Day: February 27, 2019

Five airports closed for civilian flights: officials

Srinagar/New Delhi : Srinagar, Jammu and Leh airports were among five airports closed on Wednesday for civilian air traffic shortly after an IAF jet crashed in Kashmir’s Budgam district, officials said. The move to close the five airports comes amid escalation of tension between India and Pakistan after IAF […]

Trump hails North Korea’s ‘awesome’ potential ahead of talks with Kim

HANOI  – U.S. President Donald Trump hailed North Korea’s “awesome” potential on Wednesday and said its leader, Kim Jong Un, wanted to do something great, hours before they were due to meet to try to break a stalemate over the North’s nuclear weapons. Despite little progress on his […]

Srinagar, Jammu, Leh airports closed for civilian air traffic

Srinagar :  Srinagar, Jammu and Leh airports were Wednesday closed for civilian air traffic shortly after an IAF jet crashed in Budgam district and amid escalation of cross-Line of Control shelling between armies of India and Pakistan. “The civilian air traffic has been suspended temporarily in view of the […]

Srinagar, Jammu, Leh airports closed for civilian air traffic

Srinagar :  Srinagar, Jammu and Leh airports were Wednesday closed for civilian air traffic shortly after an IAF jet crashed in Budgam district and amid escalation of cross-Line of Control shelling between armies of India and Pakistan. “The civilian air traffic has been suspended temporarily in view of the […]

India’s air strike on Pakistan: the strategy and the risks

The airstrikes hit a training camp of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), the group that claimed credit for a suicide bomb attack that killed at least 40 Indian paramilitary police in Kashmir on Feb. 14. WHERE DID THE ATTACK TAKE PLACE? The Indian air force attacked the hillside camp of JeM […]

Pakistani villagers shaken awake as Indian warplanes drop bombs near madrasa

BALAKOT, Pakistan- Villagers near the town of Balakot in northeast Pakistan were shaken out of their sleep by what seemed like an earthquake in the early hours of Tuesday, only discovering once dawn broke that there had been an Indian airstrike on their neighbourhood. Indian officials said the […]

Twitter to liaise with India’s election body, boost hiring ahead of polls

MUMBAI  – Twitter Inc plans to boost hiring in India and appoint an officer to liaise with the Election Commission (EC), a senior executive said on Tuesday, responding to concerns about political misuse of social media ahead of this year’s general elections. Speaking a day after an Indian […]

Indian air force plane crashes in Kashmir – police official

SRINAGAR, India  – An Indian Air Force plane crashed in the disputed area of Kashmir on Wednesday, killing two pilots and a civilian, a police official said, amid heightened tensions with neighboring Pakistan. Further details about the incident were not immediately available. India on Tuesday said it had […]

Pakistani warplanes enter Indian airspace, forced back – Indian official

SRINAGAR, India  – Indian airforce jets intercepted at least three Pakistan warplanes that crossed into the Indian side of Kashmir on Wednesday and forced them to turn tail, an Indian official said, amid heightened tensions following an Indian airstrike that targeted a militant camp inside Pakistan a day […]

Sensex rebounds 256 points, Nifty above 10,900-mark

Mumbai :  Stocks staged a strong comeback in early trade Wednesday, with the BSE Sensex rebounding over 256 points and the Nifty recapturing the 10,900-mark on unabated foreign capital inflows amid short covering. Asian markets were also trading in the green ahead of the second summit between US President […]

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