August 2024

Moscow: Russia said Thursday that it took two more east Ukrainian villages - in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions - as its forces continue their advance deeper into the country. The defence ministry said Russian forces captured the village…

KYIV: Russia conducted a heavy aerial attack on Ukraine for the third time in four days Thursday, again launching missiles and scores of drones that mostly were intercepted, Ukraine’s air force said. Russian forces fired five missiles…

JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said it has killed five more militants in a large-scale operation in the occupied West Bank early Thursday, including a well-known local commander. There was no immediate Palestinian confirmation of the…

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping told top White House aide Jake Sullivan Thursday that Beijing remained committed to good ties with the United States, despite "great changes". Sullivan, the first US national security advisor to…

HONG KONG: A Hong Kong court convicted two former editors of a shuttered news outlet on Thursday, in a sedition case that is widely seen as a barometer for the future of media freedom in the city once hailed as a bastion of free press in…

RIO DE JANEIRO: A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Wednesday threatened to shut down the local operations of X, formerly Twitter, unless its billionaire owner Elon Musk names a legal representative in Brazil within 24 hours. The order…

चंडीगढ़: एक अभूतपूर्व चिकित्सा प्रगति में, फोर्टिस हॉस्पिटल मोहाली ने फोर्टिस अस्पताल मोहाली ने जीवित दाता और मृतक दाता पर क्षेत्र का पहला एबीओ इन्कम्पैटेबल ट्रांसप्लांट ( ब्लड ग्रुप मैच हुए बिना मरीज का अंग प्रत्यारोपण ) कर नई उपलब्धियां…

NEW DELHI: Declaring that ‘enough is enough’, President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday said it is time for India to wake up to the perversion of crimes against women and counter the mindset that sees women as less powerful, less capable, less…

NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday approved a proposal of the Ministry of Power to provide Central Financial Assistance (CFA) to the North Eastern Region (NER) state governments with an outlay of Rs. 4,136 crore for their equity…

MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar on Wednesday hit out at the Eknath Shinde-led government over the collapse of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's statue, alleging that corruption has peaked under…

KOLKATA: The agitating junior doctors in West Bengal, who have been continuing ceasework for 20 days to protest against the alleged rape and murder of a medic, on Wednesday rejected Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's appeal to join duty. A…

Jammu: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said she will not contest the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, pointing out that she would not be able to fulfil her party's agenda in the union territory set up even if she were to…

RANCHI: Hours after returning from Delhi, former Chief Minister Champai Soren on Wednesday resigned from the primary membership and all posts of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). Posting his resignation on X, Champai wrote that his struggle…

DEHRADUN: A series of land submergence and landslides triggered by rains have led to the displacement and migration of people from many districts of Uttarakhand. The situation has worsened in Gopeshwar and Tehri, where landslides and soil…

RAJOURI/JAMMU: An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district after troops launched a cordon and search operation in response to…

CHANDIGARH: The upcoming assembly polls in Haryana will likely witness former Chief Minister Bansi Lal’s grandchildren contesting against each other from Tosham. Both former Member of Parliament Shruti Choudhry-- daughter of Bansi Lal’s…

NEW DELHI: India prepares to add strength to underwater strategic capability with the second nuclear propulsion submarine of the Arihant Class slated to be commissioned on Thursday. Sources confirmed that Indian Naval Ship (INS) Arighat…

PATNA: Three persons died, and two others fell sick after consuming spurious liquor in Bihar’s Sitamarhi district during the last 36 hours. The victims are undergoing treatment at a government hospital at the district headquarters where…

NEW DELHI: Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Tuesday said there is a shortage of nearly 30 per cent of doctors and specialists at many hospitals, but no efforts have been made to fill these critical vacancies despite repeated…