspired Gambit 2026’
Islamabad: American and Pakistani troops concluded joint training at the National Counter-Terrorism Centre in Pabbi during exercise “Inspired Gambit 2026”. Training exercises like this between the US and Pakistan strengthen our long-standing…
- India
Encounter breaks out between security forces and Naxalites in Chhattisgarh
Bijapur: An encounter broke out between security personnel and Naxalites in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Saturday, January 17, a police official said. The gunfight erupted in the morning hours in the forested…
- India
Tourist bus overturns in Thiruvananthapuram, 17 injured
Thiruvananthapuram: At least 17 persons, including students, suffered injuries after a tourist bus overturned near here on Saturday, January 17, police said. According to police, the injured include teachers and students of…
- World
Trump warns of tariffs for countries opposing US Greenland bid
Copenhagen: US President Donald Trump has suggested that he may punish countries with tariffs if they don’t back the US controlling Greenland, a message that came as a bipartisan Congressional delegation sought…
- India
BJP’s saffron sweep: 1,425 seats, 20 corporations in Maharashtra civic polls
Mumbai: The BJP has swept the 2026 civic polls, winning 1,425 of 2,869 seats across 29 municipal corporations, and wresting control of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) from Uddhav Thackeray, ending his…
