California Governor Jerry Brown has issued a state of emergency due to the effects of a wildfire that has caused the evacuation of thousands of residents. As of Sunday, the Wall Fire swept through grassy foothills in the Sierra Nevada, about 60 97 km, north of state capital Sacramento, burned nearly 10 sq.km, forcing about […]
Positive global cues and healthy buying in automobile, IT and capital goods stocks pushed the Indian equity markets to fresh highs during the early-morning trade session on Tuesday. Around 9.30 a.m., the wider Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) traded at 9,793.65 points — higher by 22.60 points, or 0.23 per cent. The 30-scrip […]
The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday closed all educational institutions and suspended internet facility here to maintain law and order in the aftermath of the Amarnath terror attack. Seven pilgrims were killed and 19 others were injured on Monday when terrorists sprayed bullets at a bus carrying Amarnath pilgrims in Ananatnag district. A senior […]
Bollywood celebrities including Shah Rukh Khan, Shabana Azmi, Akshay Kumar and Anupam Kher have offered condolences to the victims of the Amarnath Yatra terror attack and demanded a strong action against the perpetrators. On Monday night, seven pilgrims — six women, one man — were killed and 19 others injured when militants attacked an unescorted […]
Police on Tuesday blamed terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba for killing seven Amarnath pilgrims in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Kashmir police chief Munir Khan told reporters here that there were credible inputs that the LeT outfit was responsible for the attack that also left 19 pilgrims injured in the attack on Monday evening. The officer said security […]
Malayalam superstar Dileep who was arrested in connection with the abduction and molestation of a popular actress in February, was remanded in custody on Tuesday for 14 days. On Monday, he was questioned at an undisclosed location near here, and after five hours the police probe team recorded the arrest of the actor. Around 7.20 […]
A fresh batch of 3,289 Amarnath pilgrims left Jammu for the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday despite a terror attack the previous day on a bus which left seven worshippers dead. “A fresh batch of 3,289 yatris left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in an escorted convoy of 185 vehicles around 3 a.m., on Tuesday for the […]
California Governor Jerry Brown has announced that his state will gather leaders from around the world for a global environmental summit next year, the media reported. Brown made the remarks while addressing the Global Citizens Festival in Hamburg, Germany, via videoconference, on Thursday ahead of the G20 economic summit which will be attended by world […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has addressed the German public directly ahead of the G20 summit in Hamburg, writing an exclusive op-ed for the German newspaper Handelsblatt. Putin stressed his belief in common ground shared by Moscow and Berlin in the areas such as climate change, and praised the G20 as a necessary and effective forum […]
Russian spies are ramping up their intelligence-gathering efforts in the US, according to current and former US intelligence officials, who say they have noticed an increase since the presidential election. The officials say they believe one of the biggest US adversaries feels emboldened by the lack of a significant retaliatory response from both the Trump […]