New Delhi : The World Health Organisation (WHO) today announced the Zika virus outbreak in India, reporting the first three laboratory confirmed cases of the disease, all from Ahmedabad in Gujarat. The WHO, however, did not recommend any travel or trade restriction and said the current evidence suggested low levels of transmission of the virus. […]
Srinagar, May 28 : The authorities in Kashmir imposed curfew in parts of Srinagar and Pulwama district on Sunday to maintain law and order and prevent further protests over the killing of top Hizbul Mujahideen militant Sabzar Ahmad Bhat, who was buried today in his native Tral village. Spontaneous and widespread protests were witnessed in […]
Islamabad, May 28 : A petition has been filed in Pakistan’s Supreme Court seeking immediate execution of Indian prisoner on death row Kulbhushan Jadhav if he failed to get his capital punishment overturned. Muzamil Ali, a lawyer by profession, filed the petition on Saturday through advocate Farooq Naek, a leader of opposition Pakistan People’s Party […]
Jammu, May 28 : The Army killed a Pakistani intruder on Sunday on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, a defence official said. Defence Ministry spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel, Manish Mehta said: “Alert troops of the Army noticed suspicious movement on the LoC in Krishna Ghati sector around 2.30 am.” “The […]
New Delhi : An indigenous rocket as heavy as 200 full-grown Asian elephants could well be the one taking “Indians into space from the Indian soil” as the country inches closer to joining the big boy’s space club.Standing tall on the rocket port at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh is the country’s latest rocket called the […]