’84 riots: 241 cases closed by SIT to get relook by SC panel

’84 riots: 241 cases closed by SIT to get relook by SC panel

New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Wednesday set up a supervisory panel of two retired judges to scrutinise 241 cases relating to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi closed by a special investigation team (SIT) formed by the NDA government to re-investigate them. A three-judge Bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra asked the supervisory […]

‘Don’t determine strategic posture with China over border road’

‘Don’t determine strategic posture with China over border road’

Beijing, August 17 : Asserting on the Doklam issue, state-run Chinese media said India should not determine the strategic posture between the two nations over a road along the border. Referring to the month-long standoff in the Doklam Plateau, an editorial piece in Global Times said, “India is so narrow-minded that it believes a road along […]

Coach Mickey Arthur abused him, claims Pakistani cricketer Umar Akmal

Coach Mickey Arthur abused him, claims Pakistani cricketer Umar Akmal

Karachi : Pakistan’s Test batsman Umar Akmal has claimed that chief coach Mickey Arthur abused him during an argument at the national cricket academy in Lahore. “I stand by what I told the media earlier today. Mickey Arthur first used poor language and then abused me. Inzamam bhai and Mushtaq bhai (Ahmed) are both witness to […]

Crude oil opens new vistas in India-US relationship

Crude oil opens new vistas in India-US relationship

Washington, August 17 : The first shipment of American crude oil is likely to reach India in the last week of September, opening new vistas in the Indo-US ties. With this India, the world’s third-largest oil importer, joins Asian countries like South Korea, Japan and China to buy American crude after production cuts by OPEC drove […]