A militant was killed in an ongoing operation by security forces in north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Tuesday. "One terrorist has been killed in the ongoing operation against terrorists in the forest area of Handwara (tehsil)," a Defence Ministry source said. Troops of the counter insurgency Rashtriya Rifles and the special operations group of Jammu and K...
'Food ATM', a 320-litre refrigerator laden with leftovers, is ensuring that the poor and needy in the city do not go hungry, thanks to an initiative by a restaurateur here. Asif Ahmed, the co-owner of Sanjha Chulha restaurant chain, started the 'Food ATM' with support of three organisations (Rotary, Round Table, JITO) in front of one of his outlets in Park Circus to help ...
Rescuers on Tuesday pulled alive from rubble a 7-year-old boy and were working to reach his 11-year-old brother after their home on the resort island of Ischia off Naples was flattened by a magnitude 4 earthquake that left two women dead and 39 injured. The rescued boy, named Mattias, was put on a stretcher and taken to hospital co...
The Congress on Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court ruling on triple talaq, terming it an affirmation of the rights of women and hoped all the parties would be satisfied with the verdict. "A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court has set aside and quashed the practice of ‘instant triple talaq'or ‘talaq-e-bidat', which...
New Delhi, Aug 22 India on Tuesday welcomed US President Donald Trump's new Afghanistan policy, saying New Delhi is committed to supporting Kabul in its efforts to secure peace and stability. "We welcome President Trump's determination to enhance efforts to overcome the challenges facing Afghanistan and confronting issues of safe havens and other forms of ...
China on Tuesday said there will be "utter chaos" if its troops entered India on the pretext that Indian border infrastructure posed a threat to Beijing. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said India's logic that Chinese road building in Doklam on the border posed a threat to New Delhi was "ridiculous and vicious". It said China would in no way allow any c...
Banking operations across the country were hit on Tuesday as over 10 lakh bank employees in more than 1,30,000 branches pan-India struck work -- protesting against reforms in the banking sector among other issues -- thereby affecting cheque-clearing activity. An official of the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) -- the umbrella body of nine ...
A senior RSS leader on Tuesday hailed the Supreme Court decision to strike down the practice of triple talaq as "liberation" and "empowerment" of Muslim women in India -- at an event attended by dozens of Muslim clerics. "It is a revolutionary decision and has given 'mukti' (liberation) to eight to nine crore Muslim women in India," RSS leader Indr...
Minister of Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday hailed the Supreme Court ruling on triple talaq, saying it was "a giant step for women". "I am very happy. It is a small step for the court but it's a giant step for women. It's about time that women were given the right to equality," the minister said while talking to CNN-Ne...
General John Nicholson, the top US and NATO commander in Afghanistan, on Tuesday said the Taliban cannot win the war in Afghanistan by military means. He made the comments in the wake of US President Donald Trump's announcement of a new approach to Afghanistan and South Asia. "This new strategy means the Taliban cannot win militarily. Now is the tim...
