India, China hold corps commanders level talks amid massive deployment
(Agencies) New Delhi: Over thousands of Indian Army men stand a few meters away from Line of Actual Control against Chinese People’s Liberation Army even as corps commanders of two countries’ military meet at Moldo on Monday to resolve the border issue and ease tension in Eastern Ladakh. This is the second such meeting after […]
Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s wealthiest man, joins club of world’s 10 richest
Asia’s richest man has entered a new league of wealth. The net worth of Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries Ltd., has jumped to $64.5 billion, making him the only Asian tycoon in the exclusive club of the world’s top 10 richest people, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. He overtook Larry Ellison of Oracle […]
India’s COVID-19 tally 4,25,282 with 14,821 fresh cases, death toll rises to 13,699
(Agencies) New Delhi: India on Monday added 14,821 new COVID-19 cases pushing the infection tally to 4,25,282, while the death toll rose to 13,699 with 445 new fatalities, according to Union Health Ministry data. The country registered over 10,000 cases for the 11th day in a row. The number of recoveries also continued to surge with […]
Boycotting China items not feasible: L&T MD-CEO SN Subrahmanyan
With the skirmish at the border with China, the ‘Boycott China Products’ sentiment is running high. The dangers of any rash move in this direction are well-known. SN Subrahmanyan, CEO and MD of Larsen & Toubro, in an interview with Shubhra Tandon, cautioned that to take a total view on boycotting Chinese goods is not feasible […]
Encounter starts in Veerinag forests
Anantnag, June 22 (KNO): A gunfight broke out between militants and security in forests of Verinag area in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday. An official told News agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that a joint team of Police, army’s 2 Paras and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation on specific information about the […]
Sensex opens over 150 points higher, NIfty over 10,300-mark
The benchmark equity indices on the BSE and National Stock Exchange (NSE) opened higher on Monday led by gains in pharmaceutical and banking stocks. At 9:17 am, the S&P BSE Sensex was at 34,906.87, up 175.14 points (0.50 per cent), while the Nifty 50 was at 10,311.80, up 67.40 points (0.66 per cent). On the […]
PM cannot allow Beijing to use his words as a vindication of its position, says Manmohan Singh
India-China Border Face-off Latest News Live Update: Ahead of his visit to Russia for a trilateral meeting with China, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that the government has given the forces freedom to “give a befitting reply” if there is further escalation from Chinese troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). Following a review meeting, the top brass were […]
War-like situation as army evacuates villages
Srinagar: Villagers in several villages close to the stand-off points in the Ladakh region have been appealing to the authorities to evacuate them to safer places as the army has been put on high alert in the entire region after the killing of 20 Indian soldiers in Galwan valley. Local reports from Leh suggested that in […]
Only two active militants in Srinagar at present: IGP Kashmir
Srinagar: Inspector General of Police Kashmir range, Vijay Kumar said that the number of active militants in Kashmir is between 100 to 200 while 106 militants have been killed this year so far. Mr. Kumar said on Sunday that there may have been some successful infiltration bids as well this year so far. Addressing a press […]
Ladakh Councillor Arrested For Audio Clip Mocking PM Modi And Army Over India-China Standoff
A councillor of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC)-Kargil was arrested early on Saturday after his “highly objectionable” audio clip mocking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Army in the wake of the recent face-off between India and China went viral on social media, officials said. The action against Zakir Hussain, a councillor from Shakar […]
